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OPINION: MCHS Class of ’58 reflects on half a century

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Friday, June 13. 2008
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By Frank Gillispie

Last week I attended the 50th year anniversary of my high school class. That’s right. I graduated from high school fifty years ago! My first reaction to this event was surprise. How could it be fifty years already? That is half a century! But when I stopped and thought of all the events and changes the class of ‘58 has witnessed, the years are clearly accounted for. [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Teachers not giving struggling students enough attention

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Friday, June 13. 2008
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Dear Editor:

I think the reason so many of our children are having problems with the CRCT test is because we have so many teachers in the county who don’t have time to give the extra help some of our children might need.
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LETTER: Commissioners approve lunch on taxpayers’ dime

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Wednesday, June 11. 2008
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Dear Editor:

This letter is to inform the citizens of Madison County that the county commission thinks it’s okay for county employees to leave the county for lunch or for other purposes using county vehicles.
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LETTER: Thanks to fire departments for quick response

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Wednesday, June 11. 2008
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Dear Editor:

We want to take the opportunity to express my appreciation to the local volunteer fire departments from Hull, Ila, Sanford, and Shiloh, the Forestry Department, and any others who assisted in the response to a hay field fire off Hwy. 106 on Saturday, June 7.
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OPINION: Shelter from the storm

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Wednesday, June 11. 2008
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By Elizabeth Prata

Where I’m from, New England, we have our share of weather. But it’s the kind of weather you can outwit, outrun, or out-wait.
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OPINION: The age of the mouse potato

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Wednesday, June 11. 2008
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For each channel surfer in a La-Z-Boy who thumbs the remote past Billy Mays trying to verbally assault America into a cleaning supply purchase, there are now probably three other “mouse potatoes” double clicking their way to Youtube videos of crazy dog tricks. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Jail funding issues a product of flawed SPLOST process

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Zach Mitcham
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Wednesday, June 4. 2008
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Madison County SPLOST dollars are like the T-shirt that won’t cover the gut. You can pull and pull, but they won’t stretch enough to do the job, not entirely. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: I don't fit the profile of a high-tech redneck

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008
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BY FRANK GILLISPIE

I have a new toy. Now I am not heavily into the latest technology. I still do not have an iPod, or Bluetooth, for example. My television is still not a digital although it looks like I may have to buy one by the end of the year. I have a basic cell phone that does not take pictures or read my e-mail. I do not quite fit the profile of a high-tech redneck!

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LETTER: It is parents’ job to keep children in school

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008
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Dear Editor:

In regards to the young man’s opinion on ways to reduce high school dropouts (“How to reduce the dropout rate,” by Neil Cantrell, The Madison County Journal, May 29), I appreciate his thoughts on the issue. I myself struggled to complete high school, and can understand where he is coming from; however, I feel he is way off base.
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LETTER: Says Journal staff does a good job

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008
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Dear Editor:

I am writing to express my admiration for you and your staff. As a relatively new person in the county who sought to acclimate myself to my new surroundings, I naturally turned to my local paper for helpful information.
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