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Sep 6, 20233 min read
Heard It on the Coconut Telegraph: Live Like Jimmy Buffett
By FRANK SAYLES JR. Tifton Grapevine Hemingway once said, “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he livedand...
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Jul 29, 20222 min read
The Tifton-Key West Connection:
By FRANK SAYLES JR. Recently, I visited once again the Asa F. Tift home in Key West, my latest of several visits during the...
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Jun 12, 20191 min read
Regardless of the Calendar, It is Summer – Make it Memorable
Regardless of the Calendar, It is Summer – Make it Memorable By FRANK SAYLES JR. Tifton Grapevine On a recent sun-bright, blue-sky day, I...
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Nov 21, 20183 min read
This Old Hat: A Veterans Day Story, Part Three
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last of three parts written by local author and Vietnam veteran Warren Robinson of Lenox in observance of...
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Nov 15, 20186 min read
This Old Hat: A Veterans Day Story, Part Two
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of three parts written by local author and Vietnam veteran Warren Robinson of Lenox in observance of...
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Nov 8, 20184 min read
This Old Hat: A Veterans Day Story
Part One EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of three parts written by local author and Vietnam veteran Warren Robinson of Lenox in...
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Dec 19, 20172 min read
GUEST COLUMN: Preserving the Great Outdoors
The holiday season is a special time when Georgians can come together to enjoy good food, footballand spend time with family and friends....
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Apr 18, 20173 min read
Preserving Tifton's Charm: Council Makes a Bad Decision
Remember that scene in the film “It’s a Wonderful Life” when Jimmy Stewart finds himself in an alternate universe of downtown...
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Jan 24, 20172 min read
Remembering a Presidential Inauguration -- 40 Years Later
The day dawned bright and frosty in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 20, 1977. Although the sun was shining, the temperature was in...
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Nov 3, 20164 min read
GUEST COLUMN: A Bold Change for Failing Schools
By REP. PENNY HOUSTON On November 8, voters in Georgia will be asked a question that has the potential to change K-12 education in our...
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Jul 12, 20162 min read
SUMMER 2016: A Season of Possibilities
"Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it."...
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Jan 20, 20162 min read
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIFTON GAZETTE
This has been sent to The Tifton Gazette as a Letter to the Editor by Tifton Grapevine Publisher Frank Sayles Jr.: Last Sunday's Tifton...
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Jun 22, 20152 min read
A Prayer for Our Friends in Charleston
Charleston, S.C., is perhaps the most genteel city in the nation. I spent the greater part of a decade there working as a reporter and an...
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Feb 7, 20141 min read
THAT LONG AND WINDING ROAD
As you probably know, this Sunday, Feb. 9, marks 50 years since The Beatles made their American television debut on the "Ed Sullivan...
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Dec 6, 20135 min read
Mayor Responds to Grapevine Report
Tifton Mayor Jamie Cater responds to Friday's Tifton Grapevine Weekender report on this week's City Council meeting. Read the mayor's...
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