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As you know, we just experienced the worst stomach in some of our lives. We all have been traumatized by the experience. Storms have always been prevalent since the flood of Noah. But I am here to …
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10/9/24
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Can we do it? You and I? Can we be kind? More importantly, can we be kind at least once a day for a whole month? I didn’t think this idea up, but I wish I had because it is a great and much needed …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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9/25/24
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One hundred and sixty years ago, in the fall of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman left the charred devastation of the city of Atlanta and turned his combined army of 65,000 men south with the …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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9/25/24
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Are you happy? If so, I am happy. But you and I might be exceptions. I just read a report by WalletHub, a personal finance company, that ranks the 50 states on a number of metrics to determine which …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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9/18/24
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Every now and then we all take things for granted. It just happens, right? It doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, it just means you’re human. But it does happen, and when it happens for long …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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9/18/24
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The passing of Labor Day brings memories of school days. Today, schools start much earlier than in my school years. Since schools were not air conditioned, the beginning of school was hoped to be …
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SHIRLEY TWISS
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9/18/24
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In 1960, it cost about two dollars a month to get a copy of the Macon Telegraph or Atlanta Journal or the Savannah Morning News delivered to your front door every day. The minimum wage then was $1.00 …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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9/11/24
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Since we last discussed efforts to drill in our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide so that mankind will never experience life without toothpaste whitener, nothing has changed …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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9/11/24
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Finally, the waiting is all over. Labor Day, the traditional end of summer, is behind us. We are now officially in the throes of the rapidly approaching “national contest”. Sides have been …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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9/4/24
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Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December. But the days grow short when you reach September. Truer words were never spoken – or sung. I wish I had written those words, but they come from …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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9/4/24
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This is a column that has been in my heart for many years. Hopefully, there is someone who remembers the name, Lewis S. Proctor. He was a Justice of the Peace throughout my lifetime with him. This …
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SHIRLEY TWISS
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8/28/24
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Uncle Aubrey was divorced and had two children who came to visit us every other weekend. When they came, Momma would pick me up at school on Friday and we would drive about twenty miles to the little …
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LAROSE TAPLEY
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8/28/24
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Uh! Oh! I could tell by the sound of the phone who was on the other end. Skeeter Skates, owner and operator of the Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia. When Skeeter …
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DICK YARBROUGH
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8/28/24
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As Kamala Harris leaves the shelter of the White House and the honeymoon of the Democratic Convention in Chicago, she will face some serious headwinds that will likely surprise her with their …
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CHARLES SCHWABE
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8/28/24
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Dad Redding was a good sort of fellow to have around. He opened the store every morning before the streetlights were turned off, or the Atlanta newspapers were thrown onto the loading dock from the …
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Charles Schwabe
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8/21/24
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A point of personal privilege, please. Last week, the Georgia Board of Regents officially approved the Jane J. Yarbrough Nursing Fellowship at the Wellstar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State …
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Dick Yarbrough
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8/17/24
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For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. And you know the rest. That familiar proverb is my way of saying that for want of a word, a critical fact got botched. A …
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Dick Yarbrough
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8/15/24
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Cats. I never realized how important they are. I suppose they have their place in the world, but I confess, I never developed a meaningful relationship with a single one. I had a grandmother who …
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Charles Schwabe
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8/15/24
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After much soul-searching, thought and deliberation, I have decided to change careers . . .again. In today’s fast-moving business and political world, the most sought-after professionals and …
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Charles Schwabe
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8/7/24
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RING! RING! RING!
“Hello. This is Dick Yarbrough, your modest and much-beloved columnist speaking. How may I help you?
“Dickie, it’s your old pal, Artie!”
“Artie? Artie …
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Dick Yarbrough
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8/7/24
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