OUR VIEW
Making bold plans keep focus on future
      What goal does every NFLcoach have at the beginning of every season? If you ask, he'll probably say to make it to the Super Bowl. Let's put it another way. You'll likely never hear a NFLcoach at the beginning of the season say he hopes his team can squeak into the playoffs as a wildcard. If one ev...
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From the Editor's Desk
We hope you enjoy Horizons
Arthur McLean
      Enclosed in this week's Thomasville Times is our annual Horizons edition, also known as the Progress edition. While a relatively new development for the Times, it's about 6 years old, other community newspapers have been publishing progress editions under many names and in many guises for many yea...
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Alabama Scene
PAC to PAC ban likely to die in Senate
Bob Ingram
      It has become almost a joke in the halls of the State House. Every year, early in the regular session, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passes a bill that would ban the transfer of money among political action committees. These PAC-to-PAC transfers make it impossible for the voters to ...
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Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
No interest in monkey art
The late Earl Tucker
      March 20, 1957 My fourth grade teacher, bless her soul, was right after all. Years and years ago she had members of the class submit drawings, which she held up before the class and commented on. I remember so well what she said about my painting. "Actually, a monkey could paint better than that!"...
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