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This past Christmas, my wife gave me a “For the Fallen” Arlington Bracelet. These bracelets from The Hero Company remind us that more than 400,000 men and women lie at rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

By Wil Williams March 26, 2024
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I spent a fascinating hour and a half with Laura Stephens the other day.

By Wil Williams March 20, 2024
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One day recently, I was in Safeway here in Chino Valley to pick up some eggs. For some reason, the words on the egg carton “Cage Free Eggs” caught my attention.

By Wil Williams March 19, 2024
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I found myself standing at a men’s cologne counter the other day in a local well-known department store.

By Wil Williams March 12, 2024
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Let’s consider the following scenario. The year is 1791. Hiram Woofbender lives in our village. He’s a keen observer of the human condition. He knows how government is supposed to work.

By Wil Williams March 6, 2024
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You may answer the question by referring to the Nian of Chinese mythology. You might explain that the Nian was larger than any other living being on earth with a lion’s face, horned head, and sharp, jutting teeth.

By Wil Williams March 5, 2024
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I’ve been an agnostic about Christianity and the concept of God for most of my life. Simply stated, an agnostic is a person who believes that nothing can be proven regarding God and neither claims faith nor disbelief in God ...

By Wil Williams February 27, 2024
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Ginny was a friend of mine. She lived next door to us when my first wife and I rented a duplex in Doylestown, PA, in 1975. I suspect that she was in her late 60s that year.

By Wil Williams February 21, 2024
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I’ve mentioned in previous columns that, on occasion, my wife and I like to read to each other. Our latest literary excursion has occurred with Louis.

By Wil Williams February 20, 2024
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Maurus Logan above all other men was responsible for holding the world together. He was the one who prevented multiple societies around the globe from splintering into useless shards far beyond the ability of man to reassemble them.

By Wil Williams February 13, 2024
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This column is written by my niece who lives in Phoenix. When I first read it, I agreed that it should appear in the place of my column today.

By Wil Williams February 7, 2024
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I was minding my own business the other day bouncing around like a ping pong ball among YouTube sites when I suddenly came across a video of Burl Ives performing in Oslo, Norway, in 1978.

By Wil Williams February 6, 2024
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My wife and I traveled from Chino Valley to the Costco store in Prescott a few days ago. Since we arrived at midday, it wasn’t surprising that the parking lot was full. ...

By Wil Williams January 30, 2024
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Most of us maneuver through the day (or night) with minor aches and pains. Scott Stevens of Chino Valley would absolutely love to suffer only minor aches and pains on a daily basis.

By Wil Williams January 24, 2024
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Sprinkled in among writing columns each month, participating in volunteer activities, talking to my wife, and walking Moose the dog, are a few free moments that I might use to figure out why our federal government wants to destroy this country.

By Wil Williams January 23, 2024
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Earlier this week, I found myself riffling through movie and TV DVDs at the Chino Valley library. Among the stacks was The Best of Bonanza, the 34 best episodes ...

By Wil Williams January 16, 2024
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Are you a military veteran who suffers from limited vision or is categorized as legally blind?

January 10, 2024
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I learned a new word a couple of years ago: eponymous. It’s taken me approximately 22 months to find a way to use it.

By Wil Williams January 9, 2024
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I’m a normal American so I’ve enjoyed eating hamburgers and steaks most of my life as well as other protein-rich animal parts.

By Wil Williams January 2, 2024
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In the early evenings, Violet liked to reflect on her life. She’d been married to Harry for 39 years.

By Wil Williams December 27, 2023
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I’ve heard that many people at the concluding moment of life yearn for more time to finish things and to say goodbye to loved ones and friends.

By Wil Williams December 26, 2023
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Ralph and Emma were married in 1966. The wedding was a small, subdued affair. ...

By Wil Williams December 19, 2023
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Another part of America has faded into the past. I remember around the age of 8 or 9 strolling through the tool department of Sears with Dad when my family lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

By Wil Williams December 13, 2023
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This column focuses on two of the most enduring toys in the history of American toydom. To some, the two toys that follow are not “the most enduring” American toys depending on how one defines “enduring.”

By Wil Williams December 12, 2023
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Picture this. The date is April 9, 1865. A somber air encircles the Wilmer McLean house in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

By Wil Williams December 5, 2023
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When Hanna died, Levi, a farmer, was left to raise their five daughters by himself. This was no easy task since the girls bickered constantly among themselves. ...

By Wil Williams November 28, 2023
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Most of humanity is well familiar with a flying insect of the family Culicidae. Another name for this blood-sucking pest is the mosquito.

By Wil Williams November 21, 2023
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My name is James. I was always plannin’ to help on the farm here in southern Missouri when I graduated from high school.

By Wil Williams November 15, 2023
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I’ve never written a column of do-it-yourself projects around the house and I’m not going down that rabbit hole today.

By Wil Williams November 13, 2023
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Companies are paying millions of dollars to thousands of lawyers to write stuff that no one reads. I’m talking about product warning labels, ...

By Wil Williams November 7, 2023
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Once in a while, I suffer from sentimental affection for the past. This condition is also known as nostalgia. Usually, when I wax nostalgic, I’m thinking of our country when it was strong and purposeful.

By Wil Williams November 1, 2023
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Without mentioning the gruesome details, I’ll just say that I had a recent opportunity to drive a rental car whilst my own vehicular conveyance was in the body shop.

By Wil Williams October 31, 2023
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Sitting down with Pastor Dan Geen of the Community Church in Chino Valley, I did not expect to hear the spiritual testimony of a man who had traveled to Hell and back during a pivotal seven-year period in his life.

By Wil Williams October 24, 2023
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We learned in Part I of this column that Bob and Christa Hoffman lived in Sapele, Nigeria for four years.

By Wil Williams October 18, 2023
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Several years ago, whilst living in Paulden, we noticed that a great number of mice wanted to share our domestic hospitality, particularly in the kitchen.

By Wil Williams October 17, 2023
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As much as I would like to think that I’m in total control of this column, I’m not.

By Wil Williams October 10, 2023
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This column is about Bob and Christa Hoffman, who spent a number of years living on a houseboat and a sailboat.

By Wil Williams October 4, 2023
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It’s apparent to me that the institution of the instruction manual is dying. Several years ago, the last desktop computer I bought didn’t come with one. ...

By Wil Williams October 3, 2023
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I listen to country music because it feels like home to me after living in Arizona for 31 years. Recently, I heard Country and Western Artist Paul Overstreet sing his song again ...

