November 4, 2009 / Other News

Dying to shop at Walmart

Other Voices

For many years, my mother, bless her heart, has instructed my brother and me on exactly what we’re supposed to do when she’s no longer with us. More...

All That’s Fit to Print

My hour lost and found

We participated in trick or treating this year, not as tricksters but as treaters. It’s been a long time since I’ve doled out candy to costumed kids and it wasn’t half bad. More...

Stay off the road in your La-Z-Boy

Stories like this turn me absolutely green with envy. It’s probably a guy thing. Most men couldn’t fix a dead car engine if their lives depended on it. And most would give anything if they could. I’m one of them. More...

Waging war against the press

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed — if all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth.” — George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3. More...

What a bunch of... potatoes?

James “Whistle” Summerset brought this bunch of sweet potatoes by our office the past week. He grew these at his home in Hentown and dug them up Oct. 23. More...

Pilot Club puts fans in park

Louise Jones and Dot Willis recently presented two ceiling fans to Kolomoki Mounds State Park superintendent Matt Bruner as a gift from the Pilot Club of Blakely. More...

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Mumbles

Still can’t get there from here

Anybody got any strings they can pull? It would be nice if we could give them a yank and expedite the funding of the final leg of the four laning of U.S. 27. More...

LETTER

Dear Mr. Fleming, More...

Capital Impact

Something bad is in the air

Politicians are often accused of “putting the fox in charge of the hen house” — of giving someone with a vested interest in an issue control over how that issue is resolved. More...

Relay for Life successful in Calhoun County

The finale for the recent Calhoun County Relay for Life was Friday, Oct. 16 at the Calhoun County football field. A large crowd was on hand for games, food and fellowship. More...

Blakely Senior Center

310 Meadowbrook Drive

Daily Events Nov. 9 — Rhythm band practice - 10:30-11:30. Lunch: Pepper steak and brown gravy, winter mix, glazed yams, wheat roll, fresh fruit. More...