Around Town......by John Bill Martin

Thanksgiving has become the stepchild of second half of the year holidays. We so easily slide from Fourth of July into Halloween, then take a brief respite to be thankful at Thanksgiving before stepping into Christmas and New Year’s. Hobby Lobby, Michael’s, Wal-Mart, Hallmark, etc., took the red, white and blue Independence Day decorations down in July and went straight to the Christmas sce...