Editorials

Every family historian can tell you about the value of old family photographs. Photographs bring back moments I would have otherwise forgotten, and do the same for ancestors. I was fascinated with my great-grandmother Kittie Gallagher because of the beautiful self-portrait/photo passed down through the family. The best thing about that old photo is that as a child I was able to associate the name and the stories with a face so they stayed in my mind.

While the warmer weather of the past few days are a sign that summer is indeed coming, there once was a summer when it never did.

You see, next summer (2016) is the 200th anniversary of one of the most unusual climate anomalies in modern recorded history.

Our senior citizens helped build this great country and state. As your Congressman this is something I will never forget or take for granted. We should fulfill the promises we have made to our seniors and one of those promises is Medicare.