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Banning cellphones in school a good idea
This might not be a popular view for the younger readers, but I think it is a great idea for education officials to ban cellphones in schools. It must be a distraction. This is just logical. I use myself as an example. If I had had a device like a cellphone, where I could surf…
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The boy was trapped in a well; Mingo County made national news
It was in the “dog days” of summer when young Leonard Boyce was hired by a neighbor to clean out an old-fashioned water well. The property was located at Parsley Bottom near Lenore, West Virginia. It was Aug. 14, 1967, and the 15-year-old Boyce was trying to raise money to buy some new school clothing.…
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Many singers have died in plane crashes
I was listening to music recently and during that session realized that a couple of the singers I had just heard had both died in terrible plane crashes. It got me thinking how many musicians and singer-songwriters have perished in that way. Patsy Cline was one of the earliest female country music singers who made…
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Sometimes it is the simple things
It can be the simple things in life that make you happy. Like stringing green beans. I have a small backyard garden and part of what I planted was some half-runner green beans along a short fence line. Last week, I picked our second mess for me and my wife Vicki. As we watched television…
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One more time, more one-hit wonders
When I wrote my first column about “one-hit wonders,” I began researching online to look up some songs. The first two articles were well received, especially on social media. I had forgotten just how many of these types of songs and artists there were. So, one more time, here are a few more “one-hit wonders”…
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More ‘one-hit wonders’ you may remember
After receiving some nice comments on social media for my last column on “one-hit wonders,” I decided to follow it up with Part 2. This installment features more songs you might recall by artists you likely never heard from again. “Nice to Be with You,” by Gallery My wife Vicki and I heard this song…
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One-hit wonders that you may remember
Sometimes in the music world a song that was not expected to be a chart topper becomes known as a “one-hit wonder.” It makes its mark on the radio and various shows by becoming really popular and a song that is requested by music fans across the U.S.. Growing up, I was a big fan…
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U.S. 23: The Country Music Highway that changed American music
Running through seven eastern Kentucky counties, the Country Music Highway is a unique stretch along U.S. 23 that has produced more top-selling singers and songwriters per capita than any other region in the United States. The adventure begins in Greenup County and concludes in Letcher County, passing through Boyd, Lawrence, Johnson, Floyd and Pike counties,…
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When going outside to play was fun
What is it about today’s younger generation? You pretty much have to force them to go outside and play. When “baby boomers” were young in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, our parents had to make us come back inside – especially in the summer months. I know kids and teenagers today have computers and expensive…
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What is it about our memory?
If you are like me, you get up and go into the kitchen, but something distracts you, and that quickly makes you forget what you went in there to get. Memory seems to be a peculiar thing for many of us, especially as we get older. I can recall things that happened in grade school…
