July 1, 2009 RSS feed / Opinion

A soilder and a tattered flag

On the wall next to my computer hangs a small American flag. It is tattered and dirty, but there is no way I will ever part with this little flag. It was put into my hands on July 1, 2008, by First Sgt. More...

ATMS - THUGS OR JEWELS?

All I wanted to do was make a deposit. A simple transaction. Insert card - punch in number. It was not to be. I could not think of the password. I must have gotten pretty close to it once because the machine sputtered for the shortest time. More...

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Declare your independence from impaired driving this July 4th

This July 4th weekend, Georgians will leave home behind and pack the kids in the family car headed for their favorite summer vacation destinations. More...

As You See It

Once again a county job was filled before it was advertised. Nobody has a chance in this county unless they are friends or relatives of one of the commissioners. Colquitt's water bills are double those of D'ville, Bainbridge, and Blakley. More...

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Fighting Back!

When I was a kid and got sick, my sister Marilyn usually dashed on off to school while mother attacked a fever, runny nose, cough or cold with her two favorite remedies ... aspirin and enemas. This time was different. I didn't have a cold. More...

Ebony Dots & Dashes

The Taylor-Perkins-Davis family reunion was held last week in Orlando, FL. The clan started to arrive in Orlando on Tuesday. They came from the north, south, east and west. The Miller County bunch left Colquitt on Thursday morning and drove down. More...

Obama keeps his word

President Obama has promised to nominate liberal judicial activists who will indulge their left-wing policy preferences based on "empathy" instead of neutrality in applying the law. More...

Letters to the Editor

Dear Terry, Recently, the Swamp Gravy cast and crew traveled to Leesburg to perform Swamp Gravy: Ain't No Tellin' for the benefit of the American Red Cross. In the audience there were many friends of Colquitt and SW Georgia including Mrs. More...