the year the child was born — our children would still take on debt by the time they go to college.

And our savings would be at the expense of everything we do to ensure our security and that our children are well-rounded people — building up an emergency fund, saving for retirement, and enrolling the kids in athletics and music lessons and camps.

No one said parents have to gift-wrap college for their children. Mine didn't. But they did help me and the debt I took on was more manageable when I was in school in the mid-1990s.

More and more, higher education feels like highway robbery.

At this point, our plan is still to go out for ice cream, because every path is a rocky road.

David Andreatta is a DemocratNews

Trio jailed for "significant" drug supply conspiracy in County Durham

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by Bruce Unwin, Chief Reporter (Durham)

POLICE swooped to crack a “significant” cocaine and cannabis dealing operation following the delivery of a large consignment of drugs.

Officers observed the hand over of a package to Wayne Robson and his payment to delivery driver John Flynn, in Ludworth, near Durham, on September 21.

Durham Crown Court was told Flynn’s Volkswagen Passat was pulled over by police, at Byer’s Garth, near Coxhoe, as he set off to make his way back to the North-West a short time later.

Examination of the car revealed a concealed compartment from where a hold-all was retrieved containing £40,880.

Searches were made at the home of Robson’s uncle, Peter Samuel Davies, in Ludworth, and at a family caravan,