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Avid Gardener: All About Lawns and Weeds
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Knowing your weed enemy and going in for eradication early and often seems the key to helping garden areas (including turfgrass) have manageable weed populations.
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Please Don’t Put Me in a Room with a Bunch of 20-Year-Olds!
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I never thought I’d say this, but given a choice between room and Zoom, I’ll take Zoom.
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The ‘Great Pause’ Can Lead to the ‘Great Comeback’
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During this time of the “Great Pause” I’d like to share a few signs that are spread throughout our house that I see, intentionally, every day to lift my spirits and guide me. In our master bedroom suite: “Simplify!” “The biggest mistake you could ever make is being afraid to make one.” “Life…
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Denny Rhule: Dad of NFL Coach Offers Father’s Day Encouragement
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Many of us dads will soon be opening a Father’s Day gift and we’ll be delighted to receive football jerseys bearing the colors of our favorite NFL teams. But Denny Rhule has a leg up on all of us. His closet is already filled with Carolina Panthers’ gear, and for a good reason. Denny’s son,
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The Light on the Other Side of the Transfer Portal
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I am now the happy parent of a Transfer Portal user. I watched our son walk into the dark abyss of the Portal only to find out that there is light at the other end. That’s right, I can confirm from first-hand knowledge that the Portal is OK. Although it’s not perfect, it is a…
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Centre Region Pastors McKenzie and Nold Explore Path for Racial Healing
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Friends for nearly 30 years, State College pastors Harold McKenzie and Dan Nold have been partners in leading community conversations and initiatives, including the Racial Unity Network. On the day of George Floyd’s funeral, they sat down to discuss a path forward for racial healing.
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At a Historic Juncture, We Must Embrace ‘the Fierce Urgency of Now’
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As the winds of change have begun to blow at a tempest pace, we should understand that what is happening in America right now is bigger than one man or one incident. This is about a nation confronting our complex history while searching for unity at a time when forces are pulling us apart.
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Seeing, Sadly, Is Believing
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It’s great to see this worldwide show of support for Black Lives Matter, galling that it takes videographic evidence to galvanize that support. Black people have been telling us and telling us and telling us about the terrors of being black in America for years – decades – centuries.
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Yes, We Can Change
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No one has all the answers as to why we still have ongoing race issues. I certainly don’t. What I do know is that we need to change. We all need to be a part of the solution.
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Black Lives Matter: Addressing Financial Inequities Should Be Part of the Changes We Make
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I start this article with trepidation. I have always been a proponent of equality but stuck with what I knew: feminism. George Floyd’s death on May 25 has focused our country on an insidious problem that persists in our culture, racism. My expertise is in finance so I will concentrate on that in t