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History is bound to repeat itself
Robert M. Ball, a former commissioner of Social Security under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, said, “Medicare was created because the elderly had difficulty securing affordable private insurance coverage.”
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Tim Rogers: Looking for the good
Good morning.
Several years ago, when I worked in Wichita, Kan., I ate lunch most days with a reporter friend who could find a conspiracy in just about any situation.
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Wanted: Jobs in private sector
13.1 percent.
That is the unemployment rate in the Dalton Metro area right now.
And the statistics don’t suggest that it will go away anytime soon.
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Citizens of the Week: Supporters of United Way and its agencies
Times are tough. Money is tight. Resources are scarce. But the people of Whitfield and Murray counties keep giving their time and money to those less fortunate.
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Root for the Lady Bruins
No matter where you live in Whitfield County or Murray County, or what team you root for, it will be cool to wear blue today.
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Letter: Thank you Regency Park
As I begin to write this letter, I am still with a heavy heart. You see, on Saturday, Feb. 27, I lost an important part of my life. My mother and my friend, Mrs. DeeEtte Page Scott, departed this life to be with our heavenly father.
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Letter: Students are fighting to protect higher education
The nearly $600 million in budget cuts proposed for the University System of Georgia struck a chord with me when I learned how the budget cuts would affect my region.
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Letter: A road solution
I am not a rocket scientist nor an engineer, yet I have come up with a very simple solution for a bypass for the Highway 225 and the Alternate Highway 52 congestion. And I wasn’t paid $750,000 to do it, nor have I been influenced by any landowners along the way.
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Tim Rogers: Hubris applies to all
There is a word that I have been thinking a lot about lately. It is hubris.
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Jean Lowrey: Play it again, Karen
A September Evening, 1990: The Dalton Education Foundation was about to launch its first Hall of Fame presentation at a November banquet. A group of local singers, under the direction of Andy Baker, gathered in the Dalton High School choral room to begin rehearsals for the upcoming event.
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