Opinion

A business plan is like a road map that guides you through starting your business and is a crucial tool for any entrepreneur. It helps you launch your business on the right foot and provides a blueprint for long-term success and growth. So, if you have a great business idea, starting with a solid business plan is the first step toward turning your dreams into reality.

If it played out once, it played out a hundred times in my living room. “It was her fault Dad”...”No it wasn’t,  so and so made me do it”! These words rehearsed time and again in response to almost every situation imaginable.

Dear Editor:
School bullying is plaguing our children with ill health, causing depression, headaches, poor grades, along with the inability to focus on school work and becoming anti-social, not wanting to be part of school activities.
We need more education in our schools for our children about the impact school bullying is having on fellow students along with procedures that can be taken when someone is being traumatized due to school bullying. It should never be ignored.

There is an old joke where a man walks into his doctor’s office and says, “Doc, it hurts every time I do this. What should I do? To which the doctor replies, “Simple, don’t do that!” While the advice seems trite and maybe even insulting, like most jokes, there is some truth in it. Pain is one of the ways your body tries to protect you from even worse injury. Pain tries to keep you from walking on a sprained ankle or lifting things with a broken arm. In those cases, the advice from the doctor is accurate.