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Always Check Your Spelling, Especially Proper Names! by Annette Langer

My first name is not an especially difficult one to spell, or so I thought. It’s just one “A,” two “N”s, and two “E”s separated by two “T”s. Easy-peasy, right? But believe me, it’s been misspelled as Anita, Antoinette, Antonia, Annetta, and even Arlene. I found out when traveling to Egypt that the hieroglyphic equivalent …

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February 2011 President’s Mesage from Violet Carr Moore

Sprinkled with groundhog traditions, valentine hearts and flowers and a presidential holiday, February blends white snow and black top hats, red roses and chocolates and grayscale history. Twenty-eight days with sunrise one minute earlier and sunset one minute later every day except February 20. That Sunday morning, the sun will rise two minutes earlier. Celebrate …

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