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Fairy labor prices inflated these days Last Updated: 4:02 PM 09/01/10 - My household is always filled with entertaining conversation from the 5-year-old boy and the newly turned 7-year-old girl who now has neither of her front teeth. She’s beginning to look more and more like a Gamble relative every day. Give her a plug of tobacco and 20 cuss words and I might start calling her Aunt Joan. 0 Comments (Full Story)
	Jackson’s legacy is alive with us Last Updated: 9:44 AM 08/31/10 - Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Ind., on Aug. 29, 1958. As early as 5 years old, Michael was already showing the signs that he was a force to be reckoned with. Michael came from humble beginnings, growing up as the seventh born child of five brothers, three sisters and parents who clearly wanted more for their children. (Full Story)
	Court ruling doesn’t alter Georgia gun laws 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:39 AM 08/31/10 - With the change in gun laws, followed by the Supreme Court’s decision that cities and states can’t infringe on the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms, there is confusion about just exactly what folks can and can’t do with their firearms. Please allow me to clarify some issues. (Full Story)
	Cancer Ties benefit 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:34 AM 08/31/10 - For the fourth year, an area cancer patient will benefit from a unique, entertaining fundraiser. (Full Story)
	Life is ‘simply’ great down in Hopeful 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:25 AM 08/31/10 - The unincorporated crossroads community of Hopeful in southwest Mitchell County — at the junction of state highways 65 and 97 — is where Dennis White runs a general store and restaurant, “Hopeful General Store.” He eagerly takes up time with his customers and friends, conducting business the way it was done in the old days, providing the best in service and brushing it with broad strokes of generous hospitality and engaging conversation. (Full Story)
	Angelic Jill guards animals 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:21 AM 08/31/10 - There are those — perhaps many — who would claim that animals do not have a guardian angel. On behalf of my animals, I vehemently disagree. They have one and her name is Jill. (Full Story)
	Experiences don’t just come in black and white 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:38 PM 08/30/10 - Imagine what a society might be if the people who made up that society could enter into constructive conversations rather than the destructive debates that happen most often? (Full Story)
	History’s odd turns sometimes help preserve it 0 Comments Last Updated: 11:11 AM 08/29/10 - I grew up in Lowell, Ga. For those of you who don’t know where Lowell is, it’s halfway between Whitesburg and Roopville. My house was about two miles from the Chattahoochee River and four miles from the former home of William McIntosh. The site is now a park owned by Carroll County. It was one of McIntosh’s plantations and was called Lockchau Talofau or Acorn Bluff. (Full Story)
	Births Aug. 29 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:47 PM 08/27/10 - Unless otherwise noted, the following births took place at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany from July 26- Aug. 23. (Full Story)
	Native Images 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:44 PM 08/27/10 - A new exhibit at the Albany Museum of Art tells a story of Native American history that’s surprisingly authentic. (Full Story)
	Historian to speak on Albany Movement 0 Comments Last Updated: 3:34 PM 08/23/10 - Preserving history for future generations will be the focus of tonight’s ACRI community night event. (Full Story)
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