October 2021

The Braman United Methodist Church will hold its annual Thanksgiving Bazaar and Auction November 3rd. We will be serving in person dining or carry outs. Dinner will be served from 4 to 7 which includes turkey, brisket, dressing, potatoes, gravy, green beans, corn, cranberry sauce, homemade pie, rolls, coffe and tea. The cost will be $7.00 for adults, $3.00 for children aged 4 through 11. Under 4 will be free. There will be numerous crafts, pies, rolls, breads, jellies and many other items for sale in the foyer starting at 4.

Ryan Blaney’s nickname might be YRB — “Young Ryan Blaney” — but the 27-year-old NASCAR driver is actually something like a grizzled outdoorsman. He spent Thursday morning chopping trees for firewood while donning a Paul Bunyan-like beard.

Reader RS from Indiana writes: “Hi Barb, Being a retired home economics teacher, I always enjoy reading your column. I have always peeled the skin off of apples due to my concern about the chemicals used to spray the apples.

WASHINGTON — A series of high-profile strikes across the country this month is testing how far President Joe Biden will go to bolster the labor movement, pitting the Democratic leader between his long-held affinity for unions and a jittery economic recovery that economists worry can ill-afford additional shocks.

Horror has long been a popular genre within comic books. While superheroes are often the first thing to come to mind when discussions about comics arise, make no mistake that horror has been there since the beginning.