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Sciatica: A “Pain in the Butt” and Leg Craig W. Brue, D.C. Sciatica is often associated with pain, numbness, tingling, and aching in the lower back, hip, buttock, thigh, calf, and foot. The sciatic nerve is the longest and largest of all the body’s nerves, running from the lower back (the fourth and fifth lumbar…

Artist of the Month: Creative Approach Nets Art: Marsha Bellsey

Marsha Bellsey stands by the mural she painted on a dining room pillar during the pandemic. (Photo by LaVerne Kyriss)

LaVerne Kyriss Marsha Bellsey’s painting, “It’s in the lyrics,” was honored for most creative approach in the intermediate/advanced category of the SaddleBrooke Fine Art Guild’s pandemic season “One image, no limits” contest. “I wasn’t going to enter, but then when the deadline was extended because of the pandemic, I thought, ‘Let me give it a…

Seven A.M. in Vegas

Stuart Watkins Machines gobble up quarters Faster than they can be fed A.T.M.s are handy Monopoly money is dandy Pretty lady covid mask Hides secret contempt Unseen smile, just dull eyes “Thank you, Sir,” and quietly sighs Meeting starts in half an hour Roulette table catches my eye Bet on red, winner, let it stay…

U.S. Military History: Armed Forces Day

Ross Dunfee Armed Forces Day is celebrated May 15 this year but with Memorial Day also in May this Armed Forces Day article is printed in April to avoid printing two articles in May. Clip and save. Each of the Branches of Military Service (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard) has a day…

In Passing

Charles J. Gutekunst

Charles J. Gutekunst Colonel Charles J. “Chuck” Gutekunst USAF (retired) passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021, at the age of 102. Chuck entered the United States Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet, graduating as a pilot from flight training as a 2nd Lieutenant. During his time in what became the United States Air Force, Chuck…