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White Christmas expected By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Strong winds from the southwest and temperatures in the mid-50s caused the flags to flutter WEdnesday at the Highland County Courthouse. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Highland County has a good chance of having not only a bitterly cold Christmas, but a white Christmas as well, according to the National Weather Service office in Wilmington. Meteorologist Chris Hogue told The Times-Gazette that in Hillsboro and Highland County, he expected snow on the ground for Christmas morning. “We’re looking at relatively ligh...

‘It is well with my soul’ Pat Haley Contributing columnist The theme had been rattling around inside the brain of musician and composer Philip Bliss for months. The melody wouldn’t leave him alone, yet he had no words to put with it. Like many composers, Bliss created the composition and placed it in a drawer, expecting a good marriage with the words he knew would be forthcoming someday. Tim Colliver of The Times-Gazette in Hillsboro has been writing a delightful 12-part series of articles entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that appeared daily until Christmas Eve, relating the s...

‘O Holy Night’ was translanted from a French carol By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com A traditional symbol of the Christmas season, wreaths are made of evergreens to represent everlasting life brought about by the birth of Jesus, while the circular shape of the wreath symbolizes God, with no beginning and no end. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Editor’s Note — It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “sound track.” The Times-Gazette today presents the 11th installment of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christ...

‘It is well with my soul’ Pat Haley - Contributing columnist The theme had been rattling around inside the brain of musician and composer, Philip Bliss, for months. The melody wouldn’t leave him alone, yet he had no words to put with it. Like many composers, Bliss created the composition and placed it in a drawer, expecting a good marriage with the words he knew would be forthcoming someday. Tim Colliver of the Hillsboro Times-Gazette has been writing a delightful 12-part series of articles entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily until Christmas Eve, relating th...

‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’ By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com One of the many nativity displays that appear in the front yards of Highland County homes, this one is on US 50 just east of Hillsboro. Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette Editor’s Note: It’s been said that Christmas is one of the few holidays that has its own “soundtrack.” The Times-Gazette today presents part 10 of a special 12-part series entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily through Christmas Eve, relating the stories behind some of the best-loved sacred songs of the season. ...