CONWELL'S COMMENT
Are parents these days just clueless?
Kent Conwell
      Have you ever wondered why we in America, no, throughout the world are so clueless? By that, I mean we seem to never learn from the mistakes of those preceding us. Now, follow me here. History repeats itself on a broad scale as well as a more personal one. How many wars have been fought over the ...
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CAPITOL COMMENT
Budget should create solutions
Kay Bailey Hutchison
      As the U.S. economy slows, and perhaps even retracts, many American families are taking a hard look at their budgets and making choices about how they'll spend their income. Likewise, Congress is now deciding the nation's spending priorities in the budget for the next fiscal year.
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Life in the Slow Lane
Making my kind of art
Jamie Bollich
      While reading about Asperger's syndrome online, I spotted merchandise for sale that included ribbon-shaped stickers with a bright primarycolor puzzle motif. I was struck with the utter rightness of that image in characterizing the condition, which has only recently begun to receive the awareness a...
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Annexation could become official April 14
By Julie Shehane EDITOR
      A three part Lumberton growth plan began to take shape Monday as city leaders held the first formal annexation reading to bring in sites for a future subdivision, another school campus, the remainder of an existing subdivision,
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