Opinion

7/9/2024

7/9/2024

FAITH & VALUES

Butler Christ CommunityGreetings friends! BCCC welcomes you to come worship with us. We are a loving, caring church that wants to share the life changing love of Jesus Christ.Welcome back Ron and Debbie. Ron was ordained as an Elder in the Methodist Church while in Tennessee last weekend.
BURTON W. COLE, Editor

BURTON W. COLE, Editor

LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

By Burton W. Cole Gather round, kids, and your ol’ Uncle Burtie will tell you about the time he went to war as a boy.What’s that? Oh, all right, GRANDPA Burtie, if you insist. Great?
BURTON W. COLE, Editor

BURTON W. COLE, Editor

LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

By Burton ColeI’m on an unintended diet. I can’t order a thing until I figure out QR codes, cash apps and all the other modern conveniences that get in the way of getting things done.Yes, I’m a dinosaur from another era.

LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

By Burton W. Cole Thanks to an unwelcome report from my primary medical caregiver’s office, I’ve been detoured — rather rudely — onto a new lifestyle course.That is to say, does anyone want the box of chocolate cupcakes or the two packages of chocolate chip cookies I bought?

LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

By Burton W. ColeThe sheet was mixed in with the other notices with rip-off tabs pinned to a public bulletin board.

LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

By Burton W. Cole            I enjoy cooking. I’m good at baking, boiling or browning good eats.But I came home from my last grocery shopping trip with a gallon of milk, one box of Golden Grahams and one box of Reese’s Puffs.

LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

By Burton W. ColeOne learns a lot when boxing up one’s house for moving. The biggest thing one learns is, “I couldn’t possibly be the one who kept these useless things all these years.

What week is it? - National Eating Disorders

By Nila HarrisWhen singer Karen Carpenter died of an eating disorder, it was hard to fathom how such a beautiful, talented, person could suffer that way.In 1983, little was known about the eating disorder that claimed the 32-year-old’s life.Fortunately, now more information is available about...

LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

By Burton W. Cole  February is an amazing month, full of wonderful celebrations and commemorations. There’s Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, Groundhog Day, Work Naked Day… Whoops! To the relief of my coworkers, I shall refrain from participating in festivities that forgo shirts and pants.