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by Kirsten Hubbard Words matter. I'm a writer, so maybe they matter to me a bit more than the average person. Maybe I am overly sensitive. Years ago, I heard a speaker still angry well into adulthood over this derogatory nickname he had been given in elementary school. The name stuck and followed him through high school. He seethed about it every day, for years. Until one day, well into his thirties, he realized the name didn't stick because some bullies called it out. It stu

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - At a time when many people feel confined by orders to stay home, a writing contest with few rules is underway that...