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New beginnings are opportunities to seize
      Upon moving into my new house, I subscribed to a satellite TV service. As a bonus for signing up for 18 months of service, the satellite TV provider gave me three months of free HBO. The timing couldn't be any better, as the HBO special, Hard Knocks is being broadcast, chronicling the Dallas Cowboys training camp.
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SCENE in Passing
Are you fine as frog hair, split 8 ways?
      W hat a week. The highs and the lows have allowed little rest. But aren't we excited by the highs in rainfall measurement? More than five inches in five days on Bonner Street. And the highs continued to climb in school spirit throughout our area. All folks can appreciate the moisture and the renewal of school "daze.
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HIGH POINTS from El Camino Real
      F olks along El Camino Real have been trying to dry out from the recent rains over the past few days. Somebody told me that they have had nearly 14 inches of rain so far this month. The rain and cooler temperatures in August are beginning to make me wonder if I'm still living in East Texas.
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