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Taxes, a tree, and a dog
By TIM BEELAND
Thu,01/16/25-9:21AM , 895 Reads
Don’t get me wrong on this before I even say it, because I’m perfectly fine with paying no taxes whatsoever. That said, if we completely eliminate the income tax in Mississippi and cut the grocery sales tax in Mississippi, where are we going to get the money to pay for all the things we think government should pay for here in our home state?
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Phil and Laura were snowflakes in the Clarksdale Christmas Parade every year beginning in the late '70s. Following Laura's death, Phil kept up the tradition.

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It might be time for a reunion
By TIM BEELAND
Thu,01/09/25-9:55AM , 1,172 Reads 2,604 Statewide
In the fall of 1984 my wife, Danny, and I moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi where I had taken my first job out of college with the Clarksdale Press Register newspaper.
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Let me die at Lackey
By TIM BEELAND
Tue,12/31/24-4:25PM , 3,999 Reads
If I had to die in a hospital today, I would want to die in Lackey Memorial Hospital in Forest, Mississippi. My dad died at Lackey the Sunday before Christmas. The people there are the most compassionate, talented, kindest, caring people I have ever come to know.
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ID checks and Daylight Saving Time
By TIM BEELAND
Wed,12/18/24-12:20PM , 3,049 Reads
While at the Ross Barnett Reservoir over the weekend I popped into the Spillway Kroger to pick up a few things. One of those things was a lighter like used for lighting charcoal.
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