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Dealing with life’s ‘law of hypochondria’
One time I heard about a lady who constantly complained about ailments of various kinds. Someone asked her, “Have you ever been real sick?”
She said, “No, I’ve just never been real well.”
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Boom ends year’s loose ends
You have undoubtedly noticed that this is roundup time for newspapers and networks. Features like “The Year in Review” or “The Highlights and Headlines of 2000″ fill the media.
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’50: Year’s fire damage over $26,000
91 YEARS AGO
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Warning siren to be tested
Independence County will conduct a test of the severe weather warning system at 10 a.m. Thursday, according to Faye England, director of the Emergency Dispatch office.
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Bird feeding workshop set
POWHATAN – The Powhatan Courthouse State Park will present its first Feeding Our Famished Feathered Friends Workshop from 1 until 3 p.m. Jan 13, said Vicky Schoeneweis, museum guide.
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Batesville brothers served Clinton, face unknown future with optimism
Bart Handford, 38, and Ben Handford, 37, are Batesville bred, but for the past eight years, Bart has been a Beltway insider, working in Washington, D.C.
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Top state news of 2000 includes trials, Clinton
The legal troubles of President Clinton and 10 political insiders at the Arkansas Capitol led balloting among Associated Press members for the top Arkansas news stories of 2000.
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2000 brings recognition, new structures to colleges
Higher education in the Batesville Daily Guard circulation area got a boost when Lyon College and the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville announced they would cooperate to offer
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State revenues might fall short
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – The Huckabee administration acknowledged a slowdown in state growth Tuesday that could force revision of revenue projections for the rest of the year.
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Dealing real estate by the river
River City Realty is an 11-year-old business at 804 Harrison St. It is owned and managed by Glenda Headstream, who was joined by Rita Wilson, sales associate, around five years ago.
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Pepsi Americas has been 'Dew'ing it in Batesville over 50 years
When Caleb Bradham first sold “Brad’s Drink” from his corner drugstore in 1898, he probably didn’t realize the international market his carbonated concoction would have a century later.
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Hipp Lumber: If you build it, come here
In the late 1940s Terry Hipp’s grandfather, J.A. Hipp, and two sons, Wesley and Juel (Terry’s father), formed a small logging and sawmill company just south of Batesville near Desha.
