Columns

Sometimes we print stories about health-related issues and how the county ranks among the rest of the state when it comes to healthy lifestyles. 

While I agree that most of us need to make exercise and eating right more of a priority, I can’t say I’ve been leading by example. 

My diet often consists of fast food or meals prepared in a restaurant. I have the luxury of gracious in-laws and parents that still invite my family and me over for frequent meals, but my daily consumption is not usually healthy. 

By now you’ve heard the news: We’re growing, at least physically. The average American male is 17 pounds heavier and the average female 19 pounds heavier than in the late 1970s. And the percentage of overweight children and adolescents in the U.S. has nearly tripled in that same period of time.

One of the most overlooked and effective ways to fight our growing weight problem is to grow a vegetable garden.

“I’ve worked hard and I’ve become rich and friendless and mean. In America, that’s about as far as you can go.”

Horace Vandergelder

If you love “quick wit,” then you have to see “Hello Dolly,” which is currently being performed by the Youth Actors of the Central Kentucky Community Theatre at the Opera House in Springfield. 

It’s a hoot that will make you laugh out loud and forget your troubles for a while.

Cindy and I own three old worn-out vans that look like they have just enough energy left to get to the junkyard. There’s a perfectly logical reason for this situation as I’m sure most people in this day and age will understand and sympathize with.