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I have committed a sin. One that, in the South, is barely forgivable. Even though I am a former season ticket holder to Ole Miss, my two boys have never been to an SEC football game. Now that they …
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by Mary Beard Grodsky, The Local Tourist
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11/16/22
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Well, it’s time for Autumn poems to come to an end since we are into November, overnight lows are in the 20s, and Thanksgiving is next week! But before we end this I need to remind you that the …
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by Kirby McRae
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11/16/22
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It’s the middle of November here in beautiful, crime-free Iuka and it’s already too cold for me to be expected to attend any event where I’m not contractually obligated to show up. …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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11/16/22
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Like an alcoholic unable to resist a full gleaming bottle of Jack Daniels or a sex addict unable to resist the lure of a porn site, the Mississippi political establishment has given another quarter …
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by Wyatt Emmerich
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11/16/22
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Here in beautiful, crime-free Iuka, Mississippi we are about a week removed from Halloween and my sainted wife is worried she may be getting behind on putting the Christmas tree up. At this rate, I …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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11/9/22
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Today is mid-term election day in America. We will know the results soon enough for some, and not soon enough for others, depending on how we feel about the accuracy of the vote or only counting the …
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by Bo Murphy, I've Heard Things
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11/9/22
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I’ve often heard that we learn most of what we need to know in kindergarten. This is a time when there are no gray areas. You are either being nice, or you are not. You are where you are …
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by Bo Murphy, I've Heard Things
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11/2/22
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It has been two weeks since my last column. I would love to say missing last week had something to do with some sort of personal trials or tribulations - overcoming disease or maybe being framed for …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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11/2/22
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One of my favorite sights of this time of year is driving down our area’s winding country roads and seeing every tree in a different color. The past few years haven’t been as memorable as this …
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by Mary Beard Grodsky, The Local Tourist
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11/2/22
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This is a note to say thanks to all the wonderful people in Iuka that helped us during an unexpected stay in the Iuka Walmart parking lot on October 11th.
A father/son motorcycle trip turned into …
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10/26/22
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This month Northeast Mississippi lost one of its favorite sons when Tulon Rushing crossed over the Jordan to home. His mother, Esther Rushing, was my grandmother’s (Altie Elizabeth Blunt McRae) …
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by Danny Mohundro, Eads, Tennessee
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10/26/22
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This is a note to say thanks to all the wonderful people in Iuka that helped us during an unexpected stay in the Iuka Walmart parking lot on October 11th.A father/son motorcycle trip turned into a …
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10/26/22
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Just as October is almost past, so are my Autumn poems. For this week’s selection, I was unsure which poem/poet to feature, originally planning on “Autumn Daybreak” by Millay. But …
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by Kirby McRae
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10/26/22
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October is National Physical Therapy Month as recognized by the APTA (American Physical Therapy Association). The theme for this year is Choose PT with an emphasis on the benefits of regular …
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by Hope Johnson
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10/26/22
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Someone recently had the audacity to disagree with me. I know, can you believe it?! I thought one of the perks of being a 40+ year-old man would be that all would respect my wisdom. When I was …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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10/19/22
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This week’s October poem selection is by one of our most famous poets - Robert Frost (1874-1963). He is also one of my favorites, since most of his work centers on his realistic depictions of …
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by Kirby McRae
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10/19/22
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My lovely bride said Ms. Dawson had given me a shout-out in her article this week about some poetry I had given her years ago. October is a great time to read poems on Autumn, and I …
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by Kirby McRae
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10/12/22
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We are now well into Fall in beautiful, crime-free Iuka. Fall comes every year a little differently around here. Fall doesn’t begin at the Autumn Equinox, like in most of the country. No, it …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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10/12/22
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Sleeping on a straw mattress was common during the Great Depression. If possible, sage grass was the best. We would take our pick sacks and go to the farm where sage grass was plentiful, break it off …
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by Ruth Dawson, Sweet Memories
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10/12/22
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The Bible tells us that there is a time and place for everything under the Sun. And since Jesus was a carpenter, I’m sure that all his tools were in the right place when he needed them. I …
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by Bo Murphy, I've Heard Things
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10/5/22
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Last week, I took a week off from this column. My paying job got in the way of my non-paying job. To avoid violating attorney-client privilege, which contrary to popular belief in Northeast …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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10/5/22
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When my wife had the idea to write a newspaper column about local tourism in the Iuka/Pickwick area, I told her I, her amazing husband, should take over one week to write the true outsider’s …
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by Randy Grodsky
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9/28/22
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I was discussing the baseball division races with my son-in-law Joseph back in July, and I let him know I was pulling for the Mets over the Braves in the National League East Division. He, being from …
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by Kirby McRae
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9/28/22
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I’m still reminiscing about the farming days with Chester, and remembered one scary moment. Maybe if I tell you, someone else will avoid similar danger.While harvesting the corn we worked so …
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by Ruth Dawson, Sweet Memories
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9/21/22
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Charles the Third has become the King of England, which is pretty good work if you can get it. King of England is like how jobs at the power company were in the 1980s - they only come open when …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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9/21/22
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