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Put on your walkin' shoes
Other Voices
Mitch Clarke
      We all need to walk more. We won't, of course. We love our big ol' SUVs too much, and we love the convenience, not to mention the air conditioning, our cars give us. Not even $3-agallon gasoline has changed our habits much. But we all need to walk more.
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Another tip of the hat, too
Mumbles
Billy Fleming
      A tip of the hat to the EC 2055 folks who worked long and hard to pull off this past weekend's block party and film festival. Saturday's activities got off to a somewhat slow start, in part because of the rain forecast, and in part because a lot of folks had no intentions of spending all day on t...
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Life is a playground
All That's Fit to Print
Brenda Wall
      The administrators at a school in Colorado Springs has decided their elementary age students can't play tag anymore. The students can run on the playground, they just can't chase each other. Bummer. Apparently, some children ended up being "it" more than others. And, some children felt they were ...
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LETTERS
Success at back-to-school bash
      Dear Community, On Wednesday, July 25 the "Back to School Bash" was enjoyed by many students and parents. This event was a great success and those who helped make it possible are to be applauded. The event spearheaded the Peanuts to Pencils School Supply Drive hosted by Family Connections FACES a...
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Sympathy for a Southern sister state
Alex McRae
      Dear Governor Barbour, I can only imagine the horror you felt when you opened the papers recently to see the most scandalous piece of Mississippi news since Dec. 12, 1957, when Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13-year-old cousin up there in Hernando. Right there in bold print for all the world to see:...
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Dead end, watch for danger ahead
Shipp's Georgia
Bill Shipp
      This summer we have watched Gov. Sonny Perdue and other Georgia political leaders fight about health care and the state tax code, as well as engage in personality conflicts that come from stuffing too many oversized egos in one building, even if the building is as big as the state Capitol.
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Concerns and worries about Hillary
Other Voices
Robert Novak
      Many of the Democratic congressmen who ousted Republicans in marginal House districts last year privately express concern about the impact on their re-election prospects if Hillary Clinton is nominated for president. Because of the strong possibility that Sen. Clinton indeed will be the party's c...
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Lions begin work on birthday calendar
From our Files
News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO Sept. 11, 1997 STATE officials are lauding Georgia's 1997 students for an above average increase in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores last year. Local educators are even more pleased because Early County High School students scored a full 22 points above the state average.
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