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Global warming hysteria
The following article by Ted Henry was published in the Feb. 11 Cartersville Daily Tribune.
      Quite a few bad tornadoes hit the South this past week. You might have heard about them in between updates on all the important stuff like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and the latest on the death of Heath Ledger. (Who?) It didn't take long after the storms passed for Sen. John Kerry to come on M...
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Mumbles
A time to rekindle memories
Billy Fleming
      If you have already read the front page article about John R. Harris, I hope you came away wanting to read his book - or read it again. Sure, there are countless people out there, black and white, who defied the odds to make more out of their lives than anyone could have predicted.
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All That's Fit to Print
Help for the buttonless
Brenda Wall
      I'm taking a little break this week. Hope you don't mind a repeat. I miss my grandmother, the one who insisted on taking every new garment and resewing the buttons. I have a basket full of shirts and shorts needing her attention.
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Wedding bell blues alive and well
Alex McRae
      Ask anybody who's done it. Most will tell you that being married is a lot easier than getting married. Today, the "getting married" endeavor has gotten so bad it's even spawned a TV show called "Bridezillas.
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Shipp's Georgia
Are Democrats back from the dead?
Bill Shipp
      Proponents of a strong two-party state government ought to be jubilant at the outcome of Georgia's Feb. 5 presidential primary. The record turnout suggests that the state Democratic Party is on its way to becoming the comeback donkey.
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From our Files
Town Council decides to buy a mule
News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO Feb. 19, 1998 ED AND Natalie Norman of Blakely are proud to announce the birth of their son, Miles Edward Norman, born Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala. HABITAT for Humanity volunteers joined Calvin Barber in digging the footers for Blakely's first Habita...
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