Readers throughout the Cordele Dispatch coverage area are invited to share their Christmas memories, traditions and photos for the December issue of the Tri-County Scene, the community’s bi-monthly magazine.
An account of a favorite childhood or other memory would be great. For example, I can remember only one “white” Christmas in South Georgia during my entire lifetime. About three days before Christmas, a winter storm blew in, and deposited several inches of snow on the ground. It wasn’t enough to paralyze the area like the “big snow” of 1973, but it was enough to be beautiful.
I had an opportunity to ride around Dooly County the morning after the snow had fallen the previous night. Most yards were undisturbed, so the countryside looked like a picture postcard or one of those Christmas cards where snow blankets everything. It was breath-taking, unlike anything I had ever seen. Some remnants of the snow remained until Christmas day. I don’t remember the exact year, but it was in the early 1990’s.
Surely you must have stories of your own. Please share those with us and our readers.
We also would love to hear about your family traditions and receive some of your best holiday photos. Does your family go someplace special every Christmas or decorate a particular kind of tree? Do you eat certain foods and always associate those with the holiday? Everyone has traditions. Please take a few minutes to put yours into words and send it to peggy.king@gaflnews.com.
Submissions also are welcome at the front counter of our office or through the mail to P. O. Box 1058, Cordele 31010. Please direct mail to my attention.
I look forward to reading your stories and seeing your pictures. Please get your submissions to us no later than next Thursday, Nov. 19. Thanks so much for sharing.
Opinion
Share your memories
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Former track star humbled
Dear Editor:
I truly appreciate the Cordele Dispatch allowing me this space today to extend a “thank you” forty years late. -
Mr. Man is peculiar
Men are peculiar creatures. I suppose, now that I’ve laid that provocative declaration on the table, you’ll want solid proof to back it up, though proving it will not be a difficult task; all I have to do is point to…Mr. Man.
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Life, liberty, and .….accessories?
Spartanburg, South Carolina, is not the cultural center of the universe. I am qualified to make that statement based on my experiences in Spartanburg which include The Hearon Traffic Circle, The Midnight Sun, and Wofford College.
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Watch for motorcycles
Editor:
May is recognized as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and Leather and Lace MC would like to take this opportunity to address both safety and awareness. -
Mr. Man and childhood obesity
Mr. Man has a fat grandson. The kid lives in Texas, so we rarely see him, but according to pictures on Facebook, he is fat.
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Life, liberty, and .….springtime?
Spring is officially here. I don’t care about the calendar, the baseball season, the basketball playoffs, Easter, when the Confederate Jasmine blooms, when the robins come through, when the sand hill cranes fly, or what the temperature does.
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TSPLOST questions & answers
What does TSPLOST stand for?
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Victim thanks officers
(A story about a robbery at gunpoint ran in Thursday’s Cordele Dispatch. As is the paper’s policy, the victim was not identified. He submitted a letter of thanks, but asked that he still not be identified.
We are honoring his request because of the circumstances. Sheriff Donnie Haralson and other officers know who he is). -
Life, liberty, and …vacations?
Vacations are a time to get away and escape the humdrum of your normal life. Some couples I know like to take a trip about once a quarter, just get out of town.
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Mr. Man and spilled milk
We’ve come a long way, baby, but women are still second class citizens...I haven’t heard Helen Reddy roar in quite a while.
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