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Opinion - Topics from April, 2011

A great event for the entire family

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Thursday, April 21. 2011

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Many of music’s greatest compositions blues and otherwise - started out with lyrics and notes scrawled out on a napkin.

The Barnesville Barbecue & Blues Festival was conceived in precisely the same manner. [Full Story »]

Equal split on school lunch poll

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Walter Geiger

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Saturday, April 16. 2011

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Respondents in our poll regarding the necessity of school nutrition programs were nearly equally split. [Full Story »]

The illusion of radio reporting

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, April 13. 2011

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One of the most frustrating things for reporters and publishers is the unauthorized use of their work. In some instances, creative works are inadvertently plagiarized after they have been forwarded without attributing information attached. Sometimes they are plagiarized with malice. [Full Story »]

Hometown 1955

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, April 8. 2011

Former Barnesvillian and Gordon Military alum Carl Voelker penned this poem about growing up in Barnesville. He thought readers - particularly those coming into town for the big Gordon reunion this month - would enjoy his missive. [Full Story »]