Today's Opinions

I hope that Randall Chesser is in a comfy bed, feet propped up, with a warm, fluffy comforter tucked over his slight body.

I hope that his favorite television show is on in front of him, or his favorite game, or that someone is reading his favorite book to him.

I hope that he is surrounded by his favorite aunts, uncles, cousins, and relatives.

I hope that he's wearing a big grin, one like I've seen in the school photos of him.

Someone once said, “My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am.”

In my case, that is so very true.

I have always been and probably will always be my worst critic. But, in my dog Mickey’s eyes, I could do no wrong. No matter how much I complained about his “accidents” on my basement floor or his constant scratching, Mickey loved me unconditionally.

To put it mildly, Lebanon tourist commissioners Dennis George and Dan Lawson have been having some issues. 

No one is saying that people have to be golfing buddies just because they serve on the same commission, but the problem bubbled over into last week’s meeting of the Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission.