Everybody's problem
      Property crimes, especially armed robberies, have been on the increase in recent months-and not just here in Waynesboro and Burke County. The imploding economy and the loss of thousands of jobs across the country have placed families and individuals in unprecedented financial crises. Inevitably, c...
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RFD
      By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen It is still not too late to get your Celebrity Waiter tickets for the Oct. 9 event. The theme for this year's event is Battle of the Sexes and you can bet it will be a fun-filled evening with lots of great food.
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: Sept. 30, 1998 Burke County High School began requiring all students, faculty and staff to begin wearing identification cards. Principal Pat Henchy said it was part of an effort to increase security on campus.
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Bill Shipp
FOLLOWING RUSSELL'S FLIGHT PLAN?
      What would you do? Georgia's gasoline pumps have all but run dry. Prices have soared at the few stations still in business. The state's unemployment rate is running ahead of the national jobless rate, which over 6 percent and rising.
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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. Unsigned letters will not be...
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Don Lively
SAY IT SOUTHERN
      "He don't know the difference between a hay fork and a manure fork". The old cattleman was voicing his exasp eration about his farm hand who also happened to be his son. I chuckled because I'd never heard that particular lament before but there was no misunderstanding the meaning.
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Dixie Divas
IT'S HOW YOU SAY IT
      From my hotel room in Knoxville once, I phoned in to check on the girls: Mama and Dixie Dew. The first answered the phone, a bit weak in voice, and reported that her cough and congestion were noticeably better but she was still weak in body. Again, I reminded her that when recovering from the fl...
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Letter to the Editor
      Editor: Spousal abuse is on the rise. Millions are being abused daily. Thousands will not aknowledge it or report it. Spousal abuse is a very serious form of exploitation that will escalate when left untreated.
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Other Voices
THE ATLANTA TO TYBEE MOTOR TOUR
By F. Leslie Jenkins Burke's Banter Boy
      It was probably 1923 when a group of 169 people in 38 automobiles participated in The Atlanta Constitution's motor tour from Atlanta to Tybee Island. The group took a route through Thomson, Augusta, Waynesboro, Sardis and Sylvania to Savannah. They would make the return trip by way of States...
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