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Voters wanted change; Trump personifies it
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Voters wanted change; Trump personifies it
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January 25, 2017
Last Friday, the nation’s 45th president, Donald J. Trump, was sworn into office. After tumultuous primaries, election and even inauguration weekend, we are ready to see what he can offer the nation. Let’s give him a chance to lead, just as we gave a chance to those who held office before him. On so...
It’s old-school games for the iPad generation
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It’s old-school games for the iPad generation
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January 18, 2017
Christmas was barely a month ago and already many kids seem to be tired of the games — some of them electronic — they were received on Christmas morning. With the price of batteries these days, it takes as much of an investment in batteries to keep a gift operating as the gadget itself cost. So this...
Millennials need to own homes
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Millennials need to own homes
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January 18, 2017
Get this: The share of millennials who own a home has fallen to a 30-year low. What’s worse, reports The Wall Street Journal, is that 32 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds are living at home with Mom. The percentage hasn’t been that high since 1940, at the tail end of the Great Depression. And that’s no...
New year, new you
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New year, new you
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January 11, 2017
When I arrived in Fredericksburg in 1978, I fell in love with everything about the area. The food, the music, the climate, the scenery, the mix of Ger...
LOOKING BACK AT … Anna Martin, banker
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LOOKING BACK AT … Anna Martin, banker
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January 11, 2017
Anna Henriette Mebus was born in Rhineland, Germany on Dec. 10, 1843 into a wealthy and aristocratic family. She was educated in the best private scho...
Same issues, less money will drive lawmakers
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Same issues, less money will drive lawmakers
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January 4, 2017
The 85th Texas Legislature convenes on Jan. 10 and we’ll have two new faces representing us in the House and Senate. Congratulations to Kyle Biederman...
New year gives 525,600 minutes to improve self
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New year gives 525,600 minutes to improve self
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January 4, 2017
525,600 minutes. That’s how many exist in a single year. There’s no way around time, it’s circular. Maybe that’s why the clock is in a circular shape....
Shimmy into the new year
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Shimmy into the new year
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December 28, 2016
As you shake off 2016, Carol Lofland wants you to think about shimmying in 2017. That’s when she and a troupe of belly dancers will prepare for Shimmy...
Creating traditions with a second family
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Creating traditions with a second family
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December 28, 2016
For the first time in my life, my family celebrated the Christmas holiday without me. My heart sank when I found out that I was lucky enough to work t...
Yes, there is a Santa
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Yes, there is a Santa
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December 21, 2016
When eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, she never imagined her words would become history’s most reprint...
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