The Dichotomy of Cigarettes
By JANE BECKERDITE I quit smoking two years ago. As Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.” Well, I, too, have quit many times before. I once quit for six months, but for some…
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Genoa High School Seeks Funds for Uniforms
By JANE BECKERDITE Cathy Smith is a determined woman. She wants the students at Genoa Central High School to have proper sheet music, instruments and dress uniforms like most school bands. “My granddaughter, Leigha, was in the band from 8th…
Texarkana Facebook Group Pays it Forward to Those in Need
By JANE BECKERDITE Nothing is for sale and everything is free. These are the basic rules of the Facebook group “Free Stuff Texarkana” and its processing location, “The Warehouse,” whose mission is to simply pay it forward. The Facebook group…
Son of Holocaust Survivor Recounts Liberation by Soldiers
By JANE BECKERDITE His mother was tattooed in Auschwitz with the alpha numeric “A-4813” on her forearm. John Singer’s mother,Marianne (Neumann) Singer, somehow managed to survive being shipped to four Nazi Germany concentration camps over a period of 28 months.…