by Michael Chancellor | May 19, 2021 | Opinion
Mental Health Awareness Month is an opportunity to become more aware of our own mental health and of those we love. COVID-19 has impacted all of us in some way since it has come ashore and lingered for well past a year. Some adults, teens and children have experienced...
by Michael Chancellor | Apr 23, 2021 | Opinion
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 24. While Take Back Day is focused on clearing out opioids from the home that are no longer needed or expired, the annual observance is also an opportunity to clean out other...
by Michael Chancellor | Apr 12, 2021 | Opinion
Grief is the term we apply to losses of any kind. Basically, grief is triggered when we lose a connection with something or someone we value. My rule of thumb is that if we name something, we have a connection. That is true for cars, pets, houses and other properties...
by Michael Chancellor | Mar 8, 2021 | Opinion
The latest COVID-19 relief bill finally passed the U.S. Senate over the weekend. It will now go back to the House of Representatives for reconciliation and then to the president to sign. This relief bill will become law split pretty much along party lines. That...
by Michael Chancellor | Feb 24, 2021 | Opinion
The golf course behind my house was empty last week. It must have been the six inches of snow, howling wind, frozen pond and power outages that kept them home. As I looked to our bird feeder, I followed the trail of tiny scratches on top of the snow. The birds were...