By Wil Williams September 26, 2023
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Kermit Hunt’s second career was about to launch in 1997 as he completed his Vineyard Bible and Leadership Training and his 22-year employment at Ross Labs in Columbus, Ohio.

By Wil Williams September 20, 2023
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I recently took delivery of a Sony lavalier microphone that I ordered online. A lavalier microphone is a small clip-on device ...

By Wil Williams September 19, 2023
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Earlier this week, whilst sitting in a waiting room, I idly leafed through the Northern Arizona version of Luxury Living. Before I even looked inside, I knew the Luxury Living folks weren’t talking to my demographic ...

By Wil Williams September 12, 2023
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As an American who is old enough to remember the atomic war scare of the 1950s, I still wonder how stuffing ourselves under classroom desks was considered a state-of-the-art strategy that would protect us from the ravages of a nuclear attack.

By Wil Williams September 6, 2023
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If you have a dog in the house who cares about his or her appearance, you’ll want to read this column to him or her.

By Wil Williams September 5, 2023
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The Wild West is known for its wranglers, but I spoke with a Chino Valley lady just the other day who might give the word “wrangler” new meaning.

By Wil Williams August 29, 2023
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A comprehensive list of American heroes would be a lengthy one. Such a list would include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Davy Crockett, Harriet Tubman, Audy Murphy, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Teddy Roosevelt, Clara Barton, and Helen Keller, among so many other luminaries.

By Wil Williams August 23, 2023
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OK, we’ve all trundled through the holidays of Easter, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of July in pretty good form.

By Wil Williams August 22, 2023
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I marvel at the people who invented the products and technologies we use today. Whilst I’m in awe of them, I wonder why I’ve never experienced a blinding stroke of creativity ...

By Wil Williams August 15, 2023
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CJ Box is the amazingly successful author of the Joe Pickett series of novels.

By Wil Williams August 9, 2023
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Last fall, I wrote a column about the mysterious number “33” on the back of Rolling Rock bottles and cans of beer. ...

By Wil Williams August 8, 2023
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I am constantly amazed that we all live among so many fascinating people! Every person you and I pass on the street has a story to tell. Unfortunately, we seldom have the time or opportunity to listen.

By Wil Williams August 1, 2023
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I’ve concluded after nearly 20 minutes of semi-serious reflection that the mind is like a filing cabinet.

By Wil Williams July 26, 2023
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This column is about Ed Moody, principal of Del Rio School here in Chino Valley. Before we delve too deeply into Ed Moody the man, however, we should clarify ...

By Wil Williams July 25, 2023
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It may have been in the year of our Lord 1958 when Cousin Greg and I decided we were men enough to dabble in men things. ...

By Wil Williams July 18, 2023
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Back in the 1950s, Saturday mornings in my family were devoted to errands and tasks that couldn’t be completed during the work week.

By Wil Williams July 12, 2023
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Little Wil was a good kid as he grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and later, Columbus, Ohio. ...

By Wil Williams July 11, 2023
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Young Nick Randall wanted to become a professional basketball player. But that was before he reconsidered his goals and became Dr. Nick Randall, owner of Chino Valley Family Dental.

By Wil Williams July 4, 2023
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I’ve been enjoying the Eggs Benedict special at our men’s casual Wednesday morning breakfast for the past several weeks.

By Wil Williams June 28, 2023
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In 1954, Davy Crockett appeared on my living room television set at 3702 S. Harrison Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I was still in single digits age-wise...

By Wil Williams June 27, 2023
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Do you need to find some vintage Polish peg dolls? I know where you can get a full set of six of them. How about a set of fabric paintbrushes? I know where to find them ...

By Wil Williams June 20, 2023
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When I was doing video biographies as a hobby, I was blessed to meet a variety of special people.

By Wil Williams June 14, 2023
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Generally, I like to patronize small businesses in favor of the corporate chain stores.

By Wil Williams June 12, 2023
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I have to say that I’m pretty well satisfied with the way I handle daily affairs. My several decades of practice have paid off...

By Wil Williams June 6, 2023
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Along about the mid-1950s, a young boy and his grandfather visited the Pea Ridge National Military Park in Benton County, Arkansas.

By Wil Williams May 31, 2023
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Over the past few years, I’ve wondered about the American psyche. I question whether citizens of this country still have the courage and grit of Americans past. I ran into a man at the local gym ...

By Wil Williams May 30, 2023
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Since I’ve retired, I don’t pay attention to individual days the way I used to. I don’t remember anything about last Monday, for example. As far as I know, nothing happened on that day ...

By Wil Williams May 23, 2023
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I’ve had a life-long dream that will never be realized. It’s too late, and I’m too late in life to pursue it now.

By Wil Williams May 17, 2023
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I’ve made fun of the English language before, and I frankly expected that it would be a long time before I did so again. Well, friends and neighbors, ...

By Wil Williams May 16, 2023
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I have sported a mustache and trimmed beard for some years. Growing both just seemed to be the right thing to do, particularly since I’m part of two reenactment groups in Prescott.

By Wil Williams May 9, 2023
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During his 20s, Phil was a Naval officer with extraordinary eyesight. He frequently could see distant objects on the water when others used binoculars to do so.

By Wil Williams May 3, 2023
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An early morning at the Williams house is frequently a kaleidoscope of conversations. Once in a while, a full-fledged debate will break out. ...

By Wil Williams May 2, 2023
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I figured other local Santas were already shouldering the demand for the jolly red suit and whisker events.

By Wil Williams April 25, 2023
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I’m not sure my chronological age quite qualifies me for one, but I feel like a fossil these days.

By Wil Williams April 19, 2023
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My spiritual advisor, Stephan, encouraged me to write this column. Just so you’ll know.

By Wil Williams April 18, 2023
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I have a major announcement to make. I have just named Chino Valley’s Julie and Mike as my Technical Advisors for Domestic Chicken Affairs. ...

By Wil Williams April 11, 2023
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It would be nearly impossible to travel in either direction past the intersection of Highway 69 and Prescott Lakes Parkway in Prescott without noticing the gigantic American flag that flies over the Lamb Chevrolet -Cadillac dealership on the corner.

By Wil Williams April 5, 2023
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What do the following items have in common: a sardine, a mushroom, a marlin, an apple, a pickle and a potato?

By Wil Williams April 4, 2023
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The gauntlet had been thrown down. It was a Wells Lamont work glove and it lay half on the living room rug and half on the laminate flooring. ...

