Shopping locally helps us all
OUR VIEW
      As Christmas Day draws ever closer, we could all use a little reminder to try to shop locally. Thomasville has many wonderful shops and businesses right here in town creating a wide array of offerings of fine goods. Most statistical studies indicate that 80 percent of the money spent with locall...
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Steroids report not a shock
From the Editor's Desk
Arthur McLean
      Forgive me if I don't get all worked up over former Sen. George Mitchell's report that, horror or horrors, lots of professional baseball players use or have used performance enhancing drugs. I could blame this all on my lack of interest for the major leagues. I personally find the pro game to be ...
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Friends and neighbors
By Bob Martin
      Isat in the balcony at the old House of Representatives Chamber at the State Capitol in 1973 as my friend, Rep. Bob Hill, Jr. of Florence, the House sponsor, was battling for passage of legislation that would establish an Alabama Ethics Law and a State Ethics Commission.
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Time for new calendars
Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
The late Earl Tucker
      December 18, 1957 This is the time of the year when business houses are sending out calendars and the patentmedicine folks are putting out almanacs. There's a lesson in psychology in this calendar business, and you can pretty near tell the age of the man who selected the picture on the calendar.
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HOW TO GET SOMETHING IN THE PAPER
      The Thomasville Times is happy to publish news items for the public, most of which are free-of-charge. Anything brought to the paper should be accompanied by the name of a contact person and phone number, preferably written on the submission itself.
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Thanks to Relay Center volunteers
      Dear Editor: I would like to take this time to thank everyone who volunteered a few moments of his or her time to make Operation Christmas Child collection week at the Grove Hill Relay Center a success. During the week of Nov. 12 - 18, there were 1,743 gift-filled shoeboxes collected to give chil...
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Thanks for help with Lions lunch
      Dear Editor: The Lions Club-sponsored Lunch with Santa was a huge success. We wish to thank everyone who helped and donated their time and talents. The event included pizza and a drink and participants decorating their own cookie, a picture with Santa, arts and crafts (making their own ornaments...
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Stop and think about those in need
      Dear Editor: With the weather being unseasonably warm lately, I've found myself saying, "It just doesn't feel like Christmas." But the more I think about it, the more I believe that the weather really doesn't have much to do with whether or not it feels like Christmas.
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