Teen center deserves support
      Even after receiving news that federal funding won't be coming, the Burke Community Partnership is moving boldly ahead with plans to open a badly needed teen center. The building at Davis Park, which was recently renovated by the city of Waynesboro, has been used for a number of programs through t...
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: May 14, 1997 Three men, including the husband of a Jenkins County woman found dead on Highway 25 near the Burke-Jenkins county line, were arrested and charged with her death in an apparent murder for hire scheme. They were Kenneth Allan Anderson, husband of the victim, Kristia Ann A...
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By Bonnie K. Taylor
      General Manager The True Citizen I had the honor of attending a retirement luncheon for Magistrate Judge Mildred Ann Palmer last Thursday at Mobley's Restaurant. There was a crowd of well wishers and members of her family, along with judges and officials from Burke County and the state.
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MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS
Marshall Singletary
      Maybe I'm just getting older, but are grandmothers looking younger these days? Many of us may remember grandmothers who kept their hair in a bun, wore print dresses and sensible shoes and smelled like face powder.
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WHAT'S IN YOUR POCKET, JIM?
      Calvin Kytle and James Mackay's great 1947 book, "Who Runs Georgia," desperately needs updating. The final chapter of the revised work might be captioned: "No One You Know." Georgia appears to have no identifiable ringmasters - no leader or group of leaders capable of snapping their fingers and...
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JUST IN CASE HOLLYWOOD CALLS
      So, this is how my first onscreen kiss came to be. I was painting my kitchen cabinets, a task thrust upon on me because I could not adequately explain my vision of Country French distressed to others nor was I willing to pay the exorbitant price for their vision of what I knew was not what I wa...
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PICTURE DAY!
      Picture Day: 45 minutes to get four kids ready, 15 minutes to get them in the car and drive three blocks, 20 minutes to wait, 10 minutes to fill out paperwork, 5 seconds to snap the picture.
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Letters to Editor
      Great men come and gone Editor: I would like to speak about three great men who I've known. They have all been football coaches at Burke County High School, and all have done wonderful jobs - not just in their coaching abilities, but for their character.
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