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Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Georgia fans will miss Todd Monken

While I didn’t resort to keeping a tally sheet, I must have been asked three dozen times or more if I thought Todd Monken would ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 10:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Bankstons found niche, love the Dogs

This community needs no reminder of the impact severe weather can have. Not when there are still trees down and other clear reminders of tornadoes that ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, February 9, 2023 9:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: The interesting stories of the great Verne Lundquist

DALLAS – When you arrive at Dallas–Ft. Worth Airport, you always notice the sprightly atmosphere that prevails. There may be a recession, elsewhere in the ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Saturday, February 4, 2023 10:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Dick Ferguson

Down on the farm, yesteryear, there were no button-down shirts existing for the country boys I knew. When I learned about button-downs, little did I ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, January 26, 2023 10:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Three peat

There will always be interesting vignettes in sports histories, some current, but most of them retold with a new perspective as a fragile world turns. Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 11:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Fond memories of the west coast, L.A.

LOS ANGELES – This city has the most sentimental of names, but one which is no longer descriptive. Nobody would consider Los Angeles “the city ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, January 12, 2023 10:30 am

Editorials

SMITH COLUMN: Spending some time in Nevada

OVERTON, Nev. – In this town of 4,244, some 65 miles northeast of Las Vegas, the best-known city in the Sagebrush state, which is also ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, January 6, 2023 10:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Stetson Bennett’s hometown

HOBOKEN – Georgia Highway 15 passes uneventfully through this crossroads junction which is eleven miles east of Blackshear which may change its name to Bennettville, ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, December 22, 2022 9:30 am

Columns

KING COLUMN: The story of Christmas

There is a large number of characters and their stories that have sprung up around Christmas. Good characters include Santa Claus and St. Nicholas. Bad ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, December 21, 2022 1:58 pm

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: New York is back

NEW YORK – Dating back to the mid-seventies, I was fortunate to visit this electric city at least once a year. I have never had ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:30 am

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