Opinion

GUEST COLUMNIST Don Zimmer had quite a baseball career. During his 66-year career in professional baseball, the scrappy infielder shook Babe Ruth’s hand, posed for pictures with Clark Gable and Lana Turner, played with Brooklyn Dodgers’ Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, managed the Boston Red Sox when Carlton Fisk hit his game-winning 12th inning World Series home run, and coached the 1978 New York Yankees when Bucky Dent broke bean towners’ hearts with his game winning, American League East clinching four-bagger.

GUEST COLUMNIST E arlier this month, Americans reflected on the 20 year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster that took the lives of all seven astronauts on board. On Feb.

As we look out our windows or venture outside, we see everywhere around us the signs of spring and new life beginning to burst forth. The sky is blue, there may be calves being born, green shoots are all over, and we hear the bird song with increasing frequency throughout the day.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: I can’t get rid of clover in my lawn. I’ve tried a 7% 2,4-D product, but it didn’t work.

In celebration of National Nutrition Month, I am sharing the 17 Health tips that I am presenting at the educational programs for the month of March. Dedicate yourself to a healthy lifestyle in 2023 with these food, nutrition, and physical activity tips.

GUEST COLUMNIST There are no small number of accusations lately that — shocking as it may be — some of our politicians are lying to us. Some Republicans shouted the “L” word during President Biden’s State of the Union Address, when he said Republicans wanted to end Social Security and Medicare.

GUEST COLUMNIST U.S. presidents’ love affair with baseball dates back to George Washington, who wrote in his journal that during Valley Forge he “sometimes throws and catches a ball for hours with his aide-de-camp.” Every president since Washington, except Teddy Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge, had a passion for base ball, as Washington then referred to the game.

FAITH COLUMN 6. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: I recently was in California and saw beautiful foxtail agave plants. I have a home in Kerrville.

KARAN’S KORNER March arrives in six days. Do you remember what time of year it is? It is National Nutrition Month.