FROM THE TOP
LELAND ACKER
      Once in a generation, a man will stick his neck out to challenge a status quo which breeds injustice. While the safe approach is to settle into the status quo and resign to the idea that "you don't deal with things as they should be, you deal with them as they are," there are those pioneers who ch...
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SCENE IN PASSING
MARIE WHITEHEAD
      Here we go with the third issue of January. Like me, you may still be trying to figure out what happened to December. It has been an interesting new year so far. Last week it was my privilege to view one of the most beautiful landscapes in Cherokee County. I thought I had seen all of the breath-ta...
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HIGH POINTS FROM EL CAMINO REAL
CHRIS DAVIS
      Another spring-like weekend in January got some folks to thinking about whether or not the fish might be ready to start biting. I spent my weekend digging in the garden and putting out a little lime so that fertilizer would take hold when I plant in the spring. I enjoy digging in the dirt as much ...
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