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Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Letter to the Edtior: Perhaps The Plaza needs to ponder its prices?

Dear Editor,For those who saw the show “Honk!” at The Plaza, you know how great it was. The actors and actresses were fabulous, and the set was well done. Those kids gave it their all and should be very proud.Unfortunately, if you didn’t see it I can guess the reason was the price of the tickets.
Bill Crane/File Photo

Bill Crane/File Photo

Crane: Ending a bad dye job

Colorful candies and cereals, cheese slices brighter than the color of any real cheese, mac n' cheese without any real dairy, these are the food staples of my childhood and adolescence.And now, though still standing, I’m also battling a highly aggressive form of colon cancer.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: The intelligence quotient

Tink was in his office, supposedly, working. We both have home offices because we are both writers and work from home. I am a serious writer who composes prose for books and this column.You would be surprised how much harder it is to write this column of 650 words than it is to write an entire book.
Bill Crane/File Photo

Bill Crane/File Photo

Crane: Divided we stand

Dropping in and out of family and friend celebrations of our nation’s birth over the long holiday weekend, and as we enter the 250th year of this “great experiment,” I am troubled by the tension and at times outright hostility that exists among us.America remains the world's leading economy, one of...
Dick Yarbrough/Columnist

Dick Yarbrough/Columnist

Yarbrough: Some random thoughts on random subjects

A lot of people are taking a victory lap after the recent announcement that the nonprofit Conservation Fund has purchased the property on Trail Ridge, adjacent to our Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve, where Alabama-based Twin Pines Materials had planned to mine for titanium dioxide.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: The Tinker diaries

In my office is a beige wicker suitcase with brown leather straps.Inside are 32 handwritten diaries produced by Charlie Tinker during his years working at the White House for his cherished friend, Abraham Lincoln.In another area, squirreled away by Tink, is a hand-duplicated set of those diaries.
Dick Yarbrough/Columnist

Dick Yarbrough/Columnist

Yarbrough: Threat not over despite Okefenokee victory

As you may be aware, a major victory has been declared in the fight to stop Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals from strip mining land adjacent to our Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve in order that the world never run out of toothpaste whitener.The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit specializing in...
Bill Crane/File Photo

Bill Crane/File Photo

Crane: Trump’s big, beautiful bust

Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) won the position as the 55th House speaker on the 15th ballot in January 2023, after House Republicans won a narrow majority during President Joe Biden’s 2022 midterm elections.McCarthy, a well-regarded House member since 2007 and solid fundraiser...