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A salute to Patriot’s Day 2022

News Staff
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Nine years ago, my oldest son signed some documents and was whisked away into a life I knew nothing about, but one that he craved. His calling in life is to serve and protect our nation. I know what it takes to be successful and build a career following a college pathway.

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Summer reading statistics

News Staff
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
While the temperature and humidity of summer is still in full swing, our 10-week-long summer reading program titled “Oceans of Possibility” ended July 22. We had 796 people, both children and adults, register for our summer reading program this year.
Judie Mackie

Judie Mackie

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Celebrate friendship at the marketplace

News Staff
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Judie Mackie For the News-Leader Howdy Folks! I hope you are having a fabulous summer. It is hard to believe people are beginning to think “Back to School” already. For me, I’m going to enjoy summer for a little longer first.

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U.S. housing market collapse is nowhere in sight

Steve Nicklas
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
The rock-hard foundation of the U.S. housing market is suffering some cracks, but an outright collapse is nowhere in sight.  Regardless, sensational news headlines are reverberating like seismic tremors around the country. Here are recent inflammatory headlines from legitimate websites:  • “U.S.

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Rick Keffer: A historic eye opener

Rick Keffer
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
About six months ago, Donna Paz Kaufman passed on a book to me. Unlike my wife and kids, I am historically not a book reader. However, I digested it bit by bit and learned about Black American history. The book is titled The 1619 Project by Nikole Ahnnah-Jones.
Pesticides manage garden pests, but our beneficial organisms usually manage many of our garden pests. Misuse of pesticides may affect our beneficial insect population, leading to pesticide dependence. This is an adult female milkweed assassin bug feeding on a cornsilk fly. The cornsilk fly can spread disease. Submitted photo.

Pesticides manage garden pests, but our beneficial organisms usually manage many of our garden pests. Misuse of pesticides may affect our beneficial insect population, leading to pesticide dependence. This is an adult female milkweed assassin bug feeding on a cornsilk fly. The cornsilk fly can spread disease. Submitted photo.

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Taylor Clem: A garden’s pest

Taylor Clem
Thursday, July 28, 2022
It is inevitable – any can attest. Look closely and you will see a garden and its pest. But what is a pest? Usually when we think of the term “pest,” we may think of insect pests. Pests also include pathogens, microbes, nematodes or weeds.

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Julie Cannavino: Connect with other readers

News Staff
Friday, July 22, 2022
Do you know that feeling of reading and loving a great book and wanting to be able to talk about it with others? If you are like me, you tell your spouse and friends about it until they politely tell you they have heard enough.