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- Sunday, May 19, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Harris Blackwood's column
When you hear this alarm, don't hit the snooze button
If a toddler touches a hot stove, it's because they don't know any better. Sure, maybe your mama or daddy warned you, but sometimes those concepts don't sink in with the very young.
A timely investment: Yard projects with your niece, nephew
If you're looking for an investment that has a guaranteed rate of return and pays handsome dividends, I have one for you.
Sorry, but there’s no Juan here
We've been in our new house for three weeks and some folks have already found us. Several of the neighbors have brought by little nice things to say welcome back to the neighborhood. One dear friend brought by a container of beef stew. Some folks understand me very well. But the unwanted intruders came through a copper wire. They dialed a series of numbers causing my telephone to ring. Then, they proceeded to try to ...
Don Kerns marking 50 years in towing
There are orbiters in the space shuttle fleet that have fewer miles than some of the cars at our house.
Have you been outside today?
I am on my soapbox today. I'm going to say at the outset that I fully understand that there are people who have serious allergic reactions to certain things and I appreciate that. I also understand that there are bad people in the world who will do bad things to others. Having said that, let me begin my diatribe for today. We have allowed ourselves to become a nation of people who are afraid of ...
Family cheers on young man with Hollywood dreams
Mimi and Papa don't usually watch "One Tree Hill," the prime-time TV series that tends to skew to a young audience in their late teens and 20s.
Spotlight is harshest when you flub a line
I didn't get to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama until they replayed it on cable.
GBI agents mourn loss of Vandiver
Officers of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are called special agents. To his GBI colleagues, Marvin Vandiver was really special.
All these boxes bring back lots of memories
As I write this, we are in the midst of moving. I come from a somewhat nomadic family. My mother was the daughter of a sharecropper and they lived in the tenant houses of the landowner where they were sharecropping. My paternal grandfather died when my father was 4. My grandmother moved to Atlanta with four little boys and they moved a few more times, according to my father's school records. I, too, have lived ...
Preacher Bryant heard God's call early
DAHLONEGA - Dean Bryant heard the call to ministry at the age of 17. He says the devil heard it, too, and tried to convince him otherwise.
When it’s my time to go, just stuff me
There are a lot of people who are troubled by the prospects of their own death. I'm not. Death is the final event of life. What happens after you die is the question most people have. Some believe you either go to an eternity in paradise or hell. Others believe you come back, either as another person or some animal. Still others think you die and that's it. In the South of my youth, death ...
Kemps are well-known in Murrayville
The Kemp family has been a vital part of Murrayville for several generations.
Caution: Don’t read this if you have removed your pillow’s tag
The federal government spends a lot of time on labels. Getting a federally authorized label for something requiring one costs a pretty good sum of money. You have to hire a Washington lawyer, hold hearings, publish it in the Federal Register and do everything but stand on your head. I was packing up some stuff the other day and noticed the label on an insecticide designed to kill flying pests. It said it was a ...
Would Elvis still get the ladies all shook up at age 74?
It's hard to imagine, but if he had lived, Elvis Aron Presley would be 74 on Thursday.
Shouldn’t this century be one of flying cars?
I remember going to Walt Disney World not long after it opened. There was just the Magic Kingdom and that was it.
Articles by Section - Harris Blackwood's column
Original locations highlight class acts
In the world of restaurants, there is something special about the original location of unique eating establishments.
Bear Bryant advised players to write home
College football coaches often find themselves being pitchmen for everything from soft drinks to pickup trucks.
Hail true to alma maters
The graduation season is upon us and with it comes songs we only hear at commencement exercises.
Mourn the loss of a college tradition
At just about every college you can think of, there is a tradition uniquely identified with the football team. Some of them are historic while others are almost hysterical.
TV is to blame for fading our accents
It is easy to blame television for a lot of things. We have seen many things that were once taboo become acceptable because we saw them happen on TV.
Can't top a classic Easter tradition
The folks in Hollywood seem to run short on ideas from time to time. They seem to thrive on remakes of old movies. I saw a story last year that said movie studios were looking at 50 potential remakes.
This is the week to find yourself a church
If you're in the church business, this is the big week. It's hard to make comparisons, but if you used sporting events, this would be the World Series, Super Bowl, Daytona 500 and the Masters all rolled into one giant happening.
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