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Columns April 23rd, 2008
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Pine Tree Festival kicks off this weekend
Wally Gallian
      This Saturday is the beginning of the much improved Pine Tree Festival. A staple of Emanuel County for nearly sixty years, the festival is undergoing a complete re-tooling designed to attract larger crowds and involve more local residents than ever before.
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How We'll Spend Earth Day
Janisse Ray
      To celebrate Earth Day one year, my husband dressed as a raven and I as an eagle, and we entered the wildlife parade in Sitka, Alaska. We were working there for a month. We dressed as the two birds in honor of the Tlingits, native people of the Alaskan coast, all of whom belong to and marry betwee...
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A Hospital Stay
Jack Atkinson
      My feet were very hot and I could see the clock which read 4:15 p.m. "Oh! I'm alive, I made it through" was my first recollection which quickly turned to my discomfort with feet burning up. The intensive care nurse could not hear me because there was still a breathing tube tucked into me along wit...
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DOT: Billion-dollar shortfalls- and Cupid
by BILL SHIPP
      Since last fall, Georgians have been treated to a spectacle from our state Department of Transportation. The rancor in the poisonous relationship between Gov. Sonny Perdue and House Speaker Glenn Richardson, RHiram, has never been higher than when the two were fighting over the replacement for for...
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Savvy Senior: Healthy Tips for Senior Travelers
      Dear Savvy Senior Can you offer any travel tips for health conscious seniors? My husband and I recently retired and are planning on doing some traveling both in the United States and abroad but worry about health issues, such as insurance, finding a good hospital if we get sick, etc. What can you...
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Hope in a Time of Despair
by REV. DOUGLAS HUTCHINSON
      In a time when it seems everything around us is falling apart and evil is running wild, and a time when the economy seems to be out of control it is comforting to know we still have hope.
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