Up The Creek Without A Paddle
A few days in the sun, and a surprise homecoming
by Terry Toole
      I told you about my first wife leaving me last week. She left me to go to the beach, her favorite place to be in this world. She is absolutely sure there will be beaches and oceans in Heaven. I didn't think I could leave when she did, so she went to her Heaven on Earth without me. This is good and...
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Sympathy For A Southern Sister State
BY Alex McRae
      Honorable Haley Barbour Governor of Mississippi Dear Governor Barbour, I can only imagine the horror you felt when you opened the papers recently to see the most scandalous piece of Mississippi news since Dec. 12, 1957, when Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13-year-old cousin up there in Hernando.
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Another Opinion from the South
by Dewitt Sheffield
      It's doubtful if there are many adults on earth today who do not know Mother Teresa. Her life of compassion and faith led to the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997, and in my mind has no rival for Christian service in all the world. Before her death, she was in the news very often. And now, several years a...
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Don't mess with Marines
submitted by Lindy
      The 71-year-old retired Marine who opened fire on two robbers at a Plantation sub shop late Wednesday (recently), killing one and critically wounding the other, is described as a former pilot for two presidents. "He's in great shape," Wesley White said of his longtime friend, John Lovell. "He does...
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As You See It
      Editor's note: If you can't get in what you want in less than 30 words, write a signed letter to the editor. This newspaper does not necessarily agree with the opinions in this column. Also the "As You See It's" are mostly printed as is (sic).
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Letter to Editor
Dear Editor:
      I was born in Miller County, and I started grade school there. Not long afterwards my father lost his job, so my parents decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee. While we were moving, we had a bad car accident, and my parents were killed.
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An Open Letter to the Arab- AmericanCommunity - Part2
Submitted by Blake Proctor
      It is time for every Arab Muslim in this country to determine it for me. I want to know - I demand to know, and I have a right to know - whether or not you love America. Do you pledge allegiance to its flag? Do you proudly display it in front of your house, or on your car?
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