Dual Loyalties?
Every morning, well most mornings, we do follow a ritual. We pray with our youngest son and then check the internet for news. The prayers we say are very, very…
These Olden Days
Our 11-year-old son is often amazed by our tales of the depravations we lived through when we were his age. Of course we did not know we were being deprived…
Heading Toward the Shoals of Social Insecurity
When our father died 13 years ago we got into a rather heated discussion of just who was going to take care of our mother with our siblings. The fight…
Losing Andy/Just Desserts?
We lost a friend and Nevada and Elko County lost a judge this week, Andy Puccinelli. As the tribute pour in it is nice to know that so many people…
Just A Father/The Great Orator
Over the next several months Kip Patten will be painted as an angel and a demon, a hero and a villain, a master manipulator or some one who was masterfully…
Small, small worries. Big, big worries.
Our father-in-law of blessed memory used to say this about children; petit, petit souci, grand, grand soucis. Apart from confirming the fact he was French, it also confirms that he…
Not His Own
If Toni Fratto is telling the truth, West Wendover Police Chief Ron Supp should resign. The lackadaisical manner he treated the first missing person report, the failure to call a…
Real Estate Loss, Gain
We were saddened a bit when we received the annual business list from West Wendover City offices. On one hand unlike the past 7 years there hasn’t be a decline…
Defending Juries
To be honest we did not follow the Casey Anthony trial on television. While the death of a two year child is a tragedy we simply were not interested in…