Buffalo Reflex

I was introduced to senior discounts when my mother retired. Momma would get so happy when we would pick up a quick bite to eat from McDonald’s. She would seem to stand straighter and, with a big smile, say, “I want a senior orange drink.” This item is available in full to subscribers. Username or Email address Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one.

So far in our “Getting the Job Done” series we’ve talked about several people, who we might say “have their fingers on taxpayer dollars.” It almost seems like our money just spins in circles. So how does it really get from our pockets to the entities that use the money? This item is available in full to subscribers. Username or Email address Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one.

It was in the early 1990s, at a quarterly meeting of the Ozarks Writers League at Branson that I was approached by regional publisher W.C. Jameson about publishing a collection of my newspaper columns. This item is available in full to subscribers. Username or Email address Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.

I suppose this column should be about New Year’s resolutions. I just can’t stomach that this year as I watch the temperature go from 75 to 32 degrees this week. But if you are still making resolutions, good luck with that. This item is available in full to subscribers. Username or Email address Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one.

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This week in Dallas County history, as recorded in the Buffalo Reflex. This item is available in full to subscribers. Username or Email address Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.

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In December 2001, when I was pregnant with our first son, I carried around a tangled mess of emotions — excitement, gratitude, hope, fear, joy, anxiety, and a certainty that the smell or sight of cooked chicken would make me gag.

For the first 22 years of my life I was always home for Christmas morning, “home” being the current residence of our family. This item is available in full to subscribers. Username or Email address Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.