Legitimate questions
      Though this newspaper has a long history of supporting the development of all types of housing for the community, we have some problems with the proposed "senior complex" at the old Waynesboro Elementary School site. There is no question that an attractive, well-planned senior citizen housing dev...
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: April 1, 1998 Former Waynesboro Mayor and Hospital Authority Chairman G. Bates Hagood died at the age of 90. The Burke County Sheriff's Office began arresting almost 40 people suspected of selling drugs to undercover officers. Sheriff Greg Coursey said the buys were videotaped for...
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      Two people who have been very dear to me died last week. Mrs. Catherine Daniel, affectionately known to me as "Kat" and a classmate of mine, Mike Lutes. Kat was one of those people you are drawn to the first time you meet ... kind, sweet and loving. She was an angel here on earth and she befriend...
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WELLS AND WINDMILLS
Marshall Singletary
      In the southwest corner of Georgia, there is a small family farm. Beside the farmhouse there is an old well. My great-grandfather drank from that well. My grandfather drank from that well. My mother drank from that well. Although I never drank from the well, I was known for occasionally throwing ...
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THE SONNY PLAN
Bill Shipp
      State Democratic Chairman Jane Kidd ought to be commended, not ridiculed. She hears opportunity knocking for her party, and she wants to take advantage of it. She hopes to find a silver bullet, a different approach to winning elections. Democrats seem to be enjoying a resurgence of enthusiasm al...
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Don Lively
DINNER ON THE GROUNDS
      The event has changed some over the years. It was once held under the old oak trees on the east side of the building. These days it takes place close to the same spot, but now it's an inside affair. Before, folks were drafted to be the designated gnat and fly fanners.
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Dixie Divas
I'LL FLY AWAY (OR MAYBE NOT)
      When I and several of the girls came into the theater for the folk art musical, a pleasant man handed each of us a piece of paper with words on it. "Now, sing up," he commanded with a jovial wink and grin. We settled into our seats with Merri Grace sitting to my right.
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Letters to the Editor
      Oposes senior housing Editor: This letter is being written in reference to the proposed construction of Waynesboro Senior Citizens Apartments to be built on the old Waynesboro Primary School property,
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