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Ah, 4th of July. It’s the best holiday ever. You don’t have to figure out something special. The holiday doesn’t depend on some special calendar calculations it isn’t on …
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by Bobby Jonte
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7/8/25
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One of my favorite quotes of all time is from professional boxer Ed Latimore: “Embarrassment is the cost of entry. If you aren’t willing to look like a foolish beginner, you’ll …
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by Katherine Hutchinson
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6/30/25
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by Bobby Jonte
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6/30/25
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The summer solstice is coming up. The earth’s axis tilts closest to the sun and it is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. You may remember that from school many years ago. …
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by Bobby Jonte
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6/24/25
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The brain trust has been working overtime. They met again last week for lunch. The motto of the brain trust should be “we might miss a deal but we don’t miss a meal”. We met at our …
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by Bobby Jonte
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6/16/25
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Dear Editor,
Guns are the leading cause of death among young people and now a 13 year study looking at deaths among children and teens in the U.S. confirms that trend. The study done by the …
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6/3/25
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The brain trust met again and got on the subject of poetry. Poetry wasn’t the beginning of this meeting. It seems that one of the members of the brain trust has decided to take up song writing. …
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by Bobby Jonte
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5/16/25
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Dear Editor,
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a budget bill that quite frankly will devastate residents of Clarendon County. The House is proposing cuts that will gut Medicaid …
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5/16/25
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Have you ever built something? House, model, clubhouse, hunting lodge, restore an old car, re-model existing house, or any other type of building or such that might need work: anything could count as …
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by Bobby Jonte
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5/13/25
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If you are not at least my age, early 60’s, or older, then this will probably be a foreign term to you.
It may even be foreign to some older than me, but if you are familiar with this …
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by Lee Reaves
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5/12/25
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I’ve written about this before. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Joseph (The Coat of Many Colors) was a sold into slavery by his brothers. He was then thrown into prison. Then Joseph …
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by Bobby Jonte
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5/6/25
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Okay, a couple weeks ago, I wrote about going to the Lakeland Airshow. Wow, fifty years of going to the same show. That’s quite a memory. My Friend David Rodgers was on the first trip and …
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by Bobby Jonte
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4/28/25
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As I have gotten older, I have found it so shocking to realize that my generation is not the youngest and newest generation anymore. I was born right on the cusp between millennials and gen z, but I …
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by Katherine Hutchinson
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4/27/25
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Dear Editor,
While we don’t need an official date to say thank you, April 18 marked National Lineworker Appreciation Day.
Lineworkers support the growth of industries and …
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4/27/25
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I was staying in a hotel this past week. On the bathroom mirror was a little sticker that said that if I needed or had forgotten some bathroom article, toothbrush, razor, comb, or some other shower …
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by Bobby Jonte
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4/22/25
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we need a break. And I mean all of us.
My family has never been more desperate for spring break to arrive. We haven’t had a long weekend …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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4/22/25
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I just came back from Sun N Fun #51. This is the fifty first year of this Florida based fly in, airshow, and trade show. The show started in 1974. I made my first trip down there in 1975.
My …
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by Bobby Jonte
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4/13/25
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Dear Readers,
Spring has officially settled into Clarendon County, and with it comes the familiar beauty of azaleas in full bloom. Their bursts of pink, white, and purple line our streets and …
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by Melissa Foust-McCoy
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4/13/25
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I was at the beach, relaxing in my chair, watching the waves roll in as the tide went out. A group of children were coming my way, laughing and running. There were five of them: Two older girls, two …
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by Clay Smith
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4/12/25
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Who doesn’t love spring? Turns out that there are a lot of people that don’t like spring. There are as many people that dislike spring, as there are people that are upset with summer, …
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by Bobby Jonte
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4/7/25
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