300 new home sites
     The development of new housing opportunities in Burke County has long been a weak element in the growth of the local economy. Now, we are seeing dramatic changes in the housing picture in this area.
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
     Christine Gray, who has spent several weeks at MCG recuperating from injuries received in a car accident, has been moved to the Burke Medical Center.
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Looking Back
     10 years ago: Oct. 3, 1996 The Burke County Board of Education appointed Doug Day to a three-year term as school superintendent. It was the first time the county had an appointed, rather than elected, superintendent and followed passage of new state law.
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THE ELEVEN DAY BACHELOR
Marshall Singletary
     "Have fun!" I said as Margaret stepped onto the bus. She, Sara Carter and about twenty others were embarking on an eleven day trip to the Black Hills. That's real cowboy and Indian country,
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WHY WE MISS MIKE
Bill Shipp
     Where is Michael Bowers now that we need him? You remember Mike, don't you? For nearly two decades as attorney general, Bowers ranted and raved about corruption in
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Dixie Divas
THE QUICK DRAW OF THE SLOW DRAWL
By Ronda Rich
     I, for one, am tired of people making fun of the way I talk.
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WORDLY WISE, WORDLY WOES
Lucy Adams
     In a recent on-line article on leadership, the author wielded words like Xerox subsidy, adminisphere, and salmon day.
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andA Q
We Made a Contingent Bid On a Home but Have Yet to Sell Ours. What Should We Do?
     Q: We made an offer on a house subject to the sale of
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