Why It Matters
      This week The True Citizen begins a series on teen pregnancy and its effect on our community. A lot of readers will just shrug it off as a symptom or a consequence of today's culture and lifestyles. They won't realize how the proliferation of teen pregnancy affects everyone in our society and ou...
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: Sept. 24, 1997 Plans for the renovation of the Anthony Wayne Hotel were announced by owners Beth Ann and Barbara Ann Smith. The total cost of the project could have been up to $500,000 to include new wiring, plumbing and heating and air-conditioning.
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      All of those who went on the trip to Vermont have arrived home safely. They had a wonderful time sight-seeing and socializing, but I believe the consensus is there's no place like Georgia and home! Welcome, back Burke Countians ... we missed all of you!
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WADE IN THE WATER
Steven Rice
      William Anderson Hatfield was called Devil Anse by those who knew him. Someone described him as "6 foot of devil and 180 pounds of hell." I think you get the picture. His family lived on the West Virginia side of the Tug River. Across the river in Kentucky was "Ole Randall" McCoy.
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NEW DEFENSE: BREAK THE BANK
Bill Shipp
      I am not a lawyer. I don't even look like one on TV. But I smell a courthouse rat. The Brian Nichols defense team is trying to intimidate Judge Hilton Fuller's court and walk away with a sack of gold for defending an open-and-shut murder case.
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Dixie Divas
INSPIRATION
      Those who know me well will tell you that when it comes to decorating, I have a scant amount of natural talent. In college, I briefly minored in interior design but when the professor rep eatedly called on me to explain my ridiculous floor plans so that the class could be entertained to laughter...
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DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT
Lucy Adams
      STOMP. STOMP. STOMP. Little feet pounded through the house in my direction. Tramping up behind me, my daughter whined, "Maaamaaa, he won't let me hold that book." The "he" to whom she referred was her brother, 22 months older than she.
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Letter to the Editor
Applauds concert
      Editor: I had the opportunity to attend the Waynesboro/Burke Concert Series, "Let the Good Times Roll!" on Saturday night at the office park complex. What a treat it was for all in attendance. I have attended many concerts, but this was by far one of the best. The music was wonderful due to th...
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