Healthcare for Kids
      One of the best ideas we've heard in a long time is the plan by some local agencies and the Burke County Public Schools to identify students with no health insurance and educate their parents about affordable healthcare programs.
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By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      I had the honor of attending Mr. Jack Sasser's funeral last Sunday. I say "honor," for it was an honor to know him. When I first learned about his death, I knew his earthly suffering was over. He was diagnosed with leukemia a few short weeks ago. My thoughts drifted to his family and friends and...
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Bill Shipp
HOW THE PALIN PLOY PLAYS HERE
      You will never see me write again that the Republican Party is the dumb party. Corrupt maybe, or hypocritical or tobacco roadish, but never dumb. The selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate was the slickest tactical move I have seen in politics. It took the wind right out of the D...
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We welcome your letters
      Letters to the editor of The True Citizen are welcomed and encouraged. These are pages of opinion, yours and ours. Letters to the editor voice the opinions of the newspaper's readers. The True Citizen reserves the right to edit any and all portions of a letter.
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Don Lively
NO LABOR DAY
      Another Labor Day has come and gone. More than just a sad reminder that Summer is nearly gone, the holiday was begun over a hundred years ago as a way to give working Americans a weekday off from their toils. I assume that the declaration stressed "working" citizens since the ones not working di...
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Dixie Divas
CATS OR POSSUMS
      You may recall past columns where I wrote of my friend, Stevie, who rescues distressed possums and then influenced me to do the same when I found an injured possum on my front porch. I wrote of that experience, noting how sweet the possum was and how Stevie and I should start a nonprofit for the...
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Letter to the Editor
Thanks, Councilman Byne
      Editor: I just want to thank Waynesboro City Councilman Dick Byne for all his help and support. He is not my councilman but is very helpful to me as a citizen. He gives advice and is very supportive. Whether the issue involves Mr. Byne or not, he cares and makes himself available to everyone i...
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