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Publisher’s Point: Explore, Serve, And “Build A Life”
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Publisher’s Point: Explore, Serve, And “Build A Life”

  August 15, 2013
This week, “information and inspiration,” the subtitle of our little “shopper’s paper with substance,” Athens Now, came to me from...
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Publisher’s Point: Why We Should Fight For The Students of Williamson County, Tn
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Publisher’s Point: Why We Should Fight For The Students of Williamson County, Tn

  August 2, 2013
Only about an hour away from us, a battle is boiling in Williamson County, TN, that has gained national attention....
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Publisher’s Point: Dana Loesch, A Dazzling Young Light
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Publisher’s Point: Dana Loesch, A Dazzling Young Light

  July 19, 2013
I have to tell you, sometimes I get mighty discouraged about the plight of the minds and souls of our...
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Publisher’s Point: Helen Keller On Optimism
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Publisher’s Point: Helen Keller On Optimism

  July 6, 2013
Ivy Green, located in Tuscumbia, is the birthplace of Helen Keller, and one of Alabama’s state treasures. It is one...
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Publisher’s Point: Thieving A Threshold?
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Publisher’s Point: Thieving A Threshold?

  June 21, 2013
The subtitle of Athens Now is Information And Inspiration, and much of what we do is to illustrate what an...
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Publisher’s Point: Mrs. Garritsen Goes To Washington
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Publisher’s Point: Mrs. Garritsen Goes To Washington

  June 7, 2013
Every once in awhile we as Americans are given the blessing of hearing someone eloquently stand for Constitutional righteousness, and...
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Publisher’s Point: Why We Need To Fight For The Romeike Family
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Publisher’s Point: Why We Need To Fight For The Romeike Family

  May 17, 2013
We have Tennessee neighbors who are in trouble, and it’s not because they have done anything wrong. It is because...
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A Day In The Life – Publisher’s Point
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A Day In The Life – Publisher’s Point

  May 3, 2013
“I heard the news today, oh boy…” sang John Lennon a lifetime ago when the Beatles released “A Day In...
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Publisher’s Point: “It Could Never Happen Here”
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Publisher’s Point: “It Could Never Happen Here”

  April 19, 2013
In March, after the Sandy Hook shootings, and before the Boston Marathon bombings, I had the privilege of attending a...
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Publisher’s Point: The Strength Of One’s Story
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Publisher’s Point: The Strength Of One’s Story

  April 7, 2013
On Wednesday, April 3rd, right in the middle of what sometimes are the “Perils of Publication Week,” I was blessed...
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The Politics Of Protocol
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The Politics Of Protocol

  March 16, 2013
I just had the privilege of being invited to a media event at the recent National Religious Broadcaster’s conference held...
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Publisher’s Point: “Disarming Citizens Should They Become Unruly”
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Publisher’s Point: “Disarming Citizens Should They Become Unruly”

  March 1, 2013
There is no doubt that 2nd Amendment emotions are a hot button in our country today. To some, it seems...
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Publisher’s Point: Mildred Ploss On Getting And Giving A Second Chance
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Publisher’s Point: Mildred Ploss On Getting And Giving A Second Chance

  February 15, 2013
Mildred Ploss graduated in December, 2012 from Athens State University with a B.S. in behavioral science, and her minor was...
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Publisher’s Point: The Elegant Bravery Of Senator Jeff Sessions
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Publisher’s Point: The Elegant Bravery Of Senator Jeff Sessions

  February 1, 2013
American people of every political persuasion routinely complain, and quite often rightly so, of the shenanigans that go on in...
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Publisher’s Point: The Loss Of A Letter Writer
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Publisher’s Point: The Loss Of A Letter Writer

  January 18, 2013
The “point of the Point” for this edition of Athens Now, is to celebrate the life of a dear friend...
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Publisher’s Point: The Legacy Of A Librarian
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Publisher’s Point: The Legacy Of A Librarian

  January 4, 2013
I will never forget the day I met Jean Huber, who, for nearly 13 years worked at the Athens Public...
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Publisher’s Point: God’s Newest Angels
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Publisher’s Point: God’s Newest Angels

  December 21, 2012
I can only hope that this poem, inspired by the Christmas classic, “The Night Before Christmas,” and written by a...
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Publisher’s Point: Gratitude Versus The Grinch – Publisher’s Point
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Publisher’s Point: Gratitude Versus The Grinch – Publisher’s Point

  December 7, 2012
The Grinch, as always, is once again prowling about Whoville, ummm, Athens, ummm, America, trying to steal Christmas. Now, for...
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Publisher’s Point: “And Many Shall Be Offended”
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Publisher’s Point: “And Many Shall Be Offended”

  November 16, 2012
We have just completed an election cycle that was unusually acrimonious and brutal. The State of Alabama went for Romney,...
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Publisher’s Point: Teresa Todd, The Sweetest Of Competitors
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Publisher’s Point: Teresa Todd, The Sweetest Of Competitors

  November 2, 2012
Whenever Teresa Todd and I are in the same room, I describe her to whoever is listening as being “the...
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