Welcome back, Orange County! Today’s National Star Wars Day. Did you know that the phrase “may the fourth be with you” was coined in 1979, when Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister in Britain? I'm here in your inbox today to get you up to speed on what's going on in the county, including news on:
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🍷 Hobby Poll! Everybody has hobbies. If time and money were no object this summer, which new hobby would you like to learn or take up? So far, 20 percent pick traveling, and 10 percent each select horseback riding, flying, ballroom dancing, crocheting, Mahjong, basket making, and fly-fishing. A new write-in — at 10 percent — is dog training and showing.
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About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Bee Swarm Simulator (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.
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