Other Voices
New and improved?
Mitch Clarke
      I spent 10 minutes wandering the dog food aisle of the grocery store this week, searching for the brand I've been buying for Glory, the black and white Springer spaniel who has lived at my house since she was just a pup. About the time I was ready to give up and buy a different brand, I finally f...
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He made more than I did!
Mumbles
Billy Fleming
     Thank you, thank you very much! for that roaring, standing ovation from our Bulldog friends. All that loud noise you heard Saturday night wasn't coming from the Auburn fans in the Swamp. A good bit of it was coming from Athens and other locations in the Bulldog Nation. Sorry again Charlie!
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All That's Fit to Print
7,696 and counting
Brenda Wall
      This week marks this newspaper's 149th year of operation. With my feeble math skills, I figured that over 7,600 editions have hit the newsstands since the first paper rolled out in 1859. That's a lot of ink and paper. I learned long before I started filling this space of the importance of a commu...
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Class ring's gone ... but not forgotten
Alex McRae
      As jewelry goes, it wasn't much. As a status symbol, it was priceless. For me and a few hundred close friends, the Tuesday after Labor Day marked the beginning of our last year of high school. But we didn't consider ourselves official "seniors" until the class rings were delivered.
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Springfield school history, anyone?
LETTER
      Dear editor, Many folks lived and still do live in Early county. It is a great part of our country. I just wanted to know if any one out there would remember going to Springfield School at the Springfield community. The school was on what is now Highway 39.
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Shipp's Georgia
Reviewing Sonny's national strategy
Bill Shipp
      No one chuckled, hooted or even applauded much when Gov. Sonny Perdue started his spiel. By the time he finished, I am told that at least two guys had to leave the room to keep from falling down laughing. That may be an exaggeration, but our governor did say some pretty funny things.
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Let's shine a light on the dark side of lead
By Harold Brown University of Georgia
      Since the time of the Romans - and probably before - lead's desirable properties led to its use in many products and in large quantities. Until the 1960s, lead was pervasive in America's environment and its people.
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