Entries by Walter Geiger

We just don't read the signs

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Monday, April 16. 2012

By Walter Geiger

In Columbus, Georgia - as everywhere else in this country - textiles are dead.

The American textile industry now consists almost solely of distribution centers where goods made overseas are sorted and shipped. Textile mill payrolls, which once stabilized countless local American economies, now stabilize economies elsewhere.
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Help the Fury; get your car washed

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, April 13. 2012

The PC Fury U12 academy soccer girls will have a car wash fundraiser Saturday at the Freshway parking lot from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Vehicles of all sizes will be washed for a donation to help defray postseason tournament expenses. [Full story »]

Trayvon Martin, media dishonesty and race hustlers

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, April 11. 2012

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By Walter Williams
Creator's Syndicate

When NBC's "Today" show played the audio of George Zimmerman's call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who says: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black." [Full story »]

In the April 10th issue of The Journal-Reporter

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Monday, April 9. 2012

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Vast majority feel more public housing means more crime

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, April 9. 2012

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The vast majority of respondents in an unscientific opinion poll conducted by The Journal-Reporter and its sister publication, The Herald-Gazette in Barnesville, feel the spread of public and Section 8 housing means a direct increase in crime. [Full story »]

ATV crash injures one

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, April 5. 2012

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A female riding a 4-wheeler suffered serious injuries Thursday afternoon. [Full story »]

Crash kills two; child airlifted

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, April 4. 2012

Two adults were killed early Wednesday and a five-year-old was airlifted after their car struck the rear end of a flatbed truck that had stopped in the southbound lane of Hwy. 19-41 north of Griffin near Hampton Inn.
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Local solider killed in action

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, April 2. 2012

Pfc. Jonathon F. Davis was killed in action Thursday in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Davis, 20, was from Griffin. [Full story »]

Butler: Unemployment insurance fund "broke"

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, April 2. 2012

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By Mark Butler
Georgia Labor Commissioner

Georgia faces a crisis that, if ignored, has the potential to cause long-term, severe financial distress to our residents, our businesses and our stretched-thin state budget. [Full story »]

Local singers to perform at Spivey Hall

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, March 27. 2012

Area singers are among the members of Griffin Choral Arts who will perform a free concert on Tuesday, April 10 at Spivey Hall on the campus of Clayton State University. [Full story »]

Griffin shooting involved rival gangs

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Tuesday, March 27. 2012

A March 23 shooting at a popular park in Griffin was gang related, Spalding sheriff Wendell Beam reported Monday night. A suspect has been identified. [Full story »]

Now, this is an intelligent response...

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, March 26. 2012

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From ajc.com....

The New Black Panther Party is calling for a $10,000 bounty on the head of George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed an unarmed teenager last month. [Full story »]