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Wednesday, July 23. 2008

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Price: Safe so far this summer

Returning home from a family vacation in Iowa this past weekend, we
started to notice some disturbing scenery along eastbound I-80. Parts
of trees started to appear where they had no business being; strewn
along cornfields.

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Tuesday, July 22. 2008

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Wade: A little jail humor, anyone?

All right, I just can’t help it! Sometimes, I simply have to write
about a funny thing somebody says in the course of my meetings,
information gathering and story writing. It reminds me of our desperate
need for humor as we all try to take ourselves so seriously.

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Monday, July 21. 2008

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Itching ears

We read from the book of 2 Timothy at church Sunday, and I was taken aback by how well the words apply to the world today. I have read these verses before, but for some reason they hit home harder now than in the past. I decided to look through more of Timothy and found another passage that had the same theme. Both that verse and the verse read in church follow:

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Monday, July 21. 2008

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Lackey: Where was everyone?

What if someone gave an event and nobody showed up?

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Friday, July 18. 2008

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Dame: Rumors about Gilstad case true

In response to an anonymous note left last week at the Daily News, yes,
the court case against the former manager of the Currie Municipal Golf
Court is ongoing.

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Thursday, July 17. 2008

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Week Six - July 23rd concert

The band is pleased to welcome Mr. Jim Hohmeyer as our guest conductor for this week's concert. The program will include several selections from last week's "rained out" event. The concert will begin at 8pm in the Ted Nicholson band shell. Please join us for another evening of music in the wonderful outdoor acoustics of this historic band shell - an Alden B. Dow designed structure in the heart of Midland's Central Park.

Thursday, July 17. 2008

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Lascari: Join me in the fight against cancer

Midland County Relay for Life will have a new addition this year — me.

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Wednesday, July 16. 2008

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Price: Moans and groans about the zone

Lincoln Township residents learned a hard lesson last week about fighting City Hall.

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Tuesday, July 15. 2008

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Faith and Folly returns

I’m b-a-a-a-ck!

There’s nothing like an extended vacation to clear the mind and reduce the stresses of everyday working life. But, as with many things that seem good on the surface, I found that a vacation also can be detrimental to a person’s spiritual life.

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Tuesday, July 15. 2008

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Wade: Waterman answers questions about Pinecrest

Midland County Commissioner Bill Waterman kindled the ire of one county
resident when he recently railed against mounting taxes and how they
apply to Pinecrest Farms. How, he said, could he justify to
constituents the need for a new Pinecrest “for people to live on
taxpayer dollars” and receive room, board and complete care?

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