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Taylor County posted a pair of road victories over the weekend in high school girls’ basketball.
The Lady Cardinals edged Lexington Christian 46-45 in overtime on Friday night as Hannah Howard (16), Rachel Shoemaker (12) and Madison Lauer (10) scored in double digits.
After racing out to a 21-8 lead at the first-quarter stop, TCHS was out-scored 14-7 in the second period and 14-6 in the third frame.
The Lady Cardinals needed a 9-7 fourth quarter to knot the score where they won the four-minute OT period 3-2.

Two days after Christmas, I surprised my wife with a post-Christmas present. It had been somewhat of a blue Christmas for her, and I thought my gift would help.

So I gave her a rope.

“A what?” you incredulously ask. “A rope? Really?”

Maybe you’re thinking my gift ranks right up there with Barney Fife (Don Knotts, The Andy Griffith Show) giving his mom and dad a septic tank for their anniversary.

As a kid, I loved winter. Today, I don’t care for it. I don’t want to drive in bad weather, and seeing those winter heating bills, well, that’s not something any adult wants to face.

But as a kid, winter was fine with me and my friends because it brought with it that prized gift, the one many kids went to bed praying to have when they awoke the next morning — the snow day.