This summer will mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the Woodstock festival. It also marks the 40 years that Jim Neal has been a firefighter for the city of Marion.
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"It's a stretch of road, up north in Maine that's never ever, ever seen a smileā¦" Those words from the song "A Tombstone Every Mile" refers to the isolated highway in Maine that most folks called the Haynesville Woods. Country singer Dick Curless recorded this song in 1965 and it proved to be his biggest hit.
The members of the N.C. National Guard are long recognized as being heroes, especially when they are sent overseas to dangerous places like Iraq. But National Guardsmen are heroes here at home as well. The week of Veterans Day is a good time to remember what they do for us every day.
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