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Hobie Morris If you only had one shot By Hobie Morris It’s a cold early November morning. Snow covers the ground. Deer hunting season is beginning. Gun fire – the deer are alerted to danger. A hunter carefully loads his weapon. He clicks on its safety. Slowly he walks through thick brush to a […]
A Little Praise Goes a Long Way: A Christmas Gift Never Forgotten Hobie Morris By Hobie Morris To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.– Mahatma Gandhi The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of […] 
Assemblyman Al Stirpe As your Assemblyman, my top priority is voicing the concerns of Central New York residents and representing our communities’ interests in Albany. To make it easier for you to share your opinions on key issues facing our region and the state, I developed a survey covering a variety of topics to […]
Hobie Morris Kids say the darnedest things and 400-pound turkeys By Hobie Morris “Laughs make smiles.” – Anonymous Art Linkletter once popularized the humorous things that kids say. Regardless of how bad adults viewed the world, kids continue in their innocence and naiveté to make people laugh. In my humble opinion, Americans aren’t […]
A Little Praise Goes A Long Way: A Christmas Gift Never Forgotten Hobie Morris By Hobie Morris “To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” – Mahatma Gandhi “The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind […]
Hobie Morris Flying Higher By Hobie Morris Fall: the season of change. Nature is in motion as it prepares its flora and fauna for their intricate often mysterious and complex living journey that continues despite… This simple country man and his beautiful wife, living in such a cyclical world (sadly becoming less known and […]
Hobie Morris An Armistice/Veteran’s Day post script: They aren’t forgotten By Hobie Morris In August 1917, a 16-year-old Missourian named Frank Woodruff Buckles lied himself into the Army, claiming that Missouri didn’t publish birth records. The young “doughboy,” as American soldiers were called, served most of the war in France as an ambulance driver […] 
Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz On Saturday November 2nd from 1 pm to 3 pm the Clay Historical Association will host a special presentation by Tom Howard entitled “Plank Road.” Howard will talk about the nation’s first plank road (Route 11 in Cicero) which was established in 1846. The road played a vital role […] 
Mary Lou, Steve, Dan and Ben Durfee accept the 2018 Madison County Conservation Farm of the Year on behalf of their family, employees and community. (File photo) By Steve Durfee My family knows a little about how much farmers are at the mercy of Mother Nature. During the Dust Bowl, my grandparents Edson and […] 
Bill Mayers The osprey chick fledged some four weeks ago, and now the parents have abandoned the nest. The pole stands with wind-blown bits and pieces of the nest blowing, drifting away. In the near distance, the fall colors have peaked. The few leaves left aloft have faded to a dull yellow. The bare […]
Hobie Morris A Farmer: Coming Full Circle By Hobie Morris “What if they all quit? It’s hard work. It’s repetitious and it’s boring, and it’s in the hot sun and the cold rain.” – author 2019 William Jennings Bryan, a century ago – said it best: “…burn down your cities and leave our farms […]
Assemblyman Al Stirpe Ten years ago, the biggest problem in Central New York was lack of jobs. Today, it might well be the shortage of qualified employees. As chair of the Assembly Committee on Small Business, I speak to manufacturers and other local companies often. The greatest challenge they face is finding good candidates […] |
 
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