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7-10 Obituaries

by | Jul 10, 2015 | Obituaries

Betty Jean Horn Betty Jean (BJ) Horn, 62, went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 2.  Born to Elmer and Mildred Bullington on July 7, 1952, she grew up in Sycamore, Georgia. She graduated from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, and received her...

Water, water… where?

by | Jul 10, 2015 | Column

By Norma Kirkpatrick guest columnist Years ago, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote a long poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.  The mariner and disgruntled crew were caught on a ship in the middle of the doldrums with no wind in the sails, as the mariner spoke these...

Passing thoughts and observations

by | Jul 10, 2015 | Column

I continue to read articles about how dogs are afraid of fireworks. Where I live, fireworks are never seen and seldom heard. I’m confident that my two dogs would be afraid, because they are fearful of lightning and thunder. Anytime a thunderstorm occurs, they run for...

A tribute to the dentist

by | Jul 10, 2015 | Column

When I was young and just a bad little kid, My momma noticed funny things I  did. Like shooting puppies with a BB gun. She said, “My boy, I think some day You’ll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay. You’ll be a dentist. “You’ll be a dentist.” Little Shop of...