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- Changing Lanes: Trying to capture Christmas spirit
- December 30, 2008
- There’s been a hint of Scrooge in my holiday preparations this year.
- 2008: A look back at the year that was
- 10:16 a.m., December 30, 2008 Updated 05:03 p.m.
- Editor’s note: Here is a look back at stories from 2008. This is the first installment of the year in review, which will continue in future editions of The Mirror.
- Springdale News
- December 30, 2008
- Springdale Friends Church members and others enjoyed a Christmas program by the youth on Sunday morning, Dec. 21 followed by the Advent candle and worship. Everyone gathered in the friendship hall for a fellowship to end the morning.
- Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
- December 30, 2008
- That after Christmas sorting and getting rid of … to make room for the new, that always happens. I’m thinking now of those older, but still lovable and huggable, maybe now cast off, stuffed animals that might now be donated to our local American Legion troop for their great project.
- Our view: Celebrate safely as ‘08 turns to ‘09
- December 30, 2008
- Soon we’ll be saying goodbye to 2008 and hello to 2009. When the final sands of the hourglass for 2008 head downward Wednesday night, folks likely will be toasting with champagne and other beverages and embracing friends and loved ones with the words “Happy New Year” being repeated often at midnight.
- Looking forward, not backward
- December 30, 2008
- Some proponents of organic, labor-intensive farming contend we should go back to the days when every family owned 40 acres, farmed with hay burners (horses) and applied no chemicals
- Jarbalo Jottings
- December 30, 2008
- Dinner guests of Bid Sheppard Christmas Eve were Amy Aufdemberge and Mark Lepnoznik of Folsom, Calif., Bob and Sara Aufdemberge of Auburn, Kane and Kati Rowbotham and Kayla of Knob Noster, Mo., and Mark and Katie Aufdemberge, Emma and Charlie, and Jill Stean, Isaac and Ariel, all of rural Leavenworth. Many of the group attended the candlelight service at Jarbalo United Methodist Church that evening.
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Point of View
Do you fill out a bracket for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament?
“No, I sometimes watch games and I can tell you how KU, KSU and MU are seeded. My pleasure was watching the women’s competition this past week.”
