It would be tempting to say good riddance rather than goodbye to 2015.
Locally and nationally, as years go, it wasn’t the best.
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Here in July, a foreign terrorist-inspired gunman killed five servicemen at a military center off Amnicola Highway. Nationally, similar incidents have occurred. And mass murders seem to be at least once-a-month occurrences in the United States. Internationally, a coalition of Islamic extremists has swallowed up parts of several countries and looks to gobble up others; a nuclear agreement signed with Iran already has been violated; and a climate agreement signed in Paris – whether you view it positively or negatively – has no teeth.
In September, Superior Creek Lodge in East Ridge was condemned, turning out 1,500 people into the streets. Despite help from many agencies, churches and individuals, the human need was great. Nationally, despite a slowly improving economy and a humming stock market, poverty hasn’t declined, wages haven’t risen and many people are still looking for full-time employment.