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      There are many of us who have felt from the beginning that the invasion of Iraq was a blunder of monumental proportions. There are millions more who have come to believe that, even if the initial reasons for going to war were valid, there is no reason to allow our troops to continue to be killed an...
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By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      Megan Elizabeth Chalker, daughter of our publisher, Roy Chalker Jr., and Kim Chalker graduated with a juris doctor degree with a certificate in environmental law from Pace Law School in White Plains, N.Y. She graduated Sunday, May 20, with her family proudly looking on.
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FARM TRUCKS
Marshall Singletary
      Several days ago, I watched a fine young man driving through town in one of the best looking trucks I've ever seen. He was affecting a kind of cool demeanor that only a young man can. His elbow was resting out the window, he was driving with his right hand casually draped over the steering wheel, ...
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BULLDOG NEGLECT
Bill Shipp
      The University of Georgia ought to be the brightest jewel in the Peach State crown. Instead, the university's once shimmering ruby looks chipped and dull as our sister states place greater emphasis on higher education and race ahead of us.
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POSSUMS NEED LOVE, TOO (AND TO BE RESCUED)
Dixie Divas
      Just when you may have thought that you had heard everything possible, you haven't heard about my blue-bloodedraised in-society friend who rescues possums. Yep, that's right. Those same creatures that most Southerners regard as Number One road kill, the ones that daily decorate Southern roadsid...
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THE SLIPPERY UNDERSIDE
Lucy Adams
      Every spring, as the days butt up against summer, my husband, in the party rentals business, brings home his 15-foot tall waterslide for a weekend.
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Letters to the Editor
Punishment should fit crime
      Editor: Have you ever wondered why our children have become lost in the world? They've gotten on the wrong side of the track, whether it may be drugs, stealing, killing, or guns. Have you actually asked yourself why? Most people automatically blame the parents!
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