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BY KELLY DUNCAN

Last Wednesday, October 6, I turned 28. Months in advance I requested to take the day off so my sister and I could do something fun to celebrate. But things don’t always go the way we planned them…

This little thing called COVID – maybe you’ve heard of it – decided to wreak havoc on my sister’s house. For the record, everyone is on the mend, slowly but surely. 

VIC’S VIEW: At the banquet table, time to feast.

Bigger. Stronger. Faster.

By Kelly Duncan

In last month’s column, I scratched the surface on some of my favorite books growing up. I figured for this month, what better way to follow that up than by sharing some of my favorite books I’ve read as an adult? Some of my favorites are classics that you might have read in high school, while others are more recent releases that I’ve read. 

So here’s what not to do - use Covid money to give yourself a Bonus.

A Michigan county council did just that - now they are giving it back. Laurens County has $6 million of its $13 million of COVID-19 local relief money sitting in the bank. The council is figuring out what to do with it - here’s a “not-to” suggestion.

By Vic MacDonald, Editor

It is journalist’s quandary. You know who is young man is. But it’s not “official.”

The official says he won’t release the name. The name of a young person who took his own life in plain view of a school. You are just left to wonder, what desperation drove that action.

‘Helping people heal, helps me heal” 

By Vic MacDonald, Editor

Before we get too far away from Mental Health Awareness Month, I would like to share some information out of Myrtle Beach. This comes my way as a Globe Newswire release related to a mobile phone app that connects people struggling with their mental health to free, 24/7 customized peer-to-peer support.