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Lee N. Field "Lee N. Field" is an obvious pseudonym. It comes from the Lee-Enfield rifle, which in various versions was the British Empire's battle rifle from the 1890s through to the 1950s. Hot stuff, in its place and time. I own two: a FazerkleyNo. 4 Mk II which from its serial number was an Irish Constabulary rifle, and an Ishapore 2A (in 7.62x51!). Neither get shot enough, as I'm mostly a handgun shooter. Cheap surplus .303 British has essentially dried up, which is not surprising since the only rifle that shoots it was last made 50 years ago. Personal email can go to lee.n.field1@gmail...

Chess Is One IHSA Activity That Has Continued By Going Virtual By going virtual, chess is one after-school activity in Illinois that high schools have been allowed to continue. During these difficult times, I try to stay as positive as possible, I avoid the negative stuff when I can. I apologize because I have to talk a little bit about the bad stuff before I can get to the good news. There have been really sad things that have happened over the past several months. Though it is not life or death, I still feel really bad for the kids. Some of them might not be the best students in the world b...

Article content There’s no way to sugar coat it, it has been very tough. Most people are more than ready to say goodbye to 2020 and welcome in the New Year. It has been a long time since our world has experienced such a unified struggle, a truly global trial such as this. Many are looking back in wonder at how brutal this has all been and looking ahead in hope that it is going to get better. And of course we hope that it will get better. But what if it doesn’t? What if the battle rages on a little while longer? What then? How can we hope if hope yet seems far off? Is our hope in 202...

Article content There’s no way to sugar coat it, it has been very tough. Most people are more than ready to say goodbye to 2020 and welcome in the New Year. It has been a long time since our world has experienced such a unified struggle, a truly global trial such as this. Many are looking back in wonder at how brutal this has all been and looking ahead in hope that it is going to get better. And of course we hope that it will get better. But what if it doesn’t? What if the battle rages on a little while longer? What then? How can we hope if hope yet seems far off? Is our hope in 202...

Article content There’s no way to sugar coat it, it has been very tough. Most people are more than ready to say goodbye to 2020 and welcome in the New Year. It has been a long time since our world has experienced such a unified struggle, a truly global trial such as this. Many are looking back in wonder at how brutal this has all been and looking ahead in hope that it is going to get better. And of course we hope that it will get better. But what if it doesn’t? What if the battle rages on a little while longer? What then? How can we hope if hope yet seems far off? Is our hope in 202...