Cheap ways to make life extra special: banana bread, other treats
By CATHY KRAFVE special to Bullard Banner News
      "Do you like banana bread," asked my young, bubbly friend. Is this a trick question, I thought. "I'm baking those tiny banana bread loaves for all the people I love on Saturday," she explained. "Really?" I asked, amazed at my good fortune, "You would put me on your 'people I love' list? Awww!
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History they didn't teach you in school: Courthouse Tragedy
By BRUCE STANTON Special to Bullard Banner News
      "I don't think I'll go to the meeting. I've heard enough speeches," Tom told his sister Sue and brother John. "Come on, Let's go. It will be the quietest one we've had," John convinced him. Bad idea. Just because Hempstead, Texas won the election to keep the town from selling alcohol didn't mean the bloodshed was over.
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