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Rural Perspectives: Black swallowtail butterflies found in fields, parks, gardens

by Diane Constable The beautiful black swallowtail butterfly is a common visitor to wildflower gardens this time of year and is the state butterfly of Delaware. Papilio polyxenes is its scientific name. Pailio is Latin for butterfly, and polyxenes comes from Greek mythology, as it was the name of the youngest daughter of Priamos, the […]

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Obituary: George Eugene Sanders

George Eugene Sanders, age 75, of Stockbridge, MI, passed away at his home on August 26, 2025. He was born on January 21, 1950, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the son of George Sr. and Frances (Scott) Sanders. George retired from BellSouth, where he worked as a telephone technician for over 30 years. He moved to […]