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Memorial Day Celebrations

By LORETTA FULTON Abilenians will have at least two opportunities for public celebrations on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. The first will begin at 9 a.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home & Memorial Park, 5750 U.S. Highway 277 South. The following is part of a welcome message on the funeral home website: “Whether you have a personal connection to the military

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The One-Minute Graduation Speech

Editor’s Note: The following is from Glenn Dromgoole’s book, “Just Happy to Be Here,” a collection of “words to encourage, enlighten, entertain.” The book is available at Texas Star Trading Company, 174 Cypress St. By GLENN DROMGOOLE I have never been asked to give a commencement address and probably will never be invited, but I have given it some thought.

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Parents in the Dark

THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Prayers of university presidents and school superintendents for commencement exercises to be executed as planned often are short-circuited. Some leaders are extremists–the kind who decree that neither blaring air horns nor unseemly yells will be tolerated. Their wish is for “pomp” to be exceeded only by “circumstance.” Often, they experience countless “slips ‘twixt cup

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Debris on the Labyrinth

By JIM NICHOLS At first glance or encounter, a labyrinth seems to be a maze; it is a path with twists and turns seeming to go nowhere. On closer attention, however, one realizes it is a path leading eventually to the center. Their meditative value is that they mimic the varying positions of life, eventually leading to a center of

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St. James UMC Getting New Pastor

By LORETTA FULTON St. James United Methodist Church will be getting a new pastor this summer, while St. Paul UMC will be getting an associate pastor. The two churches are the only remaining United Methodist congregations in Abilene. Other local congregations have disaffiliated from the UMC and have joined the conservative Global Methodist Church, which launched May 1, 2022. Among

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