Good News with Larry Powell

My dad is a hero. Plain and simple. I know what you are thinking. Every kid thinks his dad is a hero. But my dad is a hero. It was 1965 when my younger brother and I were in high school and we had both just learned how to drive. We were in a 1960 Chevy Bel Air. It was green, not my favorite color. My brother was driving the family to an event in Sanger on old 180, a two-lane disaster of a highway....

What a great time I had this Primary Election Season and how I look forward to the General Election in November. And I’m not even running for office. I was invited to offer some political analysis and asked to do some prognosticating with regard to some of the candidates who did run for office. I remember very well my first run for public office and not getting elected. It was tougher on my family...

I have been invited to speak at dozens of graduation and baccalaureate events over the years. I always jump at the chance to do so. You see, the first question I tried to answer the first time I was asked to speak was this: What would I have wanted to know from someone as I headed off into this bright new world awaiting me after graduation? What words of wisdom could have helped me be a better per...

They say you go full circle in life. I guess that is what’s happening to me. I have been thinking more and more about my days in elementary school and all of the things I learned, like who I was and what my potential was! My first five years of life were wonderful, even with polio. I thought it was all a big game and mom and dad were there helping me play it. Then came elementary school. Kindergar...

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6-24  In 1967 I bought my first brand new car.  It was a Chevelle 396 SS.  The SS stood for Super Sport.  It was officially Bolero Red with Black interior and had a fourspeed stick shift and it was fast.  It felt fast even when I was simply sitting at a stop sign.  I just knew that I was destined to get my first ticket in that car.  After all, I had taken it up t...

June 23  You are not going to believe what I am about to tell you.  Scientists have now come up with a regenerating polymer that remodels itself.  In other words, just like a broken bone in humans can grow new bone at the sight of a break in the bone, scientists have developed a plastic that will regenerate itself at the sight of a break, a crack, or a hole and, in essence, heal its...

June 22  Do you remember those days when we went to the theatre and wore those funny, flimsy glasses in order to see everything that was happening on the screen.  3 D.  Wow. So advanced and entertaining.  3 D glasses had lenses that were red and cyan and for $4.47 you can actually get a brand new pair of 3 D glasses from Amazon.  This was the pinnacle of viewing magic. &nb...

June 21  I just love my grandkids.  They are bright, intelligent, creative, athletic, energetic, artistic, and remarkable in many ways.  Now I know what you are thinking.  He just described all of our grandkids.  Well, you’re right.  That is exactly how every grandparent should see their grandkids.  These incredible bundles of potential are just waiting to be enc...

June 20  In this digital world, what will they think of next?  They already have and it’s called Smart Glass.  Have you ever worried about neighbors being able to see inside your home but you wanted to be able to see outside and let light in?  Now you can.  Smart Glass, also called Switchable Glass, is a new type of glass for your home’s windows which allows you to control...

June 17  We have become a lazy society.  We want what we want when we want it and we want it now with the least amount of effort possible to get it.  Whatever happened to the good old American work ethic?  I remember when there was all of this talk about how the digital world was going to create all this leisure time for us and we wouldn’t know what to do with all of that free...

June 16  We hear a lot about drug abuse involving heroin, crack, methamphetamine, marijuana, fentynal, and so-called designer drugs.  They do great damage in our communities and cause untold heartbreak and pain physically, socially, relationally, and financially.  Many people check out from the challenges of life by getting involved with and using illicit drugs.  Nothing good c...

June 15  Every year about this time I am incredibly impressed with the resilience of Americans, especially those Americans who live in the heartland of our country.  The Midwest is where waves of grain flow and there is a heartiness that is second to none.  The Midwest, where faith and hope are eternal and natural and a very real part of life.  The Midwest, where some of the mo...

June 14  I have a very good friend who suffers from a form of vertigo.  For any of us who have ever felt dizzy with the flu or some other ailment, you know how unbearable it is, even for just a day or two.  This friend has lived a great life and has a great family, great career, and is optimistic for the future…even with the challenging impact of vertigo.  He shared with me the...

June 13   June 13th, 1970 feels like it was just yesterday. My brother, Steve, and my best friend, Randy Van Oosten, had taken the Easy Rider trip on their motorcycles from Fresno, California to York, Pennsylvania for my wedding to Dorothy Jean Brewer, the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. The rest of my family and several friends along with her family and friends were also now sitting in...

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