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HUNT COLUMN: Educational Alphabet Soup

By Cathy Hunt Retired Troup County teacher and current school board member The GMAS is coming! The GMAS ...

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EVANS COLUMN: Saying farewell after seven years in LaGrange

When I first had the opportunity to move to LaGrange, I remember driving through the city for the ...

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KING COLUMN: A wonderful weekend spent in a purple mansion

Last weekend was a colorful one for Jean and me. We spent two nights in a purple mansion ...

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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Some sweet talk about the Vidalia onion

Let’s face it. We’re a blessed people. Not only do we have the oldest state-chartered university in the ...

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SMITH COLUMN: Remembering Nat Dye

BLYTHE – This rural community of 744 hardworking folks has long been anchored amid farming and agribusiness interests ...

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TURES COLUMN: We’ll get different candidates only when we change the voting rules

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Well, ...

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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Do our politicians and bureaucrats really care about protecting Okefenokee?

Between the time I write this and you read this, conditions can change. Particularly in politics. But as ...

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BRADY COLUMN: Dream On! Dream On!

The biblical character Joseph was one of 12 brothers and somewhat a problem.  In my day, he would ...

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SMITH COLUMN: Smart has time on his side

Spring is the time of the year for many sports to peak. Someday, and I feel sooner than ...

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EVANS COLUMN: Are we about to have another school board election with zero contested races?

I’ve often said that if you walked around Troup County with a microphone and asked every person you ...

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