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Displaying items by tag: rrspinopinion

Tuesday, 09 December 2014 12:49

If the rumor mill could spin cotton

If the rumor mill could spin cotton, the textile mills would have never closed.

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If you're going to be one of those quote, un-quote brave souls who get up at 3 in the morning to stand in line for a doorbuster and a commemorative Christmas decoration advertising big box chain X, I wish you godspeed.

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Friday, 07 November 2014 14:26

Public Health Matters: No place like home

When I think about the phrase “There’s No Place Like Home,” as a child, my first thought was the character Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz book and movie.

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Saturday, 01 November 2014 11:41

I voted. Now reward me

I voted Thursday. Now reward me.

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Friday, 31 October 2014 15:06

All encouraged to help March of Patriots

AMVETS Post 101 is proud to announce the 13th Annual March of Patriots and annual Veterans Day Service, Sunday November 9 at 3 p.m.

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Tuesday, 21 October 2014 13:13

If you want to know, just ask

If you want to know something about me, the easiest thing to do is ask.

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Thursday, 16 October 2014 09:58

But you're still eating that barbecue

But you're still eating that good old pork barbecue.

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Friday, 10 October 2014 06:32

Voter trust and the Aquatic Center

I find it extremely disturbing that, as of 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening, the closing of the Aquatic Center was a "possibility" and as of Thursday morning, it was a done deal with the announcement made that, as of Monday, October 13, 2014, the doors would be closed.

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Thursday, 09 October 2014 08:44

Refuting the dubious 'Sambo' columns

In the August-September edition of the Weekly Defender newspaper, editor Nehemiah Smith Jr. published what he referred to as “Michael Wray and the League of Un-extraordinary Sambos.”

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