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Editorial April 1, 2009  RSS feed
Watch for predators
      These hard economic times seem to be bringing out both the best and the worst in people. The NBC Nightly News has been running a series on ways individuals and groups have found to help people who have been impacted by the recession. The stories have been heartwarming and uplifting. We have seen individual acts of kindness by ordinary citizens toward total strangers.
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RFD
      I attended the memorial service for Mrs. Nell Byne last Saturday and it was awesome! Many would ask how could a memorial service be awesome? If you knew Mrs. Byne you know she lived her life for her Lord and Saviour. She was dedicated to winning more souls for Christ, especially young women. I first met Mrs.
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Bill Shipp
THE RAT RETURNS
      Remember "The Rat" - a giant Godzilla-like creature that stalked the Georgia TV-scape nearly 10 years ago? The monster - a guy in a rat suit - starred in the darnedest political commercial Georgia had ever seen.
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Don Lively
LAUGHING WITH THE LORD
      Going to church, especially in the small country congregations of the Blessed South, was always a very severe exercise. Solemn and somber. No room for humor or delight. After all, church was where you came to be spiritually whupped, twice on Sunday, once midweek, not to be entertained or amused.
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Dixie Divas
WISDOM ACCORDING TO THE LIFE OF ME
      Readers have often reassured me that among their favorite columns are the ones in which I share the wisdom passed down to me by my parents. But just this morning I got to thinking: I have some wisdom, too, that I can share. This much I have come to know in life: Wisdom is accumulated through much trying and toil.
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Other Voices
EVOLUTION?????
      Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This simple yet profound question has plagued mankind for years untold. Science, especially, stands mystified even today though it adheres to the theory of evolution. Simple folk know the answer, but are ridiculed by the elite. How can there be an egg without a chicken? How can there be a chicken without an egg?
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Don't be an April fool when it comes to your economic recovery payment
      No one likes being the target of an April fool's prank. If you're receiving Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, don't let anyone fool you regarding your special one-time recovery payment of $250 from the
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Weekly Legislative Report
SENATE RENEWS CALL FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION
      As the debate continued this week over the future of transportation funding in Georgia, the Senate held its ground on the position that a regional solution paid for by dollars raised within those regions is the appropriate direction to take.
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