Will there never be another unknown soldier?
By BILL DUNCAN
The View from Here Column 11/11/05
In America we celebrate Veterans Day this Friday, Nov. 11. When I was growing up, it was called Armistice Day, commemorating the signing of the armistice that ended World War I on November 11 at 11 a.m.
Like 9/11/01 it is burned into [...]
The View From Here column 11/4/05 By BILL DUNCAN
I am not a joiner, but people keep trying to get me to join this organization or that organization. Lately, there seems to be a great number of offers to join.
Bud Bessey of Myrtle Creek, Ore., a retired Navy chief petty officer, who is organizing a [...]
By BILL DUNCAN Afterwords thoughts
When I was teaching journalism at Umpqua Community College I took the spell-checker software off the computers in the journalism department in an effort to force students to use the dictionary rather than the spell-checker crutch. My effort was thwarted by the students who would go four buildings away [...]
Going bleary eyed into daylight
By BILL DUNCAN
The View From Here column for Oct. 28
My wife, peering out in the black of night early one morning this week, asked sleepily when Daylight Savings Time ends. She doesn’t have long to wait. Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
The black of night will be brighter [...]
Re-reading a book is like a visit with an old friend Book Review/published 10/20/05 Skookum An Oregon Pioneer Family’s History and Lore By Shannon Applegate Oregon State University Press Quality Paperback $11.90 By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review Re-reading a book is like a visit with an old friend. Even if you think you know all [...]
