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Veterans in Lamar are honored by the local VFW 5 Gun Salute. Local residents asked several times on Facebook about local celebrations and events honoring veterans. This event is an annual celebration, honoring local veterans, soldiers of war and all those who have participated in the fight for freedom and liberty. We just want to let our veterans know how much they’re appreciated! Sponsored by:

“Recently, I got caught up in the process of buying a used vehicle for my son. Not that I was paying for it, or even looking, but I found a vehicle that I knew he’d want and pointed it out to him. The negotiation process took a little while longer than I expected, but he ended up driving home in a relatively reasonably priced, used car.” The story had come from a friend who knew several local used car dealers and could have purchased the car from any of them. The negotiations took place between two people, neither of them a business owner, on a local side street. A hundred miles later, she shared that her son was putting a new engine in the vehicle he’d bought, because the engine blew after he bought it. I cringed. I know stories like that from local used car sales lots, too. There are good ways and bad ways to sell a used car. The average sales rep will talk you into a new/used car that is beyond your means, because he wants you to buy a bigger more expensive car, so he can have a bigger payoff. That’s not a good deal read more…