By Wil Williams March 28, 2023
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It’s quandary time again. Back in late 2015, I entered the field of candidates for the 2016 presidential election.

By Wil Williams March 22, 2023
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Leading up to World War II, Russell Eugene Christiansen was a life insurance salesman in St. Louis, Missouri. As a civilian, he had no way ...

By Wil Williams March 21, 2023
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Last week’s column ended with Derek realizing that God had shadowed him and cleared obstacles to his recovery. But even with the power of that realization, Derek slid back into drug addiction. But this time was different.

By Wil Williams March 13, 2023
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Albert Dusz, my maternal grandfather, died 57 years ago. Among my misty memories of him are the aromatic tobacco smoke swirling from his pipe into the afternoon air, and the denim overalls he always wore.

By Wil Williams March 8, 2023
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At the end of last week’s column, Derek was nearing release from prison when he received a letter from a woman he’d known eight years earlier....

By Wil Williams March 7, 2023
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This is the first of a three-part series that follows a young man into the depths of Hell. Somewhere in those depths, he finds redemption, but not without a high personal cost.

By Wil Williams February 28, 2023
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By the time this column runs, the NFL season will be over and the power of my peeve will have run out of gas.

By Wil Williams February 22, 2023
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Reflecting backward from the perch of my advanced age, I was never one of the “with it” crowd. I never knew what “it” was, where “it” was, or if I had to wear clean socks to accompany “it.”

By Wil Williams February 21, 2023
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I like to tell the joke about the English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer Noel Coward who dies and goes to Heaven. ...

By Wil Williams February 14, 2023
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Usually, I don’t recognize the daily words they fling at me. I’m thinking if I’ve never heard of it at my age, it’s a word I probably don’t need.

By Wil Williams February 8, 2023
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A “southwester” is defined simply as strong winds from the Southwest. That’s easy enough to understand. Recently, the Williams residence experienced a southwester of magnificent proportions that may set the record for the occurrence of a natural phenomenon within a household.

By Wil Williams February 7, 2023
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I doubt that anyone else will document the Great Blizzard of 2023. I’m going to ignore the probable reasons why and rush into the details of this largely unreported climatological event.

By Wil Williams January 31, 2023
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I recently interviewed an orchestra leader who featured prominently in the Big Band and Swing era of American music.

By Wil Williams January 25, 2023
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Last week’s column described Pvt. Benigno’s imprisonment at Lager 118. This week, hear how he and his fellow POWs found out that the end of the war was nearing.

By Wil Williams January 24, 2023
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In last week’s column, we learned that Russell Anthony Benigno had been captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge and had just been transported to Prison Camp Lager 118 just outside Lutzschena, Germany.

By Wil Williams January 17, 2023
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Since we’re soon to hear another boring and largely nonsensical State of the Union Address, filled with spending we can’t afford, this January, I decided to look back into history for one that might be easier to digest.

By Wil Williams January 11, 2023
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A few weeks ago, my friend Robert loaned me a file containing a hand-written manuscript of a soldier’s experiences during World War II.

By Wil Williams January 10, 2023
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The Best Man could be a heart-warming story of a young couple marrying on Christmas Eve after a heart-warming engagement dreaming of children, a heart-warming home in the ’burbs with a picket fence, and a black lab named Gertrude. But instead, this column, although still heart-warming, is about Chino Valley Citizen Mike Best.

By Wil Williams January 2, 2023
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Just the other day, Carolyn Harris of the Skull Valley Historical Society emailed a Budge Ruffner column to me that appeared in the Courier on December 19, 1980.

By Wil Williams December 28, 2022
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The world has never had too few mysteries to contemplate. Some have been solved. Many have not. One of the strangest mysteries ...

By Wil Williams December 27, 2022
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During the year 1993, Bill Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd U.S. president, Sears eliminated its 97-year-old catalog sales department, and the Eiffel Tower welcomed its 150,000,000th visitor.

By Wil Williams December 20, 2022
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I’m a little hesitant to write this week’s column. I feel compelled to do so, however, since I recently became aware of the word “adulting.”

By Wil Williams December 14, 2022
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I look forward to Christmas every year along with all the rest of us. Even at my advanced age, it’s a joyous celebration for a number of reasons.

By Wil Williams December 13, 2022
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I sat down this morning to list the types of art that abound around me.

December 6, 2022
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A few months ago, my wife and I and volunteers around the state of Arizona collected signatures on a petition in support of Proposition 309 (the photo ID initiative) that ultimately appeared on the ballot of the recent midterm elections.

By Wil Williams November 30, 2022
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I’ve been a member of the Williams family for about five months now. Let me say right out loud that, yes, I’m a dog, but I prefer the more formal designation of Canis lupus familiaris.

By Wil Williams November 29, 2022
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I have yet another outstanding solution to a vexing problem. I know my efforts will be ignored, but I feel an obligation to offer my best thinking anyway.

By Wil Williams November 22, 2022
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I’ve been using English all my life, and I still chafe at the rules I have to follow to use it “properly” according to the rule-makers. There are some languages that are more citizen-friendly than ours.

By Wil Williams November 16, 2022
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Willy Stealthmeyer was a longtime resident of Wheezy Holler, a small 1880s mining town somewhere in Wyoming. Although he had a passel of things to say, he never had the proper time or place to express them. And so, I thought I’d loan my column to Willy today.

By Wil Williams November 14, 2022
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The Chino Valley Morning Lions Club expects delivery soon of its Christmas tree order for this year’s holiday tree-selling season that begins the day after Thanksgiving.

By Wil Williams November 8, 2022
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The musical Fiddler on the Roof debuted in 1964 on Broadway to great acclaim.

By Wil Williams November 2, 2022
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Neighbor Jack just told me that a used pair of Levi’s jeans from the 1880s, found in a deserted mine sold for $87,000 at an auction in New Mexico.

By Wil Williams November 1, 2022
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While I was serving in Vietnam, I was enjoying a cold brew in some darkened den somewhere when I started reading the label of the beer bottle in my hand....

By Wil Williams October 25, 2022
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There are allegedly 15 words in the English language that end in the syllable “nym.”

By Wil Williams October 19, 2022
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In last week’s column, I wrote about riding with Police Officer Jon Szymanski during his day shift. Sixteen days later, I joined Officer Hector Torres for his night shift.

By Wil Williams October 18, 2022
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I recently fulfilled a dream that I’ve nurtured for the past 30 years. With Chino Valley Police Chief Chuck Wynn’s help, I did a “ride along” with two of our local police officers, one on the day shift and one on the night shift.

