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Mini Page: Traveling for the Holidays

Will your family travel away from home for Thanksgiving? Many people drive or fly to see family members uring this special holiday.
This week, The Mini Page gives you some tips on how to be a good traveler and a courteous guest.

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HOT ISSUES and COOL IDEAS

"I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams."

These memorable lyrics to a holiday carol made popular by singer Bing Crosby in the 1940s, amid the chaos of World War II, still strike a chord in the hearts of soldiers-and the families of those soldiers-who are separated by distance and circumstance.

As long as mankind has waged war, deployed soldiers and their families have had to face the loneliness that comes from being separated from each other by thousands of miles. Until recently, there were only a few ways that families could get messages to their loved ones serving in the military.

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Letter writers meet their soldier

Army Specialist Keith Sugden is surrounded by Buddy Taylor Middle School pupils as they look at some photos during a visit by Sugden to the school, Monday, May 17, 2004. Sugden took the photos during his tour of duty in Iraq and was visiting the school because of letters written to him by pupils while he was at war. (Photo: News-Journal/Brian Myrick)
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