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On Christmas Eve, just as Americans were getting ready to celebrate the holiday with family and friends, Senate Democrats passed a partisan health care bill without a single Republican vote. It was crafted in secret and packed with sweetheart deals. More ... I've been called a lot of things and the ones that fit best are Lucky and Blessed. Last week I lived up to my nicknames again, here's what happened: More ... I actually feel human today. So maybe I'll make it after all. I might even comb my hair. I looked in the mirror and scared myself to death. My poor dog doesn't understand what is going on as I haven't left the house in a week. More ... Few towns have a name as simple and short as Arp, which sits on a railroad line and Texas Highway 135 eighteen miles southeast of Tyler in Smith County. According to local history, Arp was named for a newspaper columnist known as Bill Arp . His real name was Charles Henry Smith, a young lawyer and wellknown satirist who lived in Georgia. More ... Call and sign up today for “Beginning Square Dancing” lessons. First class begins Monday, January 18. Call Meals On Wheels/Palestine Senior Activity Center today for information! Lois Durant 903-729-6344 or Leigh Ann Murff 903-729- 0255. More ... With this column, Stargazer, first published in January 1990, is 20 years old. And there's more than one irony associated with its existence. More ... This week’s cook is not a cook at all but a story tellin’ of how hogs were killed in these parts in another day and another time. More ... |
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