Other Voices
Snails and squid on the menu
Mitch Clarke
      A friend from Atlanta offered to take me to dinner in Buckhead at a restaurant with some kind of Japanese name. I forget the exact name, but it made me think of one of those places where an acrobatic chef in a white suit tosses knives, shrimp and vegetables into the air while simultaneously creat...
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All That's Fit to Print
Finish what you start
Brenda Wall
      The presidential primary season has been long and, at least for the Democratic Party, a few more months remain in the contest. It is interesting to see that some Democratic Party bigwigs are now asking one of the two remaining contenders to quit, to pack up the tent and head to the house.
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Mumbles
For some, it's been a long time!
Billy Fleming
      Stumbled across a statistic somewhere that said one in four high school graduates will attend a class reunion sometime in their lifetime to revisit the faces and places from their past. It's a good thing that statistic isn't three in four! We might have 1,800 people showing up this weekend instea...
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Blame it on the bossa nova
Alex McRae
      For those of you too young to remember, the title of this column is also the title of a 1963 pop song that hit #7 on the Billboard charts. The tune suggested the lovestruck singer couldn't control her wacky behavior because she was in the grip of the Brazilian dance for which the song is named.
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Shipp's Georgia
Brain vitamins for Democrats
Bill Shipp
      Dr. Drew Westen of Emory University may be peddling just the kind of medicine the Democratic Party of Georgia needs, but it's a bit expensive.
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'Earth Hour' sends deceptive message
By Dr. Lockitch Special to the News
      Last Saturday evening, cities around the world turned off their lights for one hour to "raise awareness about global warming." In observation of "Earth Hour," iconic landmarks such as the Sears Tower and the Sydney Opera House went dark, while participating individuals turned off residential light...
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From our Files
Bobcats open season with win
News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO April 2, 1998 PROUD parents Debra and Danny Hodges watched as their daughter Casie signed her letter of intent to attend Abraham-Baldwin College on a tennis scholarship. EIGHTEEN dogs competed in the first running of the Big Pine Plantation Field Trial in March. Cleve McFay's Ch...
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