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The madness is over until next year.

The annual tradition of people trampling over each other to save $3 on a Barbie doll has passed.

The day that decent people turn into maniacs willing to behead someone even looking at that last X-Box in their hands is no more.

That’s right, I survived another Black Friday or should I say, Gray Thursday.

Now, for the most part, my above comments are in jest.

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The news of Jane Gray’s death hit me like a brick to the head.  I knew things were not good but I anticipated her recovery.  She was my daughter in-law’s mother.  She was a wonderful person.

Moments later I received a phone call telling me my childhood friend had just passed away in Dayton, Ohio.  From that moment through the next week the memories of the two of us growing from young boys to college age men filled my head.  These were memories only he and I shared.

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting excited about the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall coming to Grant County next week.