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CURTIS VARNELL

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 10, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Courier News
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Jul 30, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · CURTIS VARNELL

    Timepiece: Unwanted refugees (opens the original)

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    A 27-year old Cuban English teacher was about to become a member of perhaps the most unwanted migrant groups to ever arrive on American soil. Walking down the street, he encountered a mass of humanity headed to boats that would transport them to America, into an environment and location totally unprepared for their arrival. On April 11, 1980, a group of Cubans drove into the Peruvian Embassy in Havana and demanded political asylum. Fidel Castro, probably willing to get rid of dissidents, failed

  2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · CURTIS VARNELL

    Water coolers and air conditioning (opens the original)

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    It was definitely summertime in Arkansas. Sweat cascaded down my forehead and formed pathways down my back, drenching my clothing. Noel Coward stated it well; nothing but mad-dogs and Englishmen would be ignorant enough to venture into the midday sun and here I was out mowing my yard. How in the world did we survive before air conditioning? Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. Thunderstorms with locally heavy do

  3. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · CURTIS VARNELL

    It was the best of times (opens the original)

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    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The opening lines from Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens are some of the best ever written and are indicative of many periods in our history. Written during the Napoleonic Wars, they described one of the worst and greatest periods of European history. The same could be said of virtually every era of human existence. Many Americans, especially those of the baby boom era, remember childhood with fondness. Recent Facebook photos show racy car

  4. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · CURTIS VARNELL

    The Good Ole Days (opens the original)

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    Reaching retirement age provides time to contemplate and reflect upon days past. I realize that we often use rose-colored glasses as we remember history and we often see things in a little different light than they were in actuality. Born into the baby-boom years, I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s in rural Arkansas, not the traditional Leave it to Beaver suburban life. Like many rural communities, few jobs were available and most of those were low-paying and of the back-breaking variety. My par

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