Country CousinIssue Date: February 21, 2019 Happy Birthday, Mr. Washington! Not all presidents deserve a day to honor them, but of them all, you are most worthy of respect and remembrance. Wonder if school kids today are being taught that politicians of your day were willing to help make you king of the new United States of America, but you turned down their offer in favor of a Republic, with a president elected by the people from all walks of life, not just the elite. Hope our politicians of today do not throw away the wonderful start you gave us!
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From My WindowIssue Date: February 21, 2019 Medical Bills 1956
By Jane Thibodeau Martin,
I was born in 1956 in a little hospital where my parents were living at the time. My mom was admitted at 3:50 a.m., the kind of inconvenient hour babies like to make their pending appearance known. The reason I know this level of detail is somewhere not long ago my mother unearthed the hospital bill associated with my birth and it makes for some entertaining reading.
It's all typewritten on a single page. Imagine someone now, inserting single sheets of paper ...
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From our readersIssue Date: February 21, 2019 Letter to Editor:
So what does a "Hero" look like?
Well let me tell you!! A five foot nothing lady who is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother working as a local crossing guard. She was able to use her quick thinking to keep those around her safe. This woman was wearing her safety vest, holding her big flashing stop sign and was crossing three children. At the same time a vehicle was entering into the crosswalk. Realizing that the vehicle was not stopping this crossing guard pushed the two children closest to her and...
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Country CousinIssue Date: February 14, 2019 Better days are coming!
The weatherman must be amending his evil ways. The 10-day forecast looks pretty good. There may be a little snow on Thursday, and then a little again Wednesday, Feb. 20, but it isn't supposed to be serious. And daytime high temperatures are supposed to be in the 20s and 30s for the next 10 days, with night time lows between 10 and 18 degrees - above zero!
DRIVE WITH CARE
Despite the best efforts of highway maintenance crews, terrible driving conditions since the first of the yea...
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From My WindowIssue Date: February 14, 2019 Conflict on the Patio
By Jane Thibodeau Martin,
When I was younger I was perplexed at what seemed like an obsession some older people had with feeding birds. The whole thing seemed boring to me, until I began to understand how much interesting behavior you can see at feeders. So after my marriage we got a bird feeder and joined the neighborhood discussions about which birds we'd been able to attract. And, of course, how irritated we were with the squirrels who not only pilfered the "bird" food but usually d...
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