By Wil Williams October 11, 2022
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Did you know Prescott was the Arizona Territorial Capital from 1864 to 1867 and from 1877 until 1889?

By Wil Williams October 5, 2022
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Jason Dystra is the lead pharmacist behind the counter at the Chino Valley Pharmacy. His journey from his home state of Michigan to Chino Valley was predestined while he was still a very young man.

By Wil Williams October 4, 2022
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I had the unfortunate experience of participating in an endless stream of business meetings during my career. Staff meetings. Client meetings....

By Wil Williams September 27, 2022
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Did you hear about the “shoot-out” at the Western Heritage Center on Whiskey Row the other day?

By Wil Williams September 21, 2022
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I recently read in an aviation magazine about a bush pilot in Alaska. He flies an old crop duster biplane that requires frequent servicing. He described his airplane as “a collection of used parts flying in formation.”

By Wil Williams September 20, 2022
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Over the years, I’ve suggested that my talents, such as they are, could qualify me for a number of high-profile positions in the entertainment world.

By Wil Williams September 13, 2022
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Chino Valley resident Tim Frandsen graduated from the University of Maryland in 1993 with a degree in business administration. Shortly after graduation, his college roommate suggested that he teach English in Japan.

By Wil Williams September 7, 2022
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Mike Fogel and I first met in 2015. I’d just started a long-term substitute teacher assignment at the local high school and Mike was the librarian....

By Wil Williams September 6, 2022
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Every once in a while as I write these columns, I get a wild hair.

By Wil Williams August 30, 2022
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Recently, I settled into my trusty living room recliner to watch an episode or two of Tales of Wells Fargo, the 1957 to 1962 TV western featuring Dale Robertson.

By Wil Williams August 24, 2022
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My wife and I have been hooked by a number of TV series over the years. We waited 20 seasons to watch all the Sopranos episodes, but when we finally agreed to enter the world of organized crime hand-in-hand with Tony Soprano...

By Wil Williams August 23, 2022
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For the past few years, I’ve wanted to own a small pick-up truck.

August 17, 2022
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ADVISORY: This column describes a recent domestic “military mission” in which the graphic detail may concern small children and pets. If your young offspring or cocker spaniel/Chihuahua mix is sensitive to the depiction of dramatic events, please exercise caution.

By Wil Williams August 15, 2022
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My wife and I have had several “conversations” about the condition of the desktop in my home office. I probably should clarify this last sentence by saying that my wife and I had several conversations about my desktop.

By Wil Williams August 9, 2022
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For some years, I’ve been content to ease gently into my elder years.

By Wil Williams August 3, 2022
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I was dallying in my he-cave the other night pondering the vagaries of life when the topic of scrapbooks came to mind. Most of us began our association with scrapbooks at an early age.

By Wil Williams August 2, 2022
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I ordinarily don’t write about pants, especially if a specific person I know wears them. It is, you know, a potentially sensitive and delicate subject.

By Wil Williams July 26, 2022
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During the past several months, I’ve endured over 784 TV commercials for losing weight.

By Wil Williams July 20, 2022
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No matter where your ache or pain is, there’s a fix for it, at least according to the claims on the pill bottle labels. At last count, I’m consuming something in the ballpark of 26 supplements daily to maintain what health I have left.

By Wil Williams July 19, 2022
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Serving its congregation is a separate but, of course, equally critical mission. The congregation isn’t a monolithic collection of souls, but slices of population brought together by faith.

By Wil Williams July 12, 2022
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Tom and Phoebe Ritter of Kirkland, Arizona tell me that during the 1950s and 60s, Kirkland was a busy little town.

By Wil Williams July 6, 2022
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Wayne Ballard, pastor of Grace Church, graduated from a small college in Houston with a bachelor’s in communications with an emphasis in theater.

By Wil Williams July 5, 2022
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As the country emerges from that blasted COVID misery, developers are, once again, making plans to provide the homes and neighborhoods that Americans will need as everyone teeters back toward normal.

By Wil Williams June 28, 2022
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How many movies have you seen or how many books have you read recently that claimed to be “Based on a true story”?

By Wil Williams June 22, 2022
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Many of my early childhood memories center around Friday nights and Saturday mornings in the 1950s.

By Wil Williams June 20, 2022
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Now that I’m retired, however, I don’t want to spend what’s left of my adult life exchanging any kind of words with people on the phone whom I don’t know, aka telemarketers.

By Wil Williams June 14, 2022
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You may have read about the Chino Valley Repertory Theatre’s anticipated production on Sept. 9 and 10 entitled Letters of Love and Hope from the Front.

By Wil Williams June 8, 2022
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You may have read about the Chino Valley Repertory Theatre’s anticipated production on Sept. 9 and 10, entitled “Letters of Love and Hope from the Front.”

By Wil Williams June 7, 2022
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I recently had an opportunity to sit down with three firefighters from the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority here in Chino Valley. I sought the answers to two questions. ...

By Wil Williams May 31, 2022
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I’ve written before about dark forces that are thriving to erode the character and traditions of America.

By Wil Williams May 25, 2022
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My wife and I just started watching an outstanding nature series entitled “Animal” on Netflix.

By Wil Williams May 24, 2022
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Hi there. My name is Jim. Jim Slade. I want to set the record straight about some stagecoach “robberies” a number of years ago not far from Prescott.

By Wil Williams May 18, 2022
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Chino Valley Mayor Jack Miller wanted to be a police officer when he was young. But that was before he saw Phoenix TV coverage of a fugitive who had killed his wife and fled.

By Wil Williams May 17, 2022
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By all measures, who is the most power person in the world? No, Tom Brady doesn’t even make the list. The Most Powerful Person (MPP) isn’t the U.S. President either at least not these days. It isn’t Miss Piggy, or Chino Valley Mayor Jack Miller.

By Wil Williams May 10, 2022
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When one reaches the mid-seventies in age, there are very few things left that one does “for the very first time.” Well, my wife and I did just that recently when we attended the Prescott Livestock Auction.

By Wil Williams May 3, 2022
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I, along with school children everywhere, learned that Ponce de Leon searched for the fountain of youth.

By Wil Williams April 27, 2022
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My wife and I have been reading a David Baldacci book entitled A Gambling Man.

By Wil Williams April 26, 2022
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Interviews with professional athletes and coaches before and after the “Big Game” never change. I’ve probably watched thousands of such interviews over the decades to hear the same lifeless questions and the same lackluster answers.

