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Thinking Out Loud: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

It was Christmas time in Fayetteville, Tenn., or close to it. And it was time for the annual Christmas parade that winds through downtown at about the same time every year. Kind of a big deal in a small town.

As the father of a four-foot-tall Boy Scout, it was my “job” on that day to usher a dozen or so of the rowdy munchkins, all dressed up in their blue and gold uniforms, aboard a Christmas float. It would be about a two-mile ride, with me and someone’s Mom trying to keep them seated so they wouldn’t fall off, right there on Main Street.

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Letter to the Editor: Locals Praise Hospital Staff for Care

Dear Editor:

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 23, 2018 my wife and I once again needed the services of Seminole’s Memorial Hospital for our daughter and an ongoing health issue she is dealing with.

In fact we went and picked her up from school in Lubbock to bring her to our hometown hospital instead of going to the ER in Lubbock!

Well, that sounds crazy doesn’t it!

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Musings By Marilou: I am a Scaredy Cat

Visions of caramel apples, popcorn balls, candy corn, and Hershey Kisses, dressed in black and orange wrappers, signal that Halloween is rapidly approaching. I can do without the ghost, goblins, and gore; for me, that is not what this upcoming holiday is about.

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Wright's Words:Enthralled with ‘Hunting ISIS’

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Thinking Out Loud: 13 Minutes

During closing arguments in last week’s capital murder trial, State of Texas vs. Jacob Groening, inside the 106th District Courtroom, it was interesting to me that both the defense and the prosecution, for reasons of their own and without one knowing what the other would say, both invoked memories of recent mass shootings that have become all too commonplace in our headlines.

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Leo’s Lance: We Are Not All the Same

Suave. This word, in describing a man, means: charming, confident and elegant.

This may surprise you but that word doesn't describe me as a teenager nor as an adult. I can't lay claim to any of those adjectives, nor did I achieve what I suppose every young man wanted to be: muscular, handsome and quick witted.

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Musings By Marilou: Embracing My Roots

A chance meeting in a Seminole grocery store recently inspired me to embrace my roots.

Early Saturday morning I threw on a pair of ragged blue jeans and a sweatshirt, tucked my hair behind my ears, and set out to do my weekly grocery shopping. While in the meat section, I ran into a friend, Martha, who was hiding behind a pink baseball cap and frantically looking for Andouille sausage.

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Thinking Out Loud: Midnight in Texas

It’s midnight in Austin on Tuesday last, the final day of voter registration for the November elections. The mood is light, but triumphant, as a couple dozen Austinians gather for a group photo after pulling off probably the biggest voter registration drive in the city’s history. Two of the celebrants are holding up the last two voter registration forms, received at one minute before midnight.

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Leo’s Lance: The Choctaw Pony

If you have been around me very long you have heard me say I am part Choctaw Indian on my mother's side. It wasn't a large part, but one I was proud to brag about. I was even invited to try and join the Choctaw Tribe, but never did.

The Choctaw Tribe originally existed in the southeastern part of the United States, where present-day Georgia, Florida and Mississippi where they lived until they were forced to relocate to the Indian territory, (Oklahoma) by what is called "The Trail of Tears."