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The next city council meeting is 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 at the Senior Center. Please note the change in the day.

Ma & Pa Kettle Days bingo is 1 p.m. Sunday, March 19 at the Senior Center.

My siblings and I got our worldly education early. My two sisters and I would go shopping after school. At the time we were ages 6, 7 and 8. I was in the middle. We went to a parochial school that was a few blocks from the downtown shopping area. My dad’s cousin, Charlotte, worked at one of the department stores in the shoe department. If we needed new shoes, we would go there after school and Charlo...