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Dr. STEVEN LIVINGSTONI’ve been trying to read all the opinions about adding fluoride back to our drinking water. I feel I must stress two major issues to our city council. Before forming your opinion and making a decision that will ultimately ...
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To the Editor:From Unity Church and ChristmasLand, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for this wonderful Christmas season, for all of the great compliments we heard from you....
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Dear Ken: I seem to remember that Jay Silverheels, who starred as Tonto in TV’s “The Lone Ranger,” was a Mohawk. Who are some of the best known Native-American actors over the years?...
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Nature Buddies invade Long Hunter State Park on MondaysBy KEN BECKSpecial to The Wilson PostLiana Dranes is no earth mother nor is she Mother Earth.But the Mt. Juliet aquatic biologist, known as Ms. Liana, is as equally in touch with children as she is wi...
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To the Editor:Although the fluoridation issue is highly controversial, there are a few facts that are undisputed. The American Dental Association (ADA) states that the primary benefit of fluoride is topical, not systemic. The Centers for Disease Control (...
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To the editor:The water fluoridation issue varies depending on who you talk to. Studies show fluoride causes nervous and cardiovascular system disorders as well as bone fluorosis and various cancers. Others show fluoride is safe. Studies also vary as to h...
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By JOHN CRABTREEA microenterprise is defined as a business with five or fewer employees. Microenterprises constitute 87 percent of all American small businesses. Moreover, during the last recession, these small businesses led the nation out of recession b...
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By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.What’s a good activity to do when it’s too cold to get out for the fun things done in warmer weather?Beside the traditional admonition to get a good book and curl up the fireplace, I have a couple of other suggestions....
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From Post staff reportsIt’s not exactly a list for Crime Stoppers to publish and it’s certainly not a line-up of names and photos you might see as leading contenders on the FBI’s most wanted agenda.However, Lebanon High School’s cl...
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From The Wilson Post's Friday, Jan. 22nd issue.... Love One Another Embassy is accepting donations to support the disaster relief effort in Haiti following the earthquake on Jan. 12. If you would like to contribute, make your ...
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By ANNE DONNELLPlease explain the difference between “it’s” and “its.” There’s money on this. Thanks. -Ex-Student (Guy)...
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To the Editor:The City of Lebanon needs to put fluoride back in the water for the following reasons:Fluoride has been proven highly effective in decay prevention. Antigo, Wis. started fluoridation in 1949 and stopped in 1960. After 5-1/2 years, second gra...
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The Tennessee Department of Health is reminding parents that children under the age of 10 require two doses of H1N1 flu vaccine in order to be fully immunized against the virus. H1N1 flu vaccine is plentiful in Tennessee and widely available through count...
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From The Wilson Post's Wednesday, Jan. 20th issue....Love One Another Embassy is accepting donations to support the disaster relief effort in Haiti following the earthquake on Jan. 12. If you would like to contribute, make your check payable to L...
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In fifth grade, I was crowned the winner of the class spelling bee. This meant I was to represent my class in the school wide spelling bee. To say that my win was a complete flook or is it fluke or maybe even phluke - -- was an understatement. (Have you f...
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Dear Ken: How many films did Humphrey Bogart make? Where did he grow up and does he have any children?...
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Mt. Juliet Senior Citizens Center requests the pleasure of your company at the Annual Sweetheart Gala on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church located on 14544 Lebanon Road in Mt. Juliet.The banquet will feature a full pri...
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From Post staff reportsWilson County Fair continues its award-winning ways with the announcement on Saturday that it had won the Champion Fair award in the AAA Division at the 88th Annual Convention of the Tennessee Association of Fairs in Nashville.The f...
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By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.With the cold weather bearing down on me that past few days, I’ve been confined to the barriers of my house and car. Usually very active with golf or some outdoor pursuit, it’s simply been too cold for me to stick my h...
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Gretchen Wilson’s catalogue of work in the field of country music, for which she has received numerous awards, is amazing, but the singer/songwriter is a multi-dimensional person who has worked very conscientiously as an advocate for other causes, m...
