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In their own words

News Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
There was a time when both political parties wanted the same things—national security, good schools, a strong economy, and equal opportunities for every American to pursue a better life. This was a time when politics was about working through contrasting ideas on how best to achieve common goals.
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Growing With Work and Chores

News Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
I grew up on a farm and as everyone knows, farms require work. They don’t run themselves nor do they wait for the work to be done. Everything has a season. I was first drafted to work on the farm when I was about eight years old. I worked in the field, hoeing and picking cotton and bell pepper.
One of the most-photographed landmarks in Wayne County is the 124-year-old brick building in Gardi. Around 1940, Troy Fore Sr. purchased the iconic structure in which he operated The Altamaha Apiaries. In 1969 his son, Troy Jr., established Fore’s Honey Farms. Troy became an influential leader in the beekeeping industry.

One of the most-photographed landmarks in Wayne County is the 124-year-old brick building in Gardi. Around 1940, Troy Fore Sr. purchased the iconic structure in which he operated The Altamaha Apiaries. In 1969 his son, Troy Jr., established Fore’s Honey Farms. Troy became an influential leader in the beekeeping industry.

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Troy Fore inspired curiosity and courage

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
By the time I got there in August of 1971, Troy Fore was already at 361 W. Plum St. in Jesup. But the same magnetic force drew us to the Wayne County Press (WCP). On June 30, that “magnet” sat—in his seersucker suit—two pews in front of me at Troy’s funeral.
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips addressing the media at ACC Kickoff on July 22. Photo by Benjamin London

ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips addressing the media at ACC Kickoff on July 22. Photo by Benjamin London

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Are we close to the ACC’s downfall?

Benjamin London - Sports Editor and Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
For the past few years, the college football landscape has changed tremendously. From NIL where players are making more than some coaches, to the new playoff format that started with four teams and has recently expanded to 12.
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Biden did the right thing

News Staff
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
President Biden made a decision that was not for Joe Biden; it was for our country. He had the wisdom and dignity to know when it was time to step aside as candidate for President and concentrate his energy on serving out his term effectively.
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Vote for those upholding God’s principles

News Staff
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
This nation of ours has strayed far from what our founding fathers envisioned and began 248 years ago. Ours was to be a limited representative government, a republic, not a democracy as people love to call it today.
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Let Games of the XXXIII Olympiad begin

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
The closest that I’ve ever been to Paris is 4,364 miles. That was squirming in Mrs. Lois Collins’ eighth-grade French class. Correction. On a Delta flight in 1999 to begin a three-week Middle East Travel Seminar (METS), our plane touched down in Berlin.
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Lesson in human decency can be learned in grammar school

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
When I was in elementary school—it was either the sixth or seventh grade—my classmates elected me to fight a boy named Johnny because he supposedly was picking on smaller kids. It was almost an honor. The fight took place down at the railroad tracks near the school.
My first time playing EA Sports: College Football 25. I took out my immense frustration against Benjamin London’s favorite team.

My first time playing EA Sports: College Football 25. I took out my immense frustration against Benjamin London’s favorite team.

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A very trying week

Patrick Fargason - Editor and Publisher
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
The last eight months, I patiently waited for the week of July 15 to arrive. While I’ve never been a big video game guy, there was always one game that used to keep me glued to the TV screen like an adolescent: NCAA College Football.