Alan’s Anecdotes

Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Beware of lies

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
If you want to see me get upset, lie to me. I have a low tolerance for liars. Perhaps the worst lies are the ones that I want to believe. I need to hear the truth. I won’t learn anything if I’m never challenged to see things a different way.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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If it saves one life

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Statistically, slow drivers cause more accidents and speeders cause more deaths. Setting speed limits slower saves lives. Maybe the Federal Highway Administration should set the national maximum speed limit to thirty miles per hour. That would reduce the number of traffic fatalities.
Alan’s Anecdotes

Alan’s Anecdotes

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Are you a CID person?

Alan Sparrow
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
When I was in college, I learned a lot about leadership. I managed cleaning on campus before moving to Nebraska to get into IT. In the summer we took crews of students around to different parts of campus to clean what we couldn’t during the school year.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Golden Rules

Alan Sparrow
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Going into the new year, I think it’s a good time to focus again on the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” I’m not a lawyer and I don’t play one on TV.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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A point of order

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
My son is a talker. I tell people he’s afraid that he will suffocate if he stops talking. But to be honest, he comes by it naturally. My dad and both his brothers are conversationalists, too. You don’t start a conversation with any of them unless you have some time, but it’s worth it.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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How do you react?

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
I enjoy learning word meanings. Sometimes the history of a word’s meaning is very interesting. One of those words is “amuse.” It comes from “muse” which means to “think” and “a” meaning “not.” So “amuse” means to “not think.” I think that fits.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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A heritage of thanksgiving

News Staff
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. To me, Thanksgiving is a time for family. It’s hard to get everyone together when we have business to attend to here and our family lives in Nebraska, in Indiana, and near Toronto. We’ve got the oldest grandchild on my side of the family.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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I am thankful

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Thanksgiving is almost here. Blink and it will be Christmas and then 2024. But for now, I want to pause and think about what I am thankful for. I can’t list everything. An exhaustive list would be exhausting for most people to read. Here’s a start. I’m thankful for my family.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Finding truth in T-shirts

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
This weekend I wore my Purdue shirt on Saturday. I grew up in Indiana and even went to Purdue for a little over a year before transferring. My youngest sister, Kimberly, was a toddler at the time, probably not a lot older than her youngest child’s age is now.
Alan Sparrow is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

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Truth matters

Alan Sparrow
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
A few weeks ago I was researching for my column and saw a statement at the bottom of a news article. The news agency wanted to make it clear that there was no “moral equivalence” between their positions and those they disagree with. They wanted everyone to know that they held the moral high ground.