Tim Timmons
Neat (& Some Spooky) Events On Agenda This Week
By: Tim Timmons Scattershooting while missing the days of Sammy Terry . . . * * * A SPECIAL exhibit is coming to our favorite Carnegie Museum – Unequal and…
Read MoreRollercoaster Ride Of 20 Years And Still Going
By: Tim Timmons A date came and went quietly several days ago . . . and we purposefully did not make a big deal out of it. The Little Paper…
Read MoreIt’s OK, The Hole In The Canoe Is On Other End
By: Tim Timmons Forgive me, but this week is about us . . . the little newspaper industry that could . . . and you. Let’s start with an old…
Read MoreA Long Time Ago In A Sports Department Far Away . . .
By: Tim Timmons If newsrooms are the brains and guts of a newspaper, then sports departments are surely the heart and soul. Over the decades, some of the best writing…
Read MoreBest-Selling Author Has Fond Memories Of Montgomery County
By: Tim Timmons A dozen or so years ago, my wife and I read a fascinating book – One Second After. It was a riveting story about a small town…
Read MoreFrom Ernie Pyle To Polls To Scott Rolen . . .
By: Tim Timmons Scattershooting while wondering whatever happened to Joe Besser . . . * * * AUG. 3, 1900 was the day Ernie Pyle was born. For those who…
Read MoreLooking At Telethon In Rearview Mirror
By: Tim Timmons Who knew 12 hours was such a long time? The Paper’s first-ever telethon came and went last week. Here we are, days later and I’m still tired.…
Read MoreTelethon Almost Here
By: Tim Timmons What started as a wild idea is almost here. The little paper that could may be the only paper in the country to try a telethon. I’m…
Read MoreSome Choices Last An Eternity
By Tim Timmons Getting older changes things, doesn’t it? (Yup, that was rhetorical.) When I was younger, I used to look forward to Saturdays. When I was really young, it…
Read MoreAmerica turns 237, but . . .
By Tim Timmons Next week we’ll be waving sparklers, rocking the red, white and blue and in general partying like it’s 1999. Except it’s not. Things were a lot better…
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