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No more denying seasonal reality
(Column ~ 10/09/14)
I don't think there's any doubting it anymore. Oh, I've resisted it for weeks ... living in a state of denial. But I can't pretend anymore. It's time to put on a brave face and face the facts
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Money tight for county
(Local News ~ 10/09/14)
The 2015 budgeting process for Mississippi County has officially begun; members of the Quorum Court's finance committee met Tuesday afternoon to set down preliminary plans. Committee chair Justice Michael White told gathered justices and other elected officials that while the severe cuts made in the past few years may not have to be repeated in 2015, money is still going to be very tight for the county...
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There's no more denying seasonal reality
(Column ~ 10/09/14)
I don't think there's any doubting it anymore. Oh, I've resisted it for weeks ... living in a state of denial. But I can't pretend anymore. It's time to put on a brave face and face the facts -- summer 2014 is truly over. The official and unofficial ends of summer passed us by weeks ago. The kids returned to school. August came to an end. Labor Day and the autumn equinox came and went. Heck, it's October for pete's sake...
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Column: Game at Tech feels like a must-win for Chickasaws
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/14)
I, The Great Fitzini, Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, Sage of Sages and Sports Prophet Extraordinaire, am back for another week of predicting prep football games and defending my NEA Fantasy League title. The Chicks lost a big one last week and Manila won their first game in two years while the Pirates keep rolling along undefeated. ...
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Pirates to host THS Wildcats
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/14)
The Gosnell Pirates take on the Trumann Wildcats Friday night at 7 p.m. at J.W. Rea Field. The Pirates (4-0-1, 2-0 3-4A) are coming in off a 38-14 win over the Cave City Cavemen on Homecoming last Friday and have won their first two league games of the year...
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Chickasaws look for first league victory
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/14)
The Blytheville Chickasaws enter this week all business. After dropping their first two 5A-East games against likely playoff contenders --No. 1 Wynne and Nettleton -- the Chicks (3-2, 0-2 5A-East) know they need to get in the conference win column against host Greene County Tech (1-4, 0-2 5A-East) Friday night...
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Marcus Mullins
(Professional Sports ~ 10/09/14)
Gosnell's Marcus Mullins runs for some of his school record 393 yards Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 against Westside. Mullins had five touchdown runs in Gosnell's 46-14 win. Mullins rushed for 1,750 yards and 26 touchdowns last season -- his final in a Pirate uniform...
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Some couches not good for sleep
(Column ~ 10/09/14)
My wife is sick. She has pneumonia. We just found this out on Monday, but she's been sick for about a month. It's always a bummer when someone in the house is sick, and now that we have a child, we have to be extra careful whenever one of us gets sick...
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