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This week marks the start of school for many in our area. Teachers and administrators have already been hard at work readying classrooms and buildings for the start of another school year. Students …
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D. GARY DAVIS
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8/4/21
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8/4/21
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Numbing accounts of impoverished children running around barefoot through underdeveloped — and developed — pockets of the globe are nothing for the rest of us to …
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RICK NORTON
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7/31/21
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For people around the world, all eyes are on the Tokyo Olympics. Exactly 25 years ago, the 1996 Olympics were in Atlanta , and a small part of that action came to Cleveland. For three days, the …
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DR. PAUL CONN
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7/31/21
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Since it first opened 20 years ago, thousands have enjoyed walking, running or biking our Cleveland/Bradley County Greenway. For those thousands, including me, it has become the go-to venue for a …
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CAMERON FISHER
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7/31/21
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Tanner wasn’t waiting for me at the fence yesterday.Dakota and Tanner, my two oldest dogs, are always waiting for me at the chain-link fence. Dakota can’t hear and doesn’t see well, so she …
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CARRIE CLASSON
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7/31/21
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The mid-June removal of the vibrantly painted duck sculptures from the Cleveland/Bradley County Greenway came with irony; it saddened most linear-park users, yet it seemed inevitable.That’s because …
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7/31/21
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7/31/21
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Whether it’s the original strain or the especially nasty Delta variant, COVID-19 can bend us, frustrate us and make us wish we lived atop the safety of an Arctic iceberg.The life-threatening bug …
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7/30/21
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According to Bob Wiley, “There are two types of people in this world: Those who like Neil Diamond, and those who don’t.”Bob is the title character played by Bill Murray in the movie “What …
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BARRY CURRIN
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7/30/21
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7/30/21
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Back-to-school season is here, and in some areas, it's unclear how it will play out. With vaccines available, it could make for a close-to-normal school year in some areas of the United States as …
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LISA GEREN
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7/28/21
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This weekend marks the annual Sales Tax Holiday in Tennessee. School Supplies, clothing and computers will all be available tax-free! In addition to these items, food will also be …
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D. GARY DAVIS
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7/28/21
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7/28/21
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"Do you have time for this?" my husband, Peter, asked. Peter almost never questions what I'm doing unless I'm doing something particularly stupid. Yesterday, I had a meeting on Zoom. I figured I …
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CARRIE CLASSON
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7/24/21
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In the hours surrounding midnight on the eve of our 44th wedding anniversary, I saved two lives — the first, my beloved wife, and the second, an unsightly home …
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RICK NORTON
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7/24/21
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Holidays are days designated to honor someone or something; they are days that should be celebrated with family and friends.There are several good things that result from holidays. Food is usually …
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GARY MATHENY
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7/24/21
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Now that Bradley County Commissioner Charlotte Peak and Bradley County Road Superintendent Sandra Knight have both had their say in disagreements over budgets, departmental salaries and use of …
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7/24/21
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7/24/21
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The only thing wrong with sending these billionaires into space is that they keep coming back.I’m sure someone else has said something similar, but until I see it elsewhere, I’m taking credit for …
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BARRY CURRIN
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7/23/21
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