Opinions

What a great time it is to be a Chieftain. We have wrapped up the first half of the school year 2025-2026. The Chieftains enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in our athletic teams in the fall. Academically we had so many of our students excel in the classroom.

DEAR ABBY: I am a senior woman in great shape. I am active, and I have never had a problem attracting men. Five years ago, I married a man I had known for many years. We used to have a pretty active sex life, but it has been four years since he has touched me in an intimate way.

DEAR ABBY: Please help me move forward. My brother-in-law is dating a woman my husband was intimate with once before we were married. It makes family functions very awkward for me, but most of the family sees it as the past. It was the past, but it is now in our faces. My husband feels the same way.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 51-year-old mother and grandmother whose kids don’t talk to me. The reason: My son, “Aaron,” was sexually assaulted by his friend, “Eli,” and I told him his friend was no longer allowed to come over. I spoke to Eli’s mother.

DEAR ABBY: My grandson “Ethan” and his fiancee lived with his mother until four years ago. When they moved out, they decided not to give his parents their new address. It has been several years since my daughter has seen her son. Apparently, they occasionally text.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 31-year-old woman who is not yet established in life. I have no husband or boyfriend, no kids and no clear direction for a career. I start new, low-level jobs often. My problem is that I look deceptively young for my age. At most, I look 18 or 19.

Maybe it truly has been horrible all this time, maybe God did pick you out of all humanity to suffer badly your entire life. Maybe, just maybe, you were selected to show the world how a life of pure misery looks. No way out, impossible to change your destiny.

What if God is not dead, Christ has risen, and human consciousness does endure for eternity? What if the Bible not only corroborates what has been experienced by millions of people during Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) but also reinforces that which is exactly what should be expected?

Local writer and artist, Cheryl Lynne Lucas, shares memories of her Oregon childhood. Life is a bowl of cherries— well, at least my bowl of cherries. My upstairs bedroom in our two-story duplex at the edge of a little town held a special opportunity: a cherry tree!

Today is the ninth day of 2026 and the 20th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1788, Connecticut ratified the U.S. Constitution and became the fifth U.S. state.