Softball is better than political hardball
OUR VIEW
      Thomasville High School's softball team is still alive in the state playoffs, having defeated Opp in the sub-state pairings. Here's wishing them continued success in the rest of the playoffs. State budget The Senate gave final approval to the state budget covering non-education agencies this we...
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State's credit card approach to budgetting
      Last year legislators gave education employees a 7 percent pay raise. There wasn't enough available in the General Fund Budget to give state workers 7 percent, so they gave them 3.5 percent starting last October and put the rest on the state's credit card to kick in October of 2008.
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Always close to the low point
From the Editor's Desk
Arthur McLean
      If you haven't heard the flap over the Annie Leibovitz' pictures of young star Miley Cyrus, don't waste your time. But news stories covering that topic were the second most popular when I looked at a list of the most popular stories on Google the other day.
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Improvements march on
Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
The late Earl Tucker
      May 7, 1958 Every now and then I get to thinking about how we Americans have never seemed to pay adequate tribute to the scientists and mechanics and chemists who have improved on things other people have invented School children are taught all about Edison, Watt, Fulton, Whitney, Marconi, the Wr...
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Relay for Life a success thanks to you
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the volunteers who worked so hard to make Thomasville's 2008 Relay for Life a success. An event like this is possible only through the efforts of many caring, dedicated people.
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