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Yesterday's Footsteps: Living a dream

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Thursday, February 23. 2012

By Greg Parrott

A couple of months ago I got a Sonia Leigh CD and took it on a road trip with me. I listened to it throughout about 10 times. I knew after the first round through the CD I was a Sonia Leigh fan. She can absolutely put me in high gear with her soulful, bluesy, country rock vocals. I decided I’d have to see her in person to get the total effect of this local Pike County girl. [Full story »]

Miracles every one

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Tuesday, February 21. 2012

By Dr. Spencer Price

Miracles happen. I know this for a fact because I just saw one. It happened at 4:56 PM on Sunday, February 19 in a labor and delivery room at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. That was the moment my son was born. From her womb into my hands, her mother and I brought him into this world together. And his birth was – as all births are – a miracle. [Full story »]

Prepare yourselves for the worst

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Monday, February 20. 2012

The tension is in the air. You can feel it. It is an election year and there will be changes in those who govern - and, by definition, in government - at the local, state and national levels. [Full story »]

C.A.R.E. clinic a success, more help needed

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Saturday, February 18. 2012

By Lisa Ramos

Our first hosted spay and neuter clinic for Pike County went smoothly with little to no glitches thanks to Amy Bailey’s excellent scheduling and last minute scrambling when confirmed appointments were canceling. A total of 56 cats and dogs were fixed in just two days. [Full story »]

The Line Is Drawn

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Friday, February 17. 2012

By Spencer Price

Throughout history, great nations have faced great challenges. America, the greatest nation of all, has faced many of the greatest challenges of all – the American Revolution, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, the War on Terror, and many others. In each instance, America attempted to avoid conflict through diplomacy, conciliation, and occasionally even appeasement. However, when those efforts failed, and push came to shove, America took a deep breath, drew a line in the sand, and said to her enemies, “Cross this line and you will pay.” And pay they did. [Full story »]

My Valentine of 45 years

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Wednesday, February 15. 2012

He isn’t big on celebrations but endures for my sake my hunger for merrymaking with family and friends. He tells me he loves me every day but for years he would look at me and sometimes say, “Of course I love you. I’m still here.” [Full story »]

Lifsey Springs News: Valentines of old

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Monday, February 13. 2012

By Rosalee King
Valentine's Day - I’m sure lots of chocolate will be given in love. Let us remember a few old sayings and making Valentines. When I was in school the children made theirs by taking a piece of paper, folding it and cutting a heart shape, coloring it with crayon and putting a little verse in it. It went something like: Roses are red, violets are blue and I love you or be my Valentine. We’d drop them in a box and later the teacher would call out the name the card had been sent to. Everyone would get a Valentine. [Full story »]

Landry questions rec. authority funding

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Thursday, February 9. 2012

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By Ryan Landry

Pike does not have a recreation department.

We have a Recreation Authority. The authority receives a budget from the county manager that should be distributed among all the sports Pike County offers – football, basketball, soccer, cheerleading, softball and baseball. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: A Super Bowl better than commercials

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Monday, February 6. 2012

Once upon a time, the Geiger girls and I enjoyed a Thanksgiving Day feast at Carmine’s in New York City with a very interesting crowd. Among the group was Sean Landeta, an elite punter who spent 25 seasons in first the USFL and later the NFL. [Full story »]

What Spencer was trying to say...

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Saturday, February 4. 2012

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before he was so rudely interrupted was 'global warming is a scam'.

By Dr. Spencer Price

Objectivity – it is the absolute bedrock of science. There is no notion, idea, hypothesis, concept, principle, axiom, maxim, theory, or law more fundamental to science than objectivity. In fact, in the absence of objectivity, science does not exist. Call it what you want, but it ain’t science.

So what happens when scientists in general lose their objectivity? They become anything but scientists – beach bums, flower children, Birkenstock-wearing granola munchers, bearded recluses in self-imposed exile from the outside world. A sad thing indeed. [Full story »]

Owner of burned building's words count

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Tuesday, January 31. 2012

Hunt Slade, owner of Safehouse in Griffin which burned in downtown Griffin Monday night, offered these words of comfort:
To all of our friends and family that share in the loss of our beloved shop this evening to fire - thank you all so much for your support and encouragement. The worst site tonight was not the flames breaking through the roof of the building or the smashed in windows; it was the distraught look on the faces of those that have come to know each other within its walls. Well, before I collapse into bed I want to tell you this - Safehouse is not a building and it is not a person. Safehouse is a community of people who believe in something better for their lives and their town. So hug each other and be thankful that we can all see one another tomorrow. This fire claimed wood and metal but took no lives - not a single person was injured and so we go on. We will rebuild. We will start over with all of the experience we have gained and all of the powerful heartfelt relationships we have grown and we will all be stronger for it. Make something that counts and share it with someone - we did and not even a raging fire could destroy that. I am grateful for you all.

Global warming 'a scam'

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Tuesday, January 31. 2012

By Dr. Spencer Price

Objectivity – it is the absolute bedrock of science. There is no notion, idea, hypothesis, concept, principle, axiom, maxim, theory, or law more fundamental to science than objectivity. In fact, in the absence of objectivity, science does not exist. Call it what you want, but it ain’t science.

So what happens when scientists in general lose their objectivity? They become anything but scientists – beach bums, flower children, Birkenstock-wearing granola munchers, bearded recluses in self-imposed exile from the outside world. A sad thing indeed.
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Lifsey Springs News

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Sunday, January 29. 2012

By Rosalee King

It was another cold winter morning, at 28 degrees when I got up Thursday at 6 a.m. It made me think of my early life, getting ready for school with no heat except the open fireplace, no inside plumbing and no electricity at all. Thank goodness we didn’t live far from the school. It was cold walking on frozen ground sometimes. How good it did feel when you would walk into your room and someone had a roaring fire going in the old pot bellied stove. [Full story »]

Around the Square: Courthouse construction coming up

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Thursday, January 26. 2012

By Don Collins

The renovation of the historic 1895 Pike County courthouse is set to begin on March 1. The county commission voted to accept the proposal of John W. Spratlin and Sons of Lincolnton as the contractor for the project. They were the low bidder with a bid of $2.9 million. [Full story »]

More on copper thefts, punishment

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Tuesday, January 24. 2012

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Last week’s epistle on copper thieves, the damage they do, the question of whether the current prescribed punishment fits their crimes and placing some of that punishment burden on the backs of scrap dealers who buy stolen metal drew a vast, varied reaction. [Full story »]