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Time of year for some hunter safety

By Dave Bates For the Observer-Reporter Punxsutawney Phil has called an early spring. We are at least moving in that direction and with spring comes the need for a hunter safety course. I am a hunter safety instructor with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the following contains some ...

Signing Wilson is low risk with potential for high reward

By Dale Lolley For the Observer-Reporter newsroom@observer-reporter.com So, Russell Wilson is now a member of the Steelers. And Kenny Pickett is not. It was simply too much of a low-risk, high-reward move for the Steelers to pass on adding a potential Hall of Fame quarterback. Pickett ...

Making sense of new world order

While cleaning out my car this week, I found a relic. It’s a COVID mask, navy blue with gold Rudolfs on it, purchased the first Christmas of the pandemic. It was one of 10 I bought along the way. I don’t know where the others are, but this one survived. It was four years ago ...

What a debut for inaugural PIAA girls tournament

If first impressions are any indication for girls wrestling, then buckle up for a new era in a sport that has been dominated by men. The inaugural girls championships crowned 13 champions Saturday evening at the Giant Center in Hershey after three long days of wrestling. The days may have ...

Don’t let others stand in way of pursuing dreams

Q. I feel like giving up. I was watching the Academy Awards with my family. I love theater, even though I’ve never had a chance to perform. I know all the songs to “Wicked” and “Hamilton,” and that’s only two of the musicals I love. I read screenplays. I love Shakespeare. My family ...

My coffee pot is going to pot

I’m having issues – rather, my coffee pot is having issues. I broke the glass carafe one day while hurrying to rinse it out before making coffee to drink in the car en route to work. I bought what was labeled a “universal replacement carafe” that allegedly fit our coffee maker. It ...