Relay For Life is next week
Wally Gallian
      "The American Cancer Society is the nation-wide community based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer,
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Pine Tree Festival: Then and Now
by JACK ATKINSON
      Growing up in the 1960's television brought us ticker tape parades of the astronauts when they returned from space. Every year we watched the Rose Parade on New Years Day. May brought us our own big parade: The Pine Tree Festival. Bands, floats, old cars all put together with a theme.
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Living the new life
Douglas Hutchinson
      Once again April is here. It is a time when all of nature takes on new life. The flowers bloom, grass begins to grow, trees spring forth with new leaves and a time when everything around us comes to life. It is also a great time to celebrate our new life in Christ.
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The Wanderer
by BILL SHIPP
      What did I tell you, Sonny? "Don't go to China." And what did you do, Sonny? You went to China. OK, so you made history too. You must be the first Georgia governor to sympathize with Communist China's policies regarding Tibet, and you even did it on Chinese soil. Your name will undoubtedly be etc...
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Savvy Senior
Prediabetes: What you should know
      Dear Savvy Senior My husband (who's 60) was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was shocked when the doctor told him that he's probably had it or prediabetes for many years. My question is what determines prediabetes and how can you know if you have it?
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Trapeze Show Benefits the Altamaha
by JANISSE RAY
      At a lecture in Athens over five years ago I was introduced to a beautiful woman with whom I had in common a river. Susan Majette Murphy was born in Jesup, just down the road from my home in Baxley, and had also grown up swimming, skiing, and otherwise loving the Altamaha River.
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Bits and Pieces
News from the Farm
by Mark Crosby, Emanuel County Extension Coordinator
      This week I want to cover several topics that are timely to farmers and gardeners of the area. High Fertilizer Prices High fertilizer prices are the talk of the town. Not just by farmers but also by gardeners and homeowners. Last week, a major source of phosphate fertilizer called DAP (di-ammon...
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