This is the first of a series of Questions and Answers addressing the Nov. 2 vote on a new hospital for Allen County. Questions are answered by various members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee,…

Big carrot; small stick.Yesterday President Barack Obama proposed a huge tax benefit to business. He asked Congress to let businesses charge off 100 percent of money spent on new equipment for the next two years…

All those people with nothing to do but listen as they stood in a security clearance line was too tempting for a tall, 60ish man in the Chicago airport.“Obama,” he said in a voice loud…

Sometimes the catchy acronyms pinned on legislation hit the nail square on the head. The DREAM bill languishing in Congress is one such.DREAM stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. If it becomes…

In a scene that will be played out many times over the next two months, those gathered for a Coterie Club meeting Thursday evening were given an extensive tutorial on why it makes exceedingly good…

This letter has to do with a few things that have been on my mind lately.In regard to the rail trail extending to Riverside Park: that is a joke.For safety sake, a stop light will…

Aside from politics, the war in Iraq that began in 2003 has a haunting human side.More than 4,400 U.S. military personnel have died and about 32,000 have been wounded, many so severely their lives have…

Monday evening John Smith and Pam Beasley, Allen County’s emergency management di-rector, told a dozen people how to establish a local community emergency response team (CERT). Once up and running, members would help professional emergency…

Tuesday was a red-letter day in Allen County.The county and Iola reached accord on an agreement for local funding to aid in construction, equipping and operation of a new hospital. Details of the agreement are…

People today ought to be thankful they have seat belts to put on in their cars and trucks.In 1955, about his time, I wasn’t so lucky when hitting a surprise slick spot on the highway…