By Wil Williams April 19, 2022
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Who knew that Skull Valley, Arizona, might be the polo/wedding capital of the state?

By Wil Williams April 13, 2022
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My wife and I have been reading a David Baldacci book entitled “A Gambling Man.” But it isn’t this specific novel that I’m using to fuel today’s column.

By Wil Williams April 12, 2022
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I’m prepared to explain some things about Epsom salt that you’ve never heard before, and some things that have never been in print, and possibly for good reason.

By Wil Williams April 5, 2022
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My wife and I enjoy life, partly because we each have a variety of interests and life experiences. There are some activities, however, that we’re learning to eliminate from our schedule ...

By Wil Williams March 29, 2022
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Since I’m an occasionally observant person, I’ve noticed a trend in my own physical and mental presence. That trend is that I’m definitely growing older.

By Wil Williams March 22, 2022
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This is one of those “What America Needs Is…” columns. Yes, I’m writing about profanity today, but not just the run-of-the-mill variety of obscenities

By Wil Williams March 14, 2022
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced me to revisit my relationship with my own country.

By Wil Williams March 8, 2022
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Little did I know that by contributing to a non-profit charity, I’d inherit a wealth of riches in addition to helping folks in genuine need of assistance.

By Wil Williams March 1, 2022
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Since I’ve become an adult (unsolicited estimates range on that date from the middle of 1977 to early this year), I’ve heard references to Feng Shui.

By Wil Williams February 23, 2022
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If you’re looking for a perfect castle (in England) that offers that special homey feel complete with fireplaces, wood paneling in the den, and an upgraded kitchen, you might want to contact ...

By Wil Williams February 22, 2022
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Thinking back over my years brings me snout to snout with a number of emotions. One of them is remorse about things I said to my parents, my friends.

By Wil Williams February 15, 2022
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This may be the only column you’ll ever read about an interview with a train robber.

By Wil Williams February 9, 2022
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We lost our last Black Lab about two years ago. As I remember each of the girls that we considered close members of our family, the thought occurs to me that even though we loved them dearly, I never wanted to have a conversation in English with them.

By Wil Williams February 8, 2022
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I’m well aware that Christmas is in our rear-view mirror, but I have to vent.

By Wil Williams February 1, 2022
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My wife will hemorrhage a brick when she edits this column, since she’s the focus of it, along with a football legend.

By Wil Williams January 25, 2022
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You may have no idea who Chino Valley residents Barbara Jean and Keith Meeker are. By the end of this column, however, you will know them well since I’m going to reveal some family secrets.

By Wil Williams January 18, 2022
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OK, it’s high time I unburdened myself. I’m at last willing to confess that I’ve been carrying a crippling chip on my shoulder since 1956.

By Wil Williams January 12, 2022
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I distinctly remember in high school plowing through various literary classics authored by Coleridge, Houseman, Byron, Wordsworth, Whitman, Dickens and Poe. The most challenging were Paradise Lost by John Milton, the general works of Shakespeare and, God help me, Beowulf.

By Wil Williams January 11, 2022
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I’m used to being ignored. I’ve whined more than once about folks completely dismissing my suggestions for a better local society. I know that this column will experience the same demise. ...

By Wil Williams January 4, 2022
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Whilst I’m tickled to provide the following information, I make no representation or warranties of any kind, express or implied about the completeness, accuracy...

By Wil Williams December 28, 2021
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Does today’s America still match up to its legendary history as the land of opportunity and the land of unlimited individual potential?

By Wil Williams December 22, 2021
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I recently ran across a fascinating resource that is custom made for the kind of codswallop I put into these columns. You may have heard of it — The Guinness Book of World Records.

By Wil Williams December 21, 2021
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I used to be more careful about what I wore out in public. Of course, when I was still in the work force, I needed to dress as if I were a serious person.

By Wil Williams December 15, 2021
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OK, listen. You’re going to think you’ve read this column before with my grandiose plans to be become ultra-wealthy.

By Wil Williams December 14, 2021
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I was minding my own business the other day, when my flabber was gasted to learn that I didn’t know how one should eat.

By Wil Williams December 7, 2021
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I’m now a graduate of the Academy. No, not the Academy at West Point, the Academy Awards, or the Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand. I’m talking about a more important academy since I’m a loyal, flag-toting citizen of our fair town.

By Wil Williams November 30, 2021
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It has long been a goal in my columns to address the pithier issues of our society and of our time. That’s why I investigated the concern of TV advertising spokes-animals ...

By Wil Williams November 23, 2021
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Along about the mid-1950s, a young boy and his grandfather visited the Pea Ridge National Military Park in Benton County, Arkansas. During that visit the boy received a musket ball souvenir from an elderly lady.

By Wil Williams November 17, 2021
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All my life, I’ve walked out of retail stores, barbershops, exercise emporiums, table tennis clubs, restaurants, and who knows what other (legal) establishments, with fewer of my possessions than when I entered them.

By Wil Williams November 16, 2021
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In April 2020, I wrote a column entitled “The most important paper in the universe.” At the time, I felt I had fulfilled my obligation to toilet paper...

By Wil Williams November 9, 2021
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I’m proud of the headline of this column since it offers NO information about the content that follows. This is a semi-clever way to motivate readers ...

By Wil Williams November 2, 2021
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For some reason, the word “ilk” has been pestering me over the last few days. Honestly, I have enough on my plate; I don’t need to be badgered by miscellaneous and infrequently used words in the English language who have nothing better to do with their time.

By Wil Williams October 5, 2021
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Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight and a leader during the First War of Scottish Independence against the English. In 1297, he and his ragtag troops defeated a formidable English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. ...

By Wil Williams September 7, 2021
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I never thought that Hydroxy Benzoyl Hexyl Benzoate would liven up my day.

By Wil Williams August 3, 2021
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As a member of the Chino Valley Morning Lions Club, I find myself traipsing along Highway 89 here in town several times a year picking up the flotsam and jetsam of modern living from both sides of the highway.

By Wil Williams July 6, 2021
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Richard Coleman says walking the five-mile Peavine Trail here in Chino Valley is far more than mere physical exercise.

By Wil Williams December 1, 2020
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We’ve all had a lot to ponder and to process these past few months. Every new day in 2020 brought with it a whole new challenge.

By Wil Williams November 25, 2020
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This year has been blemished by countless nights of riots and looting in cities across the country, destructive acting out that actually had nothing to do with the alleged racial discrimination that purportedly sparked the violence.

