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Will ‘13 slow our moral decline?
There’s a photo pf a team of draft horses pulling a plow out at Eddie Dail’s farm on Saturday as he hosted his fourth annual old-time farm days.

January 14, 2013
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. “ — Brian Tracy

January 11, 2013
It’s all Bush’s fault, right?
Back in 1930 President Herbert Hoover made some bad mistakes when he first took office. The stock market had just crashed and the country stumbled into The Great Depression. It wasn’t Hoover’s fault, he had only been president about six months and he couldn’t have caused The Great Depression in that short period of time even if he had tried. Also it was a world depression, not just here in the U.S. Still, the decisions Hoover made were not good ones.

January 9, 2013
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
As coordinators of the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Drive for Edgecombe County, we would like to thank everyone that participated in the bell ringing.

January 9, 2013
To the Editor:
The Newtown incident of violence as with the Aurora, Tucson, and Virginia Tech incidents brought out the gun control advocates. But is gun control the answer or must we really look to other areas. There has been little discussion of the mental health issues and the environment surrounding the perpetrators of these massacres. The sheer nature of these violent attacks on our citizens makes it quite evident that there is and always has been a mental health component in any attempt at mass killing of individuals.

January 2, 2013
Another year passes
“Like sands through an hourglass ...”
While the soap opera was a bit different from every day life, it was a lot closer to reality that most of us would want to admit.

December 31, 2012
A goldilocks tax rate
Maybe what we need is a Goldilocks tax rate. Let's remember the story of Goldilocks.

December 26, 2012
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
The debate on illegal immigration appears to have come to a standstill. We must continue the debate because our nation is being invaded by individuals who come to the United States for work. We are also being invaded by two more groups; those who come here for the benefits offered by many of our states and a final group who come here to have a baby, a baby that has become known as an anchor baby.

December 26, 2012
A plea to keep Santa alive for some kids ...
Sometime tonight, long after the sun has dropped behind the horizon, Santa Claus will make his way from the North Pole in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer.
Children will battle that increasing drowsiness with all their might as they do all they can to get a glimpse of the jolly old fellow.
How does he do it?

December 26, 2012
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
The following, reprinted from the editorial page of the Sept. 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun, was written by the late Mr. Frank P. Church:
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“We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:

“Dear Editor: I am 8 years old.
“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
“Papa says "If you see it in The Sun it's so."
“Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

Virginia O'Hanlon.
“115 West Ninety-fifth Street.”

December 26, 2012
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