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A notable tribute, indeed
      I stared at my hands and and felt anger. "Why won't you mind me?" It wasn't a matter of understanding the notes on the page as I tried to peck out "Beautiful Dreamer" on the old family piano. I grasped the time signature, the weight of the notes and could correctly identify them in my beginner's primer book.
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THE Q factor
Thanks for a great year
      This issue officially marks my first year here in Rusk and with the Cherokeean Herald. If you want to be specific, my first article actually appeared two weeks prior to my first week in Rusk, but July 1 was my official start date.
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BOWMAN'S east texas
East Texas murder leads to end for Bonnie and Clyde
      During their Depressionera crime wave between 1931 and 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were suspected of killing at least twelve people, including nine peace officers, in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. History says Bonnie and Clyde came to Lufkin in the 1930s and stole a car with a child lying on the backseat. Discovering the child, they abandoned the car and swiped another.
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HIGH POINTS from El Camino Real
      F olks along El Camino Real have given up complaining about the heat. I don't know whether they are tired of talking about it or their mouths are too dry for their tongues to work. The Fourth of July is upon us and we've got some celebrating to do in spite of the weather.
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