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A New Year’s resolution that matters

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If your New Year’s resolutions are like mine, most will have a “shelf life” shorter than holiday eggnog — turning sour and forgotten within...

Bad jokes on the family page

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My Uncle Andy recently turned 90, and it was hard to imagine what a guy would like for his 90th birthday.At 90, getting a...

Putting Christmas magic to the test

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Our 7-year-old daughter still believes in the magic and mystery of Christmas.Our 2-year-old dog doesn’t.That’s how I ended up on the phone with our...

Home for Christmas’ has many meanings

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The sun was beginning to set as the big red, white and blue tour bus pulled into the Salem Civic Center on Oct. 26,...

Indeed, it’s a wonderful life

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Santa is not the only one who makes a list and checks it twice.Around the Riley household, we have developed a long list of...

Hillsboro: Leaning into the future

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About this time of year in the world of Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge was surveying his past, present and with any luck, his future....

Bright things that fill our lives

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I walk around my neighborhood later in the evening these days, mostly so I can see the lights.There are some impressive houses just a...

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We have been told that we are divided as a nation. Some even say that we are fractured beyond repair. But judging from I...

Seeing a Santa who looks like you

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Darnell Collins doesn’t remember ever seeing a Santa Claus that looked like him when he was growing up.That just didn’t seem right to Collins,...

Smiling because of Tug

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Like a lot of you, I have tried certain careers that just didn’t work out. As a young boy my dream was to be...