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I remember it like yesterday. It was tenth grade geography, and it was being taught by an assistant football coach that everybody liked. We had good football coaches who also served as good …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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3/5/25
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When we moved into our last house, my uncle and his family lived on the other side. It was an old house but like a duplex in that it had two front doors and two back doors and two kitchens. Three …
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LAROSE TAPLEY
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3/5/25
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The word for today is “emerge”. In some sense and to some degree, we are all emerging. Usually, if you emerge from something, it’s a positive thing; you are moving toward something better. …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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2/26/25
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Uh. Oh. This column as you read it may never be the same again. I’m not talking about finally figuring out where commas go. That will never change. No, I am talking about my Diversity, Equity and …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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2/26/25
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Do you have 800, 866 or 877 phone phobias? Do you cringe when you hear a foreign language? George Bernard Shaw was a wizard of words and language. He was born in 1856 and was a celebrated Irish …
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BY: Charles Schwabe
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2/12/25
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My telephone is 14”x7” when held by hand, and at arm’s length when held up to answer. It is near impossible to find when misplaced. This small object does a multitude of things other than …
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BY: Shirley Twiss
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2/12/25
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My mind constantly hearkens back to the days of old. I think about, even long for the days that have long since passed. I’m an old soul. I always tend to think about my ancestors and how they …
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BY: Scotty Womack
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2/12/25
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Have you ever read, seen or heard something that sticks to your mind like glue and just won’t go away? I have. It was an article that appeared recently in the New York Times. (Yes, I do read the …
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BY: Dick Yarbrough
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2/12/25
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Everybody wants to win. Like it or not, that is a simple truth of the human condition. You think I’m wrong? You want to argue that fact? Thank you, you have just proven my point. People are, by …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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2/5/25
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Growing up in the 30's, 40's and 50's, most all Americans were struggling to have food and a roof over their heads. They were the salt of the earth. Our current Vice President does not hesitate to …
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LAROSE TAPLEY
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2/5/25
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Dear Mr. President:
I am writing a letter you will never see or know of its existence. So, why the effort? It is be-cause I think it needs to be said.
You won this election, no question about …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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2/5/25
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By the time you read this, this country will have formally installed a new President, crowned a new number one team as the champion of college football, observed the annual celebration of a national …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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1/22/25
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After reading the column of La’Rose Tapley, I found material for my column. Since I remember La’Rose and Sollie from SHS, it is a delight for me to know more and also share. Their first-born son …
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SHIRLEY TWISS
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1/22/25
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Dear Samuel Knox Wansley:
Who are you and who am I? The answer is that you are the youngest member of the family still awaiting your first birthday and I am your great-grandfather who doesn’t …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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1/22/25
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House Bill 581, part of Georgia's 2024 statewide referendum, introduces changes to property tax laws by limiting yearly increases in property tax assessments for homeowners who qualify for a …
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1/22/25
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Lewis Grizzard, a great American, was a writer. I think that’s probably how he would sum it all up. Of course, to a lot of folks he was much, much more than just that. He was a sports reporter, he …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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1/15/25
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From the window of my warm comfortable apartment, my Kitty and I are watching snowflakes fall to the ground. A snowstorm is often predicted but sometimes does not happen. Since we are near Ashville …
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SHIRLEY TWISS
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1/15/25
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While some things may change, others seem not to change at all. I am talking about the efforts to drag-mine our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide in order that mankind will …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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1/15/25
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Jimmy Carter, Goodness is its own reward
Remembering and celebrating the life of Jimmy Carter has been good for us. Thousands stood in line to pay silent homage at the Carter Center and at the …
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1/15/25
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My objective has always been to provide you with information not readily available to the general public so that you can shine at your next church social or cocktail party by dropping a factoid on …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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1/8/25
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