June 26, 2010 RSS feed / Advice & Entertainment

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A Word Please

by June Casagrande
I recently stumbled across an old YouTube video in which the late writer David Foster Wallace was asked about what he calls “puff words” -- terms like “prior to” and “subsequent to.” More...

Rain or shine

CHITCHAT CORNER
LINDA K. BALLARD

IT WAS DEFINITELY RAINING this last Thursday but a large crowd turned out for the annual picnic provided by members of the Danville Memorial Cemetery Association. More...

Declare your financial Independence Day

FINANCIAL FOCUS
WILBUR F. YATES

The Fourth of July is almost upon us. To commemorate Independence Day, we shoot off fireworks, attend picnics and maybe even walk in parades. More...

The good and bad of sun exposure

YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am the mother of six children. The oldest is a boy, 18, and the youngest a girl, 6. All my children spend their free time outdoors. The boy is a lifeguard at an outdoor pool. More...

HOROSCOPE

JACQUELINE BIGAR

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“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”

MINISTER’S MOMENT
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN

A comic strip shows a young boy looking out the window at the starry sky. More...

He who laughs last…

THE IDLE AMERICAN
DR. DON NEWBURY

The world applauds folks who are masters of spontaneous verbal come-backs. Somehow, they are “right-worded” in facing tenuous situations with grace. Never seen sweating, they are unflappable rarities. More...

Ivory Joe Hunter

BOB BOWMAN’S EAST TEXAS

When historians in Southeast Texas unveiled a Texas State Historical Marker for Ivory Joe Hunter at a cemetery near Kirbyville, they stirred memories of one of America’s greatest musicians. More...

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