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Welcome to Silly Season when our intrepid public servants, as well as those who would wish to be, dominate our TVs with their ads, clutter our street corners with their yard signs, show up to press …
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4/29/26
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Way, way back in the now-abandoned days of radio and black and white TV, there used to be a variety show called “House Party”. The star of the show was Mr. Art Linkletter who was an easy going, …
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4/29/26
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I woke up well before daylight this past Sunday. I got on up and did a few chores around the house. I usually meet an old friend for breakfast on Sunday mornings, so I called him to see if he was …
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by SCOTTY WOMACK
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4/29/26
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This past week, we enjoyed yet another edition of one of the most unique and best-loved traditions in our part of the United States. Every year, The Masters Golf Tournament, held right up the road in …
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4/15/26
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This is a high and holy time. As you read these words, Vidalia onions are being shipped across the nation from sea to shining sea. If you aren’t from around these parts, let me tell you what we …
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4/15/26
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When I was a young boy growing up in Midville, wild turkeys were, for the most part, absent from the landscape. I went to school in Jenkins County and got on the bus in Herndon. My granny was the bus …
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by SCOTTY WOMACK
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4/15/26
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Living at Rural Oaks was quite different for this city girl but I quickly adapted to country life. I opened my little antique business in the finished basement and spent my days refinishing …
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4/1/26
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The American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, "You Can't Go Home Again." He was correct. You can’t. I tried it along with my friend, Philip.
A near-fatal attack of sepsis has made driving an …
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4/1/26
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If you are one of the folks who regularly takes time out of your day to read this column, I thank you. If you are indeed one of those rare few, then you know that I regularly overreact to the news …
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4/1/26
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I knew very early on in my life that I was drawn to the older folks. I wanted to be around them and spend time in their presence. There have been so many folks much older than me that I truly adored. …
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by SCOTTY WOMACK
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3/25/26
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I received a note from a reader last week chiding me for writing about the Okefenokee so much and that he and others were tired of it. In fact, I have done only two columns on the Okefenokee this …
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3/25/26
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I woke up the other morning, went downstairs, and settled in staring at the television to catch up on everything that had happened overnight. There’s a whole lot going on now days, and there is …
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3/25/26
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Although the weather in March can be terribly volatile, we have had some really pretty days as of late. The temperatures have been on the rise, and the sunshine has been abundant. Nice weather and …
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by SCOTTY WOMACK
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3/18/26
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Last week, Charlton County commissioner Drew Jones used this space to defend the actions of Toledo Manufacturing in the Okefenokee mining controversy. Comm. Jones, who also runs Toledo’s day-to-day …
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3/18/26
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Some fans of Roman literature may be a little jumpy this week. As depicted In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, the Ides of March (roughly the middle of March) was the time when Caesar was …
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3/18/26
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There’s an old saying that goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That occurred to me the other day while I was reading a highly respected national daily newspaper and …
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3/11/26
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Living at Rural Oaks was quite different for this city girl but I quickly adapted to country life. I opened my little antique business in the finished basement and spent my days refinishing …
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3/11/26
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My columns opposing the mining for titanium dioxide on Trail Ridge near our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge have drawn a heavy reader response. Almost all of it supporting a permanent ban on …
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3/11/26
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Somewhere around 1986, Burke County started the Emergency Management Agency in the county. I was fifteen years-old at the time, but I somehow recognized the great importance of what they had done. …
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by SCOTTY WOMACK
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3/11/26
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I try to stay on the sidelines when it comes to national politics, but sometimes it’s just not possible. Ask Woody Hayes. Now, stay with me, because I ‘m about to wander off into the tall grass. …
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3/4/26
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