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Month: August 2023

THE GOP DEBATE CANDIDATES NEED TO RELEARN KINDERGARTEN LESSONS

THE GOP DEBATE CANDIDATES NEED TO RELEARN KINDERGARTEN LESSONS

The first Republican primary debate was show on Fox News on August 23, 2023,  in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. The candidates who qualified were Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. I confess that I did not have the…

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THE STORY OF ANACORTES NEWSPAPERS & AN EXCERPT THAT WILL HAVE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD

THE STORY OF ANACORTES NEWSPAPERS & AN EXCERPT THAT WILL HAVE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD

I was born and raised in Anacortes, Washington. My parents lived there until their deaths and my two sisters chose to live there as well. I’ve read and subscribed to the Anacortes newspapers my entire life. I continued to subscribe to the Anacortes American after moving to Gig Harbor over twenty-five years ago. The history of the town’s newspapers is outlined by the Elaine Walker and the Anacortes History Museum with photographs. They report the Anacortes American newspaper was first…

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MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH 1863 – 1953

MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIJA BABAROVICH 1863 – 1953

On August 8, 1953 my maternal grandmother, Marija Babarovich died in Anacortes, Washington at age 90. It was the year of my high school graduation at Anacortes.  She was born September 21, 1863 in Splitska, Brac, Croatia. She was a woman of great courage, faith and personal sacrifice.  Her husband, my grandfather,  Peter, had died the year I was born in 1935 at Anacortes. I remember her vividly. A tall, erect woman with hair piled high on her head, she…

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