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Change Sign To ‘Woke Lexington’

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

Aug. 3, 2020

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Drop Personal Names From Everything

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

July 31, 2020

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This Time Of Year, Eat Your Water

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

This summer’s prolonged heat has worn everyone out! While you may have been following general guidelines for staying safe in high temperatures, like staying in air-conditioning, wearing loose, light colored clothing, and not going outside in the hottest parts of the day, there is another important thing you should do.

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Creating Joy In The Mailbox

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

I have always loved mail. I love to receive mail and to send mail. My grandparents were faithful letter writers who shared their love, wisdom, and caring wishes for me in their own handwriting. Their letters always made me feel happy, warm, and loved. My grandparents instilled a love of letter writing in both of my parents who, in turn, passed this practice on to me.

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‘Advocate For Those Who Remain Disenfranchised’

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

Aug. 3, 2020

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Why Not A VMI Commission?

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

Change comes slowly to tradition-steeped Virginia Military Institute. It was the last of Virginia’s public colleges to become racially integrated when five African Americans matriculated at VMI in 1968. It took a decade-long legal fight that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court before VMI admitted its first women cadets in 1997.

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Gone Postal

Published on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:00am

Last Monday, we got a subscription renewal from a Lexington address. That letter, mailed First Class, arrived in our mailbox at the Lexington post office 13 days later. We’ve seen a dramatic increase in late mail over the past month or six weeks, which coincidentally, corresponds with directives from on high in the U.S. Postal Service to cut overtime and change standard procedures for processing mail and keeping it moving.