By Wil Williams November 24, 2020
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Over the years whilst watching sweaty westerns on TV and in the movies, I’ve seen a great number of Mexican villages raided by bad guys.

By Wil Williams November 18, 2020
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I’m so proud of myself. I traveled to the store this past weekend and came close to breaking the world’s record for speed-grocery shopping. Not only did I cut quite a striking figure catapulting through the food aisles, but I also located three 15.5 oz. cans of Kroger-brand hominy.

By Wil Williams November 10, 2020
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Earlier this year, Chino Valley Repertory Theatre Creative Director Jeff Frohock was faced with a problem.

By Wil Williams November 3, 2020
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One of the pleasures of writing a newspaper column is the opportunity to meet folks with unique life experiences. Such was the case recently when I visited with Nick and Rada, who are naturalized US citizens from Serbia.

By Wil Williams October 28, 2020
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One of the pleasures of writing a newspaper column is the opportunity to meet folks with unique life experiences. Such was the case recently when I visited with Nick and Rada who are naturalized US citizens from Serbia.

October 27, 2020
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At last count, there are approximately 2,741 in-home exercise machines available to sculpt, chisel and mold various parts of one’s body. Each of these actions sounds excruciating.

By Wil Williams October 20, 2020
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To young boys of my generation, there were only so many professional advancement plans on our radar screens: policeman, fireman, astronaut, to be the next Johnny Unitus, etc.

By Wil Williams October 13, 2020
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The United Kingdom has already prepared its list of names for hurricanes that may occur this coming winter in the North Atlantic Ocean. I don’t object to being prepared. Generally, I don’t object to the contents of this list that includes names such as Heulwen, Phoebe, Fleur, Saidhbhin and Naia, except that I can’t pronounce some of them.

By Wil Williams October 7, 2020
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The United Kingdom has already prepared its list of names for hurricanes that may occur this coming winter in the North Atlantic Ocean.

By Wil Williams October 6, 2020
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As we all know, in December of this year, Chino Valley Mayor Darryl Croft, Councilman Mike Best and Town Clerk Jami Lewis are retiring from public service and trundling off into the sunset.

By Wil Williams September 29, 2020
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This column will address some issues that are seldom contemplated today. Who gives generations names? Why?

By Wil Williams September 23, 2020
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I’ve worked during my life to develop a reliable vocabulary. Don’t know why, particularly, but it was kind of fun adding an obscure word to my verbal arsenal even if I rarely used it. I have at last reached a point in my tenure that I can understand most of what I hear but less and less of what I see on TV each night, but that’s another issue.

By Wil Williams September 22, 2020
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Did you know there are anywhere from 8,000 to 10,000 Patron Saints … or more? I’m led to believe that this broad count also includes blesseds and venerables.

September 8, 2020
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I think it’s time we had a different kind of demonstration in the streets. A peaceful but passionate one with a theme that most American citizens can support. It’s a theme that would help us put many of today’s news reports in perspective.

By Wil Williams September 1, 2020
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You’ll be gleeful that you chose to read this column. Today in only one lesson, I’m going to tell you how to elevate your self-esteem to dizzying heights.

By Wil Williams August 26, 2020
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In past columns I’ve freely admitted that my wife and I are retired folks living the dream and the simple life here in Chino Valley.

By Wil Williams August 25, 2020
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Chino Valley resident Tony Saverino become a businessman very early in life. In the early 1930’s, he operated a shoe shine box promoting “Free shoe shines with a 5-cent tax.” He sold

By Wil Williams August 18, 2020
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There, it’s happened again. I was just regaling friends with a fascinating experience I’d had just a couple of years ago when my animated narrative hit a brick wall.

By Wil Williams August 11, 2020
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Especially during these times of COVID-19 shutdown, one seeks activities to keep the mind and fingers busy. I was probably first introduced to the phenomenon of knitting when my parents told me I should “tend to my own knitting” rather than be concerned about what others were doing, saying and thinking.

By Wil Williams August 4, 2020
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I recently read the Black Lives Matter website. The most glaring problem I saw was that the expressed justification for the group is demonstrably false.

By Wil Williams July 29, 2020
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Each and every one of us has been dared by colleagues to do something, go somewhere, or to act in some way that is outside our normal behavior pattern.

By Wil Williams July 28, 2020
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A few days ago, my wife introduced a new concept for dinner called a shrimp mooshoo … burrito-type thing. Not only is the wife mighty capable and creative as a master gardener in landscaping around our house, she is equally imaginative in the kitchen.

By Wil Williams July 21, 2020
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I thought we as a nation were facing severe enough challenges during the heights of the coronavirus scourge.

By Wil Williams July 15, 2020
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In a ceaseless crusade to redefine my life, I’ve been thinking about becoming a philanthropist. My unique brand of self-serving and superficial research indicates that this occupation might be the best kind of “thropist” out there.

By Wil Williams July 14, 2020
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Recently, I visited the hospital for a corrective procedure followed by two weeks of very gentle living as prescribed by the surgeon.

By Wil Williams July 6, 2020
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When Joe was born in 1847, his family was respected among the merchants and shopkeepers of Mako, Hungary. Just six years later, Joe’s father retired and moved his family to Budapest.

By Wil Williams July 1, 2020
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Harri was born Jan. 24, 1635, in Wales. His village of birth is reported to have been Llanrhymny, which is completely unpronounceable in the modern world, as are most Welsh geographical locations.

By Wil Williams June 30, 2020
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I probably wouldn’t have written this column about the history of and importance of tickling in our modern-day universe, but Joe, a friend in the Valley, sent me a column penned by now-deceased Arizona Republic reporter and columnist Clay Thompson.

By Wil Williams June 23, 2020
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OK Listen, for some time now, I’ve sought that huge financial windfall that would put me in the chips. I’ve run at least two columns promoting myself for a multi-million-dollar contract to be a national spokesman for whatever product or service.

By Wil Williams June 16, 2020
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I think this column is a sequel to a recent column I wrote about memory. Problem is, I don’t remember what the first column was about so the possibility that this column is actually a sequel may be an illusion.

By Wil Williams June 9, 2020
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I probably met Santa Claus somewhere around 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where our nuclear family was living at the time.

By Wil Williams June 3, 2020
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Memory can be a real challenge. I had a really powerful title for today’s sermon, but for some reason, it now eludes me.

