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      <title>Ephesus</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rev. Dougald McLaurin's message Sunday was from Joshua 1:1-9 and 24:14, "God's Commands: From One Generation to the Next."<br/><br/>Special music was provided by Will Bolt and Jordan Hagler. Flowers for Sunday's service were given by Phillip and Anne Murray in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Murray an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Peachtree</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fathers were honored at Peachtree Church on Sunday morning. Each father present received a devotional book given by the children under the direction of Catherine Gup-ton. The music was by Jerry Hobgood, David Griffin, and Lawrence Edwards who sang, "How Great Thou Art." Pastor Whitehouse's sermon t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Attend The Church Of Your Choice</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=SHE0623201100303</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I've been playing the game Scrabble a lot on the Internet lately. I've noticed that sometimes I'll be in the middle of a game, and all of a sudden the person playing me just leaves, without any warning or any message at all. I try to at least explain why I'm leaving. Maybe, for example, I have to g...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Rural communities hit hard by Texas drought</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Aspermont) - Nearly all parts of Texas look like "the dead of winter" as the drought continues to intensify in all parts of the state.? Now rural towns and communities are feeling the economic impact of the very dry weather.<br/><br/>"The estimation right now is probably a $1.5 billion loss to agr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Parking issue causes Shelton neighborhood frustration</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The area north of Alder Street in downtown includes both residential and commercial uses, which some residents argue causes problems, particularly with parking.<br/><br/>"How are we going to encourage people to live in our city if we do not take care of the neighborhoods?" said Birch Street residen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Show brings Piecemakers together</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MOSES LAKE - Quilters from all over the area will converge in Moses Lake this weekend for the biannual quilt show by the Basin Piecemakers Quilt Guild.<br/><br/>"It's a fun day, a time out to spend meeting your friends," one of the planners, Betty Lybbert, said.<br/><br/>The show will run on June 2...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Small-town life is a good one</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After retiring three years ago, I chose to move to Sweet Home for the joys of living in a beautiful area and for the small-town atmosphere of a caring, knowing-your-neigh-bor community. I have not been disappointed.<br/><br/>This past month, I discovered a collection of metal trash and stuff that h...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Concerned citizens look for more events</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Concerned Citizens Coalition (CCC) is working hard to build a better Othello, but to do so they need to work with many other local leaders and community members, Shaun Logan said.<br/><br/>"If we aren't in agreement and continue in a fragmented fashion, we will never accomplish what we could if...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Red Cross Heroes campaign wraps up</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Twenty of your neighbors in Nowata and Washington Counties are Heroes to the local Red Cross.<br/><br/>Together, with support from the community, these extraordinary people, businesses and civic organizations raised $54,000 to help the Red Cross to provide assistance to the residents of Nowata and ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Getting things done</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AmeriCorps Energy Express reading program kicked off Tuesday, June 21, at Marlin-ton Elementary School. The program serves 32 children in Pocahontas County by providing two nutritious meals along with reading based activities.<br/><br/>Our team is expected to complete a minimum of 1,500 hours of se...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Community church service and picnic to be held Sunday, July 3, at Swensrud Park</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There will be a community church service on Sunday, July 3, at 10:30 a.m. at the gazebo in Swensrud Park with a community picnic to follow.<br/><br/>Various local churches will be taking part in the service with Pastor Karen Grandall, of First Lutheran Church, delivering the message.<br/><br/>A com...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Andrews honored at Girls State</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The American Legion is pleased to announce Othello senior Katelyn Andrews will be representing Washington state as a finalist for the Samsung American Legion Scholarship.<br/><br/>Selected from over 200 attendees at Girls State held in Ellensburg last week, Andrews will join 98 other students from ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>VFW post retires nearly 150 flags</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Feb. 14, Fortune, Eckley, Perry Post 2668 Mina had a memorial for all old unserviceable flags. There were nearly 150 flags to receive honor at the ceremonies.<br/><br/>Immediately following was Tony's famous barbecued ribs and salad sides brought in by the local community-There was one flag, in ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Community comes out to 'reshape' field</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Father's Day is a time when children honor their fathers by giving them cards and gifts; but this Fathers Day, dads - and moms - gave a gift to the children of LeRoy.<br/><br/>Volunteers gathered at Baumbach Park (North Park) at 1:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon to rebuild the old ball diamond.<br/><br/>T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Trinity Valley Community college to host Women &amp; Welding Day</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Special to The News The welding industry is primarily male centered, but Trinity Valley Community College welding instructor Tom Sheram is working to spread the word that there is definitely room in the field for women.<br/><br/>From the farm to the construction site, said Sheram, welding is a grow...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Buy fireworks to benefit church's foreign missions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Doug Donaldson's life changed when he handed the key to a newly constructed house to a struggling Tijuanan family in 2001.