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Our Opinion: ‘Fore’ a good cause
Did you know that more than 11 million cancer survivors will celebrate a birthday this year? Did you know that some 39,080 new cancer cases will be diagnosed this year in Georgia alone?
Hoping to give more people more birthdays is the American Cancer Society, a national community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, advocacy, education, and service.
With well over two million volunteers across the nation, the American Cancer Society is one of the oldest and largest voluntary health agencies in the United States.
The American Cancer Society is the largest source of private, not-for-profit cancer research funds in the United States. It is second only to the federal government in total dollars spent. It spent roughly $146 million on cancer research in 2007 and more dollars on providing the public with accurate, up-to-date information on cancer.
For nearly 30 years, every July, the local chapter of the American Cancer Society has held an annual golf tournament to raise money to continue all its efforts to treat and prevent cancer.
This year, the event will be held at Stone Creek July 8-10. Shotgun start will be at 1 p.m. each day.
Teams are encouraged to sign up now.
The golf tournament typically raises an average of $30,000 to $40,000.
Fifty to 60 teams with more than 200 players are expected to participate in the three-day event, and each day will end in a cookout.
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What We Think: Get A Taste Of Home
If you’ve never attended the Taste of Home Cooking School, well, then, you don’t know what you’ve been missing.
- Rant & Rave for Monday, March 22, 2010
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What We Think: TitleTown trophy goes home
On Friday, representatives from the school systems converged on Valdosta City Hall to move the TitleTown trophy to its new and permanent home at the James H. Rainwater Conference Center.
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From the publisher: Health care debate today might open the heavens
Today at 1 p.m., Congress will start its ‘final’ debate of national health-care reform and a vote is expected sometime today. I don’t know about you, but my head is hurting from the yelling from both sides. I am hoping for some relief by Monday.
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What We Think: Thumbs up, thumbs down
THUMBS UP: To the Lowndes High School Mock Trial Team for bringing home six awards from the 22nd Annual Georgia Mock Trial Competition in Lawrenceville. Team members David Kenner, Jamie Mauldin, Tumise Asebiomo, Brianna Turner and Brittany Ward won individual awards. The entire defense team received a perfect score in round two.
- What We Think: Running against cuts
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Rant & Rave for Friday, March 19, 2010
If the city council, attorney and mayor and others who make the decisions would do honest planning and look out for the people instead of their own wants, they wouldn't need bullet-resistant glass and other things for their so-called protection.
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What we think: Do the math
The Georgia General Assembly is still debating the budget — the one where millions of dollars have to be cut from programs due to budget shortfalls, due largely to decreased spending due to a large unemployment rate, mortgage default rate, etc.
The state is in a pickle. - Rant & Raves for March 18, 2010
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What We Think: How much is too much?
The questions being raised by Republican senators concerning the compensation package that the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of America receives is understandable given that the Senate is preparing to vote on a bill that would provide funding for the program for the next five years.
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What We Think: Get A Taste Of Home
