Publisher's Point Of View
Robert Allan Hooftallen
     I've a slight sore on my right thumb from digging a hole. And today its shedding skin is the sign of its healing. The days of sore-to-touch are gone. The bottom of right my pocket is reachable without cause for wince. My dominant hand is most of itself.
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Going Deep...
with Mike Bauer
     With the start of the National Football League's pre season it's also time to start drafting your fantasy teams. For those of you who have never been in a fantasy league you probably don't catch as much grief from your wife as me. This time of the year she always asks me which day this weekend is yo
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Through An 'Old Timer's' Eyes
By Howard 'Mac' McDonald
     It doesn't take much to send me off on a tangent, and a movie title that suggest a subject and then after you watch the movie you wonder why they chose that title, will do it to me every time.
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     To the editor: The so-called "Pennsylvania Taxpayer Relief Act" of 2006 is a weak attempt at curbing school spending through referendum. Certain proposed real estate tax increases that exceed a district's "inflation index" (which ranged from 3.9 to 6.5 percent in 2006) would have to be approved by v...
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