<br/><br/>He and his feUow mission attendees and members of Issaquah Christian Church had spent the past year raising funds for the chance to spend eight days in Mexico building...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ivanhoe School Board votes for K-12 in Ivanhoe to begin immediately</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With 40 plus people from the Ivanhoe community in attendance, the Ivanhoe School Board voted Monday evening on a 4-2 vote margin to bring a Pre-Kindergarten-12th grade school to Ivanhoe and begin working immediately to make the changes necessary to make it work.<br/><br/>The motion by Gene Panka an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Tent City 4's return is opportunity for generosity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tent City 4's return is an opportunity for generosity<br/><br/>The last time Tent City 4 settled in Issaquah, residents at the homeless encampment called Issaquah the most-welcoming city on the Eastside.<br/><br/>Indeed, Issaquah is among the friendliest cities to Tent City 4 ? a fact Community Chu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Prospects continue eyeing Griswoldville Park</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The main topic of discussion for members of the Development Authority of Jones County last week was two prospects for Griswoldville Park and ways to showcase its attributes.<br/><br/>The June 14 meeting held at Stone Brooke Suites began with a request from consulting engineer Tim Ingram for approva...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Meetings set on proposed fishing rules</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Idaho Fish and Game is planning a series of public open-houses at regional offices across the state to take comments on a series of proposed changes to fishing rules.<br/><br/>All open-house meetings run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in:<br/><br/>Southeast Region: Tuesday, June 28 - 1345 Barton Road, Pocat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Entrepreneur builds a career beneath golden arches</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The menu is different, but the golden arches ? global emblem for billions and billions served ? remain the same.<br/><br/>In 1971, a 16-year-old Alan Finkelstein started work at a McDonald's restaurant at Seattle's University Village, earning less than $2 per hour. The early days included stints mi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Wayward dogs and city site maps</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As small-town discussions can easily do, the conversation at last week's Java Talk turned to the topic of pet poop.<br/><br/>One meeting participant said, "I've heard some complaints the past couple of weeks about people out walking their dogs, and there's dog doo-doo everywhere. We have an ordinan...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Assessor's office worked for us</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Regarding the "Raw Deal" opinion I expressed in last week's paper: I went into the assessor's office the day after submitting my letter to the paper and receiving my new property tax assessment blue notice.<br/><br/>I was taken back to Adam Dehart's desk, and I explained my case with him about the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Farmers Market coming to Lyle Park starting in July</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Six Lady Sundowners met for luncheon on Monday, June 13 at the Char Burger in Cascade Locks for their monthly get-together with the usual catching up of family news. The regular Sundowners RV Club met at Toll Bridge Park (at the base of Mt. Hood) with eight rigs and 15 members present for their Jun...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Summer's finally here, lots to do</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Summer has finally arrived, at least by the date on the calendar.<br/><br/>Our Klickitat PUD did the maintenance last Saturday night in record time, only keeping the power off for approximately six hours instead of the nine that they had predicted.<br/><br/>A reminder that there will be many events...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Dog nuisance must stop</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Noise comes in all forms. One is constant dog barking. We seem to have an enormous amount of loose dogs, owners unknown and some known, who expect the community to tolerate these constant nuisance pests who run up barking at you while you try to get to your car. In addition, on too many occasions, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>YOUR ROCORI Schools - Everybody's business!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DISTRICT BULLY PREVENTION EFFORTS<br/><br/>At our community meeting, a theme that came through the discussions at the tables, was that, as a school district and community, efforts to reduce bullying behaviors should be given strong emphasis. The ideas included making people aware of steps, procedur...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Consider Adopting a Community Garden in Carlisle's North Park</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many of the fifty-three North Park community gardens are still available for adoption, including beautiful beds of columbines, daisies, daylilies and roses. Adopting a community garden means that you are guaranteed up close and personal enjoyment of the North Park landscape at any time you choose. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Nonprofits assisting low-income elderly are eligible for $50,000 grant</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nonprofit programs providing home care and assisted living to low-income elderly are eligible for a one-year, $50,000 grant from United Way of Delaware. Interested agencies should respond to a request for proposals issued by UWD. Eligible programs help by allowing the elderly to stay in their homes...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Sussex approves plan for RV park</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Overriding a unanimous decision for denial by the planning and zoning commission, Sussex County Council approved a conditional-use application to convert manufactured home lots into seasonal RV lots in a park near' Long Neck.<br/><br/>With a 3-2 vote at its June 21 meeting, council gave the OK to a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Running Start for School Initiative needs help for a great community effort</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rochester United Way of Olmsted County is starting 2011 summer by kicking off a community initiative, Running Start for School, by asking local businesses, faith organizations, and community groups to partner in the effort to collect school supplies for low income families for the 2011 - 2012 schoo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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