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Eds: New approach. Updates with details on natural gas supplies, analyst comments and fresh prices. Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: Jan. 27 The Telegraph, Macon, Ga., on the redirection of state fees: Georgia has been at the forefront of budget cutting throughout the Great Recession. There is no corner of state government that has not had to take one for the team. Unfortunately, this has also meant that fees paid by taxpayer...
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MONA CHAREN
MONA CHAREN Drop the Middle Class Talk In 1992, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton built his campaign for the White House on doing more for the “forgotten middle class.” Calling it the “new covenant” (Democrats since Roosevelt have tried to work the words “new” or “deal” into their campaign slogans), Clinton promised to focus on the people he called “the backbone of the country, the ones who do the work and pay the taxes and send their children ...
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Examining life’s litttle mysteries
Examinin C is for conundrum (kuh-NUHN-druhm): anything that puzzles. I always enjoy a good riddle or puzzle, but riddles and puzzles have solutions. A conundrum is something deeper, more profound, and the answer is often difficult to come by. The word itself sounds heavy, dark, and intimidating. Conundrums can be philosophical and can spark fiery debate. For example, the question “Do the ends justify the means?” doesn’t have a pat answer. ...
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Linda Buchanan
A tribute to Charles Hudson, others of his generation
I write this as a tribute to Mr. Charles Hudson. And as I do so I think he’d appreciate the inclusion of several others of his generation who contributed greatly to your community, gentlemen who I was privileged to know during my time there. Because it’s the power of the collective that made Charles such a force for good and I am reminded of how the synergy of any group of dedicated people can in fact multiply the ideas and deeds of a few to m...
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Cathy Sargent
Alphabet Soup: The letter ‘B’
B is for bibliophile Bibliophile: one who loves or collects books. I became a bibliophile way before I learned the word. As a youngster I read everything from the requisite “Nancy Drew” mysteries and “Little House” series to the campy paperbacks based on the “Dark Shadows” TV show to more sophisticated fare such as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Jane Eyre” and “Rebecca.” Nancy, Laura, Jane and Scout were and still are good role models for a gir...
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John A. Tures
Developing a good theory doesn’t involve a lot of ‘bull’
In the movie “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” Harrison Ford and his son find themselves careening through a university library on a motorcycle, being chased by Russian agents. As the motorcycle comes to a stop in front of a desk, a nerdy student looks up and asks Professor Jones an academic question about archaeology. Indiana gives the answer, and then insists that the student go out in the field to evaluate theories. “Y...
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Steven Bowen
LaGrange great reminds us that life does circle back around to us
Through the years, I’ve received a number of inspiring letters from many of you. But I don’t know if I’ve ever received one that hit home any more than one I received back in 2006. It was from Mrs. Glenda Major, wife of longtime LaGrange doctor Cecil Major. Over the years, I’ve pulled this story out more than a few times to share with my students, and I recently shared it with all the teachers in our school district in our weekly “Hawk Talk”...
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Pepper Ellis Hagebak
Despite Mama’s compliment, singing career not in future
When I was a girl, I loved to hear Mama sing. She had a sweet, untrained voice, just made for singing old mountain ballads and folk songs. When I was in grade school, I started to sing along with her on occasion. My favorite song at the time was Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode To Billy Joe.” I was all caught up in the mystery of what that girl and Billy Joe MacAllister got up to on Choctaw Ridge, and what they’d thrown into the river that had caused Bi...
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Bill Kennedy
This Presidential election bids to be the most exciting in decades
Nominating the Republican candidate for President is giving us the most exciting primary season in decades. Gingrich’s decisive win in South Carolina has demonstrated Southern Republicans refuse to accept Mitt Romney as their candidate. This was a far more conservative turnout than the one that buoyed Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire. According to the exit polls conducted by TV networks more than 6 in 10 voters identified themselves as born-...
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Andrea Lovejoy
Don’t want to think of world without him in it
As someone who spends considerable time seeking – and rarely finding – the perfect words to express a thought, I am always impressed when somebody, with no time to dwell on it, finds exactly the right words on an important subject. Troup County Archives director Kaye Minchew did just that last week when a Daily News reporter, writing a front page news story on the death of Charles Hudson, asked her to characterize his remarkable life. Minche...
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Creighton Kelly
Great men of our generation, what will their legacy be?
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I am old enough to have the opportunity to read books about great men of my generation. Of course, greatness is usually measured far past the life of one, as that is part of the measure. Was the work significant? Did others benefit? Was there purpose? We recently lost one of the great leaders of our community, Charles Hudson. I did not know this man very well, personally, however, I did know him and had...
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Thomas H. Hunkele
Predestination would invalidate journey of life
Both of them were standing on the dock watching the sun go down. Sunset is a glorious thing indeed. Billy-Bob turned to his buddy Mason and said, “I thought you wanted her to leave?” Turning towards the quiet and tranquil lake, Mason replied, “That’s what I prayed for” and after a brief pause continued, “but not what I really wanted.” Billy-Bob reached out and placed his hand on Mason’s right shoulder and said, “We have to be careful wha...
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Shane Starr
Moving is always a bittersweet experience
My daughter and her husband are moving to a new house up in South Carolina. As an adult veteran of eight relocations, I consider myself to have above-average experience on the general subject, and I hope that she feels free to draw on my expertise. The first phase of moving involves packing everything at the old house. The length of time this takes is a function of two things: (1) the size of your house, and (2) how much interesting stuff yo...
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Alphabet Soup, part one
“Words, words, words,” replied Hamlet sarcastically when asked what he was reading. This was an unexpected answer, but certainly not untrue. The most beautiful prose and poetry ever written, the most inspiring speeches, were created by people who had a talent for putting exact words together in powerful ways. Mark Twain said, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – it’s the difference between...
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John A. Tures
It’s just like getting married all over again
Usually when it’s time for the local school fundraiser, there’s a collective groan. It isn’t so much the money, which goes to a good cause, but the time … and perhaps the event itself. Growing up, I remember being dragged to the annual school auction, which was BORING! The only break in the hours of monotony seemed to come from my fellow conspirator Dan, my brother, when we made a sport of writing in bids on items just a little bit higher th...
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