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Wednesday
December 24, 2008
Your Award Winning Hometown Newspaper Vol. 122 No. 52
The smell of cookies fills the air A year to reflect
By Deb Bean
Gazette Staff
again the smell of fresh baked good-ies filled the air.
By Deb Bean
Gazette Staff
class when teacher’s assistant, Mrs.
precious gift a “new heart”. I had vis- Lisa Reynolds one year after her
heart transplant.
tional seminar was a chance for phy-sicians, pharmacists, and heart and brother died suddenly at his home inColumbus City. So at Lisa’s request Pictured above are some of the 4th grade students hard at work measuring and rolling out the cookies.
write this article and dedicate it to the that particular drug was disconnected.
implore me, I’m proud to stand here “harbor no fright Your family is wait- Gramps died at ‘Pearl on a day in ing and I’ll be all right.” “But isn’t there something I can do, at the least, A Soldier’s Christmas
Then he sighed, “That’s a Christ- “Give you money,” I asked, “or pre- pare you a feast? It seems all too little in the cold. Alone in the dark, he My dad stood his watch in the jungles for all that you’ve done, For being of ‘Nam And now it is my turn and away from your wife and your son.” so, here I am. I’ve not seen my own child. “What are you doing?” I asked son in more than a while, But my wife held no regret, “Just tell us you love without fear “Come in this moment, sends me pictures, he’s sure got her us, and never forget to fight for our it’s freezing out here! Put down your smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red white sleeve, You should be at home on a and blue… an American flag. “I can live through the cold and the being part of the healing process for Lisa.
to think of them this holiday season.
eyes shift, Away from the cold and we bled Is payment enough, and with the snow blown in drifts, To the win- that we will trust. That we mattered nurses and family members attending.
dow that danced with a warm fire’s sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with light Then he sighed and he said, “It’s little to eat, I can carry the weight of really all right, I’m out here by killing another Or lay down my life choice. I’m here every night It’s my duty to stand at the front of the line stand at the front against any and all, That separates you from the darkest to insure for all time that this flag will University Hospital April 11th, 2008.
of times. No one had to ask or beg or be on them,” sighs Lisa. “It hasn’t United Fund receives
president of Iowa State Sheriffs’ member is gone and I want them to Lisa and Jan were filled with so many $20,000 from Diocese
of Davenport to aid
area flood victims
By John Carpenter
Gazette Staff
ers? Well, this year is no exception.
Junctionopoly Now Available
The Junctionopoly game is in and available at some downtown locations for $25. Also, if you wish to order one and have it delivered, you can contact Stephanie Duncan at 728-2061, Joy Clark at 728-2654 or Cindy Johnston at 728-5032, or the United Presbyterian Church or United Methodist Churches in Columbus Junction. This would make a great Christmas gift, and also help

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