Dan Ponder

Learning to just say ‘no’

Have you ever known anyone that was better at giving advice than they were at taking it?  Or ...

Columnist

It’s my birthday!

Before any of the ribbing or jokes begins, I’ll admit it…..as of Saturday I will be 60 years ...

Columnist

Football season is starting to heat up

I admit that college football is the sport that I most look forward to watching. While Auburn ...

Columnist

Returning refreshed, renewed and ready

This week’s column is being written from the Minneapolis – St. Paul, Minnesota airport as we return from ...

Columnist

Alaska is just too beautiful to describe

Some say a picture is worth a thousand words. What do you do when a picture won’t ...

Columnist

It takes an entire team to play ball

The name has changed several times over the past sixty years, but the dairy and milk processing plant ...

Dan Ponder

The most scared I have ever been in my life

You could hear them coming before you saw them.   The first was big Huey-1H helicopter.  The second ...

Dan Ponder

The sound of laughter of old friends

I can close my eyes and identify all seven women just by their laughter.  They are seven friends who ...

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Not worth the paper it’s written on

Babe Ruth arguably was the greatest baseball player of all time, certainly of his generation.  Many of his ...

Dan Ponder

Just one more time

It started out just as any other July 4th holiday at Compass Lake.  My children and grandchildren, along ...

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