Last week, on Monday, Oct. 3, a candidate forum was held at the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center.

Pets have become a big part of many families’ lives. And, because families think so much of their furry family members, pets and pet products are also big business. Pets have emotional as well as economic value.

It is a tragedy of modern society that, after thousands of years of human development, we still experience, on a regular basis, the outrage of domestic violence.

The NFL season has kicked off, the Cowboys and Browns still suck as usual, the Raiders looked darn good against the Saints, the Patsys might be OK during Brady’s 4-game absence and nobody should care because the Packers are gonna go to the Super Bowl.

I followed a Facebook conversation string on TSA-LA-GI VOICE (a Facebook page hosted by Lea Wolf) this weekend that concerned an incident of racism experienced by some Braves fans at Thursday’s game against Smokey Mountain High School.

Some think that one vote won’t make a difference. If you think that way, the way of the ostrich with his head in the sand, then you deserve the representation you receive.

Sometimes these days, with the swirl, and crime, of the Olympics, the running joke that is called NFL Pre-season, exorbitant contracts for professional athletes, white collar crime on the Rez and the mud, knife, gun fighting that is American politics, an old saying comes to mind.

Less than a month to go and we will be celebrating a century’s old tradition.