Me and the gals at Art Stroll
Jacquie Brasher
      Another Art Stroll rolled by this past weekend. In fact, Art Stroll celebrated its first anniversary in Swainsboro on Saturday. I, for one, have enjoyed them tremendously, as have many local residents who have participated. I think I have viewed more art in one year in this town than I had in all ...
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On a wing and a prayer
Jack Atkinson
      In the summer preparation began in earnest and team members ran and continued their routine weight training. What was ahead? The 2007 football season for E.C.I., a class A team which had last had a regional victory in 1923 when leather helmets were used, quietly got underway. I remember the near r...
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Axiom: Don't hit women
Bill Shipp
      Conventional wisdom holds that the polls were all wrong about Barack Obama having a whopping lead over Hillary Clinton going into New Hampshire. Conventional wisdom errs. The polls were right when they were taken. The real mistake regarding Hillary was committed by her rivals John Edwards and Oba...
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What's in your pot?
Rev. Donna Ashworth
      Zechariah 14:20-21 says, "In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
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Glyphosate resistant pigweeds
News from the Farm
Mark Crosby
      On Tuesday, January 3rd, approximately 20 farmers from Emanuel County heard some news that they didn't want to hear. Dr. Stanley Culpepper, UGA Extension Weed Scientist for cotton, announced that Glyphosate resistant pigweeds (Palmer Amaranth) had been identified across the county line in Burke Co...
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Savvy Senior:
Enlarged prostate
      Dear Savvy Senior, I have been seeing advertisements on television about older men who have erratic bathroom problems because of prostate enlargement. What can you tell me about this and can it lead to prostate cancer?
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