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Today, dear readers, let us turn our attention to some serious monkey business currently taking place in the Great State of Georgia. And, no, I’m not talking about stolen elections and fake …
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Dick Yarbrough
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3/6/24
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My family were members of the First Methodist Church. My Grandfather frequently would be called onto pray and he would immediately drop to his knees and pray he did. It was a prayer from the heart of …
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La'Rose Tapley
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3/6/24
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All the rage now in internet purchasing is Temu. Everywhere you look, or don’t want to look but have to, is filled with “gotcha” sponsored sites. Most all seem to have one thing in common. If …
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La'Rose Tapley
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2/28/24
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It was deathly quiet and still. The sun was slowly dying in the west as it slipped behind the flaming, red horizon, while resting on thin mysterious clouds of pink, blue and gold. Soon, it would be …
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Ronnie Johnson
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2/28/24
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Who has the worst job in America? I don’t have any factual information to back it up, but if I had to throw one out there, I would say the poor souls who have to make a living doing surveys on the …
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Charles Schwabe
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2/28/24
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The old barn was empty now. The mules, plows and farming implements were long gone. But the feeble, old man sometimes enjoyed climbing up the well-worn steps into the loft and falling asleep on the …
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Ronnie Johnson
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2/14/24
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If you are trying to keep up with the national news right now, it may seem like this country of ours is sort of like that unguided robot vacuum cleaner. You know, the one that slowly moves around the …
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Charles Schwabe
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2/14/24
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How’s this for unbridled hypocrisy? Fani Willis, who is prosecuting Donald Trump and oth-ers for election fraud, said when running for the job as Fulton County district attorney that she would not …
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Dick Yarbrough
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2/14/24
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Way back yonder in the early days of TV land, there was a very popular game show called What’s My Line. If you remember that, please accept my congratulations. You’re doing well. At the age …
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Charles Schwabe
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2/7/24
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To: Sgt. Breonna Moffet. Sgt. William Jerome Rivers. Sgt. Kennedy Sanders:
I did not know you personally and the likelihood is that our paths might never have crossed. That does not …
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Dick Yarbrough
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2/7/24
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The only travel I experienced during my childhood years was within the limits of Emanuel County except for visiting my grandparents in Lyons and my uncle in Dublin. Yet I knew the state capital was a …
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Shirley Twiss
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2/7/24
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Last Thursday evening, January 25, a crowd of nearly 200 Emanuel County business folks and visitors from surrounding areas turned out for the 69th annual banquet of the Swainsboro-Emanuel County …
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Charles Schwabe
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1/31/24
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I saw a poll recently that says Georgians aren’t very interested in learning other languages. I don’t know what your excuse is but I’m still trying to master the language I already have. When I …
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Dick Yarbrough
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1/31/24
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This is about the time when we decided to improve our lifestyle and make some resolution. I am sure you gave the need for change as much thought as I did. So, how far are you along on the path of …
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Shirley Twiss
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1/31/24
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“Davos” is an annual gathering of the most elite world leaders, corporate captains, super rich industrialists, and most of the incredibly brilliant stars of the academic universe. It’s held in …
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Charles Schwabe
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1/24/24
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Shades of Laurel and Hardy. When something went awry in one of their slapstick movies Oliver Hardy would declare to hapless Stan Laurel, “This is a fine mess you've gotten us into.” This would …
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Dick Yarbrough
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1/24/24
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One fall day while Sol was doing some errands and I was washing clothes, I heard a loud boom that I thought had to be a gas explosion in our villa neighborhood. I ran to the door, all the while …
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La'Rose Tapley
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1/24/24
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Years ago, Barbara Mandrell had a hit country song “I was country when country wasn’t cool” that resonated with a man everybody called Uncle Shug in Garfield. He went a step further than Miss …
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Ronnie Johnson
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1/3/24
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According to the calendar, we are already two and a half days into our next 584 million mile trip around the sun, zipping along with the rest of our solar system neighbors. It’s a brand-new year, …
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Charles Schwabe
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1/3/24
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I am so conflicted these days. I haven’t been my usual sharp incisive self. Even the RITNOs (Republicans in Trump’s Name Only) must be wondering why I haven’t jerked their pompous, …
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Dick Yarbrough
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1/3/24
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