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Life just got a lot simpler for me. Luke has reached the magic teenage years. I don’t have to worry about what’s cool, hip, “in”, boss, trendy, current or …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 6/12/19 |
10 YEARS AGO — Carroll County’s first two liquor stores opened in Bruceton, Old Railroad Wine and Spirits and Bruceton Wine and Spirits. Liquor sales were approved in the town via …
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6/12/19
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Keco Milling Company, early 1980s. File photo originally published in “A Pictorial History of McKenzie, Tennessee,” by The McKenzie Banner in October 2004.
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6/12/19
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I’ve been doing a study on Moonlight Graham and his role in “Field of Dreams”. Burt Lancaster, in his last acting appearance, portrayed Moonlight and he was on screen for just a few …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 6/5/19 |
10 YEARS AGO — Lynn Watkins was selected as the new director of schools for the McKenzie Special School District.
*Construction began on Bethel College’s new state-of-the-art science …
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6/5/19
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CHOIR BOYS, 1943 (L to R): Eddie, Jimmy, Ben and Dick Freeman.
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5/29/19
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I leaned in close, peering at the grainy black and white pictures of the shaven heads, taunt faces and ultra skinny frames of the just freed Holocaust victims. Tears slid silently across my face. You …
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5/29/19
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By Glenn MolletteGMollette@aol.comMay 30, 1868 was the first official Decoration Day. The day was declared by General John A. Logan and observed at Arlington National Cemetery. Volunteers that day …
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By Glenn Mollette
GMollette@aol.com | 5/22/19 |
Does Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution state that Congress has the power to declare war? Further, does it state that the Congress has the power to raise and support armies, but no …
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Roger C. Johnson, Ph.D., McKenzie, TN 38201
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5/22/19
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David Mark called, “Let’s go to Adobe Walls.”“OK.” He’s the only brother I have left. I’m going to do about whatever he says. “Isn’t that up by …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com and David Mark | 5/22/19 |
McKenzie Eighth Grade Graduation, 1948, at Miss Ophie Everett’s home on Magnolia Ave. First Row (L to R): Kenneth Townsend, Billy Hall, Ann Sneed, Gaylon Hickman, Joyce Hill, Marty Carter …
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5/22/19
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The first time I consciously appreciated summer was after I had been captured and held against my will in the first grade for nine months. I was a bit “shaken” by the daunts of adding and …
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5/15/19
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Community Picnic at Campbell Well Drilling, hosted by Max Campbell and family, 1980. (L to R): J.T. Jones, Marvin Clark, Polly Lemonds, Betty Hubble, and Jerry Vinson. File photo originally published …
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5/15/19
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Mentor Club members in 1993. Back Row (L to R): Mrs. Howard Edwards, Mrs. Jim Ginter, Mrs. Jim Alexander, Mrs. Clifford Bateman, Mrs. Franklin Howell, Mrs. Jack Brummitt, and Mrs. DeRay Neisler. …
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5/8/19
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Mothers will check your ears to see if they are clean before you go to church. Every Sunday. Without fail. I’ve done a study on this. In all my many years of church gathering, not one pastor, …
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 5/8/19 |
I do not know Steve King. And this is not an indictment of him. He is a Republican Congressman from Iowa. This is also not an indictment of Republicans, Congress or Iowa.And I don’t pretend to …
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5/1/19
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10 YEARS AGO — Heavy rains of up to eight inches over three days caused over $40,000 in damages to the county road system as well as significant power outages.*Tibby Edwards Liles, longtime …
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5/1/19
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