What exactly do you mean?

~a column by Colleen O’Brien We who live in the English language are lucky — our choices are plentiful. As of January 21, 2014, the Global Language Monitor says we have a lexicon of 1,025,109.8 words. I’m not sure what eight-tenths of a word is . . . a contraction like “don’t” or “ain’t”? Or maybe abbreviations like Mr. and…

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Greene County district court, week ending June 19

In Greene County district court Russell Lee Gardner, 40, of Jefferson was sentenced June 15 to two years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated (OWI)-second offense. All but seven days of the prison time was suspended and he was placed on probation for two years. Gardner must pay a sheriff’s fee…

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