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My article’s title refers to the eight people missing from Allen. I suppose they are anyway. The Census count in 2010 was 934 but in dropped to 926. I guess we will just have to make do. If you know who they are or were, let me know.
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Wayne is out of pocket this week so we are running one of his columns from the past.
Read moreAsk Rusty – Can I Claim My SS Now and Switch to Spouse Benefits Later?
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Recently, a friend shared the following with us and we thought you might enjoy it. It reminded me of my mother.........
Read moreMy Mom’s stepfather was a nice old guy and I loved him very much. But he talked a lot, chewed tobacco, and told some of the same stories over and over. His greatest pleasure come summertime was going to Cortez, Colorado for the summer months to visit my Uncle John and Aunt Lula out on their red bean farm out on the wild prairies near Cortez. He said the air was dry out there and “I don’t smother” so bad out there. So, he would pack up his deadly nightshade (digitoxin) and his little bottle of nitroglycerin, catch a bus in Stonewall and head out. But Grandpa was old, and he was forgetful.
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At this stage of life, I spend a lot of time looking for things. (glasses, keys, pens, etc.) One of our readers said he thought of me when he read the following. Some of you other “old timers” might also identify with it.
Read moreAre we, at last, in the final days of this great Pandemic? Some sources still run on about fresh outbreaks in scattered places, but the overall picture is good. Cases are declining. Each week hundreds of thousands are receiving their shots. Over. Millions have already had the dread disease while many others think the thing was a hoax. But as the number of those who have had COVID increase and the number of those vaccinated meld we approach something called herd immunity. Soon? Yes.
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