Editorials
Of cell phones and such
Remember some 15 years ago or longer, when your cell phone was in a big bag or you had to pull up the antenna to help with reception?
I do. I remember my large handheld Motorola phone with its huge battery and even bigger charger.
It was for emergencies only and it was tucked away in my glove compartment.
There was no Internet on phone and there wasn’t even texting. Teens today would die if they couldn’t text!
On Friday, I got a brand spanking new Blackberry Pearl Flip Phone and loving the color pink as I do, I got one in that very shade.
Its got unlimited data with texting, Internet and plenty of applications to download to use Facebook and Twitter.
So for those who follow me on Twitter or The Star-Herald on Facebook, get ready to hear a lot more from me!
Twitter works
Last week, I got three emails from Mississippi State Communication professors and alumni, thanking me for my column on Lora DeFore and it was a welcomed surprise! Frances McDavid, my former teacher, is following me on Twitter, read my column and passed it on.
At Relay for Life, I found that I wasn’t the only one influenced by Lora. Marsha Marquerdt said Lora helped her a lot as a communication student and helped her to find her way. It’s truly a small world!
Lora update
Lora, who continues to battle cancer, is teaching summer school at MSU and going to chemo! She’s quite a woman. She loves interaction with her students.
For all of you battling with cancer, I know you can find the inner strength to make the most of every day as she has.
Leslie N. Dees is the news editor of The Star-Herald. Email her at editor@starherald.net or follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lndees
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There can be only one: In memory of KB
The Star-Herald lost a little part of its legacy on Sunday morning with the passing of William “Cooter Bill” Thompson or as I have always called him – KB. He was 71.
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Do you feel the power?
Power Balance wrist bands are sweeping Kosciusko.
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In the name of research
When it’s the weekend before football practice begins – Why not go to the beach? After all, it was just oil spill research for the newspaper.
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The love of vampires
In the 60s and 70s there was “Dark Shadows” with vampire Barnabus Collins on the tube and the re-incarnation of the show in the early 90s which did not fair so well.
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Home sweet home
Every time I go to buy potting soil, I chuckle just a little bit.
Why you ask? About four years ago, the husband and I decided to make a rose bed at our Pontotoc home. I told him we needed to make a list of everything we needed. -
Home sweet home
Every time I go to buy potting soil, I chuckle just a little bit.
Why you ask? About four years ago, the husband and I decided to make a rose bed at our Pontotoc home. I told him we needed to make a list of everything we needed. -
‘Things happen for a reason’
“Things happen for a reason.”
When Coach Jim Wood said that to the crowd at the Ethel High School Athletic Banquet May 15, I realized that “Yes, it certainly does.” -
COLUMN: No shoes on Thursday?!
Word on the street is Claude Gunter will be shoeless in his business attire on Thursday.
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Let's step up to the plate
As I told someone just the other day – Now that Attala County Circuit Court is over, I can get back in the swing of writing a column.
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Fill it out!
It’s simple. It’s easy. It’s worth it.
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