Loran Smith, Author at LaGrange Daily News

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Roland Garros

With the finals of the French Open coming up this weekend, I will arise on Saturday and embark to my basement office and salute the ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, June 6, 2025 9:15 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Elberton

This is a place which has experienced considerable highlights through the years but remains one of those small towns with an appreciation for the past ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, May 30, 2025 9:00 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Rose, Shoeless Joe

The news about Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson will result in bringing about much verbiage for years to come.  Some will always regret Commissioner ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, May 23, 2025 9:15 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: David Cleghorn

I just read a book, written by a college teammate, which brought about an enthusiastic crescendo of respect for some of the most delightful prose ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, May 16, 2025 9:00 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Susan Holmes

When planning the final service for Susan Dykes Holmes, her family chose the biggest church in town, but it still was not big enough to ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, May 9, 2025 9:30 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Dooley Award

Late in his life as the lawsuits were making the NCAA’s life more miserable than ever and paying the players was bringing about consternation for ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, May 2, 2025 9:25 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: UGA Hall of Fame

Following World War II, one of the sports that Americans were eager to embrace was college football. The nation was anxious to return to normal ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Saturday, April 26, 2025 9:25 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Paul Cramer edits

Paul Cramer, a native of Clifton Park, N.Y., arrived in Athens in 1995, to finish building The Classic Center and start a convention hub and ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, April 25, 2025 9:20 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Planting in April

April is a good time for planting in Georgia—everything from the larger row crops such as cotton, corn, and peanuts to most anything that can ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, April 18, 2025 9:30 am

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: Masters for Thursday

As the Masters officially gets underway, I began my day (that it was mid-morning was not a deterrent) with a pimento cheese sandwich and a ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, April 11, 2025 9:30 am

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