Opinion

Take time to take in a soccer match

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Thursday, May 8. 2014

By Walter Geiger

Our family spent a lot of time at soccer fields last week. We took in two girls’ GHSA postseason games, including the Lamar County Lady Trojans’ 7-0 win over Toombs County in round one of the high school Class AA state playoffs. [Full Story »]

Indeed, one's age is just a number

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Wednesday, April 30. 2014

By Walter Geiger

Growing older, as they say, is not for the faint of heart.

To handle it well, a positive outlook is a necessity. I saw this firsthand in my late father-in-law and continue to see it in my own parents and mother-in-law. There will always be setbacks. You have to roll with the punches and strong faith will undergird you. [Full Story »]

Chickens die so nuggets can live on

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Wednesday, April 16. 2014

By Walter Geiger

One would think the loonies would have learned by now not to take on Chic-fil-A. As you will recall, the company’s chairman, president, CEO Dan Cathy told reporters his firm was “guilty as charged” when asked if it supported the Biblical definition of marriage. The loonies called for a boycott of Chic-fil-A restaurants on a specific day. [Full Story »]

Where, oh where, is missing airliner?

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Wednesday, April 9. 2014

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By Walter Geiger

At this writing, authorities from multiple governments and navys are concentrating their search for the missing Malaysian airliner in an area of the Indian Ocean where sophisticated equipment has picked up pings consistent with those emitted by aircraft flight recorders known as black boxes. [Full Story »]

Anyone can succeed if they work at it

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Thursday, April 3. 2014

By Walter Geiger

The American Dream is still alive and well these days.

But, when so many make only the effort to reach as far as is needed for a handout, we have to look a little bit harder to find success stories.

Haskell Ward is one of those stories. Haskell grew up in Griffin and is married to Leah Sears Ward, former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. I had the pleasure of hearing him speak recently. [Full Story »]

BBQ & Blues promises to be fun

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Tuesday, April 1. 2014

By T. J. Imberger
Festival Chairman

A community is a celebration of its residents and its spirit. This year Barnesville will be celebrating its 10th anniversary of the BBQ & Blues Festival, a unique blend of barbecue, blues, music and events. [Full Story »]

Enjoy the party but remember St. Patrick's message

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Wednesday, March 19. 2014

For those of us who are native to Savannah, St. Patrick’s Day is special. It was always a school holiday, no questions asked. We never had a snow day but, if we had, there would have been no making it up on March 17. [Full Story »]

Go west, young man or woman

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Saturday, March 15. 2014

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Remember when Uncle Jed struck oil while shootin’ at some food? He hit it rich, moved west to Beverly Hills and life around the cement pond was never the same with Ellie Mae’s critters and all. Now, the oil boom migration is northwest to North Dakota thanks to the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations. [Full Story »]

Fish fry brings back memories

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Wednesday, March 12. 2014

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By Kay S. Pedrotti

Some people couldn’t imagine why I’m so excited because my family reunion this year includes a fish fry.

So what’s a fish fry? Only one of the best Southern traditions ever. Back when, the order of a fish fry started about dawn the day before, when Granddaddy, his sons, sons-in-law and sundry friends would start out for the river or somebody’s pond to “catch dinner.” [Full Story »]

Epic fail at Social Security Administration

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Wednesday, February 26. 2014

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By Walter Geiger

You’ve all been there.

You’ve seen the person in front of you in the grocery checkout line with a vast array of expensive items pay for them with an EBT card or voucher or both but have plenty of cash to spend on beer and cigarettes before walking out to a car nicer than yours. [Full Story »]

Failure to execute

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Monday, February 24. 2014

The Augusta Chronicle

The 3,000 U.S. prisoners on death row used many methods to kill, torture or maim their victims.

Yet when their day of reckoning comes, final justice likely will come in the same form it has for the past 30 years – a needle prick followed by a sedation from which they will not wake. [Full Story »]

World class soccer and a trip down memory lane

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Tuesday, February 18. 2014

By Walter Geiger

A trip to the Georgia Dome last week took me back in time and dredged up memories now nearly 50 years old. [Full Story »]

Remember when TV programming was special?

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Friday, February 14. 2014

By Walter Geiger

I’m not much of a TV watcher. I got into ‘Desperate Housewives’ but they cancelled it. That was the first show I had watched regularly since ‘Mork and Mindy’.

I’ve seen not one episode of ‘Seinfeld’. My male friends tell me that I missed a lot there. So be it. [Full Story »]

Will melting snow wash away political ambitions?

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Friday, February 7. 2014

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I left our office at about 10 p.m. last Tuesday after a late night making sure newspapers got delivered and posting road closures, updates and other pertinent information on barnesville. com which saw peak traffic as the storm ebbed and, mercifully, ended. It left behind mostly ice but some snow which the young and young at heart enjoyed immensely until it melted. [Full Story »]

Will Sochi Olympics be another Munich?

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Thursday, January 30. 2014

By Walter Geiger

I remember well the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. I was preparing to make the move from the metropolis of Ailey, Ga. for my freshman year at UGA.
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