ARTICLES BY SGT. FOSTER MAYO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
'Today, I hope '
Today I hope you’ll join with me in acknowledging guys like my sometimes not-so-lucky friend ‘John’. John wouldn’t hurt a housefly but one afternoon he tangled with the wrong guy and fell victim to robbery and minor bodily injury. John was homeless, lived on the street and usually carried his …
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Stopped at the red light
I had the after-holidays “HO-HUMS” BAD! The promised storm was probably not coming. Instead of arriving with a promised fury and much needed snowpack, it had resigned itself to a cloudy, overcast, foggy, dreary, leaden sky. I admit that it had taken control of my mood. I had been up …
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS AGO
Night Out Against Crime event scheduled Aug. 22
“Hello, Grandad, is that you? This is your grandson.”
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
'Earn This'
Next Sunday is Veterans Day. This will be the 100th anniversary of what was originally called Armistice Day, the end of World War I. It came at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918, “the war to end all wars.”
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
'Dear Mom and Dad'
I paced the Emergency Room floor like an expectant father. I have felt helpless and unable to control the events around me on MANY occasions but on this day it was off the scale. I tried repeatedly to comfort Johnny’s mother but it was hopeless. I had no better results …
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Don't become another victim of healthcare fraud
You are probably just like me. I get phone scam calls virtually every day, sometimes multiple calls a day. The callers purport to be with the IRS, credit card companies, or online pharmacies.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Living next door to a meth lab
For most of my time in the big city I lived in a condo. Our condo was a corner unit which meant I only had one direct neighbor, that is, a 2X6 and a couple sheets of drywall apart. For years I never met the woman who lived next door, …
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
'9-1-1 What is Your Emergency?'
“9-1-1, What is your emergency?”
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Beware telephone (and computer) fraud
“Hello, Grandad, is that you? This is your grandson.”
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
'The BULLY': A story with important issues for our community
Our story this week takes place in a small town in Middle America. “Little Bill” lived there with his mom and siblings. As single parent families go, their existence was adequate but there are few luxuries in their life. Little Bill didn’t have “things” like new school clothes, his own …
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
