Straight from The Horse’s Mouth
Laura St. John
      It is fall, the light has changed and tones are golden. Glenn is on a motorcycle vacation, and I am alone. There is a quieting now, a settling in. Sunday is a good day for a book and a walk, so I pick up Walden and allow for an easy afternoon.
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Letters to the Editor
October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
      My name is Honey Bee and I am an advocate with the Leon County Domestic Violence Advocate Program. As some of you know, I am the advocate for the elderly when the dreaded curse known as domestic violence rears its ugly head. (And it does that more often than you know!)
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Freestone County Sheriff’s Report
by Sheriff Ralph Billings
      Deputy Harrison to FM- 27, unknown party putting rocks in man’s RV. Man reports just received a threatening phone call from another, threatened to kill him. Man in Dap’s throwing things, mental warrant signed, to Austin after evaluation at ER. Lady fell on parking lot, face first, out cold. FPD Kindon to Mile 197, older man with car in ditch.
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Leon County Cook: Sharon McDaniel
By Sherry Matney
      Sharon McDaniel didn’t grow up in Leon County but she got here as soon as she could. She grew up in Houston and attended Waltrip High School. In 1965 she fell in love with a boy named Ed, the two got married and have recently celebrated 44 years of wedded bliss. The union produced three daughters; Kim, Kris, Karyn, and six grandchildren.
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Leon County Sheriff’s Report
by Chief Investigator Victor Smith for Leon County Sheriff Jerry Wakefield Jerry Wakefield
     Skip Young responded to Buffalo for the report of an alarm. Jerry Grimes responded to Centerville for the report of an assault. Dwight Myers responded to Oakwood for the report of a theft. Dwight Myers responded to Marquez for the report of harassment. Dwight Myers and Bart Dorman responded to CR 327 for the report of a burglary to a habitation.
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