Veterans’ Day By Bob Drynan   Korean War Memorial, Washington D.C.   A patrol moves silently through the perimeter. The darkness shrouds their movement and the cascading rain muffles their progress. It’s a large patrol, a dozen men, led by a sergeant who has been in the line for eight months. Occasionally lightning in the […]

Native Gifts By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Thanksgiving Comes but Once a Year—Credit Where Credit is Due   Thanksgiving should be a time to remember Native Americans for the cornucopia of foods and medicines that we take for granted in our daily lives. We have all been regaled with the story of the “Indians” teaching the

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Local HeroOriginal Screenplay by Bill ForsythAdapted for the stage and Directed by Neal Checkoway   Local Herowas a cult movie, starring Burt Lancaster, written and created by Bill Forsyth in 1983. It is a quirky and whimsical movie in which a big Houston oil company intends to buy an

Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com What’s Wrong with the United States?   Don’t get me wrong. I love my country of birth. I am proud of all the wonderful things the United States has accomplished. I am proud that so many people around the world have traditionally looked at the US as a land

Imprints By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarellowww.antoniorambles.comantonio.rambles@yahoo.com Redeeming Works   Santa Cruz de la Soledad is less than 4 kilometers east of Chapala, but by many measures it’s separated from Chapala by light years. It sits back from the coastline, connected to a string of even more remote villages by a road that seems to

Shadow Love By Rob MohrReviewed by Herbert W. Piekow   Shadow Love by Lakeside writer Rob Mohr is just as the book cover says, “Poems of Life and Love.” Although this is Mohr´s first book of poetry, these are not his first published poems. Mohr, with a MFA, has had an interesting and full life

Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess Going Training? Check your TARP   One of the more difficult things for trainers to grasp and master is TIMING. When we give a directive the student needs to be told that he has done what we expect. Because the dog doesn’t understand English we can’t explain

Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Tadeo de Jesús B. A.   Since it has been almost two years since we introduced you to little Tadeo (“Thaddeus”), you might not recognize him now.  He has made amazing progress with his disability and has grown a lot since then. Tadeo is the youngest of three children

You Are Not A Typical Mexican! By Rosamaria Casas   How many times have I heard this statement since I arrived at  Lakeside over three years ago? Dozens! The most amazing fact about it is that most people that emphatically assure me of this, only know perhaps two Mexican women (besides their maids and Aurorita

Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger   Our love affair with wildlife began some 20 years ago, and started with an ad on the radio. Our local humane society and Dept. of Natural Resources were looking for people to rehabilitate wildlife. Remembering stories my father told me about “Jenny,” one of his childhood companions,