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80th anniversary for end of World War II

In September 1945, after the end of World War II earlier that month, the Mountain Wave ran a letter from a young sailor from Searcy County. Verl Sanders served in the Pacific Theater as a signalman aboard, ironically, the USS Ozark, a landing service vehicle and troop transport ship. The Ozark was one of the escort vehicles in Tokyo Bay when the peace treaty with Japan was signed, making Verl, then 19 years old, an eyewitness to history. He wrote about what he saw in the war’s closing days in a letter home to his aunt, Lorene Pack, and his grandparents, Andrew and Callie Sanders, all of Searcy County.

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The Cozyhome Connection

Wow! I don’t know about everyone else, but I couldn’t help but notice the incredible difference in the last couple of weeks of temperatures with humidity taking a vacation from us. It’s been nice, but this die-hard summer gal is dreading to see fall set in on us so quickly. But even the Lord rested after creating the world, so I see the need for our poor trees and green stuff to take a break and refuel.

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9/11 Reflections, 24 Years Later

Time stood still at 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and I can still remember every single moment that followed. The sky was clear and blue that morning. It was the first year of my teaching career, my fifth day to be exact. I was just out of college, still living with my parents in a NYC suburb, and was as bright-eyed and optimistic as they come. I was ready to make a difference and to change the world, one child at a time. I had spent years preparing for this moment, proud and overjoyed to finally be a teacher.

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