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How does your definition of love evolve as you age? Has your definition of love changed in 50 years?
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By Lyndsey Summers
lsummers@mckenziebanner.com | 11/4/25 |
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I don’t have any idea who invented Daylight Savings Time, but I can guarantee you, whoever it was never had to milk a cow in the dark.
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 11/4/25 |
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This weekend, I talked to someone at the grocery store who looks and sounds different from me that has been targeted recently for being different. It broke my heart because if I had to make a list of the best people I know in this world, that person would be near the top.
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By Brittany Martin
brittany@mckenziebanner.com | 11/4/25 |
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It was all about the candy at first. No one is too young to eat Tootsie Rolls or a Bit-O-Honey bar.
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 10/28/25 |
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For many, Halloween signals the start of the holiday season. For the next two months, the theme of the holidays is to celebrate family, worship, feast, honor the past, be grateful, think of others, and give back, among other things. There are many traditions and observances that take place between now and January 1, but the theme that runs through all of it is connection.
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By Brittany Martin
brittany@mckenziebanner.com | 10/28/25 |
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It's all about the breath.
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By David Johnson
banner@mckenziebanner.com | 10/28/25 |
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This is not “A Tale of Two Cities.” But the books’ iconic opening line does sum up my sophomore year in high school, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 10/21/25 |
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Don't listen to your anxiety—IT'S A LIAR!
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10/21/25
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During supper the next week, Daddy seemed quieter than usual. As we all finished and pushed back from the table, he said, “David, I’ve got some bad news.”
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By David Johnson
banner@mckenziebanner.com | 10/14/25 |
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I recently read an article that flat out stated we may not understand Daisy, Rover, or Fido like we ought to.
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 10/14/25 |
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King was a half-shepherd, half-collie mix I’d raised from a pup.
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By David Johnson
banner@mckenziebanner.com | 10/7/25 |
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I have no idea what bonded us together. I know it was for real, and forever.
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 10/7/25 |
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Just like the ocean tides, our lives have an ebb and flow, ups and downs.
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By David Johnson
banner@mckenziebanner.com | 9/30/25 |
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I went back home for my 60-year high school reunion. And I don’t know exactly how to gently, or politely, say this… But...uh…er...uh...I found myself completely surrounded by old people the entire weekend.
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By Kesley Colbert
kesley45@aol.com | 9/30/25 |
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GLEASON — More than three dozen Gleason High School graduates gathered here over the Labor Day weekend for the Tater Town Special with many not accepting the notion of an American novelist and rock band that “you can’t go home again.”
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By FRANK GIBSON
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9/23/25
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This is the prototypical good news/bad news story. The bad news is Robert Redford died. What an actor! He looked like the Sundance Kid in that terrific historical movie he made with Paul Newman. He talked like the Sundance Kid. He walked like the Sundance Kid. He could shoot better than the Sundance Kid. I THOUGHT he was the Sundance Kid!
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By Kesley Colbert
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9/23/25
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My first wife is sooo excited. Her brother is bringing his whole family down for a visit. She has been trying to get him to come see us for years. I am excited for her. But I’m also counting; he’s got children and grandchildren, a son-in-law, or two….
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By Kesley Colbert
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9/16/25
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Picking up from the previous week’s edition...
Until I awoke in the middle of the night hot as blazes. Our sheets were damp with sweat, and not from a night of passionate lovemaking.
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By David Johnson
banner@mckenziebanner.com | 9/16/25 |
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The deaths of Destiny Henry on August 13 and Luke Scott and Martin Perez on September 6 at the railroad crossing on Harris Road are a tragedy that weighs on the hearts of this community. These deaths are not to be ignored, as they have shed light on an issue that needs to be addressed about this crossing and others like it.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 9/16/25 |
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To the Citizens of Carroll County:
The deaths of Destiny Henry on August 13 and Luke Scott and Martin Perez on September 6 at the railroad crossing on Harris Road are a tragedy that weighs on the hearts of this community. These deaths are not to be ignored, as they have shed light on an issue that needs to be addressed about this crossing and others like it.
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By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com | 9/9/25 |