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SPRING HOPE - The goal of promoting Halloween activities in Spring Hope generated a lot of discussion at the most recent meeting of the Downtown Development Board (DDB) Sept. 21st, but most of those ideas are at this point only on the chalkboard.

RED OAK- The town of of Red Oak has planning well underway for its next two holiday celebrations: Veterans Day and its 9th annual Christmas Festival, "The Polar Express."

BAILEY- The question of how many cremains and individual urns can be placed in graves at the Bailey town cemetery came up for consideration by the Board of Commissioners in September, who made the decision to uphold current ordinance.

BAILEY - At the urging of a town engineer, Bailey town officials have put pen to paper to sign two major grant-funded contracts for needed water and well work. One contract price- for water distribution improvements- is over one million dollars; a second contract for well improvements totals $967,930.

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From his deathbed in May of 1863, in his final moments, Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson calmly said: "Let us cross over the river." Jackson had spent the day fading in and out of consciousness, at times frantically shouting orders as if still in the fray of battle. Suddenly, it was reported that he became very calm, and his entire body, which had been fixed and rigid, relaxed at once. A slight and peaceful smile washed over his face. And in that final moment, Jackson gently said, "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Even now, as it was certainly then, one can only imagine what he saw as his life slipped away.