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From the porch
So cheap - Is oxygen included?
By Dwight Otwell
      In mid-December, Susan and I are going to see the bright lights of Pigeon Forge and Dollywood. We heard that a motel that we booked last year has rooms for $38 a night. It is a great motel. During our stay last year we had a fireplace, jacuzzi and balcony overlooking the lights of the city. But t...
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Dixie Divas
The Memories That Matter
By Rhonda Rich
      Christmas never comes to me without a childhood memory that, in turn, throws its arms around another memory and brings it tagging along. Neither is about anything I ever received - not the red bike, the Barbie doll house, my first little sewing machine nor even the little Kodak Instamatic camera...
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Zoning
      Considering the community interest expressed in the Bull at the Corner Butcher Shop, a review of questions raised and the process to resolve them might be useful. Why is the life-size figure of a bull being treated as a " sign"?
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Manna FoodBank Scarce
      As most Americans prepare for Thanksgiving, 35 million Americans, including over one million in North Carolina struggle to put food on their tables, and food bank inventories nationwide - including MANNA FoodBank - are scarce. Please make Thanksgiving a time to recommit to helping those who face...
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