Dear editor:I would like to publicly thank the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation Board of Directors for selecting me as a 2021 “Making Fort Special” honoree this year.While I tend to look at my four decades in local journalism as “just doing my job,” it is extremely gratifying to know my...
Category: Opinion
Fuller: Public libraries spreading holiday cheer
By Jill Fuller If you walk into the lobby of the Jefferson Public Library, you will see Rubbermaid tubs stacked with blankets and coats, and drawers full of hats, coats, and socks. This is the Kiwanis Closet, a collection of free warm clothes of all sizes. Every winter, the library...
Our Take: Tornado victims need help
The death toll continues to rise in the wake of 34 tornadoes that tore a swath of destruction across six mid-southern states Friday night. At least 84 people lost their lives and countless more were injured as the twisters ravaged Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. In Kentucky alone,...
Behind My Door: Christmas … and other conflicts
By Sandra Bernhardt Christmas is coming! I know this, because at the mall yesterday, I saw two guys fist fighting over a parking spot. It wasn’t pretty. Then there’s discussion (actually, yelling) on what to give Aunt Elsie. I voted for a new girdle, which she desperately needs. “There’s way...
Fuller: Literacy learning begins long before starting school
By Jill Fuller My son and I were at the grocery store recently when he pointed to a package on the shelf and said, “Look Mama, I see the word ‘the!’” He’s been in kindergarten for only a few months, but already he’s seeing words in the world around him. ...