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Being president would put a dent in your present

Being president would put a dent in your present

Being president would put a dent in your present

Tracy Farr
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Inever wanted to be president. I don’t have the temperament for it. All that weight on your shoulders, all that responsibility. Several former presidents didn’t have the temperament for it either, but that didn’t stop them from giving it a go.
Famed Ranger Captain was a fugitive from justice

Famed Ranger Captain was a fugitive from justice

Famed Ranger Captain was a fugitive from justice

Bartee Haile
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Under the assumed name of George Washington Arrington, an Alabama fugitive enlisted in the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers on Sep. 1, 1875.John C. Orrick, Jr. grew up fast going off to war at 16 and fighting at both battles of Manassas or Bull Run, Harpers Ferry, Antietam and Gettysburg.
It’s still a work in progress

It’s still a work in progress

It’s still a work in progress

Leon Aldridge
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Call it the end of a chapter, The next stanza of the song.But the party’s not yet over, There’ll be no, “… so long.”— A verse from a new song I’m writing. It’s a work in progress.----- How many ways does one write, “Hello, I’m the new publisher?
Looking back seeing how far we’ve come

Looking back seeing how far we’ve come

Looking back seeing how far we’ve come

Leon Aldridge
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
“I have great respect for the past. If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.”— Maya Angelou, (1928 – 2014) American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.----- I’ve been looking back through tons of archived yellowing newsprint for the last year or more.
When is it ever just ‘for the birds’?

When is it ever just ‘for the birds’?

When is it ever just ‘for the birds’?

Tracy Farr
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
For the past few weeks, every morning while I’m taking the dog out for her morning pee, I hear a group of birds chirping their brains out in the nearby trees, and I can’t help but wonder what they’re getting on about.
Confederate generals meet with Maximillian

Confederate generals meet with Maximillian

Confederate generals meet with Maximillian

Bartee Haile
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Two Confederate generals sat down with Emperor Maximilian on Aug. 24, 1865 and presented their bold plan for keeping the Austrian puppet on the Mexican throne.
Retirees must identify and manage income sources

Retirees must identify and manage income sources

Retirees must identify and manage income sources

Provided By Frank Conrad
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
During your working years, you know where your income is coming from because you’re working. But once you retire, you’ll have to identify your income sources, know how much you can expect from them and know how to manage them to help support a retirement that could last two or three decades.
It all depends on the day

It all depends on the day

It all depends on the day

Tracy Farr
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
I absolutely, without doubt, love Mondays.Monday is an early-morning sunrise that peeks over the top of a nearby mountain. A cool breeze from the upper end of the valley flows alongside a trickling river full of rainbow trout.
Appreciate the ones who appreciate what we do

Appreciate the ones who appreciate what we do

Appreciate the ones who appreciate what we do

Leon Aldridge
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
“The same world spins around, I guess some things never change.”— Song lyrics by Tim McGraw, American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.-----“The newspaper business just isn’t what it used to be,” a good friend called to lament last week.
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