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By FRANK SAYLES JR. Tifton Grapevine: Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 5:26 PM
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 found myself at the beach, my feet in the warm, comfortable sand and the gentle surf lapping at the shoreline. Children playfully squealed nearby as they dug tunnels in the wet sand. The exotic, paradisiacal aroma of coconut-scented sunscreenhung in the air.
The familiar scene evoked memories of many past summers and many beaches. |
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Warren Robinson: Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 4:39 PM
EDITOR'S NOTE:Thisis the last of three parts written by local author and Vietnam veteran Warren Robinson of Lenox in observance of Veterans Day this month.
By WARREN ROBINSON Special to the Tifton Grapevine
John 15:13 in our bible says, “Greater love has no man than this, that a man would lay down his life for his friends.”
Fast forward to the present day. My boys are not whiners or mired in self-pity. They are, however, proud of their service when they were willing to lay down their lives for their country, and many did just that, even when it was popular not to do so. |
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Warren Robinson: Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2018 2:32 PM
EDITOR'S NOTE:This is the second of three parts written by local author and Vietnam veteran Warren Robinson of Lenox in observance of Veterans Day this month.
Part Two
By WARREN ROBINSON Special to the Tifton Grapevine
II first met my boys in the 1960s as they entered military service. They came from New York, San Diego, Hawaii, from the Aleutian Islands, Miami and all parts in between.
I met them as they entered basic training. It was really something to see how different they were after that first day. |
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By Waren Robinson: Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2018 10:28 PM
Part One
EDITOR'S NOTE:This is the first of three parts written by local author and Vietnam veteran Warren Robinson of Lenox in observance of Veterans Day this month.
By WARREN ROBINSON Special to the Tifton Grapevine
I’m just an old hat, but boy do I have some tales to tell! You’ve probably seen me around town somewhere, proudly sitting atop the head of one of my boys. They’ll always be “my boys” to me since I’ve been with them for more than half a century now.
We’ve been together through good times and bad. |
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By U.S. REP. AUSTIN SCOTT, R-Tifton: Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 11:57 AM
The holiday season is a special time when Georgians can come together to enjoy good food, footballand spend time with family and friends. It’s also a time to enjoy the great outdoors. Growing up in South Georgia instilled in me a passion for the outdoors and a desire to ensure that future generations have the opportunity to share that same feeling.
 Many of my fondest memories involve hunting and fishing in our beautiful country. However, decades of population relocation to urban areas has made it more difficult for many Americans to regularly participate in sportsmen’s activities. |
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By Frank Sayles Jr. / Tifton Grapevine: Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 1:52 PM
Remember that scene in the film “It’s a Wonderful Life” when
Jimmy Stewart finds himself in an alternate universe of downtown “Pottersville”?
Stewart’s previous charming town of Bedford Falls is now a place of tawdry
lighted signs on every building. Well, Tifton is no Pottersville, at least not yet. But Tifton
City Council made a bad decision Monday night that could have a long-term,
far-reaching effect on the kind of town we have in the future.
Yes, I am a member of City Council; and yes, I was involved
in the issue. |
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By FRANK SAYLES JR.: Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:57 AM
The day dawned bright and frosty in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 20, 1977. Although the sun was shining, the temperature was in the teens and a recent snowfall had left mounds of ice and snow in yards and alongside roads. As I headed to an early morning religious service at the Lincoln Memorial, a radio commercial noted a closeout sale at "Jerry's Ford," a local car dealership; on this day President Gerald Fordwould be succeeded by Jimmy Carter |
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By State Rep. Penny Houston, R-Nashville: Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2016 8:32 PM
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 state for an entire generation of children. Question 1 on the ballot will read, “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow the state to intervene in chronically failing public schools in order to improve student achievement?”
YES – I am voting for this amendment. I believe it is my obligation to speak up for children whose future does not look bright and stop the “pipeline” to poverty and prison many Georgia students face due to becoming school drop outs. |
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Frank Sayles Jr.: Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:59 PM
"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." ~ Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
By Frank Sayles Jr.
Summer is a time of possibilities. The days are longer; the skies are brighter; the world is warmer.
The hot South Georgia sun hugs us closely, its warm, whispery breath on our necks. A hazy veil falls upon the land and shrouds our lazy days of longing amid, what Joni Mitchell calls, "the hissing of summer lawns.
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Frank Sayles Jr. / Tifton Grapevine: Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:34 AM
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 Gazette left me scratching my
head. I was the subject of a front-page article that claimed my publishing an
article in last Friday's Tifton Grapevine put me "in question"
because of my role as a city councilman, a position I had held for two weeks at
the time.
The Tifton Grapevine is a local electronic
newspaper with thousands of email subscribers. |
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