Penny For Your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker When the days begin to get shorter ( I wish it was now) and the weather turns cooler. can you hear the crickets chirping? Now, I am definitely not fond of crickets and I usually scream when I see one, But. when I hear them chirping, I know fall is coming, school is starting and…
Penny For Your Thoughts, By: Nancy Whitaker We all remember the old TV series, “Gilligan’s Island,” when Gilligan and his crew set off on a three hour tour on the S.S. Minnow and their ship wrecked. The group wound up on an island and made the best out of their surroundings. They always seemed to have…
Nancy Whitaker took the week off from her normaly scheduled column, so we thought we would share with the readers some of her accompllishments as a writer. We are grateful to all of our contributors of the West Bend News, especially a local legend like Nancy! Enjoy! —WBN editors Hooper Awards • 2008 – First…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Does anyone know what a “redneck is?” We have heard jokes and stories about the folks who are from the south and Jeff Foxworthy has made a ton of money with his jokes and quotes about rednecks. A few of Foxworthy’s quotes are – “you might be a…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker They are not only fun to learn, but some of them are actually true. They are sayings that I have always lived by and was disappointed to find out that some just are not true. My grandma was one who believed in old wives tales, moon signs, good…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Yikes! What is it? Does it bite, fly, walk, hop or jump? As we all are getting summer chores done outside now, the critters and insects, birds and bees are busy building nests. One such insect who is looking for a nice warm place to stay is a…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker This is a story about four people. Their names were: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There happened to be an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that,…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Did you know that for the past 5 years Gerber Baby Food has been holding contests for a new face to be on front of their baby food jar. The old Gerber baby has been on jar since 1927, plus she is currently 95 years old. One of…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker This year I played it smart and got a pneumonia shot; a flu shot and all my COVID shots. I thought I was all set for the heat, cold, rain and snow, but I found out about a few weeks ago that there are other ailments which are “a…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Maybe I am ancient, because I remember when we did not have a television. In fact, for entertainment we had a big cabinet sized radio that we gathered around and listened to. When we finally got a TV, we thought we were in seventh heaven. Back in the…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Isn’t it nice to just know some trivia about everything? With a curious mind and a big imagination, I love to know things that some people might call “Useless Facts.” I went on a search on the internet and found some useless knowledge that may be interesting to…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Believe it or not, some of us remember the old outhouses or as some say “privy.” Yes, I remember going to one and when we had to brave the cold weather to “Go.” Sometimes bees or wasps would make a nest in ours and you had to be…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker As I think of my grandma and grandpa, I just wonder what they would think of the world today. The streets where they lived and walked, the houses they lived in and everyone they may have known are gone. Would they embrace cell phones, computers, Netflix and cable…
