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Up The Creek Without A Paddle
'Get involved. Your children are at risk!'
      by Terry Toole It has been a week, and I'm still out of jail. I did discover that since our local law enforcement offices declined to "investigate" the incident that Leroy Bush, aka, truck driver/ BOE chairman, dropped just before court, the G.B.I. has taken up the case. Leroy threatened that all ...
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Respect, shame this isn't done more often
submitted by: Jack Warner
      In Texas we really do pull off the road and stop for funerals, nobody moves until the last car has gone by. What follows is a message from Vicki Pierce about her nephew James' funeral (he was serving our country in Iraq): "I'm back, it was certainly a quick trip, but I have to also say it was one...
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Letter(s) to the Editor
Dear Editor,
      To Harley Smith: The next few weeks I wish you well as you transition out of Colquitt; you have brought so much to the community. I give compliments few and far between, but since I shall miss having your verve and enthusiasm, I guess I should compliment you now. I won't miss the hard business de...
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STONED SEAFOOD
by Alex McRae
      A few thousand years ago a man named Jonah washed up on a beach in the metro Holy Land and said he'd just spent three days in the belly of a big fish. The locals immediately accused him of smoking dope. Now some folks at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say the shoe is on the other foot. Or fin,...
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Ebony Dots & Dashes
by Katie Smith
      My Monday was off on a good track. My cousin, Mrs. Ethel T. Jones, came down and spent the better part of the day with me. A friend, Mrs. Janice Hayes, had come for a visit. She was raised in New York and knows nothing of southern rituals. One of my cousins had died in Albany, and the burial was to...
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It's the Law; You Have The Right To Remain Suspicious
      (NAPSI)-Akin to urban myths, legal myths also exist-tales that seem completely believable but are actually false. In some cases, legal myths can affect important aspects of your life-so it's important to debunk them. Here are a few common legal myths-and the real stories behind them-from the lega...
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Remembering a day in history: April 4
      +1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. +1660 - Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England. +1721 - Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
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AS YOU SEE IT
      Editor's note: If you can't get in what you want in less than 30 words, write a letter to the editor. This newspaper does not necessarily agree with the opinions in this column. We usually do agree with the praises.
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