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h o p e f u lly , b e t t e r n e w s c o v e r a g e a n d / o r
c o lu m n s .
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a ll o f us. T h e y r a n g e d f r o m " H a n g in t h e r e ,
b a b y , " t o " s t o p y o u r p e t t y p ic k m g a t t h e c it y
c o u n c il a n d |u st w r i t e t h e n e w s . "
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a b o u t o r w in n e r s o f r a f f le s w h e r e t h e r e is
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r e l a t i v e so t h a t t h e r e w o u ld b e fu n d s t o h ir e
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T h u rs d a y , J a n . 13 •
R e b e k a h s - 7:3 0 p .m . -
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S c h o o l B o a rd D ist 47J
- 8 p .m . - D is t. o f f ic e
M o n d a y , J a n u a r y 17 -
C ity C o u n c il - c it y h a ll
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p .m .
W ednesday,
Janu-
A G O O D IN V E S T M E N T
JOY THEATER
“NOT SINCE ‘CAT BALLOU’
such a hilariously bawdy movie!
A broken down frontier scout
teams up with a drunken
Indian with a social
disease to pull off
the Great Brothel
Robbery of 1 9 0 8 1
L io n s C lu b
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m e e t in g - E a g le O f f ic e
R e s ta u r a n t - 6 :3 0 p .m .
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W e d n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 19
P la n n in g C o m m
h a ll - 8 p .m .
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ANDCATHOUSE THURSDAY’
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T h u rs d a y , J a n u a r y 20 -
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W e s t O r e . E le c. B ld g . -
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