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  It should come as no surprise to anyone who watched and listened to Anna Doyle sing and act during her four years at LHS to learn that she is continuing her education in the Big Apple. Anna is the daughter of Stephen and Michelle Doyle and she graduated in 2022. What might be a surprise for those who enjoyed her singing and acting in Freaky Friday, Sister Act, and finally as Dorothy in Mary Poppins is that Anna is a student at the Fashion Institute of America (FIT). She is spending her time preparing for a career in fashion as a Technical Designer. Anna must be on the proper track because she just received a Critic Award and one of her creations was featured front and center in a recent show at FIT. The project was mandatory for all 300 students in Anna’s class. “In our fourth semester at FIT, the Fashion Design students are all given a theme and parameters with which we must design our capstone garment; this year it was Denim Divine,” Doyle stated. “This task is huge considerin...

  Grocery Store Prices – Who is Responsible Lots of people have been talking about the cost of groceries and the impact it has had on the household budgets for most of us regular folks. It has been popular to place the blame on one or more politicians. I am going to join that chorus and in my humble opinion the blame lies squarely on the members of both major political parties. Especially those serving in the houses of Congress that take Corporate money in large amounts. I am not alone in this belief. I have the indirect support of the Federal Trade Commission to back me up. The FTC was founded in 1914 with this as its mission: “ The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. “The FTC does on a national basis what the Attorneys General do on a state by state basis in that they watch out for companies who seek to take unfair advantage ...