Box Elder isn't just a town in Montana

At last, spring is in the air!

We know this for certain because just as the salmon swim upstream, the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano, the mighty boxelder bugs reappear throughout Phillips County.

These little buggers, measuring about a half-inch in length and being mostly black in color with a dash of red, have returned to once again annoy us all. 'Tis beyond me how they manage to survive our harsh winters. We prepped our homes with foam-stripping along the door jam, cover our windows in tight clear plastic, and squeeze out caulking for miles to keep the annoying little buggers out of...