Dear Hearts and Gentle People
      I was having a nice lunch with my mother and son a couple of weeks ago when a friend at a nearby table startled me by asking what I thought was a very personal question. "Mickie, are you and Alex divorced?" he asked matter-of-factly. I choked on a green bean, then said with a little snicker, "We weren't this morning when I left home but it's still early yet.
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Across The Savannah
A Sense of Place
By TOM POLAND
      When I watch the Weather Channel's radar of the Southeast, my mind goes back to childhood. There on the green radar map with counties outlined, I see the land of my youth, Lincoln County. I know this land so well I can see it right there on my TV. I see its homes, stores, and landmarks as I watch an ever-changing red, green, and yellow squall line sweep through the county.
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Misleading tax relief promises
      TO THE EDITOR I have noticed both in the Lincoln Journal and around the County campaign signs and ads proclaiming that if elected taxes would be frozen.
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Thoughts from Joy Mountain
      TO THE EDITOR Thoughts from Joy Mountain I went with a friend on a ladies retreat on Joy Mountain near Ashville, N.C. A lady sang this song and recited the poem that went with it. I thought to myself I had many regrets in my life, but this song was exactly how I feel.
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We all need to cut back
      TO THE EDITOR With inflation running at the fastest pace in 15 years, and no jobs in sight, and companies are cutting back, and the runaway on foreclosures, this to me is a good indicator that everyone should be cutting back.
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