Eleven Decatur County men died while in the Korean War. Last week we got to know a bit about the first five. Today we’ll get to know the rest - only a bit though.

Those not involved with the profession of journalism on a regular basis are probably unaware of how headlines are created.

During the nineties, both sides in the culture wars engaged in negative campaigning, largely because it worked. Then voters became fed up with the politics of personal destruction associated with the Clintons. Voices were raised for greater civility.

Fifty-five years ago today, April 16, 1953, the first Battle of Pork Chop Hill in Korea began. I was one of the thousands of young people enjoying high school and happily dancing to the favorite songs of the year.

All these still seem like a dream come true to me. To be flown in by plane to a country so foreign to me, yet being able to be totally immersed in the cozy family atmosphere with my host family, all this did not happen on a daily basis.