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The United States Postal Service is committed to delivering your mail and packages throughout the current pandemic. We are proud of our role in providing an essential service to every community. The …
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4/14/20
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After a meeting of the Carroll County Budget Committee last week, I would like to point out that we and others Carroll County citizens have questioned the lake wheel tax .We have spoken to hundreds …
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4/14/20
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You remember that famous actor in “A League of Their Own” saying, “There is no crying in baseball.” Well, he was wrong! I’m crying this morning.And it’s not so …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 4/14/20 |
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This quarantine stuff is driving me nuts! It’s like being eight years old again on a rainy day out at the end of Stonewall Street. We couldn’t go down to the big ditch and swing on …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 4/7/20 |
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Bill Brush and Les Haugen flip pancakes at the Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast, 1982. File photo originally published in “A Pictorial History of McKenzie, Tennessee,” by The McKenzie Banner …
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4/7/20
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McKenzie Motor Inn was built in the 1960s at the intersection of U.S. 79 and Cherrywood. File photo originally published in “A Pictorial History of McKenzie, Tennessee,” by The McKenzie …
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3/31/20
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I’ve never seen so much hand sanitizer in all my life!Of course, the same can’t be said for toilet paper. Talk about a sign of the times!Americans can be the silliest people, even in the …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 3/31/20 |
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Miss Barbara Clark taught our freshman high school English class. Holy Cow, Goodness gracious, merciful Heavens, sakes alive, Mother Maybelle! It was without a doubt the most difficult—dare I …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 3/24/20 |
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Western Auto, owned and operated by Jack Hall, Cedar Street, McKenzie, early 1960s. File photo originally published in “A Pictorial History of McKenzie, Tennessee,” by The McKenzie Banner …
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3/24/20
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Ed and Lucille Brashear about 1953 in front of Riley’s Furniture Truck. Riley’s is where Ed first worked in furniture sales in downtown McKenzie. File photo originally published in …
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3/11/20
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It’s hard to ignore the folks clamoring to be the next President of the United States. Believe me, I have tried. It’s not that I don’t care. It’s more like we’re being …
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Vince Edwards, McKenzie High School and Bethel College alumnus, choral director of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Chesshire, CT., 1993. File photo originally published in “A Pictorial …
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3/5/20
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I don’t know if I am celebrating or commiserating this morning. Thirty-six years is a long time. And I don’t care if you are talking job, marriage, living quarters, prison confinement or …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 3/5/20 |
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Centennial, 1969. Standing (L to R): Kevin White, Carla White Crocker, Cindi Wade and Dwayne “Bubba” Melton, Jr. Seated (L to R): Barbara Bannister and Cluster Ellis. Standing: Roy Ellis. …
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2/26/20
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My first paying job was picking up black walnuts. Mrs. Boaz hired me, Leon and David Mark to get rid of the offending hard shelled culprits that had fallen from the humongous tree in her backyard. …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 2/26/20 |
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McKenzie Banner’s 150-year history includes 72 years of involvement by the Washburn family. James Washburn started in 1948 as a printer’s devil. His sons, Jeffery and Joel have worked in …
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By Joel Washburn
washburn@mckenziebanner.com | 2/26/20 |
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I would get soooo excited over going to the picture show. We’d see Roy Rogers, Randolph Scott or Audie Murphy. What a “big event” for a young lad. But as the years roll irrevocably …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 2/19/20 |
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Harry Toombs with team at his homeplace on Rochelle Store Road in Macedonia Community, 1942. File photo originally published in “A Pictorial History of McKenzie, Tennessee,” by The …
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2/19/20
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Ice Storm, 1994. File photo originally published in “A Pictorial History of McKenzie, Tennessee,” by The McKenzie Banner in October 2004.
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2/12/20
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To understand the importance of this Valentine miracle, we’ve got to start in Eau Claire, Michigan. In the summer of 1960. I was thirteen. It was only the second time I had ever been out of the …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 2/12/20 |