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 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…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Did you know that there are approximately 68,000,000 dogs currently owned as pets in the U.S? That’s 68 million dog names. Of course when I was growing up, we always had a dog. We lived with grandma and grandpa and grandpa always named a dog, Rover. We had Rover #1, Rover…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I have never claimed to be a so called Arts and Crafts person, but I do like to cook and create various recipes and try household tips to save time and money. Everyone likes to save a dollar or two, at least I do, because as Ben Franklin…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I am always wondering about something. Sometimes I just like to sit and contemplate things. Today I was thinking about mirrors. I have never met a mirror I didn’t have the urge to look into. They say a person is self conscious and unsure of them selves if…
