Locals in Dime Box knew they could always depend on her for a handout when times were tough, in return for their promise to plow her garden or fix her …
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By Bill Sargent and Mark Mansius Hi, I’m just an ordinary wooden pencil. Writing is my vocation and advocation; that’s all I do! Although I am ordinary, my family history …
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By Bill Sargent and Mark Mansius Affordability! It’s an issue in the midterm elections: gas prices are up but falling; younger people often can’t afford homes; rents are retreating though …
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By Carol J RhodesIt was a still, muggy morning as a handful of people gathered under the small green tent. Some brought folding chairs, others sat on the damp grass. …
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By Carol J. RhodesFrom kindergarten through twelfth grade, I was the tallest one in my class. Most of the boys didn’t even come up to my shoulders. I envied the …
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By Carol J. Rhodes The tiny town of Dime Box dates back to the mid-1800’s when the area was first settled by German immigrants. Its unusual name brings visitors from …
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By Bill Sargent’s and Mark Mansius Recently we wrote a column about the possibility that President Donald Trump might declare a National Emergency over Election Integrity. That still could happen …
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By Mark Mansuis and Bill Sargent During 2022 under the Biden Administration, the price of crude oil and petroleum products skyrocketed. The Gulf Coast average wholesale price for gasoline was …
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By Carol J. RhodesWhen the girl’s mother died last year, Hannah had little choice but to take her in, not wishing to let her be raised by her no-account skirt-chasing …
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Nothing of importance must have happened on the tiny island of Nassau before 1961 when I visited it for the first time, since none of my early geography books acknowledged …
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