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Anne Hall: “The Diamond Button and a Little Rooster”
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Anne Hall has told stories at different schools and community events. Most recently, however, Anne has told stories primarily to her students at Shearer Elementary School, where she has been the librarian for the last 21 years. She prefers to tell folk tales for general audiences. Anne was one of our local storytellers at the…
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Mother’s Day, the Surprise Gift I Didn’t Order
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Mother’s Day is a surprise gift I didn’t order. After consciously planning my life without children, I stared uncomprehendingly at the little plus sign in the window. I had unfailingly taken the pill for 16 years. I had no idea how to do this. Luckily, I have the world’s greatest teacher. My mom taught me that this…
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Jeff’s Playlist: Live at Keystone
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I bought this album in Clarksville, TN back in ’74 or ’75, and it is probably my favorite album of all time. As with everything else, I have replaced the vinyl with audio CDs but still listen to it frequently. The album was eventually replaced with an expanded two-CD version, and later a third CD…
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Marine Training: Close-order drills and hand-to-hand combat
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It’s quite strange how each day, filled with virtually the same routine -- early rising, cleaning barracks, breakfast, PT, classes, marching -- could still provide new and unexpected occurrences that all work in concert to make the days a blur. Close-order drill was a part of every day that we were on the Island. Column…
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Reel Classics: Them!
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Today Reel Classics takes a look back at one of the classic science fiction movies of the 1950s — Them! Released in 1954, just a few years after the explosion of the first atomic bomb, it was one of the first films to depict the “unintended effects” of nuclear radiation on the environment. The film…
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Winchester business at center of controversy
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On Tuesday, a Lexington Avenue business was at the center of a debate at a Winchester-Clark County Tourism Commission meeting. The commission said it has received backlash from featuring an event hosted by the Crystal Coven Cottage, a local metaphysics store, in their monthly newsletter. “People who object to this believe that the tourism department…
