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Several years ago, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an article in its sports section about the tee shot of professional golfer Tina Barrett on a par-3 hole in the Atlanta Women's Championship. The story reported that her ball went in the hole on the fly - but not all the way in. It actually buried in the soil on top of the plastic cup liner!
October 28, 2012
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Q: When my 3-and-one-half year-old son misbehaves, I generally take things away from him, and he generally responds well. One lingering problem is that he tends to react physically when he's mad at a classmate instead of talking it out and letting the teachers intervene. We all have encouraged him to use words when he's angry, but he doesn't seem to get it.
October 28, 2012
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Note: This is the third in a series of columns about the origin of the counties that surround Bulloch County.
October 28, 2012
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There are two new businesses that have opened recently that I find kind of interesting. The first is "Swim. Bike. Run." on Brannen Street next to the Pita Pit.
October 22, 2012
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Note: This is the second in a series of columns about the origin of the counties that surround Bulloch County.
October 21, 2012
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Q: Because he is afraid of sharks, my fourth-grade son does not want to participate in an upcoming school field trip to an aquarium. In all other respects, he is perfectly normal. He's a great student and has lots of friends, and other parents and teachers love him. He doesn't give us or his teachers any problems at all.
October 21, 2012
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When I was a girl, the only college football games on television on Saturday afternoon involved teams whose nicknames I did not understand (Sooners, Buckeyes) and whose players' names all seemed to have not enough vowels. I had no connection to Oklahoma or Ohio, Nebraska or Notre Dame, and it took me a long time to realize that I watched not for the competition itself, but for the broadcast. I watched so I could hear Keith Jackson.
October 21, 2012
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I was saddened several weeks ago when Leon Shelkoff called to tell me that his store, Leon's Menswear in the Statesboro Mall, would close at the end of 2012. Documentation provided to me by Shelkoff showed the owners of the mall - Hull Storey Gibson Companies, LLC - had called Shelkoff's lease requiring him to vacate the premises by January 6, 2013.
October 16, 2012
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Note: This is the first in a series of columns about the origin of the counties that surround Bulloch County.
October 14, 2012
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I recently received a letter from a grandmother who told me that her 14-year-old grandson is afraid of his single mother. When told this by her ex-husband, who was concerned, Mom said, "He'd better be!"
October 14, 2012
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Q: When I attempt to put my 3-and-one-half year-old daughter in her room for punishment, she refuses to go. I have to pick her up and take her, during which time she flails her arms, screams and kicks. My back is paying for the struggle. Her dad doesn't have this problem with her, by the way. What can I do to make her go on her own without getting physical with her?
October 07, 2012
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On Nov. 4, 1908, newly elected President William Howard Taft headed for a visit to Savannah. A special presidential reception committee, led by Mayor George W. Tiedemann, Congressman Charles G. Edwards and Postmaster General Henry Blunt Jr., met the president's train at the Central of Georgia Railroad depot at Dover.
October 07, 2012
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Have you picked a couple of trees to watch as autumn progresses? Search the woods for fall's glorious shades of oranges, reds and yellows, and celebrate everything the season brings, from football games to festivals and carnivals to mornings that require jackets to costumes and candy to sunflowers and freshly mowed fields. Additionally, celebrate these holidays with those you love, or make up a few of your own.
October 07, 2012
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John Gipson, a former preacher in Arkansas, likes to tell about his memories of trains, which seemed to pass endlessly through his childhood home of Midland, Texas, carrying petroleum products in every direction.
September 30, 2012
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President Calvin Coolidge came to the Coastal Empire in 1928 at the invitation of his friend Howard Coffin. Coolidge appointed Coffin to the 1916 Morrow Board to help create a national air defense system and determine the federal government's role in air safety.
September 30, 2012
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