http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_203095041.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_203095041.html The first job for a kid often is "summer employment" that gives him or her a little pocket jingle. But almost no organization is looking for a "summer boss" to collect a huge paycheck and sit in a large, air-conditioned office doing bossy stuff. No, most summer jobs begin at the bottom. Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_148094536.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_148094536.html Ahh, graduation. It's a strange ritual, when you think of it. You put on a shapeless "gown" that looks like a choir robe from the 1950s, stick a nylon-covered piece of cardboard on your head, and with 50 or 200 or 500 others dressed exactly like you, sit through a ceremony that except for minor particulars is a lot like every other graduation ceremony in America for the past 100 years. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_119094625.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_119094625.html Steve was all set to fill in our tax return a few weeks ago and then decided to go hit balls in the yard. The course wasn't open yet, but that never stops him. Golf is all he can think about. In fact, every time I brought up taxes, he brought up golf, as if the topics are related. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_091093037.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_091093037.html You've seen those studies that say "The average American spends two years of his life waiting at traffic signals." I want someone to do a study on how long we spend looking for our glasses. I suspect I have already wasted five years looking for my glasses, and I've only had them for six. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_063094519.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_063094519.html When it comes to the best spots to live on God's green earth, northern Michigan is sometimes referred to as a "best-kept secret." That "secret" is particularly well hidden right now when, at first glance, this looks like where hell finally froze over. But once the snow melts and spring arrives, it's hard to find any place prettier. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:12:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_031101241.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_031101241.html As I was lying on my couch one day I came across a home fix-up show. The camera panned in on a pale whale of a house -- shabby, overgrown and stuffed to the dormers with junk. A van roared up and 60 minutes later the house was clean, trim and looking 50 years younger. I wonder if they make people calls? Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_003093114.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_003093114.html Have you ever had a "perfect" New Year's Eve? The kind that was so much fun you want to do it again the exact same way? And no matter how hard you try, you can't repeat those same exact steps, regenerate that same euphoria, re-align those same stars? Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_340093310.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_340093310.html If you are a red-blooded American, sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas you will be having turkey for dinner. Statistically, it's almost un-American not to. Ninety percent of American homes serve turkey for Thanksgiving (!) and 50 percent also serve it for Christmas. (The turkey industry obviously does pretty well but I wonder about the actual turkeys. Do they get their cut?) Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_312094708.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_312094708.html Over the years I have written about the firearm deer season from a number of different angles. I have examined its purpose, its history, its credo, its grip. I have looked at its food, fashion, weapons and accoutrements. From where I sit there's only one critical point of view left. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_298094330.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_298094330.html I don't know just when this happened, but Halloween has been taken over by adults. Having declared it too unsafe and/or pagan for kids, adults have snatched the holiday away like taking candy from a ... yeah. Exactly. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_284093153.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_284093153.html I don't know much about football, but when U-M and Notre Dame teams both lost one weekend, and the Lions won, one of my co-workers said, "Good heavens. It's Armageddon." I knew God would send a sign, but I never thought he'd do it through sports. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_242110040.html http://www.record-eagle.com/bettywerth/local_story_242110040.html It has been a spectacularly beautiful summer if you like 80-90-degree temperatures, brilliant blue skies, and enough sun to freckle an albino.