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Dear Ken: Where was actor Johnny Depp raised? How many movies has he made?Depp, 46, was born in Owensboro, Ky., and grew up mostly in Miramar, Fla. He dropped out of high school at 15 to play in a rock band, The Kids, that later changed its name to Six Gu...
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By Ray PopeWell, it seems like winter is trying to make a come back after getting a little taste of spring. There are lots of birds starting to think about planning for little ones. Some of the birds here at home are getting looks of love on their faces a...
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By W.H. WATERSHow does one value friendship? How does it live and grow into something of real value? It seems to me it has to be a two-way street. In the give-and-take of life, each feels gladness in the others’ presence.In recent months, the loss o...
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By ANNE DONNELLDo you think the term “identity loss” or “identity theft” is accurate? And did you weary of hearing “…nailed it” repeatedly in the commentary on the Olympics? -Local Observer...
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By BECKY ANDREWSIt comes up a few times a year. When one of my boys is getting in trouble for mishandling a video game, leaving wet towels on the floor or not putting their dirty clothes in the hamper, the suspect will look at me with big blue eyes puddle...
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By CHARLES W. BONEWhen you hear people in the Nashville region say, "We don't want to be another Atlanta," you can be sure they are talking about traffic.You don't have to drive 5 minutes in Atlanta (or Los Angeles or Detroit or most any...
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By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.Ever since my visit to the equator years ago when I first saw the globe on its side, I have wondered where the top of the world was located. In our culture we always have our globes with the North Pole pointing up and our maps sho...
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To the Editor:I appreciated so much reading the letter written by Ada Hawpe. She made a very good point in her letter in the Feb. 26 edition of The Wilson Post, regarding our future generation. I stand with her, as we Christians should all be as concerned...
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By W.H. WATERSAs I sat listening to “Real Country” on my radio recently, and I heard the song “Reuben James.” Every time I have ever heard it my mind goes back to the days of my youth when I walked in the furrow behind a black man ...
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By ANNE DONNELLWhy don't people know the difference between take and bring? It is so easy to use them correctly. This is just the latest "discord" with me. Why can't I stop saying I've got? Don't say it often, but catch these wor...
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To the Editor:I appreciated so much reading the letter written by Ada Hawpe. She made a very good point in her letter in the Feb. 26 edition of The Wilson Post, regarding our future generation. I stand with her, as we Christians should all be as concerned...
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Well, I hate to admit it, but I’m back on the crack. A year ago, I was completely addicted to it. Consumed by it! I’d wake up and the first thing I’d do was find my phone, check my emails and texts and then stumble to the coffee maker. M...
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Like the title of her big hit song, Gretchen Wilson is a redneck woman, but first and foremost the country music star is a devoted mother. Her 9-year-old daughter, Grace, rules the roost, although Wilson calls the shots in her home and in her business....
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When Karen and Stephen Hackett learned they were expecting their first child they started preparing like any first time parents would. They read "What to Expecting when your expecting,” registered for all nursery necessities and day dreamed abo...
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Bicyclette Café and Wine is the premiere casual French country café in Wilson County. As you probably guessed, Bicyclette means “bicycle” in French. The inspiration for the name came from the bicycle route at Don Fox Park, near t...
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By GEORGE ROBERTSON, M.D.Spring is just around the corner. The daffodils don’t lie. They have been sticking their shoots above the frozen earth’s crust for two months, but now they seem to be making some progress growing. On the last sunny day...
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To the Editor:I've been listening to and reading about the debate over term limits. If the measure sponsored by Ward 5 Lebanon City Councilor Haywood Barry passes, I feel like I will have lost another freedom that I now have -- the right to vote for t...
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To the Editor:This letter is long overdue. It should have been written years ago when the first non-Christian came against God’s word. Have we forgotten from whence we came and from where we are to spend eternity? Society, as a rule, behaves as if w...
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To the Editor:I recently had the experience of spending several days in the hospital at University Medical Center here in Lebanon.I had a surgical procedure that by all accounts was not minor but instead generally regarded as rather serious. Before I digr...
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It was a bad day. A long week at work, argument with my husband about household chores (This one NEVER gets old!), silent treatment from my 10-year-old because I said no to a sleepover (He asked me right in front of the kid! That’s a no-no in this h...
