Lessons from the Border
Guest Editorial
by Congressman John Barrow
      More than half a million illegal aliens get into this country each year. This isn't just a problem of economic security, it's an issue of national security. But if we're going to secure the border, we need to know what's working and what isn't.
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By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      Nancy Minyard, director of Wimberly House Ministries, is finally a grandmother. She is beaming from ear-to-ear. Charles Heath Ruffner Jr. weighing in at 6 pounds, 1 ounce, was born Nov. 2 at 10:06 p.m.
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COMPANY'S COMING!
Marshall Singletary
      The words, "company's coming" always caused quite a stir in my boyhood home. Those words were our signal to make the house and yard presentable. This was especially true if the company was from out of town. Depending on how much time we had, my mother would direct our activities. It was difficult...
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GRUMPY OLD DEMOCRATS
Bill Shipp
      Big-mouthed contrarian college professors ought to have the decency to sit down and shut up during these lovely days between Thanksgiving and New Year's. This is a time for hopeful meditation and good cheer. Be happy. Quit bitching.
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Dixie Divas
HOW SWEET IT IS
      Plopped down in a restaurant in the supposedly Southern city of Charlotte, North Carolina, the proclamation came as a shock to me. "Sweet tea, please," I said to the waitress taking our order. "We don't have sweet tea," she replied briskly, glancing up from her pad with a defiant look.
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Letters to the Editor
      Shame, shame, shame Editor: In May 2005, someone dumped a black lab female on our corner. The dog sat there for four days waiting for her owner to come back and get her. They, of course, never came. We brought her home, and she had a litter of puppies. At this same time, we were trying to rais...
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QUESTIONS
Don Lively
      Over the past few months several events have occurred in my life that brought questions I had never heard before. Now I have heard some really odd questions along the way. When I tested for police academy I was asked "Have you ever attempted to overthrow the government of the United States of Am...
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: Nov. 26, 1997 Burke County High School quarterback/free safety Charles Jones was named the CSRA Player of the Year. He was selected from more than 60 high schools in Georgia and South Carolina. The Burke County team was putting their 10-1 record on the line in a playoff game agains...
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