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2025 Legislative Newsletter – Week 10

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
By Alan Powell State Rep.   With Crossover Day behind us, the House began to review and vote on legislation that passed over from our Senate counterparts this week. We successfully passed the House’s version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget, beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2026.
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Vietnam revisited – 50-year anniversary: What did we learn?

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
By Eugene Ashby Local Columnist   Writer’s note: The writer of this article was an advisor to the Department of Defense, at a Top Secret level, during the earlier stages of the Vietnam War.  We learned that war is a dirty business and when it is over, all sides realize that it wasn’t worth it.
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Vietnam vet remembered as leader who put others first

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Thursday, March 27, 2025
By Phil Hudgins CNI   They came from all over the nation, these veterans of the Vietnam War who had gathered at a funeral home in Allentown, Pa., home of Doug and Jenny Foster. For most of them, Doug Foster was their company commander. The Hudgins boys were there, too.
This is not everything picked up in the roadside ditch, but it’s a sampling of the litter. Some was tossed from the windows of vehicles, and many of the items probably blew out of the back of pickups. Either way, the result was a trashy mess. (Photo/Nesmith)

This is not everything picked up in the roadside ditch, but it’s a sampling of the litter. Some was tossed from the windows of vehicles, and many of the items probably blew out of the back of pickups. Either way, the result was a trashy mess. (Photo/Nesmith)

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Litter in ditches says something about people

Dink NeSmith
Thursday, March 27, 2025
J.P. Morris was a thinker.  And when he spoke, he didn’t waste words.  I relished every visit with him. When I was involved in the ownership of The Baxley News-Banner, I could expect calls from the Appling County land baron and entrepreneur. He never tried to influence what was in the newspaper.
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WKLY, finally

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Monday, March 24, 2025
By Jon Hunt Guest Columnist   *Editor’s Note: Jon Hunt grew up in Nuberg and is a 1965 graduate of Hart County High School. He now lives in Florida and is a Senior Associate with Florida Business Exchange, Inc.   WKLY came on the air in September 1947.
Five emu eggs, in a digitized incubator, are under the watchful eyes of grandsons William and Fenn NeSmith. The first hatchlings are due around Easter. (Photo/Heather NeSmith)

Five emu eggs, in a digitized incubator, are under the watchful eyes of grandsons William and Fenn NeSmith. The first hatchlings are due around Easter. (Photo/Heather NeSmith)

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Neighbor’s ‘gifts’ bring new barnyard adventure

Dink NeSmith
Monday, March 24, 2025
Ninety-nine percent of the time, our grandchildren know what to expect from me. It’s the other 1 percent that keeps them guessing. And that’s when the unexpected leads to adventure. Here’s the latest surprise. William, 16, and Fenn, 14, had no idea what was in the Styrofoam cooler.
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Step up and demand a real action plan

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Our national debt is too big, but there’s a reasonable way to go about cutting costs and there’s a reckless way to do it. What we see is just reckless and mean-spirited. Voters simply wanted prices to come down and immigration brought under control. We’re still waiting.