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My goldfinches are back this year. They cover the feeders by the dozens, scrambling and scratching for the fabulous Niger seed that I scramble and scratch to pay for. I don’t even mind refill...
EDITORIALS
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Dear Editor: Congratulations to Cpl. Brent Railey for his selection as Department of Natural Resources Ranger of the year for the state of Georgia. I have personally known Brent for many years, a...
2 months ago | 0 | 3 |
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It’s always good to hear kind words spoken about those in our community. Two recent incidents prompted out-of-towners to praise how LaGrange treated them. We heard from Pam McCurley of Syla...
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The Troup County school system touts the slogan, “It’s about learning.” Troup County, in general, could borrow the concept. For all of us, in today’s economy, “It...
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For years, Troup County commissioners have bemoaned a lack of money-generating opportunities and the resulting need to raise almost all local revenue via property taxes. LaGrange, on the other hand...
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LaGrange College President Dan McAlexander moved into his new office in renovated Banks Hall on Oct. 1. After three months on the job, he can finally unpack the boxes of photos and personal memorab...
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Troup County residents, especially those in West Point, have followed the heart-breaking stories of flooding across north Georgia with compassion - and comprehension. The tragic tales - losses of l...
LETTERS
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Dear Editor: Last week a beautiful young girl was kidnapped, sexually molested and murdered in California. And over the weekend the skeleton remains of another young girl, missing since last summ...
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Dear Editor: On Wednesday, debate on our continued military presence in Afghanistan finally occurred in the halls of congress, thanks to one of the few politicians in this country who hasn’...
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Dear Editor: Principles are not only important; they are essential elements to ground us and guide our choices and decisions. They reflect our deeply held values and should not be sacrificed for ...
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Dear Editor: Having been “born and raised” in the LaGrange-West Point area, I remember it well. I am also looking forward to “retiring” back down that way on the Lake - an...
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Dear Editor: Some recent right-wing letters to the editor have been oppressive, ignorant, racist and just plain sick. What causes conservative hostility to fairness in the most religious part of ...
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Dear Editor: It would appear that Mr. Mike Smith on Lincoln Street has at last found himself a like-minded pen pal to bash the Tea Party movement and its members and those who support the movemen...
MORE OPINIONS
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When the doctor told my daughter that back surgery couldn’t be put off any longer, it wasn’t the promise of severe pain or a long recovery that upset her. It was the missed volleyball s...
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Recently, Time magazine published a pair of articles questioning the value of college education. Let’s see if Time is onto something. In her article “College Degrees More Expensive, W...
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March 6, is my son Malachi’s 30th birthday. I never really felt old until now. My youngest child is now almost as old as I am. That’s pretty amazing. My son was only four when I start...
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Willa Cather got it right. In her wonderful novel “My Antonia,” the Nebraska-raised writer observed, “Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabb...
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By John Vollenweider A few weeks ago LaGrange lost a pillar of the community. Sometime in the night or the wee hours of the morning my friend, Doc, went quietly on to the next journey. You know...
10 days ago | 0 | 4 |
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“I don’t want things I can’t have.” “Do you live in America?” That was a three-second exchange in the comedy Mad Money. The movie was forgettable, but the li...
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