If you were one of the 120+ people to brave the blustery wind and frigid cold temperatures then you understand the depth of community patriotism that exists in North Park. Patriots of the Ron Sessions Frosty Pines Memorial Ice Golf Tournament tredge across the frozen fairways today pulling homemade caddys, built with beer coolers and golf clubs in mind. The Jackson County Lions Club started the event 16 years ago as a fundraiser to carry out the work of the organization. M

Peggy Simson Curry wasn’t exaggerating when she titled her novel about North Park “So Far From Spring”. To say winters in the Park are lengthy and extreme is an understatement, and Cabin Fever is a very real affliction, which medical science knows very little about. It affects nearly all North Park residents in one form or another, and with different severity. These are a select few documented cases, which the New England Journal of Medicine has returned to me every year wit