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We welcome today as a seasonal advertiser the United Community Organization and its Juneteenth Freedom Festival. The UCO is planning three days of events from June 19-21, starting with a pageant and ending with a festival and rib cook-off. People who click on the ad will be directed to the UNO website. You can find complete details for vendors, potential cook-off participants, pageant and parade entry forms, the Freedom 5K run-walk, T-shirts and more. We appreciate the chance to help the United Community Organization promote its Juneteenth celebration.

Stowaway Mini Storage has taken over the former Dollar General store at the corner of North Dudney and East North streets. It offers a climate controlled facility.

Many years ago, we counted up all the storage facilities we could find in Magnolia and concluded that almost every household in town that wanted one could have an available storeroom. Maybe we’ll make a new survey. The census says there are about 8,400 households in the county. We don’t think there are that many storerooms, but there are certainly more than 2,000.

No word on when the Palace for Seafood on East Main will open.

We drove through the SAU campus after graduation ceremonies on Saturday. There were a few graduates and families left, taking photographs at various locations. But the campus was mostly vacant. We look forward to the start of the fall semester on August 20.

Fifteen years ago, we reported that Megan Cowling, Jay Pittman, C.W. Young, Hannah Roark and Camella Card have been selected to participate in the M*A*S*H program for high school juniors considering a medical career. CLICK HERE to read the story.

Our new online poll asks readers to rate their mothers on a scale of 1 to 5 – 1 as the best ever, 5 as worst ever. We can only hope there are not many 5s.

Foggy morning early today.

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