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A MEAL AND A PAT ON THE BACK

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By LORETTA FULTON It didn’t take David Lofton long to reach a conclusion. “I think it’s pretty good,” he said, “and the cobbler’s excellent.” Lofton is warden of the Middleton Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, located just north of Abilene. On May 16 and 17, Lofton and his close to 500-member correctional and support staff were treated

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‘AND NOW IN CONCLUSION’

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By LORETTA FULTON Seventy-one years after preaching his first sermon, Jack Ridlehoover is stepping down–but not from everything. He’s just giving up his regular meetings with fellow pastors at the Abilene-Callahan Baptist Association office. For now, at least, he will continue his Minister’s Mentoring and Consulting Service. At his final session on May 6, Ridlehoover, 88, offered some words of

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