The year to come
      2008 promises to be a year of both hope and challenge. The American people are beginning to show signs of weariness caused by unending foreign conflict, an uncertain economy, threats to the environment, consumer product safety and high gasoline prices. And that is just the top of the list.
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      My brother's Christmas gift to us was a few days at the Isle of Palms, S.C. It was a great-relaxing time with our families. I finally got to meet my niece Maria's boyfriend, Travis. They have been dating for some time and it was high time he met her family.
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: Dec. 23, 1997 The Burke County Bears lost the state AAA football championship to Thomas County Central, 21-19. They ended the 1997 season with an overall record of 13-2. Coach Mike Falleur said the Bears put up a good fight against what was "probably the best high school football t...
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LONELY SOLDIER
Marshall Singletary
      He was a soldier of the ranks. He was a long way from home, and homesickness was his constant companion. The evenings and the quietness of standing guard were the loneliest times. The memories that played across his consciousness sometimes comforted him but could also brim his eyes with tears. H...
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IS THERE ANOTHER MURPHY IN THE HOUSE?
Bill Shipp
      Tom Murphy endured 28 years as Georgia House speaker because he kept his word and never caused his fellow House members to feel shamed. Murphy, one of the longest-tenured speakers in the country, died last week - slightly more than five years after voters in his new district defeated him for hi...
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Dixie Divas
THE GREATEST GIFT IS TEACHING
      At a Thanksgiving luncheon, I was holding my 18-month-old nephew, Tripp, as I visited tables to speak to folks. I stopped and greeted a friend, patting him on his back. Tripp watched quietly then leaned down, stretching out his little arm and patted Billy, too, in that awkward, uncoordinated way...
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NASCAR, WILDCATS AND KINFOLK
Don Lively
      Down at our family gathering place, The Pond, there hangs on one of the pavilions, the shiny pelt of a bobcat, or lynx, depending on what part of the country you live in. It is perfectly preserved and adorns the building closest to the fishing hole.
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Letters to the Editor
      Soldier says thanks Editor: All of us here at Battalion Headquarters really do appreciate all that your newspaper and your local community have done to support the troops from your area.
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Clarification
      An article in last week's True Citizen stated that friends of the Thomas family were holding fundraisers to help pay for the funerals of Julius Thomas Jr. and Carrie Habersham, as well as the medical care of Clarissa Thomas. The fundraisers are actually being held by friends of the Habersham fam...
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