| Justin's Column | If you’re anything like me, there are times in life when it seems like you just can’t win!
Ever notice that others appear to “luck” their way into success, while you just keep banging your head against a wall?
Friday, July 20, 2012
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July 19, 2012 10:45
| | Tim's Column | Last Thursday’s grand opening and ribbon cutting at the new Del City Police Department provided mixed reactions for me.
First, it was hot and the speeches were too long. OK, I get it. This only happens every 50 or 60 years and maybe the city, state and county officials were entitled to their long-winded diatribe. I suffered through the remarks, but my new golf shirt was a sweaty mess and had to be discarded.
Before the ceremony started, Mayor Brian Linley promised to keep his comments short. Once again, you can’t believe a politician. Mayor, you know I’m kidding, right?
Friday, July 20, 2012
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July 19, 2012 09:07
| | Harrop Column | By Froma Harrop
With summer's arrival comes a journalistic convention that seems more and more dated. It is the "summer reading list" of books, often beside a graphic showing a bathing suit and sunglasses.
Sure, I'd like to check out Douglas Brinkley's biography of Walter Cronkite and Hilary Mantel's sequel to "Wolf Hall." Heck, I'd love to read Joan Rivers' funny and shorter book, "I Hate Everyone ... Starting With Me."
Problem is, few of us worker bees will be packing a steamer trunk of volumes to while away the lazy afternoons. Average working Joes now put in a month more of labor a year than they did 25 years earlier, and much of that time comes out of summer vacation's hide.
Monday, July 02, 2012
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July 7, 2012 10:29
| | Mark Shields Column | By Mark Shields
Whenever an overly generous soul praises me for my alleged "success," I thank them and gently remind her (and myself) of the unearned luck of my life.
Consider the following: I was born during the Great Depression, after the nation's birthrate had reached a new low, and I was one of approximately 11 people born that same year. This meant that when I graduated from high school, college admissions offices - desperate to fill empty dorms and classrooms - were eagerly recruiting almost anyone who wasn't under indictment or detox, and maybe some who were.
This also meant that when I got out of college and the Marine Corps, and sought to enter the revered "private sector," it was the decade of the 1960s, during which the gross national product of the United States was actually doubling - and because there were so few people in my generational cohort, for us lucky ones there were almost more jobs than there were young people to fill them.
Monday, July 02, 2012
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July 7, 2012 10:33
| | Tim's Column | Last week, I wrote about our expanded news staff and the freelance writers who continue to contribute to the quality of our newspaper.
Much to my chagrin, I failed to mention one of the most important people on the staff. She's not a reporter or photographer, but she certainly keeps the wheels of business and commerce going for EastWord News. Her name is Kristina Boehlke and she's our operations director.
Monday, July 02, 2012
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