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Jingle Bells 5K planned for Dec. 2

Long Beach residents can burn off some holiday calories between Thanksgiving and Christmas at the annual Fred Walker Memorial Jingle Bells 5K on Saturday, December 2. Starting at 8 a.m. at the Long Beach Town Green, the run/walk will offer a 5K and a one-mile fun run for kids. Medals/trophies will be awarded to those…

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INSURANCE FRAUD AFFECTS EVERYONE

I recently read that more than $308 billion is stolen through insurance fraud every year and that if you stacked up those dollar bills, they would stretch to the moon and back – 16 times. That …

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CoffeeTime: “Just Flappin’ His Gums”

The old man is sitting on his front porch is his favorite rocking chair and talking to a his freshly minted twenty-one-year-old grandson – attempting to encourage him to think things over clearly before deciding. To make decisions for his life based on clear facts, a living God, and real love. Instead of impulse, illogical…

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Hudson’s Journey: EXTRA Kisses at Midnight

Happy 2024!     As we all plan for the coming year, the possible and impossible resolutions made, the highest hope for a better tomorrow, I know whose hands our future falls in: Our children.    Linda Creed wrote the lyrics for the mega hit that originally was recorded by George Benson and later by the…

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Winners of inaugural 2023 Long Beach Art Competition named

The results are in! A fish and hamburger were the focal points – and the winning combination – for the two top winners of the 2023 Long Beach Art Competition. “The Little Hamburger” won the top prize in the competition’s category for five- to nine-year-old entrants. Six-year-old Olivia Brown is the artist behind the winning…

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Movie Review: “The Boy and the Heron”

NOTE: This Japanese film is available in both “Subbed” and “Dubbed” versions. This review will focus on the “Dubbed” version with the English-language voice cast.             Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has come out of retirement for “The Boy and the Heron,” a sprawling fantasy with semiautobiographical elements. Surprisingly, it’s the more grounded…

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