Count ... jump ... hug ... strive ... some Christmas lessons learned
      Christmas morning, 1983 ... 4 a.m. ... 4 degrees – in Durham, N.C. The entire squad was sitting around Public Safety Station No. 3 when the fire call blared over the loudspeaker and portable radios. Fire report ... structure fire ... 1000 block of Angier Avenue. Angier Avenue – that was two blo...
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A Looking Glass
By GARY TOOLE
      Years ago most country folks called a mirror “a looking glass.” Mirrors fascinate almost everyone and especially the first time they see themselves in one. The American Indian was amazed by this looking glass way back in history when the pilgrims came to America.
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Book Review
Christmas Gift
By FERROL SAMS Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT
      Readers of Run with the Horsemen and The Whisper of the River will welcome this short account of Christmas days in Sams’ youth. If you are not familiar with his writing, this book would be a good beginning. He writes with humor, gentle sentiment, and nostalgia.
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Vox Pop
      What do you really, really, really want for Christmas?
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