Guest Editorial

This past Sunday afternoon, from 1 o'clock to 3, I served as host at the Odessa Historisches museum.

Well, I would have served as host if anyone had come to visit.

But they did not.

I probably should have spent that peaceful couple of hours in industrious pursuits on behalf of the museum, but I must confess I did not.

I spent about 10 minutes walking around with the host instructions, trying to find all the various light switches.

Then I spent another 10 minutes trying to remember how to run the flag up the pole correctly. I haven't been a Girl Scout in at least 45 years.

I ate my lunch at the...