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Letter to the Editor: Thank you for flags

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To the editor: In these times that we live in it is truly refreshing that someone or a group of "someones" have taken the time to distribute the small American flags around our community and the surrounding areas, including Dallesport. Thank you so much!

Gorge Life

Sherlock Holmes finishes run Saturday

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VAGABOND MADELEINE Morgan, left, is moved along by an Irish policeman in Thursday’s performance of Sherlock Holmes and the Portal of Time at The Dalles High School. Final performances are tonight, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and two performances Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes before the show.

Gorge Life

Senior news: Laughter really can be the best medicine

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It is said laughter is the best medicine. Although it is not a cure for major depression, according to the Mayo Clinic website, laughter can improve your mood, relieve stress and pain, and increase personal satisfaction while stimulating your heart, lungs and muscles — and improving your immune system. Not bad for a couple of knock-knock jokes!

News

Taliban behead 12 people in remote Afghan province

  • AMIR SHAH, Associated Press
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban beheaded 12 Afghan civilians, mostly family members of local policemen, in an assault that was part of a week-long offensive that has so far killed 60 people and wounded scores in a remote province in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday.