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YARBROUGH COLUMN: A Candy Bar Feeds an Exciting New Initiative
Spoiler alert: No talk of politics this week. I will let the talking heads talk and political pundits pontificate and then I will tell you ...
Dick Yarbrough, Author at LaGrange Daily News - Page 2 of 25
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Timber owner says Okefenokee mining ban would violate Constitution
One of the names that comes up in the controversy regarding the possible permitting by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to allow mining for titanium ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, October 29, 2024 9:00 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Once again, no Nobel Prize in Literature
It is my sad duty to tell you, dear readers, that I have once again been denied the Nobel Prize in Literature that I so ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, October 22, 2024 9:30 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Maybe bedbugs aren’t so crazy after all
You have to be very careful in this business when tossing out opinions. You can get yourself in trouble if you say the wrong thing. ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, October 15, 2024 9:45 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Florida sheriff walking tall on school shooting threats
I have a new hero. His name is Mike Chitwood and he is the sheriff of Volusia County, Florida, which includes an area known as ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, October 8, 2024 9:30 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Goodbye Hurricane Helene and Good Riddance
Hello, Hurricane Helene. Goodbye, Hurricane Helene. Please pardon us for showing a lack of Southern hospitality, but you were not welcome to come in the ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, October 1, 2024 9:30 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: A reminder that kindness is needed daily
Can we do it? You and I? Can we be kind? More importantly, can we be kind at least once a day for a whole ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, September 24, 2024 9:30 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Happy to be living in such a happy state of mind
Are you happy? If so, I am happy. But you and I might be exceptions. I just read a report by WalletHub, a personal finance ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:30 am
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The drill continues in the Okefenokee Drag-Mining controversy
Since we last discussed efforts to drill in our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide so that mankind will never experience life without toothpaste ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, September 10, 2024 9:30 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Sing a Song to the Precious Days of September
Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December. But the days grow short when you reach September. Truer words were never spoken – ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, September 3, 2024 9:30 am
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