Editorial
From 2007 to 2008
      It has taken the last few weeks to compile the Year in Review piece, which fills much of this issue, and in no way does the story cover every momentous event for those that live in these communities. There were births, marriages and deaths that were personally important.
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A brief history of the Christmas Tree
By Bob Driver
      It behooves us at this special time of year to review what is known about the Christmas tree, whose name in German is "tannenbaum," named after a 12th century blacksmith, Hans Tannenbaum. His neighbors surprised him one Christmas morning as he kanoodled a local seamstress underneath the low-hangin...
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COMMUNITY JOURNAL QUESTION OF THE WEEK
      Will you make a New Year's Resolution? Yes No Cast your vote online at www.thecommunityjournal.com Results of last week's question: Did you take Christmas Eve off as a vacation day? Yes, it was one of my paid vacation days.
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