Dear Hearts and Gentle People
      This was one 4th of July the McGees will never forget. Not because anything extraordinary happened concerning the holiday itself. We celebrated the usual way with family and friends, watermelon, homemade ice-cream, and the obligatory fireworks. But, as my nephew Mitch noted in that ho-hum tone of...
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Across The Savannah
Exploiting a Third World Country
By TOM POLAND
      My friend, Hilda, took me on a humanitarian mission to Columbiana, a third-world country, last month. The goal was to feed starving children. "Hilda the hippie." That's what I call her. Altruistic to a fault and a tad naive, she fights world starvation anywhere she can.
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Chamber Chatter
By: Ernie Doss
      The Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce and the Mc- Cormick County Chamber of Commerce would like to thank everyone for another successful Thunder Over Thurmond. For over 28 minutes the skies over Lake Thurmond were awash with sites and sounds of our country's Independence.
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