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The Warm Springs City Council voted June 8 to hike the city’s fine for not paying the required permit fee for having a yard sale in the city.

During a rare moment of “down time,” I found myself scanning the Internet for something to do. (Yes, there are rare moments when I have nothing on my plate and need to find something to keep my mind occupied.) While perusing the Web I came across a site asking “100 Getting To Know You Questions.” So I figured, what the heck? Let’s see how creative I can be with my answers.

Commissioners to Put Homestead Option Sales Tax on November Ballot

The Meriwether County Commission voted at their June 8 meeting to put before the county’s voters a question on replacing some property taxes with a one-cent local option sales tax.

Well, if this ain’t a kick in the head! Last week, this column – the silliness you’re reading right now – won an award! For the second year in a row, my little exercise in trivia was voted second place in the Lifestyle/Feature Column category in the Georgia Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest. Apparently, this makes me (gasp) an award-winning columnist! I didn’t make mention of it last year because it was such a neat, new thing, but now … read on for some award-winning trivia! Thanks, Georgia Press!

I have always felt lucky to be an American and live in such a great country. We have privileges citizens of other nations do not. It’s a strong nation – well, for the most part.