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It was great to see so many folks interested in rainwater harvesting and turn out at the Burnet Library to hear more. To those folks that gave up most of their Saturday morning, I thank you very much.

Grief is the normal response of sorrow, emotion and confusion that comes from losing someone or something important to you. Grief is a typical reaction to death, divorce, job loss, a move away from friends and family or loss of good health due to illness. Each type of loss means the person has had something taken away.

The Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department will have their Fish Fry/Bar-B-Que, Saturday night starting at 6: 00 p. m.

Recently all eyes were on Michael Phelps in the swimming competition at the Olympics. In the last Olympics he won six gold medals in the events he participated in. This year he set as his goal to participate in eight events with the possibility of achieving eight gold medals.

100 Years Ago September 3, 1908 G.

We registered 2. 6 inches of rain for the month of August, compared to 2. 8 last year.

Reading Recommendations: The Legend of Colton H.

Looks like we finally made it into September, & this one is surely looking forward to the 1st Norther or cool spell. Not that we really need an excuse for the first pot of Chili for the season, but it seems to coincide with cooler temps.

Receipts totaled 4415 head for the week. The market was very active with stocker steers selling $2 higher while stocker heifers sold $1 higher. Feeder steers sold $1 higher and feeder heifers showed no change.

A fellow got frightened during a battle. He ran behind a tree and started to cry. One of his friends said to him, "Don't be a baby!