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Solid gold: SCRA celebrating 50th anniversary
When I heard that 2013 is the year of the 50th anniversary of the organization of the South Cherokee Recreation Association the memories kicked in. I recalled that Elizabeth Johnston had donated s...
June 18, 2013 11:33 PM | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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A tale of friends, strangers and — A baseball
This is a story about heroes — good people doing good things. The cast of characters in this performance shares one thing in common: They are strangers to one another. They will meet for the first ...
June 18, 2013 11:32 PM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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The crematorium: It should be allowed
DEAR EDITOR: I am writing this letter for three reasons: 1) To dispel the falsehoods, insults, and slanderous comments made against me, my family and the proposal I have before the Cherokee Coun...
June 15, 2013 11:50 PM | 6 6 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crematorium needs to locate elsewhere
The question of whether to put a crematorium in Macedonia has become a burning issue, with literally hundreds of people from the community up in arms. Crematoriums have a place in today’s society, ...
June 15, 2013 11:50 PM | 11 11 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Chicken-a-la-king on a piece of loaf bread
    by Marguerite Cline
    Columnist
    06.13.13 - 11:22 pm
  • Joys of fatherhood found in serving family
    by Donald Conkey
    Columnist
    06.12.13 - 10:09 pm
  • Gathering stirs up memories of family
    by Juanita Hughes
    Columnist
    06.11.13 - 11:57 pm
  • Pure love — Mother sacrifices for her family
    by Chris Collett
    Columnist
    06.07.13 - 11:26 pm
  • Will public’s attention be drawn away by case of ‘the lone leaker’?
    So it seems we have now gone from the case of the lone 20-something gunman in the 1960s to the lone 20-something “leaker” of the 2010s. We’ve seen this pattern so many times before, and not just w...
    June 14, 2013 09:40 PM | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Privacy and Security — Obama finding it’s not such a ‘false choice’ after all
    Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record “mail cover,” i.e., what’s written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and ...
    June 13, 2013 11:20 PM | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Progressivism’s scowling face distilled into two words: Trust Us
    As soon as the Constitution permitted him to run for Congress, Al Salvi did. In 1986, just 26 and fresh from the University of Illinois law school, he sank $1,000 of his own money, which was most o...
    June 12, 2013 10:07 PM | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Sugar subsidies proving too sweet to kill
    The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping ou...
    June 08, 2013 09:43 PM | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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    ‘Tweety-Boy’ Weiner’s underage girl problem no secret
    Touchy, touchy. Despite Team Anthony Weiner’s best efforts at political rehabilitation, there’s just no way to shore up his sorest scandal spot. As the New York Post reported last week, Weiner had ...
    June 07, 2013 11:29 PM | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Possible ‘IRS-Gate’ brings memories, warnings
    Many in the media are already castigating conservatives and Republicans for overreaching and overacting to what some are dubbing “IRS-Gate.” That’s to be expected, particularly when one considers ...
    June 07, 2013 11:28 PM | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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