Edmunds County Tribune -

Where has the summer gone? July is almost half over already and we're heading downhill fast towards the holiday season. But before that we'll have an election and there are some interesting races shaping up, even though it is a non-presidential year.

In the meantime, Christmas in July has become a promotion that seems to get bigger every year. The networks show Christmas movies and stores are attempting to rival Black Friday with some of their July bargains.

We went from red, white and blue to red, white and green and then the eventual New Years Eve fireworks. But this year was probably a...