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Royal Alexander

Royal Alexander

Royal Alexander

From The Pen Of
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
We are likely in the crush of the Christmas season. Perhaps things are just as, if not more, busy and hectic than they’ve been all year.
The Vantage Loaf

The Vantage Loaf

The Vantage Loaf

News Staff
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
During the holidays, we spend a lot of time and effort on what we eat. One mandatory item on most of our tables is bread, one of the oldest prepared foods.

Second Chance: A Holiday Story

News Staff
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
I always get caught up In the momentum Of the holiday season.We pass Thanksgiving Reach the Christmas milestone And approach the New Year.There are numerous things To the divert our attention.Holiday shopping, football, social events.But for me It is a time to reflect.
Ask Rusty:

Ask Rusty:

Ask Rusty:

News Staff
Friday, December 19, 2025
Why won’t Social Security give me my benefits?Dear Rusty: I called the Social Security office, as well as went with my husband when he went to collect his Social Security. Because I work full-time (at about $800/week), they said I could not file for my Social Security.

The Christmas Spirit

Dr. Glenn Mollette
Friday, December 19, 2025
We can’t think about December without thinking about Christmas. December is saturated with Christmas. Christmas shopping, Christmas baking, Christmas Carols, Christmas television programs, Christmas religious services and the Christmas spirit.
Columnist John Moore grew up with just about everything coming from the Sears catalog. You can buy reprints of the old catalogs, such as the one pictured, which is available on Amazon. Photo by John Moore

Columnist John Moore grew up with just about everything coming from the Sears catalog. You can buy reprints of the old catalogs, such as the one pictured, which is available on Amazon. Photo by John Moore

Sears Habits Die Hard

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
My earliest memories of the catalog are from the 1960s. My sister and I would race each other to the door. She wanted to study the dolls. Chatty Kathy was her favorite, and she talked about that doll for weeks.I went straight to the Hot Wheels.
A Brighter Light

A Brighter Light

A Brighter Light

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Erwin Perzy built and repaired surgical instruments for local physicians in Vienna, Austria.In 1900, one of his clients requested a brighter light for his operating room.Just 23 years earlier in 1879, Thomas Edison filed a patent for his carbon-filament lamp and thus began the electric light age.
THE COUNTRY WRITER

THE COUNTRY WRITER

THE COUNTRY WRITER

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
A Southern Writer’s View of Then and NowFor much of the twentieth century, the Sears Roebuck catalog held a special place in American homes. It was never just a book of merchandise.
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