Meeting not up to Center's standards
      "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt." Who hasn't heard and had a little fun with that old saying from time to time? And maybe it applies to at least one of the people who spoke publicly at Monday's Washington City Council meeting. The trouble is -...
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Filthy stinking rich
By GARY TOOLE
      As Christians we are not to covet or begrudge what others have, but when you see what's going on in this country it almost makes you wish for a modern-day Robin Hood.
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Book Review
My Life in France By JULIA CHILD
Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT
      In the interest of full disclosure, this reviewer is an enthusiastic fan of Julia Child. I watched her television program from its early days and own four of her cookbooks. However, I had not read any biographical stories until now.
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Vox Pop
      Barack Obama has said that as president he would work towards the elimination of nuclear weapons around the world by reviving the original goals of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
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THE ACADEMIC CORNER
Students Continue to Benefit from AmeriCorps Program
      For the second year in a row, students at Washington-Wilkes Elementary School are benefiting from the AmeriCorps Tutorial Program. Forty one fourth and fifth graders are currently being tutored in reading and /or math based on their identified needs. This year, the majority of the students selecte...
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