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CRYSTAL HARDY by scottbthompsonsr
Mar 01, 2010 | 1 
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Carrying a Torch for Recycling by: Heather O'Neill @ Moving Traffic, Inc. March 1, 2010 Any fan of the Olympics has had the fantasy of being a part of it. Crystal Hardy made it happen, not by training but through recycling. Hardy, 20, was chosen by Coca-Cola's Positive Living initiative to be o... | 17 |
MORE REMARKABLE PEOPLE by scottbthompsonsr
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 | 15 |
Years ago I told you some stories of several remarkable people. They were Laurens Countians. All of them lived to be more than one hundred years old. All of them were black, and all of them had been slaves. Here are more stories of former slaves. But, I will also tell you about some more rem... | 15 | 
BEN SMITH by scottbthompsonsrFeb 22, 2010 | 0 | 18 |
Ben Smith plays big, lifts JU Dolphins By Gene Frenette If you haven’t made it to a Jacksonville University basketball game this season, put it on your to-do list this week because a player the likes of Ben Smith must be appreciated by being there. The senior point guard might be only 5-foo... | 18 | 
Snow Pictures by scottbthompsonsrFeb 14, 2010 | 0 | 14 |
Here are few of the 500 photos I took during the snowfall. It brought back memories of the 1973 fourteen-inch snowfall. Hope you all had a blast like I did. | 14 | 
LET IT SNOW by scottbthompsonsr
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 | 16 |
The Great Snowfall of 1973 The day was Friday, February 9, 1973 - thirty seven years ago. It was supposed to rain - a cold rain. After all, it had rained the Friday before - an all time official record of five and one - half inches. Eight East Laurens High School classrooms had been soaked. ... | 16 | 
REV. W.A. DINKINS by scottbthompsonsrFeb 02, 2010 | 0 | 15 |
A Deliverer of Believers William Dinkins loved the Lord from the time he was seven years old. He loved the Lord all of his long life. It was said that during his lifetime he delivered more than seven thousand believers to the altar, built or improved forty-seven churches and one school, the ... | 15 | 
QUINTEZ SMITH by scottbthompsonsrJan 27, 2010 | 0 | 19 |
Dublin's Quintez Smith continues to rack up postseason honors January 26, 2:43 AM Black College Sports Examiner Gregory Smith At the rate Quintez Smith is going, he may not find enough space in Dublin, Georgia for all of his awards and postseason honors. The latest? The cornerback for Shaw Univer... | 19 |
A NIGHTMARE IN WINTER by scottbthompsonsr
Jan 27, 2010 | 0 | 16 |
Henry Burney knew the way out of town. Any way would do. The shorter the better. Burney didn't take too long to take his badly beaten bruised body out of Dublin to meet the 48-hour vigilante-imposed deadline and avoid being beaten, stabbed, shot, hung, or a combination of any or all of the abov... | 16 |
ANDY OUTLAW - A HERMIT'S TALE by scottbthompsonsr
Jan 27, 2010 | 0 | 19 |
Andy Outlaw watched the dough boys march by. He rarely saw the sun in the noon day sky or heard a baby's midnight cry. Andy lived alone indoors for most of his life, surrounded by the things that meant the most to him, without a child or a wife. And, he loved it, because Andy Outlaw was a her... | 19 | 