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Editorials May 14, 2008
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Mumbles
Next year it will be croquet
Billy Fleming
      It was a weekend for building memories, this past Mother's Day weekend. Give me a minute, I'm counting... 14, not counting the dogs! They weren't all at our house at the same time, though there were a couple of times it seemed like it.
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All That's Fit to Print
Noah and his creatures
Brenda Wall
      I was cruising the news, looking for column fodder when I stumbled across a study launched by Missouri biologists. The group plans to follow the migration of snakes and to study just how many are RBC (runover by car) each year. The scientists are looking at ways to protect the snakes. My mama is r...
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Let's do it again
      Dear everyone, What a wonderful walk down memory lane for all at the recent tri-decade reunion! I was shocked that so many were there and mad at the ones who weren't there. Familiar faces, warm smiles and good hugs gave me a thrill that I am still thinking about.
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Fly flags at half-staff
      Dear editor, Public law 103-322 was passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. It declared May 15 of each year as "Peace Officers Memorial Day" and stated that all American flags be flown at half staff.
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Golf helps troops relax
      I recently sent out an email to a few family members and close friends requesting used golf balls for my soldiers stationed in Iraq. People routinely ask how they can help my soldiers. The truth is that the food and facilities are fine. Fifteen months of long, hot, and tough days can wear down you...
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Don't underestimate the small job
Alex McRae
      Spring has sprung and along every path and parcel of the fruited plain Americans call home, things are stirring. New flowers peek from beneath the earth's sandy slipcover. Trees are trying on their new green coats and every bird and beast is preparing a checklist of warm weather activities.
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Shipp's Georgia
Where is Sam now? Could he help Obama?
Bill Shipp
      Where is Sam Nunn now that Barack Obama really needs him? Former Sen. Nunn's endorsement and support were fine for the primary. Obama swept Georgia, which might have happened anyway. Nunn hasn't been heard from much since he publicly joined the Obama parade. But his presence has not been needed in...
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Other Voices
House of cards starts to collapse: Clinton can't survive the coup
Matt Towery
      It was over a year and a half ago that I wrote the first story suggesting that a move in the date of the Florida presidential primary, then just a rumor in Tallahassee, would likely shake up the entire presidential race. It did.
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From our Files
Ground broken for new classrooms at SGA
News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO May 14, 1998 GROUND was broken Friday morning at Southwest Georgia Academy on construction of a new lunchroom and four new classrooms. LOCAL physician Betty Strong, M.D., has been elected the new chief of staff at Early Memorial Hospital.
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