National and Regional

Terry Dickson

Sunday, January 04, 2009

It's 2009, and life can be good

ST. SIMONS ISLAND - Two thousand nine.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

I resolve to make my year longer

ST. SIMONS ISLAND - This is the time of year when we check up on resolutions and see how we did.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Tradition in tune for new year

They stuck "Little" in front of Roy Lewis' name when he was about as tall as the middle fret on a banjo neck. Since his father, James Roy "Pop" Lewis, passed on, he's the only Roy Lewis. But he's still Little Roy to bluegrass fans, and he can play Foggy Mountain Breakdown the way his friend and idol Earl Scruggs intended.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas, done by the letters

ST. SIMONS ISLAND - It's not exactly brain-taxing, but there's a little Christmas party game that people play. You hand out paper with the alphabet and challenge players to write a Christmas term for each letter.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

No place like home for family's education

BRUNSWICK - Kerri Brown has a class most teachers would give up their teacher's editions to teach.

For this family's education, there's no place like home

Kerri Brown has a class most teachers would give up their teacher's editions to teach. She has only seven students. But here's the catch: They have seven graduation dates and she gave birth to every one of her students.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Christmas cheer: Dirt, hard work and sweat

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Every year preachers lament that we have taken Christ out of Christmas and it's time to put him back.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

A brother won't be forgotten

BRUNSWICK - Vincent Daugherty wrote a letter home from Korea in 1953."He was on his last night there, said he was coming home," said his cousin. He was killed by machine gun fire the next day.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

It's lights out for this tradition

TOWNSEND - Georgia will be a little dimmer this Christmas because the lights aren't on in one little corner.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Santa back in town for the season

ST. SIMONS ISLAND - If you see George McManus walking around Brunswick, you've got to figure this: It's almost Christmas.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Torturous elections are over

ST. SIMONS ISLAND - Thank God that's over. We in Georgia have been under election siege since the July primaries. The last contests were decided in a runoff Tuesday between U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Republican, and Democrat Jim Martin.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Torturous elections are over

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Truth in Atlanta? Lie to me

BRUNSWICK - State Sen. Ed Tarver, D-Augusta, has a great idea. He is again introducing a bill that would compel lobbyists to tell the truth while appearing before legislative committees.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

A recipe for holiday disaster

BRUNSWICK - I know, I know. I write too much about the superiority of Southern food, but what better time?

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Working: Just for the taste of it

BRUNSWICK - Tomorrow's Monday and you're dreading it already. The alarm clock's going to sound and you'll drag yourself out of bed, take a shower and get dressed.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008