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‘The Golden Bachelor’ split is no surprise

In the same way that Captain Louis Renault was shocked to find gambling going on at Rick Blaine’s cafe in the movie classic “Casablanca,” many observers were also “shocked” at the news last week that the marriage of ABC-TV’s “Golden Bachelor” had floundered after only three months. Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, the seventy-something couple who wed after “The Golden Bachelor” in January, announced their split on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and now gossip columnists are working overtime trying to figure out what went wrong. A columnist for the Los Angeles ...

Nitpicking over Trump bond is spiteful

Does state Attorney General Letitia James believe her only job is attacking Donald Trump? Now she’s going after the ex-prez for posting the bond on the $454 million civil-fraud judgment she won against him in February, a step he must take in order to appeal. Last week, Trump posted the $175 million bond, provided by Knight Specialty Insurance Co., to temporarily prevent James from snatching up Trump Tower and other assets (an outcome she’s been raring for since the judgment was passed down ) while he continued to fight the ruling in an appeals court. Not good enough for Tish: ...

Father is a hero …

Chase Cooper, of Port Royal, wants his dad, Christopher, to be remembered as “a hero.” Father and son were much more than that. They were best friends, pals and shared a real zest for life. An enthusiasm that could not be diminished by 15-year-old Chase’s autism. Chris couldn’t wait until the weather broke this spring to boat on the Juniata River with his family. “It was hard on him not being able to go out on the river during the winter months,” wife Lynn said of her husband’s love for life. “The water was where he felt most at peace and the month of March was ...

We need more competitive gas pricing here

Some time in the next month or so, Lock Haven will get a new gasoline station. So what? (You might ask). Well, let’s at least hope that the new Gas n Go to be opened by Weis Markets at Bellefonte Avenue and Commerce Street injects more competition here so that prices lower. Gasoline prices are volatile. We know that. We know that global forces tend to dictate the pricing, even though the United States is the top producer of oil in the world. But little old Clinton County seems to be out on an island when it comes to competitive pricing. Drive just 20 to 30 minutes south ...

Get up, get out, and get to the polls to vote!

Americans might not agree on some things but voting on Election Day isn’t one of them. About 70% of adults across the country believe it’s important to vote in elections to be a good member of society. It’s your civic duty! There’s plenty people don’t agree on. By comparison, fewer than half of Americans considered it important to get a COVID-19 vaccine (44%), to make choices that help reduce the effects of global climate change (42%) or to follow what’s happening in politics in this country (37%). Even fewer are concerned with current events in other countries (22%) or ...

Why preserving historical places, sites should matter to us all

Why do historical places matter to people? Why should old places matter to historians, or to the general public that historians serve? What can we learn from the continued existence of old places in our communities and around our nation? Why does it matter if we save these old places or if we don’t? There are many reasons old places matter, from memory, to civic identity, to history, to architecture, to beauty, to economics. While most of the reasons don’t fully capture all of the many meanings historical places have for people, there’s one main idea to be emphasized: old places ...