By Wil Williams June 2, 2020
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I feel confident accusing you of being a pusher in your past life (lives). I was. My wife was. Of course, I’m not talking about pushing drugs. I’m referring to pushing pins: push pins.

By Wil Williams May 19, 2020
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Although my wife and I don’t have dogs at the current time, I still have a number of pets in the house. I’m talking about pet peeves.

By Wil Williams May 12, 2020
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I’m not talking about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical production that first performed in 1980. I’m talking about the domestic kind that sleep on your living room couch.

By Wil Williams May 6, 2020
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Astrologists explain that folks born under the same Zodiac sign usually share similar traits, personalities, abilities, and so forth. If that’s true, why aren’t I more like Julius, Bill, John and Giovanni in the following paragraphs? I ask since they and I were all born on May 24 at one time or another.

By Wil Williams May 5, 2020
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The last few weeks have changed life. Major changes in life’s routine used to take months or years to manifest themselves. I miss the gradual, almost imperceptible mutations that I didn’t notice until someone pointed them out to me.

By Wil Williams April 28, 2020
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It may have been on June 21, 1963, when I became a man. I was standing in my parents’ kitchen over a skillet of sizzling bacon … without a shirt.

By Wil Williams April 22, 2020
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Johnny Carson, Conan O’Brian, Jay Leno, Harry Truman. Wait, what? Harry was never a late-night jokester on TV, but he delivered a snappy punch line now and then.

By Wil Williams April 21, 2020
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I don’t believe in making the bed every morning. But I don’t think that’s a real fault or character flaw. I mean, taking up valuable time to smooth out a bed that I’m going to unsmooth that night reduces the time I can employ to do angelic things for my community and my country, right? T

By Wil Williams April 14, 2020
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I’ve spent several columns over the years kvetching about the blockbuster novel that I’ve never written. If I could sit down, say, over a long weekend, and compose an intergalactic best seller, my life would change.

By Wil Williams April 8, 2020
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When I first ran across a fellow named Joseph C. Gayetty online, I thought his was a great name for a major newspaper publisher with millions of readers and a man who wielded great influence in his home city and around the country.

By Wil Williams April 7, 2020
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I recently woke up at 2:30 a.m. This sudden and unexpected launch into a new day at such an uncivilized hour was jolting, but I took advantage of the situation by beginning a to-do list for all the things I wanted to accomplish during the upcoming hours.

By Wil Williams March 31, 2020
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I’d only want to be an inventor if the things I invented came true.

By Wil Williams March 25, 2020
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It’s been a busy two weeks already. Meetings cancelled.

By Wil Williams March 24, 2020
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I’m nostalgic when it comes to keeping things. I still have (and wear) shirts and shoes that are older than most high school seniors in this town.

By Wil Williams March 17, 2020
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I recently spoke to a very special person.

March 11, 2020
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To amuse myself recently, I looked up the acronym “DNA.”

By Wil Williams March 10, 2020
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Not long ago, I happened to watch the 1957 movie “Gunfight at the OK Corral.”

By Wil Williams March 3, 2020
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Way back in April of 2015, I wrote a column announcing the decision to name my much dreamed and schemed about book “Breakfast with a Three-Legged Dog.”

By Wil Williams February 26, 2020
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If you persist in reading this column today rather than doing something worthwhile with your time, you’ll learn about a number of words that you have never heard of and will never use. I’m on my knees thanking the vocabulary gods that English is such a target-rich language.

By Wil Williams February 25, 2020
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Last week’s column left you, David, his brother, mother and grandfather departing Singapore and heading for Vietnam where they anchored off shore for three weeks since, in 1965, the country wasn’t receiving civilian visitors.

By Wil Williams February 18, 2020
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Most of the time, life is a crap shoot, so I let the doubloons land where they may.

By Wil Williams February 12, 2020
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This column is about a friend of mine, a boy who embarked upon a global pilgrimage at the age of 15.

By Wil Williams February 11, 2020
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The last few times we’ve breakfasted at Skillets Café, my wife couldn’t focus on her scrambled eggs, it seems, she was seriously distracted by the dog paintings displayed on the wall above our table.

By Wil Williams February 4, 2020
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I’ve been led to believe over my life that with reincarnation, the “non-physical essence of a living being starts a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.”

By Wil Williams January 28, 2020
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My wife and I have never been technophiles. Although we did get brand new cell phones just a few months ago. Eh, flip phones.

By Wil Williams January 21, 2020
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The end of 2019 has encouraged me to assess where I am as an American male and where I want to go in 2020.

By Wil Williams January 14, 2020
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Just before Christmas, my wife and I drove to Tucson.

By Wil Williams January 7, 2020
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Just this morning, my wife and I were discussing prefixes as a part of speech. As a young boy, I thought a prefix was something you did before you broke something. Pre- fixing something still sounds like a good idea to me.

By Wil Williams January 1, 2020
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My wife tells me I should have written about seasonal topics in December.

By Wil Williams December 31, 2019
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Christmas gift-giving is now past.

By Wil Williams December 24, 2019
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Writing columns is one of the greater joys of my life.

By Wil Williams December 17, 2019
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Chino Valley is a great place to live. That’s why there’s a thriving sense of community hereabouts. With that said, however, I have a brilliant way of making our fair town even better.

By Wil Williams December 10, 2019
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Over the past few years as a substitute teacher at our Chino Valley High School, I’ve come to know the School Security Officer, Glenn Koester.

By Wil Williams November 26, 2019
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Two or three times a week, when buried deeply in conversation, my wife and I utter the words, “Let’s Google it.!” when we need to check a fact. It seems that no matter what we ask of the Internet, we get a response that satisfies our curiosity and our conversational requirements.

November 20, 2019
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In a column long ago and far away, I discussed a ludicrous clothing accessory, the necktie.

By Wil Williams November 19, 2019
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If you look up what happened on Jan. 13, 1885, you’ll see two entries: the death of Schuyler Colfax, an American politician who was born in 1823, and the birth of Alfred Carl.

By Wil Williams November 12, 2019
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I went to the Dollar Store here in Chino Valley the other day to buy party supplies.

By Wil Williams November 5, 2019
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For some reason, when my mind escapes the rigors of the here and now, I drift back to my early years in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

By Wil Williams October 29, 2019
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Headline in the Sept. 17, 1871 Dodge City Times: “U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon Resigns in a Huff!”

By Wil Williams October 22, 2019
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Until this column, there haven’t been a lot of men’s fashion breakthroughs to talk about in the past, say, 57 years.

