OpinionFebruary 9, 2015
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In answer to the party that wondered where clothes could be donated and given to clients and not sold: Red Star Baptist church has a food pantry once a month where food and clothes are given away. They serve an average of 150 families each month. Clothes must be clean and in good condition. In addition they give away toys, household articles such as dishes, sheets, blankets, small kitchen appliances, decorating items and misc...
Red Star clothes
In answer to the party that wondered where clothes could be donated and given to clients and not sold: Red Star Baptist church has a food pantry once a month where food and clothes are given away. They serve an average of 150 families each month. Clothes must be clean and in good condition. In addition they give away toys, household articles such as dishes, sheets, blankets, small kitchen appliances, decorating items and misc.
Commissioners
If the County Commissioners are successful in their plan to build a new courthouse, it will become a Taj Mahal. It will be a trophy for our county commissioners to beat their chest and say, "Look what we did for you! "
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Fast driving
Oak Street in Jackson is a quiet residential area except for the time between 7 and 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 4 p.m. It then turns into an absolute nightmare. Parents taking and picking their kids up from school have no respect for traffic rules even though what they are doing involves their children who possibly could walk this street on any given day. The speed limit heading toward the middle school is 20 and heading back toward the park it is 25, not 40, 45, 50.
Pope Catholic?
After talking to some of my conservative Catholic friends, I no longer believe that it is a rhetorical question to ask, "Is the pope Catholic?"
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