Discrimination and hate are out there and going to Harry’s on the Hill; I got to experience it first-hand.

This Labor Day, I want to remember my son, Patrick Bradley Allison (Feb. 2, 1973 – April 14, 2015), who was killed three years ago while on his job to make the roads safer for his community.

It is common practice in politics, whether it is incumbents, candidates, or representatives of special interests, for people to use extremes to get their point across or to sell their ideas.

I have asked several tribal offices for help, to no avail.

According to one website, over 42 million people serving in the American military have died during wartime since the Revolutionary War.

I like walking through cemeteries. I even have books on the subject, ranging from the significance of certain markings on tombstones to the different styles and shapes of markers to the various sentiments and histories that are written on the faces of the stones.

Why so early?  Snowbird and Cherokee County has a long way to travel.

Throughout the centuries, newspapers, along now with other forms of media, have been the purveyors of information to the public. The Cherokee people recognized the need for a way for the actions of the government to be communicated early on.