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No confidence in TSPLOST

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Friday, May 25. 2012

By Erick Erickson
The Macon Telegraph

The transportation special purpose local option sales tax, which we all call the T-SPLOST, has a lot of good projects in it. I am excited to see funding for an extension of the Middle Georgia Regional Airport’s runway. I cannot state enough the importance of such an extension. It really will create jobs.
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Geiger's Counter: Don't mess up a good thing

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Monday, May 21. 2012

Savannah Biggs is known as ‘Noodles’ due to her long, blonde and curly hair. She is a pint sized powerhouse on the soccer field and, over the weekend at the Atlanta Peach Classic tournament, she emerged as a profile in courage and a shining example to her PC Fury teammates. [Full story »]

Yesterday's Footsteps: Bottles and Pennies

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Monday, May 14. 2012

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By Greg Parrott

Back in the 1960s I found a way to earn some money on my own. Walking with my big Radio-Flyer wagon I’d pick up soft drink bottles along roads of my small hometown of Brooks in south Fayette County.

The ditches and fence lines would become home to unwanted soft drink bottles. Just behind the road signs was another good place to find bottles as well. The bottle wielding Nazis of that era would use the signs as a target for their pleasure. I liked it when they missed; it was money for me. [Full story »]

Geiger's Counter: Who are they protecting?

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Monday, April 30. 2012

Some years ago, we took a family vacation trip to Boston. Our girls, ages eight and four, had a blast and so did we. Thanks to Laura, I got to mark a trip to Fenway Park off my bucket list. [Full story »]

Wartime-romance to live forever

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Saturday, April 28. 2012

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Pike countians George and Ellen Norris, Rachel Norris McClelland, Paul and Ruthie Norris Faulds and W.H. “Bill” and Judy Norris and Willaminta Norris Hight of Spartanburg, S. C., traveled to Beaumont, Texas, last week to attend memorial services for their sister, Virginia Lee Norris Anderson, who died Tuesday, April 3.

Virginia was born Nov. 20, 1926. She was the oldest of six children born to Ruth Hall Norris and William Holloway Norris and grew up on the family farm near Zebulon. [Full story »]

Obama targets farm kids

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Thursday, April 26. 2012

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By Robert Heiney

If you're like most Americans, your time is occupied trying to pay your bills, bring up your children, and if you have any time left over, volunteer in your community. It's stressful and exhausting. Average Americans have little time for politics or watching their elected thugs in government. The royalty occupying their splendid digs in Washington DC however, spend their time and your tax dollars thinking of new ways to meddle in your personal affairs. [Full story »]

Yesterday's Footsteps: So long Dick Clark

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Thursday, April 26. 2012

By Greg Parrott

American Bandstand, Rockin' New Year's Eve, $100,000 Pyramid, American Music Awards, Where the Action is and a plethora of other shows bring one person to mind – Dick Clark. Clark was a maverick of the music industry and a powerhouse producer who changed the world with his productions. [Full story »]

America's greatest natural resource

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Tuesday, April 24. 2012

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By Dr. Spencer Price

Some say coal. Others say natural gas. A few say iron ore. Many say the land itself. Years ago, most everyone said oil. Good choices all. However, when it comes to natural resources, I say that which America is most blessed is the American mind.
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BBQ & Blues offers up fun!

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Monday, April 23. 2012

It is nearly time for one of my favorite annual events - the Barnesville BBQ & Blues Festival. [Full story »]

Soccer authority wants autonomy

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Wednesday, April 18. 2012

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By Don Bohensky, President
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(Note: An abbreviated version of this letter appears in the 4.18.2012 print edition of The Journal-Reporter.)

On February 13, 2012 at the regular monthly meeting of the Pike County Parks & Recreation Authority (PCPRA), the Board, prompted by County Manager Bill Sawyer’s comment that he felt the PCPRA did not run enough programs based on the funds given to the park, made the following statement:

“Since there is a good possibility that the County will continue its efforts to put the PCPRA under their control, it makes sense for the PCPRA to go ahead and absorb the baseball, soccer & cheerleading associations in preparation for this move.” [Full story »]

Spare the rod, spoil a nation

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Tuesday, April 17. 2012

By Dr. Spencer Price

“Out of control” – that’s how some describe today’s youth in America. Of course, obviously, this phrase doesn’t apply to all of America’s young people as many are well-behaved, well-disciplined, and well-adjusted. Regrettably, however, a significant portion of America’s youth are, in fact, out of control and our nation is suffering as a result.
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Yesterday's Footsteps: Titanic problem

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Monday, April 16. 2012

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By Greg Parrott

I’ve always been intrigued by the great passenger ship, Titanic. The White Star Liner Titanic, the largest ship the world had ever known, sailed from Southampton, England, on her maiden voyage to New York City on Wednesday, April 10, 1912. She was built with double bottoms and her hull was divided into 16 watertight compartments. She was thought to be unsinkable. The liner carried more than 2,200 passengers, with 700 on the ships registry who were immigrants coming to America in pursuit of the land of milk and honey. [Full story »]

Pike County Youth Soccer Association is an independent organization

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Monday, April 16. 2012

By Don Bohensky, Pike County Youth Soccer Association President

On Feb. 13 at the regular monthly meeting of the Pike County Parks and Recreation Authority board, members, prompted by county manager Bill Sawyer’s comment that he felt the PCPRA did not run enough programs based on the funds given to the park, made the following statement: [Full story »]

Poll: Leave recreation alone

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Monday, April 16. 2012

According to an unscientific poll conducted by pikecountygeorgia.com, the vast majority of respondents feel the county should keep its hands off recreation. [Full story »]

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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