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We in fact do have a correction that was written before Mayor Jackson’s letter. We reported that Morgan Burkett and Jennifer Neider were among those resigning. They were in fact fired and we were asked to clarify that.

First Letter from Mayor Jackson to The Hughes County Tribune To Whom It May Concern, The article on in The Hughes County Tribune, on Page B-8 regarding B-8 is incorrect. The article states “in recent days “five more”...

If you were busy being kind, Before you know it, you would find You’d soon forget to think ‘twas true That someone was unkind to you. If you were busy being glad, And cheering people who ae sad, Although your heart might ache a bit, You’d soon forget to notice it.

Wow!  We had 10 ladies Monday night at the Nazarene Fellowship Hall ready to play “Moon” domonioes! And play they did!

by John Bill Martin By John Bill Martin Staff Writer Thanks to Kylee (Phillips) Voyles, who was one of the greatest advocates of my G-T program and shared her son, precious mother, father, brother’s son, countless students and many encouraging words to an old man for many years.

I vividly recall receiving the rejection letter from the university department head stating, “it was decided that your application to the doctoral program be denied.: What a feeling of rejection and disbelief.

By John Bill Martin Staff Writer People often ask me where I get all that “stuff” I write about in this column space each week. The answer is c o m p l i c a t e d but one constant source is the wide circle of friends who share several things with me, including: a.

When you stop and ponder this awesome and orderly universe that God has placed us in, some very remarkable facts become evident.

A man was being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.