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Maverick McCain
Inside the Statehouse
Steve Flowers
      Now that the dust has settled from Super Tuesday the presidential contest is much clearer, especially on the Republican side. Arizona Sen. John McCain has emerged as the GOP frontrunner. He has come full circle in the process. A year ago he was considered the favorite. During the summer he falter...
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Bonner gets important committee assignment
Congress Reports
Jo Bonner
      Late last week, I was appointed to serve on the House Appropriations Committee. The Republican Steering Committee selected me to fill the vacancy created when former U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS) was appointed to the Senate following the resignation of Senate Republican Whip Trent Lott (R-MS).
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Our Opinions
     Thanks for all the great memories... Old Clarke County High School 1936 - Feb. 18, 2008
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Golf cart problem not getting better
      Over a year ago the Grove Hill Town Council debated to no satisfactatory solution the issue of golf carts on the town's sidewalks and streets. Some residents had complained about the carts, driven mostly by juvenile children and teenagers, running up and down the sidewalks. Sometimes the youngste...
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Book review, anyone?
From The Nethermost
      It is no secret that I have published a book of fiction. Every public library in the county now has a copy. Once a book is out, the next question every author wants to ask is did the reading public like it. Of course, friends who read it tell me the book is good. What else could an author expect...
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Welch apologizes
Letter to the Editor
      Dear Editor, During my adult years I have endured several tragedies that have afflicted my emotional life. Perhaps the one that changed my life the most was the accident in which a 32-½ inch stick was thrust through my body. I pulled the stick out myself and surgeons spent nine hours repa...
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From Our Files
      136 years ago "Jesse Howze, a freedman, was committed to our jail, the other day, for not properly concealing his concealed weapons." "A Mr. Starling was committed to jail on Monday afternoon, charged with cutting the throat of Mr. Joseph Nunnelee. W. H. Iskey ought to have been committed as he ...
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