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Church members help clean up hurricane debris

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<strong>BY BOB MCFADDEN</strong> There is a classic story I first heard decades ago. I don’t know its origin, but I love its message. A boy was...

Leading indicators point down for state’s economy

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By Larry DeBoer An unsettling number popped up on my computer screen recently. The index of leading economic indicators for Indiana decreased in August. It...

The case of the missing calendar

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By Norman Knight Becky lost her calendar. She searched the couple of places in the house where it might normally be, but to no avail. I...

Church members help clean up hurricane debris

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BY BOB MCFADDEN There is a classic story I first heard decades ago. I don’t know its origin, but I love its message. A boy was...

Simple strategies whip Thanksgiving into shape

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<strong>By Cherie Lowe</strong> Earlier this month, my husband and I returned the edits on our manuscript for a new book we’re writing together. After hitting...

Simple strategies whip Thanksgiving into shape

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By Cherie Lowe Earlier this month, my husband and I returned the edits on our manuscript for a new book we’re writing together. After hitting...

Pushing for change: Much patience, perseverance required when you get involved

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Be Lee Hamilton One of the gifts of living in a representative democracy is that voting is only one of the rights it confers. For...

Demographics changing for schools

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<strong>By Maryann O. Keating</strong> Between 1992 and 2005, U.S. government spending on K-12 education, adjusted for inflation, doubled. However, per-pupil spending in the nation’s public schools...

Adding words: This is the language that never ends adding words my friends

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<strong>By Janet Hommel Mangas</strong> I was just getting used to the new words list published by Oxford English Dictionary, which as we all know is...

Marrying for better or worse, but not lunch

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Now that Mary Ellen has retired and I’m significantly cutting back on work, we often end up being home together around noon. In many homes,...