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OPINION: Memories, what would we old men do without them?

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Wednesday, August 5. 2009

Haying season is here. The row crops have had their last plowing, side dressing (sodium Nitrate) has been applied to the corn, and the cycle of activity on the farm is at a lull while the crops mature. Harvest season will be here soon. On the small farms of my youth, this period was used to gather in supplies of wood and hay. Wood, preferably ... [Full Story »]

Man faces drug, traffic charges

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Tuesday, August 4. 2009

A Danielsvlle man was arrested recently on drug and traffic charges. David Curtis Dean, 40, 85 Grady Avenue, was charged with driving while license withdrawn/suspended or revoked and possession, manufacture, distribution, etc. Violation of the GA Controlled Substances Act (morphine). According to the incident report, Dean was pulled over for ... [Full Story »]

Man stabs, kills puppy

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Monday, August 3. 2009

Aggravated animal cruelty was reported recently on Williams Wilson Road near Hull . A man there reported that one of his roommate’s dogs had been killed. Deputy David Kidd responded to the scene, where a six-month old dachshund puppy had been found stabbed behind his right ear. The dog was deceased and there was a lot of blood in the garage. ... [Full Story »]

Puppy apparently wasn’t stabbed

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Monday, August 3. 2009

A puncture wound that claimed the life of a puppy in Hull recently appears to have been made by another animal, not a knife as originally suspected. A deputy responded to a Williams Wilson Road call of animal cruelty and found a six-month old daschund puppy with a puncture wound behind his right ear. The deputy noted in his incident report that ... [Full Story »]

Madison Co. BOC to meet Monday

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Monday, August 3. 2009

The Madison County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday, Aug. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the county government complex. Agenda items include: •Business involving guests, groups or multiple visitors. •Chairman’s report (Anthony Dove) •Hearings and actions on rezone matters, special use permits, etc.: none. •Statements and remarks from ... [Full Story »]

OPINIONS: Get ready to be counted

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Monday, August 3. 2009

The older I get the more important my history – and the history of my family – becomes to me. I suppose I find some comfort in knowing something about how I “fit” in this world. I wish I had known growing up how important all those old family stories, told by relatives that have now passed on, were going to be to me one day. Since they ... [Full Story »]

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