Veto hits home
      Gov. Sonny Perdue really stirred things up last week when he vetoed 41 bills that had been passed in the last session of the Georgia General Assembly. In all, the governor took $130 million in construction projects and other spending out of the budget, which had been approved by both houses of th...
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: June 4, 1997 One-hundred thirty-thousand dollars was raised toward a goal of a half-million dollars for the new Augusta Tech campus to be built here. Major donors included Kwikset, Burke County Hospital, First National Bank and the Waynesboro Bank.
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor
      My co-worker, Melodye Williams's son, Justin Grey McBride was commissioned as a second lieutenant last Friday in Milledgeville and graduated from Georgia Military College with an associate's degree on Saturday. He will attend Georgia Southern University where he will persue a degree in history.
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BACK TO SCHOOL
Steven Rice
      This past weekend I was back in high school. Most people never want to return to high school. In fact, many people spend a lot of money trying to forget high school. But I went back. I assume an explanation is in order. My wife was more popular than I in high school. Even though we went to diff...
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IRAQ OR IMMIGRANTS: WHAT COUNTS IN THE TENTH?
Bill Shipp
      Some Georgia voters may get their 15 minutes of fame this summer. The first federal election since last year's Republicanto Democrat power shift occurs June 19 as voters in the 10th District in Northeast Georgia choose a successor to the late Republican Congressman Charlie Norwood. The eyes of th...
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VANITY, THY NAME IS MY FRIEND
Dixie Divas
      My friends, I will admit, are vain. That's because chicks of a feather flock together. Since you tend to group with similar personalities, I run with a pretty high maintenance bunch. The exception being Claudette who is an intriguing half-bred of tomboy meets diva.
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PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lucy Adams
      Dear Lord, please hear my prayer. School's out. Summer's here. We've anticipated this day since mid-September. And as much as I enjoy my children's company, I equally despise watching them lay around wasting their precious youth complaining they have nothing to do, there's nothing to eat, and ...
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Letters to the Editor
      Editor: Bill Shipp would have you think UGA went to heck in a hand basket while no one was looking! The only thing he left out was the latest Elvis sighting. That is, if you believe his purported quotes from an anonymous "expert on higher education.
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