http://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/opinion/columnists/winnies-way/?partner=RSSAnderson Valley Post Stories: Winnie's Wayen-usopinion/columnists/winnies-wayhttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2012/may/08/motherhood-essential-job/?partner=RSSThe most important job in the world has little or nothing to do with the famous figures in history — the Bushes, Clintons, Roosevelts and other heads of governments. The world’s most important job is one of the lowest rated and lowest paid — i.e. the job of a stay-at-home, caring mother. It is a difficult job, requiring years of dedication, loving, teaching and doing, the mundane repetitious chores that make for a happy, healthy home dedicated to bringing up honest, useful citizens. Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23570-734631opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAMotherhood an essential jobAnderson Valley Postmotherhood-essential-joburn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23570-734631Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2012/mar/06/leap-day-storm-brings-horror/?partner=RSSWhen the March 1 newspaper arrived, I was horrified by the stories it held. The news contained so many accounts of needless deaths suffered by innocent people because of the actions of others. One was the accidental death of a Cottonwood fireman on duty, not by fire, but struck while at the scene of an earlier accident by an out of control pickup sliding on a highway covered with hail. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:36:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23249-734568opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CALeap Day storm brings horrorAnderson Valley Postleap-day-storm-brings-horrorurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23249-734568Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2012/feb/14/gold-heist-blow-siskiyou/?partner=RSSWhat a temptation the gold display in the Siskiyou County courthouse must have been to the hoodlums who broke in and stole nuggets from the $3 million gold display in its burglar-proof case. Authorities don’t know yet how much gold is missing or the reason the alarm didn’t sound off. The thieves must have gotten an appreciable amount when they seized the gold nuggets from the front of the broken display case. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:58:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23147-734547opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAGold heist a blow for SiskiyouAnderson Valley Postgold-heist-blow-siskiyouurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23147-734547Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2012/feb/07/updated-american-creed/?partner=RSSAt the beginning of the 20th Century, Americans truly believed in the goodness of our government. William Tyler Page, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, expressed this when he wrote “The American’s Creed” in 1917. It was accepted by a House vote and presented to the nation in 1919, becoming required learning for California school children in the years leading up to World War II. What follows is the original wording of The American’s Creed: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23120-734540opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAThe updated American CreedAnderson Valley Postupdated-american-creedurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-23120-734540Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2012/jan/10/newspaper-delivery-offers-life-lessons/?partner=RSSSon Jim and I were talking this past week about newspaper deliveries, which recalled the various paper routes he had while a student in Enterprise during the 1960s. It was an upsetting time for us. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation had seized our property in Trinity County and closed the gold dredge down leaving my late-husband George out of a job. We had to move with no place to go. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:20:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22994-734512opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CANewspaper delivery offers life lessonsAnderson Valley Postnewspaper-delivery-offers-life-lessonsurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22994-734512Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2012/jan/04/dont-be-sucker-lottery-scam/?partner=RSSIf it sounds too good to be true, it probably is ... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22968-734506opinion/columnists/winnies-wayWinifred MakerAnderson, CADon't be sucker for the lottery scamAnderson Valley Postdont-be-sucker-lottery-scamurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22968-734506Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/dec/27/us-postage-has-mail-come-yet/?partner=RSSIn most homes, that phrase is heard regularly by people everywhere who have depended on the U.S. Postal Service for the past 250 years. The U.S. Postal Service was formed to keep lines of communication open between friends and relatives; to conduct business of all kinds; to order, send and receive merchandise; and to receive and send information. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:03:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22946-734498opinion/columnists/winnies-wayWinifred MakerAnderson, CAUS Postage: Has the mail come yet?Anderson Valley Postus-postage-has-mail-come-yeturn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22946-734498Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/dec/06/father-knows-best/?partner=RSSThey call George Washington the “Father of Our Country” for good reason. As a general, he led the American Colonist Army to victory over Great Britain in the Revolutionary War (1775–1783). He then set a precedent by saying he would not rule as a king but as a President. He led this country in those first precarious formative years, but refused a third term and retired. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:23:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22851-734477opinion/columnists/winnies-wayWinifred MakerAnderson, CAFather knows bestAnderson Valley Postfather-knows-besturn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22851-734477Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/nov/29/just-twig-bent-trees-inclined/?partner=RSS“’Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.” So wrote Alexander Pope in his 1734 letter titled “Epistle to Cobham.” This familiar quote, although several centuries old, describes what harmful or beneficial things can happen to young living things. