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     Matthew Cornell prepares a tree during Torringford Volunteer Fire Department's annual Christmas Tree and Wreath Sale on December 7. The sale continues daily until all trees are sold. Photo/Robin Gourd
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Remembering Bob Steele
By John Lavernoich
     When I heard on December 6 on WTIC-AM that Bob Steele had died, it was both a surprise and shock to me. It was a surprise since it occurred on the day before he would have done his monthly radio show.
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Peace Is Complicated
By John P. Anderson, Jr., Norfolk
     Peace is complicated. You wouldn't think so at first—I mean, don't fight, try to get along. (Do you remember Robert Fulghum's book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten?
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     Visitors enjoyed a horse-drawn wagon ride during the Christmas in Riverton celebration on December 7. Photo/Robin Gourd
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The Quarry
By James Kelleher, Goshen
     Earth lies stripped.
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A Curmudgeon's Ode to Winter
Sing, oh sing, for winter's king
By W.E. Dion, Terryville
     Only don't include me in it.
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