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It seems like every time I turn around, an editor assigns me a story related to the mental health crises of our children. Most of the health experts I speak to correlate Covid lockdowns and our children’s fragile state. Closing schools played a major role in this phenomenon, but what if other crucial factors are being overlooked?
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In 8+ decades of life, my hard head has managed to absorb some truths that my momma tried to tell me all the time I was growing up. Such as: I’ve learned: That the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
Read more1781 – British General Cornwallis surrenders at the siege of Yorktown. With the surrender, fighting in the colonies during the American Revolution came to an end. General George Washington’s Continental Army had trapped Cornwallis’ British troops in Yorktown in September. The British held out for nearly a month before surrendering nearly 8,000 men, 144 canons and over 40 ships. The following Spring peace negotiations began in Paris, and in 1783 the Treaty of Paris officially recognized the independence of the United States of America.
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THE OLNEY GRADUATING CLASS OF 1963 RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH REUNION. Still looking young and spry are (Seated L-R): Marilyn McDaniel, Ruthie Smith, Bernice Baskett, Vergie Oettinger, and Bob Miles.
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Two weekend traffic stops in Coalgate — one on Saturday, September 16, and one on Sunday, September 24, by the Coalgate Police Department resulted in more than traffic tickets. The stops led to at least three people being charged with drug trafficking and other crimes and one Texas juvenile facing unknown charges.
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