I’ve had the good fortune of knowing Mary Jane Skinner for many years. She has always been high energy, extremely friendly, and one of the kindest people to bless our city. Mrs. Skinner is quick to laugh, quick to help,…
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Cochlear Implant Goes Live
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• •About two months ago I wrote an article about my hearing loss and the surgery I had for the Baha 5 Cochlear bone implant. I wanted to write an update on what’s happened since then! First, the healing process took…
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A Different but True Story About Hearing Loss
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• •This story began more than a half century ago, it’s about six decades in the making. I was an infant when I spiked a high fever that eventually dropped. About 15 years later when I was 16 years old, teenaged…
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LaVergne Real Estate – Some Stats
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• •With the latest hoopla that La Vergne was named the best place in Tennessee to buy a home by Go Banking Rates, I thought this would be a fun reason to revisit some of my old post topics – real…
Because I Can, City Management, Editorials, Elected Officials
Where Perception Intersects with Reality
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• •I once worked with an association of state-wide elected officials that held annual conferences at different locations throughout the country. One year a hidden camera crew followed the state treasurer of Minnesota to one of these conferences and did an…
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Batter Up in La Vergne!
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• •We are so pleased that the city has entered into a new agreement for youth baseball and softball. There have been some ups and downs over the last seven or eight years – from the city hiring its own athletic…