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Valid concerns
      The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held its latest public hearing on the proposed new units at Plant Vogtle last week. There has been a lot said, both pro and con. Local citizens, by and large, support the expansion because they have seen the positive economic and social effects the existing plant ...
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      Well, I have done it, again! I don't know if you noticed or not but the headline on Marshall Singletary's column on this page last week was incorrect. I miss identified him as "Marshall Young." When I received an email from Marshall Singletary it read: "MARSHALL YOUNG": Hummmm, I think I like th...
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Steven Rice
WILLIAM SHATNER HAS CHANGED THE WORLD
      William Shatner has changed the world. He has. I mean that. It's all because of him. That was the premise of a television show watched during the summer: William Shatner, Captain Kirk from Star Trek, has changed civilized life as we know it.
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Bill Shipp
GOOD MEDICINE
      We were sitting in the family room shortly after 1 p.m. Friday, eating sandwiches and laughing about something or other. Then my wife's heart stopped beating. She fell from her chair. My dear, wonderful Renate, who has stood by my side for more than 50 years, lay on the floor quivering, her eyes ...
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Dixie Divas
WHEN A WOMAN'S DONE WRONG
      Rodney Crowell is a Grammy-award winning artist, the writer of hundreds of hit songs and the former son-in-law of Johnny Cash. He is also the smartest man I have, thus far, met in this life. "I've heard you're in touch with your feminine side," I commented during a radio interview.
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Lucy Adams
I SAY, THEY SAY, WHO HEARS?
      After some serious analysis, I've come to the conclusion that my children and I speak and hear in completely different languages. Examples from my report to the committee on family affairs: Meals . . . They say: Mama, I'm so hungry. What's for dinner tonight?
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Letters to the Editor
      Thanks, Sardis Fire Department Editor: Why do we always forget our local fire departments? We would like to express our appreciation to all the engine companies that responded to the Sept. 15 fire in Sardis. After being given an incorrect street address, the Sardis Police Department guided t...
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