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Keeping Atlanta wet
Bill Shipp
      Georgia is the nation's sixth fastest growing state on a percentage basis and the fourth fastest growing on a numeric basis. The Peach State population is spiraling upward at an annual rate of nearly 15 percent per year. Close to 40 counties - mostly in north Georgia - exceed the 15 percent grow...
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A hypothetical cat conversation
Dharma & Viking
      Viking: Hey, I heard mom's mom is coming to visit! Did you hear that, Dharma? Did you? Huh? Did you? Does that make her my grandmother? Huh? Hey, yoo hoo! Are you asleep? Dhaaaaarma! Dharma: Shut up. Viking: You're awake! Oh, good. I need to ask you a few questions about grandma. What's she like...
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Freezing fruits and vegetables
Mary White
      Freezing is one of the easiest, most convenient and least time-consuming ways to preserve foods at home. The extreme cold stops growth of microorganisms and slows down changes that cause spoilage and affect quality in food. To do a good job, follow some easy rules.
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Discovering your potential, Part II
Rev. Morris Brantley
      This week, I would like to come from the same book of the Bible that I used last week. Psalm 139: 2,3,7, and 17 says, "Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Whither shal...
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Savvy Senior
Heart Disease in women: Are you at risk?
      Dear Savvy Senior, You rarely hear about women dying from heart attacks, but it recently happened to my 61-year-old sister who experienced no previous symptoms. My questions are, how common is heart disease in women, what are the warning signs of a heart attack for women and, knowing my sisters h...
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Looking back..
      5 Years Ago Swainsboro Middle School student Maryanna Durden's plan to organize a cleanup crew and promote the city's recreation department made her the winner of Georgia Municipal Association's "If I Were Mayor, I Would" essay contest for the 10th Congressional district.
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Notes from the Senate..............
By SEN. JACK HILL 4TH DISTRICT
      Georgia's April revenues have been awaited with much anticipation. Through March, the state had been treading water, projecting little or no surplus over projections. April continued the downward trend in Revenue Collections. Net Tax Collections for the month declined 1.9% or $25.6 million comp...
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