That was a fantastic show! And it was great to finally get to meet Greg! It was wonderful to see Amanda (pictured Right courtesy of The Ditty Bops, thanks Ladies) and Abby again too, they did so well and the crowd loved them. I'm so happy they got such a great response here in my hometown. I love the sound system at the Newport too. It was a really fantastic show though!

The courageous, dynamic Publisher of South Dakota Magazine, Bernie Hunhoff, was in the hot seat on the WNAX radio show "Friendly Fire". Even though our own Jerry Hinkle would have rather been doing anything else, he was fixing fence on the Ponderosa. Jerry did tune the pickup radio to 570, and heard a good portion of the show. It had been a long time since Jerry had listened to "Friendly Fire", and he expected that Ben Hanten would turn it into a fluff piece. But guess what? No Ben Hanten. Things went well without him. It was very friendly and very little fire. Perhaps it was a good thing that Mr. Hunhoff was not elected Governor back in 1998. He may not be so well loved by so many as he is today. Jerry could do worse than to be like him should the Holabird Advocate last 20 years.

Leanne Hoffman somehow got the idea that her cousin, Holabird Advocate Publisher, Jerry Hinkle, can't keep a secret. Someone with her reputation for gossip is one to talk, but there you are. Needless to say, Jerry is sitting an a pretty big secret right now, and he hasn't told anyone at all. It'll stay that way until Monday. Leanne knows the same secret, and she's told half the county already. All of us here at the Holabird Advocate want to know one thing (besides this big secret, that is). In this particular story, which is the pot, which is the kettle, and which one is the blackest? OK, that's three things

Character actor Lloyd Bochner died earlier this week. He was not very famous, but he had 2 noted roles. Early in his career he played Mr. Chambers in "To Serve Man," one of the most popular episodes of "The Twilight Zone". His swan song, if you could call it that, was playing Cecil Colby on the TV show "Dynasty". That character died during sex with Joan Collins as Alexis. Nice work if you can get it, we should all be so lucky. Lloyd Bochner, dead at 81.