Bells Are There
If You Listen
     A Christmas card received for a Sunshine friend last year depicted Santa and his reindeer flying through the air, under which she had written the caption, "Do you remember?
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Co-Op Needs
Our Ideas
     Like many small local businesses competing with big chains, the Randolph Cooperative Market has struggled to find its place in a changing marketplace.
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She Found Help
At Difficult Time
     I was recently a patient of Gifford Medical Center's obstetrician/ gynecologist Dr. Ellamarie Russo-DeMara. She helped me through a difficult time in my life with expertise, compassion and understanding.
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When's the Time
     To Close School?
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Not Just Jobs—
But Good Ones
     Much talk and effort is expended encouraging local businesses to create local jobs. We all know we need them. We all know, in spite of the effort, local jobs are scarce, and people, especially the young, leave the area, and even Vermont for economic opportunity, as our population gets demo...
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Wrong Words
Are Being Used
     It is essential that we stop using words like "victory", "defeat", "success". "accomplished mission" in discussion of the American presence in Iraq.
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Rabies Showing Up
In Local Skunks
     I received a call last week from the Department of Health reporting two confirmed cases of rabies in skunks in the Bethel Gilead area. My contact also said that there have been some cases of rabies in Randolph recently as well, but did not give me any specifics on those incidents.
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