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If you were born between 1946 and 1964, you are an official member of the “baby boomer” generation. Your parents belong to what has been termed the “greatest generation”. It is important to …
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Charles Schwabe
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7/24/24
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For those of you with some walking-around knowledge of what goes into this space each week, you know that I write what I mean and mean what I write. But today, I am going to walk back something I …
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Dick Yarbrough
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7/24/24
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I was a little more stunned than surprised, Saturday afternoon when I heard the news from Butler, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump has made a lifelong mission out of courting attention. Good or bad, …
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Charles Schwabe
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7/17/24
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The first step in planning a trip today is finding an interstate highway. This direct route is easier and faster than driving a collection of several two-lane highways. Interstates enable you to …
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Shirley Twiss
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7/17/24
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The things one learns while doing the kind of deep-dive research required to provide you with cutting-edge material that you can toss out to your amazed friends at the next church …
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Dick Yarbrough
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7/17/24
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This week, the week after July 4th, is one of the busiest times of the year. Oh yes, it’s a well-known fact. You might think it’s the slow, sleepy days of summer, but actually, there is a …
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Charles Schwabe
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7/10/24
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The school term has ended. Seniors have graduated. Juniors are looking forward to being in grade twelve and enjoying the festivities of their senior year. However, the year 1951 changed the …
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Shirley Twiss
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7/10/24
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Let’s face it. The Vietnam War was not our finest hour. The Greatest Generation that took on Germany and Japan in World War II and prevailed came home and spawned a Not-So-Great Generation who put …
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Dick Yarbrough
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7/10/24
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Life is made up of good days and bad. No matter who you are, we all have them. Good days are often taken for granted, but bad days can really leave a mark. Last Thursday, President Joe Biden had a …
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Charles Schwabe
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7/3/24
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Did you miss me? I hope so because if you didn’t the editors would probably say why are we running a guy nobody reads and who has never figured out that you are supposed to use in-definite articles …
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Dick Yarbrough
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7/3/24
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I guess it’s a good thing that we are about to have a debate this week between the two candidates for President. They say more people will watch Thursday night than watched the Super Bowl. Good, we …
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Charles Schwabe
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6/26/24
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Next door to Uncle Aubrey’s house was Big Momma and Big Daddy’s house. It was the same house where my Momma lived when she was in high school. Just down the street in front of their house, was …
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LaRose Tapley
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6/26/24
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Reading the Journal of Two Centuries of Swainsboro, filled my heart-felt memories with people and places that had brought me joy. My last two columns were filled with a person and a place. Next to …
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Shirley Twiss
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6/26/24
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This Thursday will be the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On the sixth of June 1944, over seventy-five thousand American soldiers, sailors, and airmen along with other allied troops landed on the beaches …
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Charles Schwabe
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6/5/24
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Dear Representative Buddy Carter:
Your appearance a couple of weeks ago before the Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittee in Washington of which you are not a member but were allowed to …
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Dick Yarbrough
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6/5/24
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Congratulations and Happy Birthday to the City of Swainsboro, my forever hometown as we celebrate 200 years. A huge thank you to The Forest-Blade for making sure that I received a copy of this …
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Shirley Twiss
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6/5/24
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Momma went to work after I started school. She was a beautician and took pride in making women look pretty. Now, getting a perm in your hair in those days meant getting a PERMANENT wave. It was an …
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LaRose Tapley
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5/29/24
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Seventy-eight years ago, I stood curbside as a few floats circled the courthouse square. I had no comprehension of what this was or would become. I do not recall if SHS had a band at that time. I do …
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Shirley Twiss
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5/29/24
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We are now unofficially into the summer season. Memorial Day weekend, they say, is the unofficial start of summer. In just a little over four months, you can start voting early for your next …
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Charles Schwabe
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5/29/24
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If anyone in the governor’s office or Twin Pines LLC is listening, my open letter to Gov. Brian Kemp regarding the oxymoronic Environmental Protection Division’s consideration to allow drilling …
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Dick Yarbrough
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5/22/24
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