The Right Perspective
      Last week, as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was announcing changes at the very top of the American military chain of command, some of the cable news networks cut away from Gates to cover the latest in the Paris Hilton saga.
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: June 11, 1997 Residents completing the Certified Manufacturing Specialist class taught at Augusta Tech included Josephine Roberts, Stephanie Lodge, Aaron Grier, Alfred McBride and Michael Hamilton. Comcast Communications became the new owner of the local cable company, formerly op...
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By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      There will be the Christmas Tour of Homes this year in Waynesboro on Saturday, Dec. 1, sponsored by the Town and Country Woman's Club. So far there are five homes on the tour. ****** Mrs. Pauline Long Oliver of Sardis died last Wednesday.
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Marshall Singletary
THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID FOR SILENCE!
      Somewhere along the way, I have become addicted to noise. I first noticed it a few years ago when I realized that I had walked through the den, turned on the television and walk out again. I wasn't interested in the program; I just wanted some noise in the house. I am one of those men who seldom ...
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Bill Shipp
WHAT GOES AROUND ...
      Wherever he is, Max Cleland must be smiling. Sen. Saxby Chambliss appears in trouble. Many of Chambliss' grassroots constituents are mad at him; his corporate patrons are less than thrilled at his performance in Washington, and he faces re-election next year.
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Dixie Divas
THE POSSUM THAT CAME A-CALLING
      No sooner had the ink dried on the column about my friend, Stevie, who rescues possums than I found myself joining her posse of possum preservers. But how can you turn your back on a well-mannered possum that is the first to welcome you into your new home?
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Lucy Adams
BIG DEE
      He's my daddy, but we call him "Dee," for short. Growing up, all of our friends called him Dee. Now he's Big Dee to his grandchildren. And his moniker of affection sets him apart from other fathers. So, too, do all of his idiosyncrasies.
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