http://www.cordeledispatch.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:50:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_135205117.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_135205117.html By CLAY MERCERI have long been told that the Chinese pictogram for the word “crisis” is a combination of the two pictograms for the words “danger” and “opportunity.” Tue, 13 May 2008 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_134142056.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_134142056.html By Benny WadeBoth the lyrics and the music are beautiful. They are also addictive because once you get the words and the music in your head they stick with you. You find yourself silently singing the selection. Tue, 13 May 2008 14:18:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_134141921.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_134141921.html Editor:We have been so overwhelmed with the love shown to us during the past few months. Tim is having good days and bad; we are just taking one day at a time. Mon, 12 May 2008 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_133200533.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_133200533.html By CLIFF NIPPERSpringtime is such a beautiful time of year. The weather gets warmer, flowers are blooming and the fleas get to biting. Many people are surprised they have fleas in their home even if they are using the veterinarian-supplied flea control products. Wed, 07 May 2008 19:17:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_128191820.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_128191820.html By CLAY MERCERNot long ago, Diane Couch asked me if I would look at her computer and see why it wasn’t behaving properly. This should immediately alert you to a couple of unalterable circumstances. Wed, 07 May 2008 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_128191616.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_128191616.html Dear Editor:Dooly County parents have organized to fight for the educational rights of their children. Because of the lawsuit against the Crisp County Board of Education filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, we as parents had to decide whether we would let our kids be forced out of the Crisp County school system or we would fight for their rights and the choice of school(s) to receive their education. Thu, 01 May 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_122171244.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_122171244.html The 911 operator in Florida, I’d suggest, truly missed her calling in life. She is far better suited to be a movie script writer.Consider these improbable titles. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:37:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_121213910.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_121213910.html By CLAY MERCERWhoever said that money can’t buy happiness never bought a kid a puppy. I know, I know, there’s a whole lot more to taking care of a puppy besides playing with it. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:03:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_120200359.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_120200359.html By MARTHA SPEARSRising prices of gas, food and just about everything else may be a cause for concern in many households. People are looking for ways to cut costs in expendable areas. Businesses are increasing costs to meet the increase in operating costs. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_117193655.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_117193655.html With the prices of so many things we must buy, including gasoline and food, going up, most of us are feeling the financial pinch. Perhaps no one is more affected, however, than those who work as servers in restaurants. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_117193608.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_117193608.html Dear Ms. King,With this being Child Abuse Prevention Month, I have a few thoughts I’d like to share. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_114180222.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_114180222.html By DON HOWELLHere’s a jaw dropper! A group of Islamic clerics is asking that the way time is measured be changed.  They want to switch from Greenwich Mean Time (Greenwich England) to Mecca Mean Time.  They believe that Mecca is the center of the world so all time should be measured from that point.  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:58:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_114180048.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_114180048.html By CLAY MERCERThere is only one place in the world to get a pool room hotdog and that’s at The Pool Room. You can have your Ball Park Franks and your bratwursts and your sausage dogs and your Coney Island dogs, but as for me and my family, we will have Pool Room Hotdogs. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_112160311.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_112160311.html Dear Editor:The Red Raiders travel ball team would like to thank everyone who participated in our Boston butt fundraiser. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_112160210.html http://www.cordeledispatch.com/opinion/local_story_112160210.html Editor:I met Peggy King over two decades ago. I was a cotton scout for the Dooly County Extension unit. One day while scouting, I noticed a rattlesnake coiled up in Mr. Gene Roney’s field. I ran and got the small bamboo stick off one of the pest traps and commenced to hitting the snake across the head.