Enough is enough
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Mitch Clarke
      The latest news story about something that could kill me has led me to a decision. I'm no longer going to read news stories about things that could kill me. You probably saw the story I'm referring to in the paper last week.
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Snakes and bees are back
All That's Fit to Print
Brenda Wall
      Some weeks, the words just don't come. This is one of those weeks. Here's a rerun from last year, but with snake and bee season upon us, it's still timely. Monday evening was nature night. Mamacita, normally lethargic after she nibbles at her overpriced cat food, sat on the screened porch transfi...
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If barber shop walls could talk
Mumbles
Billy Fleming
      I was wrong! I wasn't the last to spray paint his class spirit on the old water tank when I scribed "Class of 64." One reader, Raymond Wiley, dropped me a line to say that he and Guy Stanley did the honors for the class of '67, remembering that Blakely was a pretty sight at night from up there.
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Olympic flame gets a global toasting
Alex McRae
      Ahhh ... China. Ancient. Mysterious. Inscrutable. A land of breathtaking beauty, steeped in tradition and history. A people of grace and charm and culture. Except for that part about eating with a set of sticks ... but let's not get bogged down on trivia.
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GOP chiefs brush off big biz allies
Shipp's Georgia
Bill Shipp
      Since last week's crashing finish of the 2008 session of the General Assembly, the media has been full of various state leaders lamenting the lack of productivity and the egotistical rancor of various Gold Dome politicians.
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Does McCain pass the Republican test?
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Matt Towery
      In last week's column I suggested that John McCain might be given "the (Bob) Dole" treatment by party insiders - halfhearted support, in other words. That led to the usual emails from around the country. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but often I don't know where they even come from.
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County celebrates Georgia's bicentennial
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      10 YEARS AGO April 16, 1998 EARLY COUNTY Administrator Spencer Mueller was elected president of the Georgia City-County Management Association during the group's annual meeting in Athens earlier this month. THE YARD of the Month has been awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Mock by the Blakely Gard...
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