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:29:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22820-734470opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAJust as the twig is bent, the tree's inclinedAnderson Valley Postjust-twig-bent-trees-inclinedurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22820-734470Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/nov/22/happy-thanksgiving/?partner=RSSYou don't have to be rich to feast on Thanksgiving day Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:54:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22795-734463opinion/columnists/winnies-wayWinifred MakerAnderson, CAHappy ThanksgivingAnderson Valley Posthappy-thanksgivingurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22795-734463Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/nov/15/life-planned-or-did-it-just-evolve/?partner=RSSWhat a wonderful world this would be if all of mankind would just follow the laws — both the laws of God and the laws of mankind. God’s laws first, of course, because man is subject to making errors that are not the best for him. Man’s laws must agree with God’s laws — the basis of all good laws — inscribed on the stone tablets bearing the Ten Commandments given to Moses to bring down the mountain for the people of Israel in exile. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:07:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22763-734456opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAIs life planned or did it just evolve?Anderson Valley Postlife-planned-or-did-it-just-evolveurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22763-734456Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/nov/08/where-are-we-headed/?partner=RSSWe hear and see news in all the media that makes us wonder what has gotten into people. There is hardly ever a news report that has no reports of violence. Beatings, knifings, shootings, rapes, robberies, kidnapping, arson and much worse fill the news. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:35:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22721-734449opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAWhere are we headed?Anderson Valley Postwhere-are-we-headedurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22721-734449Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/nov/01/scoot-ill-shoot-oh-oh/?partner=RSSIt has gotten quiet around the house here now that I’m not raising Toy Fox Terriers any more. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22687-734442opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAScoot, I'll shoot! Oh, Oh!Anderson Valley Postscoot-ill-shoot-oh-ohurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22687-734442Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/oct/25/governor-browns-betrayal/?partner=RSSWinnie's way Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:10:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22658-734435opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAGovernor Brown's betrayalAnderson Valley Postgovernor-browns-betrayalurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22658-734435Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/oct/18/when-bee-not-bee/?partner=RSSVery often, when someone gets stung they say, “A bee stung me.” More often than not it wasn’t a bee that stung them, but a different insect with a stinger. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:14:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22613-734428opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAWhen is a bee not a bee?Anderson Valley Postwhen-bee-not-beeurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22613-734428Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/oct/04/disgusting-justice/?partner=RSSI am disgusted beyond measure with the so called justice handed out by Shasta County District Attorney Steve Carlton regarding the plea bargain offered to former Anderson Police Officer Bryan Benson. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:10:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22535-734414opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CADisgusting justiceAnderson Valley Postdisgusting-justiceurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22535-734414Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/sep/27/postage-woes/?partner=RSSIf there is one branch of our government that has served we, the American people, with integrity and faithfuless over the years, it has to be the postal service. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:41:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22509-734407opinion/editorialWinifred MakerAnderson, CAPostage woesAnderson Valley Postpostage-woesurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22509-734407Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2011/jul/20/where-did-our-freedoms-go/?partner=RSSWe wonder where our freedoms went. We sure do. We senior citizens, who look back to the freedoms we had prior to government seizure of people’s rights. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:33:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22139-734338opinion/columnists/winnies-wayWinifred MakerAnderson, CAWhere did our freedoms go?Anderson Valley Postwhere-did-our-freedoms-gourn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-22139-734338Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2010/dec/28/new-year-2011/?partner=RSSHappy New Year – with days starting to lengthen instead of shrinking, making us look forward to the new season with its growing daylight hours with renewed hope that the light will spread to the hearts of mankind lifting the gloom that has spread with the economic woes that have beset our country and others throughout the world. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:48:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-21133-734134opinion/columnists/winnies-wayWinifred Maker, Winnie's WayAnderson, CANew Year 2011Anderson Valley Postnew-year-2011urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-21133-734134Change0Usablehttp://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2010/nov/23/cataract-removal-offers-clear-vision/?partner=RSSI always read aloud to my children when they were young. I loved reading and brought library books home from school to read. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:13:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-20943-734099opinion/columnists/winnies-wayWinnie MakerAnderson, CACataract removal offers clear visionAnderson Valley Postcataract-removal-offers-clear-visionurn:publicid:www.andersonvalleypost.com:news-Story-20943-734099Change0Usable