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Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

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Rich: Mountain quare, Southern eccentric

Ronda Rich
Thursday, May 4, 2023
It has been duly noted here how odd are my ways or how my thinking doesn’t always line up with genuine logic. Any Southerner, born and bred, has charming degrees of eccentricity. In the Southern reach of the Appalachians, however, many of us have a heaping helping of oddness.
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Letter to the Editor: Going to miss Blackwell’s

News Staff
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Dear Editor, I am so sorry to hear Blackwell’s Furniture is closing. What a legacy they have! And I feel I’m a tiny bit a part of it in that my family room couch and loveseat came from Blackwell’s.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

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Rich: Everyone comes with a story

Ronda Rich
Thursday, April 27, 2023
If your path has ever crossed with mine, if we have ever spent more than 10 minutes in conversation, or if your mama ever stopped me in the grocery store, there is an excellent chance that you’re in a story. A stranger pulled up beside me on a sidewalk the other day.
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Letters to the Editor: Leadership on JDP remains AWOL

News Staff
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Dear Editor, It saddens me to write to the citizens of this community that the issue with Jimmy Davis Park has still not been resolved. Why can’t a fence be placed around the basketball court? Why can’t the children have swings to play on? Why can’t the park be kept up?
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Yarbrough: What they say and what it means

Dick Yarbrough
Thursday, April 20, 2023
The following is a Public Service Announcement: Congress is in recess and members are back home. Kiwanis, Rotarians, Chambers of Commerce, and other assorted groups can expect likely visits from their intrepid public servants.
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Letters to the Editor: Time for thanks and community pride

News Staff
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Dear Editor, This might be of interest to those folks who still read Time magazine. The April 24 edition contains their annual list of “The World’s 100 Most Influential People,” and for the 82nd year in a row, I was not on it.
Travel with Mario and Peach as they go on a quest to save Luigi and defeat the treacherous turtle Bowser. ILLUMINATION

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Movie Review: “Wahoo!” Mario warps into theaters

Katie Flicker
Thursday, April 20, 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a great movie for the whole family. With stunning visuals and a dose of nostalgia, the movie transports young and old to the world first established by Super Mario Bros. in 1985.
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