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Congratulations to Shamrock Bank, winner of Coalgate’s first annual Christmas on Main. This pickup is a small part of the bank’s beautifully decorated corner on Main and Ohio.

My family believes the only reason a fruitcake should be in our house is if it is on the way to another location. Calvin Trillin has.... A Fruitcake Theory This was the year I was going to be nice about fruitcake. “Just try to be nice,” my wife said.

There is no question that the Democratic Party, and others, did everything they could to steal the 2020 Presidential Election. And that it was obviously preplanned for years.

My mom had a twin. Not identical but they were a lot alike in looks and in their ways. I always liked coming over and visiting the twin’s family, especially those many years ago when they lived here at Allen. They had two boys (among their many assorted children) about my age.

Quote of the week . . . Dear Santa, This year I would like a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please don’t get them confused like you did last year. —CC— Our favorite Christmas shopping story of the year. Missing Person—Husband to Officer Husband: My wife is missing.

Thanksgiving Time As friends and families gather at this time of Thanksgiving, we should remember the blessings that God has bestowed on us and our nation. Sometime, between the carving of the turkey and the last football game, we should pause and truly give thanks to our Lord.

The following citations were issued by the Coalgate Police Department from October 12 through November 15: Ivan Andre Zaal, Collinsville, TX – Expired tag; no insurance verification in possession. Blake Alex Rember, Norman, OK – Speeding.

And so there is. In the Bible, the book of Ecclesiastes, a famous King and familiar Bible character, King Solomon, wrote a book on philosophy. You can read a lot of different ideas into this book in the Old Testament. But the most familiar thing is that word time.

I spent my first two years of college in Nashville, TN, which I considered as getting my education in “The South.” But I soon learned that to discover the REAL South, one had to go deeper, like the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, even Virginia and its Western expansion, etc.

My knowledge of stagecoaches is from watching those old black and white movies of the 40’s. People like Roy Rogers and Hop-along Cassidy saved breathless passengers from the jillions of robbers that hid behind every rock waiting to remove the “strongbox” which nearly always contained a gold...