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Volunteers sought for RH Library
The Richmond Hill Library needs people power assistance. We're not looking for monetary donations, just a few people to help us with a clean-up, fix-up project. You may be aware that our current library building is now beginning to show signs of wear and while we hope to replace it with a new facility, that is for the future. The Library Manager, Kate Barker, and one of the Library Trustees, Marvin Back, are setting up ...
Is our coast going, going, gone?
I met Ian Adleman when he, as a reporter for the Waterside News, was covering one of The Dolphin Project surveys. Being an old codger I am totally distrustful of anyone under the age of 40. Ian is one of those exceptions you run across every now and then that gives you hope. Now that is saying a lot for a displaced snow bird bumming a ride on my boat!
It's time for something completely different
If there's a characteristic American trait, it's moving ahead. Our great 19th-century chronicler, Alexis de Tocqueville, noted how Americans would leave their new homes - onto the next thing! - even before they had a chance to finish the roofs.
Is job market losing steam?
Just when you might have thought things were getting better, state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond goes and rains on the parade.
We must conserve Georgia's future, water
It's been one year since Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson ruled in a lawsuit filed by Alabama and Florida that the Army Corps of Engineers exceeded their authority in allowing water withdrawals from Lake Lanier to meet the water supply needs of metro Atlanta's 3.5 million residents. In his order, Judge Magnuson made it clear that the only way to meet the needs of the metro area is for Congress to authorize Lake Lanier ...
Protect America's endangered coasts
Dave Rauschkolb took on the oil industry when it got personal – it threatened his beach and his business.
Why we need school vouchers
I am unalterably, unequivocally, and un-any other word you can conjure up opposed to school vouchers. I consider them somewhere south of Gov. George E. Perdue's beloved horse barn that got tanked earlier this year.
Arizona is only taking existing law seriously
The legal case against the Arizona immigration law is unassailable. The Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union argue that the law impermissibly "conflicts with federal law and enforcement priorities," in the words of the ACLU suit. And who can disagree? Clearly, Arizona's priority is to enforce the nation's immigration laws; the federal government's priority is to ignore them as much as possible. Case closed. In his recent immigration speech, President Barack Obama warned ...
New laws are for your own good
This month, local and state authorities began enforcing a handful of new driving laws. In a nutshell, there's no texting or reading e-mails while behind the wheel, even if you're at a stoplight. And drivers younger than 18 can't use cell phones, period. In addition, the new law requiring seat-belt use in pickups (except those used for agricultural purposes) is now on the books and enforceable. Police around the state are expected to begin ...
County becoming more user-friendly
A tip of the hat is in order for the Bryan County Board of Commissioners, which voted to become more "user friendly" Tuesday -- though perhaps not in so many words.
On ham, grits and cell phones
MOULTRIE - We're all sitting there at the breakfast club, and someone begins talking about his new cell phone. It can do a lot of stuff, but it can't pour coffee nor can it scramble my sausage and eggs into my grits. So I'm left with some comfort zone. What I mean is, I don't think my life is totally about advanced technology and gizmos. There are still books to be read, there are still sticks to be whittled and there are still songs to be sung in the shower.
Cloak of secrecy at Energy Department
The recent acceptance of $8.3 billion in taxpayer-backed loan guarantees by the builders of the Vogtle nuclear reactors seems like good news for Georgia electric customers. Nationwide taxpayers will now share in the costs and risks that had been on the shoulders of the customers of the utilities building the two reactors.
(Drama) King James put on quite a show
The sporting world has lost its mind. During a primetime media spectacle Thursday night on ESPN, NBA star LeBron James announced he will leave the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat. The fanfare swirling around the event, the palpable buzz it generated and the press' exaggerated analysis of the six teams stumbling over each other to woo "King James" was downright embarrassing.
Tea Party storm brewing
It appears there is some dissension in the ranks in Georgia Tea Party territory. Either that, or they not only don't like the way government does its job, they don't like each other very much, either.
OMG, the Dog Days are here
This time of year is referred to as "Dog Days." That is because state government feels that in appreciation for your tax contributions this is a great time to hound you with a bunch of new laws, regulations and similar irritations that usually become effective July 1. Hence, Dog Days.
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Sticking up for what is right
I'm a bit old-fashioned when it comes to values. Now, mind you, I'm not talking about politics here; I try to steer clear of hot-button issues when it comes to this column. However, I could see how the two could become easily confused or even intertwined.
Diary details Lincoln assassination
Charlie Tinker, according to his diary, was feeling poorly on the morning of April 15, 1865. He had left the office April 12 and gone home to bed. A doctor visited and said he must stay in bed since he had an intermittent fever.
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