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Receive a heavenly Daddy for Father’s Day

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Monday, June 18. 2018

By Barbara Latta
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Fathers are an important part of our lives. We receive protection, provision and instruction from these all-important men. Kids love to curl up in their daddy’s arms to read a book or just snuggle down into that warm lap and fall asleep. [Full story »]

Paper tariffs challenge freedom from the market

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Tuesday, June 12. 2018

The Brunswick News

We believe it is important to keep jobs in America, but not at the expense of rocking a longstanding industry and the people in this country who depend on it. From our own recent experience, we found a textbook case of where a free market is the right market for the local newspapers, the communities they serve and the hundreds of millions of people who depend on the local information they produce. [Full story »]

Believe you me!

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Tuesday, June 5. 2018

By Anthony Vinson
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Our country is littered from sea to shining sea with citizens who believe, among other things, that vaccinations cause autism, that the former president was not a citizen and that the president before that one was behind an elaborate conspiracy to launch an attack on the country and blame it on terrorists. But wait, there’s more! Some believe that the earth is flat, that we never went to the moon and that the planet is routinely visited by aliens from distant galaxies who catch-and-release simple country folk. Others insist that man and dinosaur inhabited the planet at the same time. [Full story »]

Ruffin’s Renderings: Test results

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Monday, May 28. 2018

By Mike Ruffin
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I walked into the church office one morning and checked the voicemail on the prayer line. Someone had left the following message: “Please pray for my friend. She’s having an autopsy tomorrow.” [Full story »]

The Friday before Memorial Day is National Poppy Day

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Tuesday, May 22. 2018

The tradition of wearing a poppy dates back to 1920, when it became the memorial flower of The American Legion Family. [Full story »]

Ruffin’s Renderings: The press

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Tuesday, May 15. 2018

By Mike Ruffin
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May 3 was World Press Freedom Day, which is promoted annually by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). [Full story »]

Parental advice from a mother mockingbird

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Tuesday, May 8. 2018

By Barbara Latta
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Watching nature this spring reminds me of an experience I had last year with a mother mockingbird and her chick.

Squawking and screeching filled the air as she warned of her displeasure at my presence near her home. Knowing her alarm was not sounded without reason, I looked around for a nest nearby. [Full story »]

The U.S. Army - from horses to helicopters

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Tuesday, May 1. 2018

By Bill James
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On Saturday, May 12 at 10:30 a.m., a ceremony to rededicate Williamson’s Army Huey 609 is scheduled at the new helicopter pavilion next to the Williamson Library. Everyone is encouraged to attend and see what has turned out to be an absolutely beautiful aircraft restoration. In the meantime, please enjoy the following tidbits of Army helicopter history and Georgia’s role in that history: From Horses to Helicopters and What Does It Have To Do With Georgia? [Full story »]

Mother and son dance to raise funds for mission trip

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Tuesday, April 24. 2018

Hey, my name is Macie Moulder. I am in the seventh grade at Pike County Middle School. I participate in many activities outside of school such as softball and dance squad but something that is very close to my heart is mission work. I have been on two mission trips so far, the first to Iaeger, West Virginia and the second to Honduras. On these trips I enjoy meeting new people, serving these people and most importantly telling them about God’s love and glory and how it is unconditional to each and every one of us. [Full story »]

Ruffin’s Renderings: Being Eagles

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Tuesday, April 17. 2018

By Mike Ruffin
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As I write this, my Good Wife and I are preparing to go to Orlando, where on Saturday night we’ll see the Eagles in concert. We plan to take it easy. Or we may decide to take it to the limit - you know, one more time. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: A rare politician who made an impact

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Tuesday, April 10. 2018

The political primaries loom May 22 and hordes of candidates are roaming the state, various districts and precincts looking for my vote and yours. [Full story »]

Ruffin’s Renderings: After Easter

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Monday, April 2. 2018

By Mike Ruffin
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Last Sunday was Easter Sunday, so we are now past Easter. Or are we? [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: A tale of two school shootings

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Tuesday, March 27. 2018

Unless you have been living under a rock somewhere, you are no doubt aware there was a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day. [Full story »]

Write your own obituary

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Tuesday, March 20. 2018

By Barbara Latta
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Obituary is not a word we like to hear, especially if we are referring to ourselves. [Full story »]

Williamson’s aircraft from ‘Helicopter War’ era

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Tuesday, March 13. 2018

By Bill James
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The all-volunteer restoration of Williamson’s “Huey” 609 is “on course, on glide path” for its dedication later this spring but many details are yet to be completed before Huey 609’s debut. The restoration team will soon reach a point where Huey 609 is deemed presentable and a date for the formal rededication will be announced. In the meantime, a bit more history about the Huey, Vietnam and the “Helicopter War.” [Full story »]