Columns/Editorials
August 10, 2018

Channelling My Thoughts – By Will Channell

By Will Channell

Living at local camp shaped my life
The place you grew up goes a long way toward defining you, for better or worse.
Over the past few months, I’ve come to realize this myself. From the age of six until I graduated from high school, I lived on a campground right outside Magnetic Springs called Camp C...

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Silver Scene Players rehearse for their upcoming spring play, “Rex’s Exes,” which will be held at Veterans Memorial Auditorium March 20-22. From left to right in the back row is Linda Fischer, Elizabeth Creek, Caraline Griffith, and Leah Heflin. Pictured in the front row is Erik Gray. (Photo submitted)
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