Thirty-something speaks
Putting my money where her mouth is
Mike Maddock
      I wore braces for three- and- a- half long years until finally, halfway through my junior year of high school, I begged my orthodontist and my mom to take them off. I had come to the conclusion that if my teeth weren't straight after nearly four years of tightening and re- tightening, then they were simply meant to be crooked.
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Better check out your attic
      The Patricks live in a duplex apartment near Wilkes- Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania in a place called Plains Township. It's about 100 miles north of Philadelphia. Just before Christmas Mrs. Patrick begins hearing strange sounds, which she can't really identify.
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
Pink Panther is not a sissy
Mike Cox
      Paula Creamer is a member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Things have changed in the LPGA. A new crop of golfer is filling the ranks; young, feminine, athletic players who are extremely talented and fun to watch. Creamer is in this group.
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Business licenses for renting are ridiculous
Letter to the editor
      I think the City of Columbia's new idea to require a business license for anyone renting out a residential property is ridiculous. It's not the $11, but the principle. Let's think back to how this all began. Many months back, yet another murder occurred at a large housing complex that accepts federally subsidized Section 8 vouchers.
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