Dragging our feet
     To the Editor: Right on the heels of President Bush dropping his "stay the course in Iraq" mantra, we began hearing speculation about how long we would be required to remain in Iraq. "Twelve to eighteen months" seems to be the most popular opinion. One of the key elements in the rationale for why
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'Thanks from' Cherokee County
     To the Editor: The Cherokee County Airport Commission thanks the following sponsor businesses that helped make the 2006 Celebration of Flight Airshow on Oct. 21 at the Andrews-Murphy Airport a grand event:
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INSTIGATING LOGIC
By JARED PUTNAM
     This week Massachusetts Senator John Kerry drew fire from Republicans and veterans alike after a "botched joke" in which he told college students to make an effort to be smart, otherwise they would get stuck in Iraq.
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BILL O'REILLY
Don't tell mom or dad
     Last week, actress Jane Wyatt died. She played the mom on the 1950s TV show "Father Knows Best." I was thinking about Ms. Wyatt while analyzing the upcoming referendum, Proposition 85, in California.
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RAINER'S RAMBLINGS
Don't forget to vote
By RAINER ARNOLD
     I know that have been inundated with political messages and commercials. I have been irritated by computer generated calls and I have been offended by the large number of personal attacks by one candidate or the other.
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