It was the moment I'd waited for all winter, as I crouched down behind the plate for the first game of the season. I had looked forward to this moment for months — baseball season was finally here.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
If you're like me, the recent spate of school shootings in which innocent students — young girls — have been executed by deranged men has left me questioning the direction humanity is headed in. There have been three tragic shootings in just the past couple of weeks, and none more …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Millions of people around the world paid homage to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin earlier this month, following his death from a stingray barb a few weeks ago, and I'm one of the many people who regretted — but wasn't surprised by — news of his death.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
I'm sure there are a lot of disappointed Rolling Stones fans around Western Montana after tickets sold out in a matter of hours earlier this week. Fortunately, I'm not one of them
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Probably the most frequently asked question I've had to field over the past several months is, "Where do you stand on the Wal-Mart issue?" It's been tough fielding that one, since inevitably, the person asking has a decidedly frank point of view on the matter.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Being an uncle is great. You get all the benefits of having kids, except you can give them back when their diapers are dirty, and they start crying, and you have no financial, legal or other obligations when it comes to raising them.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
It's been a couple of months since I spent 24 hours in the county jail to write about the conditions and living situation there, but even today I still get a number of questions and comments from people. I regularly have people come up to me and ask me about …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Well, baseball season officially started Sunday night, and Opening Day took place all over the country Monday. Locally, umpires, baseball and softball coaches are also getting ready for the upcoming season.
So, there's some new laws that take effect this Saturday, Oct. 1, based on the 2005 Legislature's session. If you think about it, it's pretty amazing all the factors that go into getting a law passed — compromise, negotiations, special interest money … and sometimes common sense.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
