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OPINION: My brother was a good man

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Saturday, March 6. 2010

Young men dream dreams and wonder how to make them happen. Old men remember memories and wonder why things happened the way they did. Sometimes, life events cannot be explained or understood. For example, Sunday morning, Feb. 28, 2010, my younger brother Harold Lee Gillispie suffered a massive heart attack that proved fatal. The day before he ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Health care, where is the personal responsibility?

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Saturday, March 6. 2010

There’s been so much shouting about health care, but little real talk about specific problems that desperately need attention. For instance, if a child is born with a serious medical problem or develops a chronic ailment as a kid, he or she can find the door shut at adulthood when it comes to insurance. This can mean financial ruin on top of ... [Full Story »]

Danielsville man charged with DUI

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Friday, March 5. 2010

A Danielsville man was arrested recently for driving under the influence after a local store clerk called to report a drunk driver. Matthew Martin Randall, 32, 712 Young Harris Road, was charged with one count each of DUI/alcohol and weaving over roadway. According to the incident report, a clerk at the Hwy. 29 South Golden Pantry in Hull told ... [Full Story »]

Spay, neuter assistance slashed

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

The state’s financial woes may lead to more stray animals in the county. The Georgia government has provided free spay and neuter services to low-income residents across the state. The program has been funded through motorists’ purchase of special “spay/neuter” license plates. Now, the funding for the program has been significantly ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Thinking about ‘the rest of the story’

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Wednesday, March 3. 2010

If you’re of a certain age and/or generation (like I am) you will remember the great commentator Paul Harvey and his “Rest of the Story” segments of his radio program. Harvey died last month at the age of 90, after a long and respected career in radio. The Rest of the Story was a Monday-through-Friday radio program. Beginning as a part of ... [Full Story »]

County website has new look, new features

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Tuesday, March 2. 2010

The Madison County government website — www.madisoncountyga.us/ — has a new look with new features. “The goal was to give it a fresh look, make it more interactive, while maintaining an easy navigation system,” said county technology director Gary Venable. Venable said BOC chairman Anthony Dove requested the redesign when he first took ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: We shouldn’t give up on space exploration

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Monday, March 1. 2010

Dear Editor: In the 1960s, as America struggled with Civil Rights, the counter-culture movement, political assassinations and the Vietnam War, America’s space progam helped to unify this country at the end of that troubled decade with the moon landing. So for a while after 1969 it seemed that in space exploration, the human race would indeed ... [Full Story »]

Brothers arrested for attacking man at his home

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Monday, March 1. 2010

Two brothers were arrested recently after they allegedly attacked a man at his home on Diamond Hill Colbert Road. Roger Dale Pressley, 29, 55 Pace Drive, Nicholson, and his brother, Scottie Dale Pressley, 27, of 129 Pace Drive, Nicholson, were each charged with battery and criminal trespass. According to the incident report, the men came to the ... [Full Story »]

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