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To the editor,
For all those who serve or have served our country I want to say thank you.
This year will be the 19th Veterans Day I’ve lived to see. Last year was the first year that I ever truly understood the importance of the day.
In church last Veterans Day we honored our veterans in...
Honoring those who served
A veterans monument in downtown Alto Pass was decorated for a service which was held Saturday morning in the Union County community to honor our veterans.
On Wednesday, Nov. 11, Union County joined in the commemoration of Veteran's Day. A Veteran's Day parade in Anna...
To the editor,
Recently a friend of mine invited me to have lunch at the Sunshine Inn in Anna.
I went, but really wasn't expecting much in terms of a meal.
After all, for a senior like me, over 60, the cost of the meal was only $2.75.
But what a surprise when I discovered that lunch was a full...
In honor of Veterans Day and presidential politics, there has been the usual spate of Internet picture essays of the lives of veterans who have served us and their country with honor. I appreciate each of them and honor them as heroes. I would like to give you another portrait of a military hero...
(Editor's note: as you read through this proclamation made by President George Washington in 1789, please note that in some instances, the letter "s," will appear as an "f," as was the style of the time.)
General Thanksgiving
By the PRESIDENT of the United States Of America
A PROCLAMATION...
To the editor,
Here is some information that made news in the last week. Gang rape and brutal beating to a 15 year old girl in California.
People should look at this with a very serious nature. This and other wrongful actions should be dealt with immediately today not tomorrow.
We have a number...
To the editor,
It saddened me to hear about the passing of Wes Boie.
When I moved to Anna in 1981, I was having difficulty securing finances for a piece of property.
Thanks to Wes and his affiliation with the First National Bank of Jonesboro, I purchased the property and became a resident of...
Congratulations to all of those who were involved in last year's celebration of the 150th anniversary of the historic Lincoln-Douglas debate in Jonesboro.
Many, many hours of volunteer service went into preparing for the 2008 celebration.
That hard work paid off last week when Union County...
As our community tries to come to grips with Tuesday's horrific event in Anna, we take consolation in knowing that faith and the support of caring and concerned neighbors will help us make it through this tough time.
To our friends at the First Baptist Church in Anna, and especially to the...
To the editor,
My name is Julie Lewis and I am the Anna Jonesboro Community High School Student Council sponsor. I work with some wonderful student officers who help plan many of the homecoming events here at the high school, the parade being just one of them. Those students put in a lot of hard...
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