By Wil Williams October 15, 2019
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I had occasion recently to interview the ‘Mysterious Mr. Q.’ We met in a room with black-out shades over the windows.

By Wil Williams October 8, 2019
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I was preparing my breakfast of gruel/oatmeal the other day.

By Wil Williams October 1, 2019
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You did it, again, Chino Valley and Paulden!

By Wil Williams September 24, 2019
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The average life span of the American male is 76 years.

By Wil Williams September 17, 2019
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Enough with the socks, ties, belts, aftershave and underwear as birthday, Christmas and Father’s Day gifts.

By Wil Williams September 11, 2019
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Patricia Earle knows something about horses. She grew up with horses in California.

By Wil Williams September 3, 2019
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I think it’s time for the concept of “level” to go. For years, in business and in business advertising, I’ve heard about taking it to the next level. What’s wrong with the level I’m already comfortable with?

By Wil Williams August 28, 2019
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When Hans Vang was 11 years old, he helped his Danish grandmother make bread and prepare meals for the family.

By Wil Williams August 27, 2019
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I know an amusing joke featuring an interview between Noel Coward and William Shakespeare.

By Wil Williams August 20, 2019
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Some years ago, I met a fellow by the name of Bill McMahan. He’s the guy who tortured me with physical therapy exercises as I recovered from shoulder and hip replacement surgeries. I hasten to add that due to his diligence and knowledge, as well as the skill of the surgeon, both replacement procedures were totally successful.

By Wil Williams August 14, 2019
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Half this column will be serious. Half won’t be. It’s up to you to decide which half is which.

By Wil Williams August 13, 2019
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I recently met with Chuck Wynn, Chino Valley Chief of Police.

By Wil Williams August 6, 2019
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It was a windy day in late April when I strolled into the Mad Dog Saloon.

By Wil Williams July 17, 2019
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Terry and his wife, Christina, immigrated to the U.S. from South Africa, in 2005. I spoke with him recently to ask why.

By Wil Williams July 16, 2019
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Neighbor Phil drew my attention to a quote recently that read, “Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school.

By Wil Williams July 9, 2019
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It’s no secret that I love movies and TV series set in the Old West. I was, therefore, emotionally aflutter when I discovered that our cable programming included a 24/7 Western channel.

By Wil Williams July 1, 2019
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Growing up I had no brothers and one sister. I’ve never mourned being part of a small family. But I mourn today. Based on 2017 statistics, I mourn that I have over 325 million brothers and sisters in this country, but we’re not close.

By Wil Williams June 24, 2019
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In a recent column, I sought to realize my full true life’s potential by offering my services as a national spokesman for some product, service or whatever else. My supplication fell on uncaring ears, it seems.

By Wil Williams June 18, 2019
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Fifty-three years ago, I came into the possession of a wooden footlocker, courtesy of the U.S. Army.

By Wil Williams June 4, 2019
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There are mystical forces at work in the universe. One of them that receives too little attention is the verity that if two of something make up a set, one will always be missing.

By Wil Williams May 28, 2019
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Father Fred has been the pastor at St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church here in Chino Valley since 2003....

By Wil Williams May 20, 2019
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Throughout history, we’ve learned about famous people who made significant contributions to the world’s societies. But I ask you, just how much do we know of these personalities? Who were they, really?

By Wil Williams May 13, 2019
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This is the first of a two-column report on how a Navy airman survived almost seven years as a POW in North Vietnam from 1966 to 1973.

By Wil Williams May 8, 2019
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Whether on a personal or national basis, we have faced tragedies before.

By Wil Williams May 7, 2019
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I’ve decided it’s time for some self-improvement. I could take a class on something. I could read a non-fiction book...

By Wil Williams April 30, 2019
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I’m amazed by a variety of things in life: the love of a devoted wife (even though it took three attempts to experience it); the lifelong loyalty of a dog; the warmth and power of the sun, which is over 93 million miles away (an orbit average); and, the frigid Phoenix Suns’ inability to reach the NBA finals in the past 25 years.

By Wil Williams April 24, 2019
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We’ve all seen movies, TV shows or read books about a person who is down and out, but through grit and doggedness has overcome the challenges and become fantastically successful....

By Wil Williams April 23, 2019
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During the course of my life, I’ve noticed that when children don’t get their way, they want to change the rules.

By Wil Williams April 15, 2019
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The title of this column was misleading as soon as I wrote it. I suspect that most folks already know Scott Bruner, director of the Chino Valley Library.

By Wil Williams April 8, 2019
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Life doesn’t have to be as complicated and convoluted as it is.

By Wil Williams April 3, 2019
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I’m always stunned when an investigative congressional committee asks a witness a question about some innocuous event that transpired several years previously....

By Wil Williams March 25, 2019
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I’m outraged that as a popcorn enthusiast also of the most energetic proportions, I didn’t know there was a National Popcorn Day until I heard about it on the radio.

By Wil Williams March 20, 2019
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Nothing is predictable in today’s world. Well, except for a young boy’s curiosity. ...

By Wil Williams March 19, 2019
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I wish to announce that I am available to be a spokesman for a national TV advertising campaign. For one thing, I can fake sincerity as well as anyone...

By Wil Williams March 11, 2019
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I’ve finally cleaned up my act, but it may be too late. When we had two or three dogs in the house, I spent a fair amount of time discussing important issues with them.

By Wil Williams March 4, 2019
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It was another quiet celebration of the New Year this year. Oh, we did join with some neighborhood friends to usher in the new calendar page, but most of us were comatose long before the magic ball/boot, or whatever else fell.

By Wil Williams January 2, 2019
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The Democrat Party has just streamlined our legal system.

By Wil Williams November 21, 2018
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When you turned 50 years of age, you may not have made a big deal out of it. But that’s not the case with Chino Valley.

By Wil Williams November 20, 2018
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In the spring of that year, 19-year-old Tommy went to war. It was his choice to join the army, even though he knew he’d be sent into an armed conflict overseas.

By Wil Williams September 25, 2018
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I’m growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of quality public discourse of the last few years.

By Wil Williams September 25, 2018
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Passion is an important thing. I’m not talking about the heavy-breathing kind in the backseat of a two-tone 1957 Chevy.

By Wil Williams September 18, 2018
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I like to keep things in my life simple. When I go to the barbershop here in Chino Valley, I (almost) always ask for the same type of haircut.

By Wil Williams August 7, 2018
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The answer to the question of who invented the man purse should be an easy one.

By Wil Williams July 17, 2018