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Since my vast realm of work responsibilities includes reading most of the words that appear within a newspaper twice a week, I admit that I face some words with more enthusiasm than others. But it was on the sports page, of all things, that I found an interesting little article about snook.

Believe science?

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When I wore a younger man’s clothes, Billy Joel’s reference in Piano Man to when he was young, science was a wide and wonderful world.

Footprints

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“They put in a new sidewalk,” my neighbor said, “and the first thing that happened was, a cat walked across the cement and left little footprints!”

Supporting our events

Ennis has seven or eight downtown events each year. They are For Us, By Us, so to speak. The first month of summer, June, has two that will surely interest thousands of residents and area citizens looking for an enriching family entertainment.

Step on the scale, please

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It was 15-years ago and I had a vacation, flying from Detroit to Casper, Wyoming for a week at a dude ranch. Wonderful, majestic times were enjoyed at Buffalo, set in the Big Horn Mountains near the Montana state line.

Married to an ostrich

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I remember the day the husband’s older brother said to me, “Susan, oh Susan, this you need to learn: we Lincolns aren’t slaves to fashion.” Since he was wearing a hideous, stretched-out t-shirt and faded athletic shorts, he was clearly stating the obvious, and I was completely unimpressed.

Eighty-eight

In amateur radio, 88 is used as shorthand for “love and kisses” when signing a message or ending an exchange. This editorial is not about amateur radio. It’s about this town.

Here comes the Judgement

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It was 1968 and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In, a rapid-fire sketch/ comedy on TV, was all the rage. A song by Pigmeat Markham, Here Comes the Judge, inspired a routine by Sammy Davis Jr., who was dressed in a black robe while his head was adorned with a white peruke wig.

Born to drive

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I am a small person from a small town in Alabama who moved to a small town in Florida. I have a small life—some days smaller than others. On all of those days--small and large--I am a rule follower.

Benefits of Ennis

Friends with Benefits was a romantic comedy starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. Released in 2011, the use of its name has probably been utilized more than tickets sold to the movie. Add one to the list. Read on.