The water crisis
      Atlanta is about to run out of water. According to some estimates, the city's main water reservoir, Lake Lanier, could run dry within three months. The Atlanta metropolitan area is currently under the most severe water restrictions, with no outdoor watering allowed except under specific circumstan...
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      Congratulations to Laura Stone of Waynesboro who was crowned Miss Augusta last weekend. Laura is the daughter of Jesse and Amanda Stone of Waynesboro. She is a senior at the University of Georgia majoring in speech communications and political science.
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: Oct. 22, 1997 The retrial of accused murderer Willie Palmer was scheduled to begin in Washington County. Brooke Hickman was named Homecoming queen at Edmund Burke Academy. Waynesboro City Council passed an ordinance holding parents responsible for failing to supervise children fo...
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Steven Rice
COTTON CANDY
      I love fair food. I know I shouldn't since most fair food contains words like "candied" and "cake." But that's never stopped me before. There are few things in life more splendid than fried batter arranged in a random geometric shape covered in powdered sugar - in other words, a funnel cake.
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Bill Shipp
BURNED UP OVER WATER
      I have seldom seen so many people hot about water. Almost overnight, water conservation ranks right up there with banning gay marriages, abolishing the IRS and stopping the spread of children's health care as leading topics for fist-shaking argument.
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Dixie Divas
THE DIVA AND THE BOBCAT LOADER
      You're not gonna believe what I've done now. In fact, it is probably the last thing you'd expect. I learned to drive a skid-steer loader.
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Lucy Adams
PUSHING 40
      Last year for my birthday, my husband took me to see Def Leppard, to thump the funk out of getting another year older. As my birthday approached this year, I realized I must do something, again, that upsets the balance of time.
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Letters to the Editor
      Old Fella responds Editor: Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue's (OFBCAR) board of directors would like to respond to the letter from Mr. R.D. Manchester which was published in The True Citizen's Letters to the Editor section on Oct. 10.
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