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Our Views: Grads, it's time to cut the apron strings
As you enter this uncertain world, give mom a precious gift: your independence
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What a perfect mesh of milestones: Mothers Day and graduation, when a parent’s pride intersects with a young person’s ascent into the world as an independent adult. Families are gathering today to celebrate the mothers, grandmothers and generations of nurturing, loving women who gave them the love and guidance they needed to succeed. Those mothers will shed tears of joy in days to come as they watch their grown babies accept their high school and college diplomas and enter the world.
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Editorial: Why should we vote? Consider the alternatives
There are plenty of reasons to skip local election, but only if we dont care what chosen leaders do
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There’s an election this Tuesday, if you weren’t aware. Your local media outlets have done their part to beat the drum and stir up interest, and certainly the candidates want you tuned in as well. Yet it is admittedly hard to get folks jazzed up over an off-year election for city council and school board races and a tax referendum.
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