Sun
Sep 28 2014
09:11 pm
By: Sandra Clark
Hey, folks. We've resumed posting political columns online on Sundays at 6 p.m. even though the papers don't come out until Wednesday.
We'll see how this works out. (link...)
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Hooray! Back to my Sunday
Hooray! Back to my Sunday night ritual. :)
Sit incipiam...Let the games begin,again
Thanks Sandra, Betty , Larry, Wendy and,yeah, even Victor
This is going to be fun
Shopper scoops daily frequently
I long ago lost count of the times The Shopper has scooped the daily, and not just on tidbits. Looking forward to earlier and more frequent postings.