Articles from the January 5, 2015 edition


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  • Time to Stay Inside and Get Things Done

    Dale Carson|Updated Jan 17, 2015

    We Abenaki call January Alamikos, Forgiveness month. February is Biaodagos or literally, falling in pieces branches moon. Personally, together I would like to call January and February ‘stay inside and get something worthwhile done time’. It might be sunny, but it is really cold out there. Can’t say so yet for sure, but I think this winter is milder so far than last. People still want to be with relatives and friends so there will be visiting, expected or not. What do you do i...

  • "...here we are...still talking"

    A Film Review by Willie Krischke|Updated Jan 17, 2015

    "You don't always agree with me, and I don't always agree with you, and yet here we are... still talking." The little boy who plays God (or God's messenger) in Exodus: Gods and Kings says this to Moses near the end of the movie, as Moses carves out the Ten Commandments with hammer and chisel (no finger of God here). And that line may go the furthest to express Ridley Scott's approach to God and spirituality throughout the movie. This is a film filled with profound...

  • Do only men of faith achieve greatness?

    Rick Johnson|Updated Jan 17, 2015

    "I am very doubtful whether history shows us one example of a man who, having stepped outside traditional morality and attained power, has used that power benevolently." -C.S. Lewis I was raised in an alcoholic home with all the disadvantages that environment brings with it. I was raised to believe that religion was a crutch for weak people and that all Christians were hypocrites. By the age of forty, after attaining all that the world says should make you happy and...

  • The '60s "Baby Scoop": A stolen son finds his way home

    KB Schaller|Updated Jan 17, 2015

    "The hardest thing I ever did in my whole life was to grow up." -Wayne William Smoke-Snellgrove The tone of my friend Beaded Wing's email was excited: "You really need to talk to this brother and write his story. I've already told him you'll be contacting him." "Brother" or otherwise, I wondered what he could share that I had not heard before. But, when Wayne William Snellgrove mentioned the term "60's Baby Scoop" during our first telephone conversation, I knew that his story...

  • Frizzo El Mero Mero

    Interview by Dr. Dawn Karima Pettigrew|Updated Jan 17, 2015

    Q You are truly busy and productive these days!Tell us about yourself? A My name is Frizzo El Mero Mero. Rap artist doing it big for all the people who can relate and enjoy the music I put out. Q Tell us about your music career? A Started performing at age 16 all over the southwest areas. Produced many demo CDs and released many albums. Have a couple available on iTunes, Google Play, etc. One of my favorite accomplishments was opening up for Baby Bash and MC magic with Low Pro...

  • Betty Mae Tiger Jumper (1922-2011)

    KB Schaller|Updated Jan 17, 2015

    • Inducted by the governor into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame • Received presidential appointment to the National Congress on Indian Opportunity. • Co-founder, Chickee Independent Baptist Church The first and, to date, only female chairperson of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc., Betty Mae Tiger was born in Indiantown, Florida on April 27, 1922 to a Seminole mother and a Euro-American father. Born in a time when children of Euro-American heritage were believed to bring...

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