http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:09:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_335011017.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_335011017.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:09:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_335011024.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_335011024.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:08:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_335010916.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_335010916.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:21:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_331162230.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_331162230.html This past Saturday, my wife and I held our annual family Thanksgiving dinner. We do it on the weekend with the purpose of giving our adult children a chance to spend Thursday with their extended relatives or own families. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:16:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_331161111.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_331161111.html I love Thanksgiving, mostly because it paves the way for the Christmas season and there is nothing I love more than the Christmas season. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_331141612.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_331141612.html You’d think turning 65 was the highlight of a person’s life, for Pete’s sake, the way my husband was carrying on. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_329094121.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_329094121.html Americans have a long tradition of teaching our youth about common sense for the comments cents. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_328181114.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_328181114.html The year was 1959; my husband’s grandparents (on his mother’s side) left their home in Tonawanda and moved to Mississippi on a mission that left many scratching their heads. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_328180256.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_328180256.html Everything is up for auction these days. Everyday people, looking to make a couple extra bucks, are raiding their garages, attics and basements, in hopes of cashing in during tough economic times. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:44:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_328004432.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_328004432.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:13:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_326151635.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_326151635.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_326151142.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_326151142.html It’s the bailout Christmas. That’s what it’s coming to be known as. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_324151534.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_324151534.html The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from Cape Canaveral the other day on another trip to the space station. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:37:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_324143401.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_324143401.html To do my part in helping to pull everyone out of the depression that the events of today have put us in, and to try and help inject some holiday cheer into everyone’s lives, I offer my personal list of the top five Christmas movies ever made. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_323181354.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/columns/local_story_323181354.html Doesn't it drive you positively bonkers when somebody is relating a story and they say something like, "Last week on Sunday I went ... no, no, it was Monday, no I think it was Tuesday ... Wait, wait, it was Wednesday I ... "