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Moments in Time
     • On Feb. 20, 1792, President George Washington signs legislation creating the U.S. Postal Service. The federally funded postal services included 75 regional post offices and 2,400 miles of postal routes. The cost of sending a letter ranged from 6 cents to 12 cents.
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The way we were
Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years
      February 4, 1960 Letcher County would have its own circuit judge and would elect its own circuit judge and commonwealth’s attorney under a bill passed Wednesday by the Kentucky House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Harry M. Caudill, would separate Perry and Letcher counties into separate judicial districts. 
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Car Talk
Olive oil good for many things, but not repelling snow
      Dear Tom and Ray:
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Horoscope
      ARIES (March 21 to April 19) All that flattery and fawning shouldn’t affect any decision you have to make. Keep your focus on the facts and ignore all the hyperbole, especially if it gets uncomfortably personal.
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SPEAKING OF SOAPS
RECAPS – 2/1-2/5
      ALL MY CHILDREN Æ Opal has premonitions of someone bad coming to Pine Valley. Greenlee was shocked to see Erica and Ryan together and wants to hurt Ryan the way he has hurt her. Jake suspected David was doing stem cell therapy. Colby was devastated to learn the JR’s cancer has returned.
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Strange But True
      • It was American writer Cullen Hightower who made the following sage observation: “Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.” • Thanks to the fact that their eyes are placed on the sides of their heads, rabbits can see behind themselves without turning their heads.
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Moments and Memories at WHS
      Jerome Eastham 1914-1917
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Time has taken its toll
      I hope everyone is thawed out by now. It sure was a bit cold there for awhile, but is nice now even with all the mud from the thaw. I am not a winter-oriented person anymore, so I’ll take the rain and mud anytime.
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