Opinions

Dear Savvy Senior, I’m interested in contributing to a health savings account to help boost my retirement savings but would like to better understand how they work. What can you tell me?

Congratulations to all the members of the Cheney Cardinals and Conway Springs Cardinals football teams for winning State championships. The title-game victories are huge accomplishments for the players, coaches, managers, and everybody else who helps the teams directly or indirectly.

Maybe I was just a little too confident about how I was protecting myself in the aftermath of COVID. For the second time in two years, I found myself testing positive for COVID.

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In a world of Amazon and other online shopping, it is important to remember the small businesses that line our main streets. Yes, there is an ease to sitting in your jammies and finding the lowest prices on items without having to get off the couch.

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor I hope you are reading this column on or before Thanksgiving Day.

Random Thoughts What a wild weekend of football, especially for our three football teams that were still playing.

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about creating an incentive trust? I have an adult son and daughter that are both financially inept. Before I die, I want to put some type of requirements in place that they will need to follow in order to receive their portion of my estate.

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor From across the street, my neighbor Troy offered up a solution Sunday afternoon: “I've got matches.” His comment came just as I was finishing raking up the leaves under the huge maple tree in my front yard.

Random Thoughts Last week, I wrote about sharing my birthday weekend with my niece and two nephews. The family events had a second chapter this past weekend, as we reconvened for the 80th birthday of my mother, Alice.