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Goodbye is never easy, but this isn't really a goodbye
      Over the next couple of weeks, my bylines will begin to disappear from the Cherokeean Herald. My family and I will be moving to Brownwood for the purpose of launching a community minded, outreach oriented church. I have also accepted the position as the station manager for a local radio station there.
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HIGH POINTS from El Camino Real
      El Camino Real has really greened up after that good rain we got last week. If anybody had something to do outdoors this past weekend was the time to get it done. When we are blessed with weather like we had this weekend, it's a sin not to enjoy it.
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UNDOING a big mistake
      The Nobel-Prize winning economist Milton Friedman once said, "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results." When Congress passed legislation to greatly expand America's commitment to biofuels, it intended to create energy independence and protect the environment. But the results have been quite different.
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