June - 2018 2/4

Jun 23, 20182 min read

Bartlett on Gardening: Harness Helios

The longest, warmest days of the year have arrived. Gardeners living in hot, sunny areas can use this time to solve persistent pest...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 22, 20181 min read

Today's Traffic Snarl Caused by Semi v. Camaro Accident

The Georgia State Patrol reported that the crash that has tied up traffic in Dade and its environs today occurred this morning around...

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Dade Budget Misery Drags On to Next Called Commission Meeting on June 28

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 22, 20184 min read

Dade Budget Misery Drags On to Next Called Commission Meeting on June 28

Benefits sales representative John Leggett explains high health insurance costs as Commissioner Robert Goff studies the numbers and...

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Library News: Don't Miss Our Fabulous Summer Reading programs!

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 22, 20182 min read

Library News: Don't Miss Our Fabulous Summer Reading programs!

This week’s Summer Reading program was fantastic! Magician Ken Scott had us all spellbound, kids and adults as well. I was happy that...

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Dade County Arrest Report June 15-21, 2018

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 22, 20182 min read

Dade County Arrest Report June 15-21, 2018

These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of June 15-21. All arrestees are innocent until proven...

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School Board Re-Ups with Super; Buys More Chromebooks

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 21, 20185 min read

School Board Re-Ups with Super; Buys More Chromebooks

School’s out for the year but that doesn’t mean school administrators are lying in lawn chairs sipping drinks garnished with small...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 20, 20181 min read

Sgt. Chad Reveals Whereabouts

In answer to The Planet's impatient and persistent inquiries as to his prolonged and inconvenient absence; and in an effort to refute The...

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Dirt Roads, Pickup Trucks, Horseflies and The Good Old Days: An Earnest Treatise on The Recognition

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 20, 20187 min read

Dirt Roads, Pickup Trucks, Horseflies and The Good Old Days: An Earnest Treatise on The Recognition

I had this epiphany the other day when I was walking the dogs: At my house our habit on weekday afternoons, when one of us is working at...

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Summer, and the Livin' is Uneasy (But Don't Die--Body Bags are Skyrocketing): Dade Sings the

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 19, 20185 min read

Summer, and the Livin' is Uneasy (But Don't Die--Body Bags are Skyrocketing): Dade Sings the

District Attorney Herbert "Buzz" Franklin defends his budget as telejournalist Alex McAlpin duly chronicles the moment for posterity, and...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 19, 20181 min read

Living History Program at National Military Park Commemorates Local Connection at WWI Centennial

Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.--In June 1918, the Battle of Belleau Wood raged in France. At this battle and throughout the European continent,...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 19, 20181 min read

Letter to the Editor: Jeffares Endorses Shafer for Lt. Gov.

V I E W P O I N T S To the Editor: I am grateful to the nearly 135,000 Georgians who gave me their votes in the Republican primary for...

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Water Board Gets $450,000 Loan for Reservoir

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 18, 20185 min read

Water Board Gets $450,000 Loan for Reservoir

The Dade Water Board, from left: H.A. McKaig, Eddy Cantrell, Chairman Ted Rumley, Dr. Billy Pullen, Charles Breedlove, assistant...

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Bartlett on Gardening: Blame it on Linnaeus (Gemini 2)

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 16, 20182 min read

Bartlett on Gardening: Blame it on Linnaeus (Gemini 2)

In the early 1700s, Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus came up with the system for classifying plants that we use today. As he grouped...

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Library News: Summer Reading Kids Treated to Rock City Fairytales

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 15, 20182 min read

Library News: Summer Reading Kids Treated to Rock City Fairytales

Emaly, Elena and Ashtyn Patterson with Little Red Riding Hood (Mary Beth Torgerson) in the forest before they met the Big Bad Wolf. Last...

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New Eats, New Dance Steps and Where's That Sergeant? Trenton Runaround--June 15

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 15, 20185 min read

New Eats, New Dance Steps and Where's That Sergeant? Trenton Runaround--June 15

Denizens o' Dade, The Planet knows you are so riveted by every scintillatin' detail of the county and school board budget process that...

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Dade County Arrest Report June 8-14, 2018

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 15, 20182 min read

Dade County Arrest Report June 8-14, 2018

These are arrests reported by the Dade County Sheriff’s Office for the week of June 8-14. All arrestees are innocent until proven guilty....

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Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 14, 20181 min read

Randall William Ford

Randall William Ford, 55, of Trenton, died at his residence on Thursday evening, June 14, 2018. He was an employee of Burner Systems...

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Historical Society Genealogy Workshop Saturday

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 14, 20181 min read

Historical Society Genealogy Workshop Saturday

Come and join us on Saturday morning, June 16, at 10:30 for the quarterly meeting followed by a genealogy workshop. The meeting will be...

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Bizarre Home Invasion/Burglary Described in Magistrate Court

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 13, 20184 min read

Bizarre Home Invasion/Burglary Described in Magistrate Court

The bizarre details of a puzzling May 17 burglary emerged in Dade Magistrate Court this morning as one of the arrestees in that case,...

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Wooten Reveals Plans for Grand July 4 Extravaganza

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 12, 20183 min read

Wooten Reveals Plans for Grand July 4 Extravaganza

Information has been scant so far about the grand, over-the-top, 1945-themed July 4 blowout planned by Nathan Wooten and the Dade Chamber...

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