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Editorials
      Trees, again "No," came the reply. "Well, an unidentified elderly lady phoned irate that the city was cutting down the trees in front of the Denton-Hendrix home on Second Ave. East across from Ace Hardware. I thought it must have been you.
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Budget numbers up in the air
Oneonta City Board of Education
      The downturn in the economy is being felt throughout the nation, and the effects are being particularly felt by the school systems in the state of Alabama. The Oneonta City Board of Education learned from system financial officer Kathy Loggins at Monday night's meeting that the system will need to look at revising the current budget when the board meets again in February.
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Truck breaks pole; pole stops traffic
      A truck swerving to avoid a merging car veered off Ala 75 and slammed into a pole in the Hometown Market parking lot around 2 p.m. Monday. According to the Oneonta Police Department, the driver of the truck and his elderly passenger each received minor injuries.
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Tree City, USA
      "One wonders how many more trees Oneonta can lose without also losing its distinction as a Tree City USA." And if the time will ever come when people will find more reason to keep them than to cut them. Editorial, pg. 2.
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