my two scents worth
My Two Scents Worth
The jail tax, if I may call it that, finally passed the voter test handily and things are looking up in that department of our county government. Among the chief celebrants was—or should have been...
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As I was telling you last week about having told Gracie, “You don’t get to see stuff like…” This week, I’ll tell you I told her, “…this on the cheap tours.” The next stop on our Four Corners trip ...
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When It’s Cotton Picking Time in Tennessee… …It’s also cotton picking time in the Mississippi Delta. W.B. “Brown” Keener flipped into his 78th year last Sunday. He officially admitted that he is...
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The Queen said she needed airing out, So I aired ‘er out, about 2,298 miles worth. A great time was had by all, touring northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Highlight of the trip was an all-...
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NOTE In all my years of manning the helm of this column, I don’t believe I have ever reprinted a column. Well, maybe I might have reprinted one or two. The other day, I ran across a 1979 col...
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As if you aren’t already aware of it, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D. Mass.) died a week ago Tuesday. The Lion of the Senate, as he was known, was the champion for all us Little People. Why would t...
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Nobody I know has objected to last Thursday’s all-day trash-floater. The official number was set at 1.86 inches and I collected 1.5/8 inches in my hamcan gauge here on South Wheeler. If your pond a...
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by Dick Mayo
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If you think—and care—about what we have in Sequoyah County, you may want to dig last Thursday’s issue of Your TIMES out of the trash. An article on the back page of the first section tells about ...
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by Dick Mayo
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A new high water mark must have been set recently in the court house basement. How’d I know that? Easy, the boys and girls who work in those environs went on a cleaning frenzy. “Out with the old le...
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Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die. Everybody wants Health Care Reform, but nobody wants to pay for it. Parallels? I think so. Our own Second District Congress...
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by Dick Mayo
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When you know you’re right; that’s when you are wrong . Last week I got my Furlows and Folsoms mixed up and had the wrong man married to Betty Shipman. I was wrong, alright. It is now time to ea...
My two scents worth
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The Dust Bowl days of the 1920s and ‘30s continue to attract reporters from all around the globe. It hasn’t been more than a couple of months since a free-lance writer for the Christian Science Mon...
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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military post.


Sat Nov 07 08:22:01 -0600 2009

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.


Sat Nov 07 08:02:45 -0600 2009

This image made from video provided by Channel 13 News in Orlando, Fla., shows Jason Rodriguez being taken into custody by police officers in Orlando, Fla. Rodriguez, 40, opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (AP Photo/Channel 13 News, cfnews13.com)  MANDATORY CREDIT   NO SALESAP - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.


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