Dick Yarbrough
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Column: Education expert says students aren’t blue...
by Dick Yarbrough
Columnist
10:43 AM, Friday, May 24
Dear public school teachers in Georgia: It looks as if you have survived another year of underwhelming support from state legislators, many of whom would kiss a tree toad if so instructed by the anti-public education crowd. I know it is frustrati...

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Jan Jones
Column: Charter schools give students opportunities
As a mother of four children currently enrolled in or graduates of Fulton County Schools, I care deeply about public ...
03:41 PM, Wednesday, October 31
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vote no on charter school amendment
EDITOR: I, like Dick Yarbrough, “cannot support an amendment with deliberately deceitful language being funded b...
03:34 PM, Wednesday, October 31
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Back yard yielded unexpected treasures
When Bo DuBose was younger, he spent many a weekend following his father around Civil War battle sites in search of ...
03:17 PM, Wednesday, October 31
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Angela Spencer
Column: Being aware, prepared paramount in personal safety
They tell you to expect the unexpected, but I didn’t see any danger in taking a mid-day walk from the market to my ap...
02:47 PM, Wednesday, October 31
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Charter school amendment more about ‘how’ than ‘what’
District 54 Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta, majority whip in the Georgia House of Representatives, says he finds him...
12:12 PM, Wednesday, October 24
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vote yes on Amendment 2
EDITOR: It is a shame more citizens have not heard about Amendment 2, which will allow Georgia to enter into mul...
12:06 PM, Wednesday, October 24
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Mystery of the Toy Museum finally solved
(UPDATED AT 7:40 P.M. THURSDAY WITH CORRECTED INFO ON THE TOY MUSEUM'S YEARS IN EXISTENCE) The Toy Museum is an ab...
11:57 AM, Wednesday, October 24
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Officer Larry Jacobs Sandy Springs Police
Column: Aggressive Driving
GA Code 40-6-397 – Aggressive Driving: Driving behavior that is rude, unsafe, or frightening to other drivers. Georg...
01:59 PM, Friday, October 19
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Pro-charter amendment forces trying to bully foes
If the pro-charter amendment people are trying to win friends and influence voters to pass the measure in November, t...
04:48 PM, Wednesday, October 17
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Fran Millar
Column: Why I will vote yes on charter amendment
There is a lot of misinformation on the Charter School Amendment. I want to try and set the record straight. First, ...
04:43 PM, Wednesday, October 17
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LETTER TO EDITOR: No person should experience grief alone
EDITOR: October is Depression Awareness Month — a time to recognize a condition that affects nearly 10 percent of ...
04:38 PM, Wednesday, October 17
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Fall’s rhythm a welcome reminder
Fall is by far the best time of year. As the evenings grow shorter and sounds of crickets die down, life settles int...
03:11 PM, Wednesday, October 17
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Officer Larry Jacobs - Sandy Springs Police
Column: Retail Customer Thefts
The most common retail customer thefts occur in large retail stores, especially those where the customer uses a shopp...
02:51 PM, Friday, October 12
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Column: What to expect when you're applying: A high school...
College is supposed to be the best four years of a person’s life — at least that is what people continue to tell me. ...
04:05 PM, Thursday, October 11
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Special school has positive impact on special-need...
If you aren’t careful, it is very easy to get pessimistic these days. We have gotten too loud, too adversarial, too p...
03:23 PM, Wednesday, October 10
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« K. Kemp wrote on Friday, May 24 at 12:32 PM »
Beautiful thought: "a school is not a business." However, wit...
« ThatsJustPeachy wrote on Thursday, May 23 at 10:44 AM »
I think regular opossums are much cuter than that mascot.
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