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Rhodes brothers deserving of Book of Golden Deeds

At its recent meeting, the Troy Exchange Club honored brothers, Carol and Danny Rhodes, with the Club’s Book ...

Opinion

Thanks, Nall, For all the laughter and fun

The first time I met Nall Hollis, he came into the office to invite me to a birthday ...

Lifestyles

Giving up is always easy

The following column is one of encouragement from a French teacher at Troy University long, long, ago. It ...

Lifestyles

Daddy and the Eskimo

Daddy enlisted in the Army during WWII.  He wanted to fly airplanes but he wanted to fly fighters ...

Lifestyles

The pantry girl with blackfeet

Growing up, we played cowboys and Indians. All that we knew about either was from the Saturday picture ...

Opinion

Thoughts on worry and missing Mama

Mama was a worrier. Daddy said if Mama didn’t have something to worry about, she would go across ...

Opinion

Can’t carry a tune?

Mama said I couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. Granny said whistling girls and crowing hens never ...

Lifestyles

Let me just say

Let me first say that Jean Lake was only a casual acquaintance and Charles Adams was not-so-distant kin. ...

Lifestyles

Ode to Olivia, my beloved Easter chick

Way back when getting to go to the drive-in picture show was excitement enough but, the possibility of ...

Opinion

Oh, ugly me

The ugliest that I’ve even been was on Easter Sunday the year I was twelve years old. Mama ...

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