Adapted from Charles Dickens by Taunya Page.

Two performances, ONE DAY ONLY on December 10 at Mountain Home High School 2pm and 7pm. All seats are $3 at the door for this 30-minute production. In this adaptation based on Dickens' classic text, the mean-spirited Scrooge refuses to participate in any Christmas celebrations; and he rejects invitations from Bob Cratchit and the rest of the gang with his Scroogey response of “Bah! Humbug!"

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People make fun of the silliest things, like how people look for example. Just because people look different doesn’t mean that they don’t have feelings. I know someone who has dyslexia. They get made fun of because they have a harder time reading,and people point it out to make fun of them. I have a friend that has ear damage. They need a little help with hearing. It’s not okay to make fun of other people because they look or function differently. Please be a voice for all and a friend to everyone. Don’t make others feel poorly about themselves. Bullying can happen in many different forms, don’t be one of those people who think bullying is okay. Don’t judge a book by its cover, more people get bullied than you would expect!

The Hometown Holiday Parade of Lights will be held on Friday, Dec. 2. at 6:30 p.m.

Join the Parade of Lights as Santa Claus is escorted through downtown to Railroad Park for the Light the Forest event.

On the evening of Tuesday the 22nd at the Our Lady of Good Counsel church building, cars could be seen lining the surrounding blocks. Carts rolled in and out of the church building. Some volunteers could be found rushing food out of the building, others talking to those in line, and more yet loading the trunks of cars with food. St. Vincent de Paul food pantry co-chair, Kristy Wegrzyniak, stated, “I always have mixed feelings when we break a record like we did tonight”. The record she spoke of? Over 240 families served on the 22nd, up from 186 families in August of this same year.

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I wanted to reorder a product last week, so I called the company’s toll-free phone number.

A cheerful recorded voice wished me a good morning (it was afternoon), and told me how much she valued my call, my time, my loyalty, and my impressive humanness.

She reminded me that it was spring, and that their company offered several items to not only enhance my life, but to improve my ordinary appearance.

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