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Landscaping in the heart of darkness

By | 6:00 am | May 4, 2013 | Itawamba County, Opinion

At some point in time, the hedges, holly bushes, various blooming plants and other miscellaneous flora that form a perimeter around our house transformed from attractive landscaping into the kind of black, impenetrable jungle that Joseph Campbell might write about. I’m not exactly sure when this happened. One minute six years ago, things looked great; [...]

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I’d rather be ‘man-sick’

By | 6:00 am | March 24, 2013 | Itawamba County, Opinion

“So,” Mandy said, the corner of her mouth turning upward ever-so-slightly. I pulled the covers of the bed up a bit higher because I knew I was about to fall under a wave of scrutiny. “Are you sick-sick or man-sick?” Just for kicks, I inquired about the difference between the two, although I already knew [...]

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Gratitude: A salve for the soul

By | 6:00 am | February 24, 2013 | Itawamba County, Opinion

Guest editorial by Miranda Cipkowski I recently had a birthday, and it didn’t quite turn out as I had hoped. I’ll get to the reason in a minute. Last year, on January 14, I spent most of my birthday in the emergency room with my middle child. Kennedy had a freak accident at school, making [...]

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A new form of torture discovered

By | 6:00 am | January 1, 2013 | Itawamba County, Opinion

If the United States government were to ever actually shut down Guantanamo Bay, I think we could effectively torture our foreign enemies by forcing them to wait inside the lobby of a medical office. Thirty minutes of enduring a cast of two dozen or so impatient sick folks — nothing but Home Garden TV and [...]

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Letters of the season have special meaning

By | 6:00 am | December 22, 2012 | Opinion

  Column by CHARLOTTE A. WOLFE Associate Publisher/General Manager   As the rushing around of the season continues this last week before Christmas, trying to get everyone on the shopping list fitted into just the right gift can be nerve wracking. A few years ago I decided to take a little time away from all [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: ‘Christmas memories are like diamonds’

By | 6:00 am | December 16, 2012 | Opinion

Column by Miranda Cipkowski Last New Year’s Eve, my husband had to be at work early, so I set about the task of dismantling the ancient artificial Christmas tree our family had used year after year. When I purchased the tree several years ago, it had been beautiful. It was pre-lit and sturdy, and now [...]

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