The Spin
A tongue in cheek review of the news published this week regarding Wise County.
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For the week ending 12/06/03:
The Story Santa, along with other Christmas characters, makes a  helicopter landing in Decatur along with some  "security elves".  Cheryl Lyman, public relations director said "it's always possible that kids may want to see what sex Frosty and Rudolph are." (Messenger, December 7, 2003 edition, page 2A).
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The Spin What?

The Story Another gentleman enters the race for the Sheriff's job.
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The Spin Gary Coleman, Arianna Huffington, and Mary Carey plan to enter the race next week.

The Story The Decatur Planning and Zoning Commission rejects a plan for 77 townhomes to be built.
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The Spin And complaints that Decatur does not have enough affordable housing will continue.

The Story State Rep. Phil King, who somehow was in charge of drawing the congressional redistricting map, explained why Charles Stenholm will no longer represent Wise County. "My reason . . . is I felt he would lose in the next election regardless."
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The Spin Hey, Mr. Psychic, could you also tell us whether we should bet on Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl?

The Story The Messenger runs a front page story on the salaries of school district superintendants and we learned Northwest shells out $203,104 a year for theirs.
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That's about the salary we pay 20 good teachers, isn't it?

The Story Brian Knox pens a feature about hanging Christmas lights and comes up with this gem . . . .
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"My mom . . . once gave a classic family quote while looking at a particularly brightly lit home. 'It's nothing but a bunch of lights,' she said, 'but at least it's a bunch of lights.'"

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