by Rick Kavanaugh Sage likes to collect Good, Clean,Funny jokes to sometimes share with you because laughing cures a host of ailments. But some jokes are just Meaningless or Not Funny or Stupid or Dirty Here are a few of them in each category. You be the judge and THE Sage will help on a few of them
by Gordon Matson
by Canton Fitness Center Canton Fitness Center recently began participating in two nationally recognized fitness programs specifically for people over 65 years of age. Many people have heard of them through their insurance companies. One is Silver Sneakers and the other is Silver and Fit. This article will give a little more information on these programs.
by Elaine Gee I guess I do have some news.
My grandson L.J. called me this afternoon and said it was 20 degrees out at the Great Lakes. Sue was up on Thursday morning and brought a picture of the ship that he will be on. He will be going to Hawaii for two years, after he finishes his schooling. by Richard & Joyce Pratt The weather is typical January and February weather. First it is zero out then they talk about windchills and snow but I read in the Independent-Sentinel that in 1945 it was minus 16 degrees.
by Lorelei Colton By the time you are reading this, I will have returned from a 5-day excursion to central Florida via Daphne, Alabama, where my brother Jeff and his wife Karen now reside. The main purpose of this trip was to visit my brother Art, who had been staying at a hospice house for a few days before returning back to his daughter Lugene's home, where he will be residing. When Ron and I (and Palin, of course) left Alba last Friday at 2 AM to head to the Scranton/Avoca airport, it was minus 13 degrees! And when I arrived at the Mobile, Alabama airport, it was in the 60's. When Jeff and I traveled to Florida on Saturday (440 miles) the temperature was climbing into the high 70's. I could NOT believe it! We found Art doing rather well, and was released from the hospice house on Monday to return to Lugene's Florida home, and we are ever so grateful to her for taking care of him.
by Lois Ribovich Again this is another sad week for Ralston as we lost another long time resident, Florence Starr Reese. Florence passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Florence was well known in the community, and a former correspondent for the Independent-Sentinel. If there was anything going on in the church, fire hall or anything you could count on her to be there working.
by Fr. Michael McCormick Dear Readers,
The story is told of a little boy and his father. They were walking along a road when they came across a large stone. The boy looked at the stone and thought about it a little. Then he asked his father, "Do you think if I use all my strength, I can move that rock?" by John Shaffer President Obama, at the National Prayer Breakfast,urged Christians to get off their “high horse,” because many evils "have been committed in the name of Christ." The latter part is true - but it is worthy of note that the President goes out of his way to deny that evil committed in the name of Allah actually is committed in the name of Allah. Too bad the President does not use that phrasing to describe the growing list of beheadings, immolations, crucifixions and other atrocities perpetrated by Islamic Jihadist radicals. The dictionary definition of “high horse” is "in a haughty or contemptuous manner.” We wonder exactly who – and more specifically, which Christians - have been “haughty or contemptuous” over the motivation of the modern Islamic terrorist. We know of no one – no one – who says anything that could provoke the President’s statement. No one says anything like – “We Christians never committed any sins or crimes, unlike those Muslims who chop off people's heads.” We know that most Muslims do not condone the violence of the radicals, but it does no good to deny that the radicals who do commit those crimes are "doing it in the name of Allah." If the President truly believed the Christianity he professes, he would know that we all – Christians not excepted – are sinners and that we sin every day. There may be some “high horse” Christians who believe they are above sin or that they are better than non-Christians, but we are not acquainted with them. Given the President's description of the Jihadist murders in the Kosher market in Paris as "random," his insistence that "climate change" is a bigger threat than the "overhyped" stories of terrorism, and his moral equivalence between the Crusades and the rampage of ISIS, perhaps it is he who is mounted on the "high horse." Another wonderful snowman built by Carol Brown, a resident of Cedar Ridge, who still likes to get out in the snow and play. photo by John Shaffer Monday mornings seem to be turning up pretty messy lately. No exceptions here on "The Ridge". Folks are pretty much staying put. Residents here are saddened at the passing of their friend and neighbor, Mable DeBruin over the weekend. Everyone offers condolences to Mable's family. She will be sorely missed. There was a small attendance at Coffee Hour on Thursday. Many here have been ill or they have had appointments. Those who were there enjoyed the social time, however, and I'm sure attendance will pick up soon as folks are feeling better. On Sunday, LaVonne McNett said she attended a surprise birthday party for Robert Fulmer. LaVonne said that the well attended party was hosted by his family and held at the Roaring Branch Methodist Church. On Friday, LaVonne joined other breakfast club members for breakfast at Moose's Munchies in Troy. LaVonne commented that they usually meet at a member's home for a while afterward for a game of cards. by Charles Rockwell When Elias Rockwell built the White Mill on Troy Street in 1852 his plan called for the mill to be powered by water and by steam.
He purchased a steam engine from a company in Corning and had it shipped to Canton on the then newly built railroad. With the country getting ready to celebrate President's Day, the Chef thought it would be fun to see favorite foods of presidents.
The first one is George Washington. He is often associated with cherries (cherry tree, cherry pie etc.). He did, indeed, love cherries. He also loved a wide variety of fruits, nuts, and fish. He preferred simple meals over fancy ones Thanks to Kathleen Madigan Nelsen, who identified the students pictured in this photo. They include from the right in the front row: Kathleen (Woodward) High, Kathleen (Madigan) Nelsen, Leslie Ann (Packard) Larcom, Jean (Williams) Meyers, Patty (Shoemaker) Mosher, Eleanor (Rockwell) ?, Linda (Reynard) VanNess, Betty (Morgan) Bohlayer, Elaine (Wrisley) Reed, Jean (Moody) Jenkins, Bonnie (Shadduck) Pollow and teacher, Rosamary Golden.
Second row: Jerry Segur, Dolson Porter, Denny Perry, Sheila (Rhodes) Chagnon, Cleone (VanNoy) Schweikart, Dorothy (Lewis) Frey, Sharon (Williams) Herbert, Barbara (Wilcox) Sheesley, Agnes Wheeler, Lynn Mead, and Steve Smith. Back row: Tommy Porter, Charles Porter, John Schlappi, Joe Leonard, Roger Smouther, Joe Wetlauffer, Bob Seeley, Bradley Woodward, Billy Reinbold, and Gary Spencer. Do you know which PA native bird starts their breeding season in January each year? It is the Great Horned Owl. We have a pair in the swamp in Alba. You can hear their distinctive hoots every January. If any reader knows of another bird that starts their breeding season that early, please let me know. I am just an amateur when it comes to things in the outdoors, so this is just from my personal observations or information given to me.
Susan is a successful, likeable, talented eighteen-year old. Like many young people her age, her parents divorced when she was seven. In Susan's mind, the break-up had to do more with their lack of commitment to her, than any other single thing. When Susan was four, her mother became pregnant with a second child; Susan became extremely attached to her anticipated sibling. Unfortunately, the anticipated sibling was miscarried in the third trimester. Since most attention is focused upon adults (especially the mother) in such losses, Susan grieved alone. What happened to her, happened more in terms of jumbled, sad, low, lonesome feelings than in terms of conscious understanding. The feelings never went away.
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