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Ending the drag of cigarettes - Heather Middleton
I'm a smoker trying to become a non-smoker – again.
Looking at Reagan from a little to the left - Clay Wilson
I guess I haven't moved as far left as I thought.
Seeing Reagan close up made lasting impression - Bob Paslay
The death of Ronald Reagan got me to thinking about how many presidents I had actually seen in person. Jaded journalists will tell you they don't pay any attention to famous people, they are just news stories to cover. Me, I am different. I like meeting famous people, seeing them close up.
Housing, businesses on rise in Clayton
By Kevin Liles
Can't-miss favorites miss badly
By Jeffery Armstrong
Your keyboard is under attack - Rob Felt
If you're reading this online, take a quick glance down at your faithful keyboard. If you're reading this in print, close your eyes and imagine what it looks like. (If you can read with your eyes closed send me an e-mail.) OK, got it?
Looking for a subject through the lens - Zach Porter
Looking around at a demonstration I was covering in Brunswick, Ga. during the G-8 summit I was straining my eyes to find the protesters out of a sea of media and spectators. It seems there were more people taking pictures than actually participating in the protest. Even the demonstrators had cameras and high-tech digital camcorders with all the bells and whistles. It was hard to get a photo without getting 10 other cameras coming into my frame. If one photogenic and animated protester began to shout something everybody with a camera swarmed that individual. Is the media so over-saturated that it outnumbers the people at the event it is covering?
Interstate bridge jumpers concern authorities
By Ed Brock
My cousin's barber's vet's ... - Greg Gelpi
Shy as I am and addicted to work, my roommate invited me to join Friendster, an online community, in an effort to push me out of my shell.
Religion limits the unbounded - R.H. Joseph
It is hardly surprising that a representative of the Republican Party, that bastion of Christian fundamentalist zealotry, is calling upon the Supreme Court to provide a definition of religion. (Will Jews be required to wear arm bands again?)
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June 17, 2004
Trotter vows to resubmit Pulliam complaint
By Greg Gelpi
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Security guard shoots teen
By Ed Brock
Board, officials retreat for summer
By Greg Gelpi
Remembering Reagan, Ray Charles - Kathy Jefcoats
I am not sure what to write about this week. President Reagan died after I wrote my column last week and I think the time to fully pay tribute to him has passed by now. Ray Charles died Thursday. I was almost as saddened by that news as Reagan's death. To say I love his version of "Georgia" doesn't do justice to the emotions that sweep over me when I hear that deep, rich voice extolling the natural virtues of this beautiful state. When I lived in South Carolina for a year and returned to Georgia for visits, just seeing the welcome sign, "We're glad Georgia's on your mind," filled me with warmth and a feeling of coming home. Now that I am back, I don't think I would live anywhere else unless it is New York.
CCSU basketball camp nets 40 teams
By Jeffery Armstrong
Raceivers to be made mandatory
By Anthony Rhoads
White named Georgia History Teacher of the Year
By Greg Gelpi
Alas, the excesses of youth - Ed Brock
It was enough to make me become a Republican.
Justice Department wants answers on ordinance
By Ed Brock