Clayton News Daily | News for Monday, July 19, 2004

Flood still wet memory 10 years later - Kathy Jefcoats

I can't believe it has been 10 years since the Great Flood because I remember it so well. I was scheduled for surgery that week and spent a rainy Monday at the hospital in Macon getting pre-op tests run. Sometime that afternoon, all non-emergency surgeries in the city were canceled. It would be almost a year before I underwent that surgery but that's a whole other story.

Obituaries

July 19, 2004

Earnhardt Jr. burned in crash

By Mike Harris

Enjoying a new adventure - April Avison

I've spent some recent weekends satisfying my cabin fever by making a short weekend trip to visit some friends who work as raft guides at Cherokee Adventures on the Nolichucky River in Erwin, Tenn.

I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Demille - Bob Paslay

When I first got into this business, a friend of mine told me I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers. No one mentioned television.

Pen is mightier than the sword - Michael Davis

We'd all like to be remembered long after we're gone for something we wrote or said publicly. Something witty or profound. But lately, there hasn't been much of that.