Honoring Judge Ruffin
      Last week's event honoring Georgia Court of Appeals Judge John H. Ruffin, Jr. produced a gathering of legal firepower unprecedented in this county.
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: April 8, 1998 Augusta attorney Duncan Wheale announced his candidacy for Superior Court Judge in the Augusta Judicial Circuit. He was the first candidate to seek the post being vacated by Judge Bernard Mulherin.
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      I believe we still take for granted the amenities of living in a small town. On the way to work Monday morning I had to drop off a tire at the repair shop. Upon arriving home from church Sunday my husband, Eddie, discovered a screw in the side of my tire and he knew when he pulled it out it would...
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Steven Rice
GOD PLEASE STEER
      For Christmass, I received a GPS thingamajig that I can place in my car and never again need a map. For the uninitiated, GPS stands for Global Positioning System, and that little box you stick to your windshield basically chats with a satellite and tells you what road you're on and how to get to ...
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Bill Shipp
GLENN WINS BY LOSING
      Let's hear a thunderous round of applause followed by an earsplitting rebel yell for House Speaker Glenn Richardson. He is clearly the winner of the 2008 legislative wars. He also is the runaway victor in the first round of the Main Event for Governor, 2010.
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Don Lively
CALLING UP TURKEYS
      My nephew and I have had a running discussion about turkey hunting. My position was, the big goofy birds can't be that hard to hunt if the Indians killed them with rocks or bows and arrows. The settlers managed to bag plenty of them with the unreliable old blunderbusses that they shot.
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Dixie Divas
CRAZY RUNS PROUD THROUGH THE SOUTH
      Not long ago I was asking a friend of mine, who has a private jet, about his long-time pilot whom I have known fondly for many years and flown with on several occasions. H e answered with a story of how the pilot, a few hours after landing with him one day, had a stress-related mental mishap tha...
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Letters to the Editor
      Sardis chief responds Editor: I am writing in reference to the Over the Fence comment from the person thinking that Sardis police patrol other counties. Law Enforcement agencies across the country are very short staffed. From Augusta to Savannah Law Enforcement is very short handed. Few good ...
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