Columns & Opinions
All we can do is love one another
On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, further cementing their status as the most popular rock band in the world. Two weeks later, they started work on their next musical event: participating in the Our World TV show on June 25, employing newly constructed satellite technology to deliver a live global broadcast.
Love is action
I’m sitting in the sunroom at what I call our Polly Pocket house. We downsized when we bought our home because we thought it was the Christian thing to do. We were tired of having more bedrooms, more living spaces, more garages, more bathrooms and more dining rooms than there were people living in the house. It might sound holy, but downsizing is not for cowards. If you don’t really love Jesus don’t even attempt it.
LOOKING BACK
100 YEARS AGO… Fred Palmer closed a deal whereby he becomes owner of the J.A. Thomas garage, known formerly as the Star Garage, housed in the Strelsky building on upper Cameron Street. The garage would thereafter be known as “Palmer’s Service Station,” and O.K. Phillips Jr. would be in charge.