Terry Dickson: How would the fallen soldiers feel?
BRUNSWICK, GA. | “There are a lot of Muslims buried at Arlington,’’ Jim Holland told me this week. He knows this because he goes to Arlington National Cemetery to visit the grave of his son,...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: This supervisor of the year isn't afraid to dig right in
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | I get emails nearly every day about someone winning some award conferred with great gravity by a professional association. One arrived by email Friday that hit close to home,...
View ArticleCouple say Mississippi River is going their way
Nobody’s going to mistake Haley Brasile and Cody Presny for Huck and Jim. They were both runaways, Huck from his “Pap,’’ Jim from slavery, in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Mark Twain’s novel...
View ArticleArtist was a friend to many of man's best friends
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | A lot of dogs’ best friend passed away last week. Barry Knapp, 74, died suddenly at his home the night of Saturday the 6th. His wife of 38 years and fellow artist, Cary, said this...
View ArticleDollar General protest rather genteel
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | It was odd this week, island residents standing beside Frederica Road holding protest signs that said “Honk to Save 1810” and “Stop $ General.” The 1810 referred to the lot at their...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Former Jacksonville news anchor provided comfort away from...
BRUNSWICK | For those of you who miss Patty Crosby on First Coast News, there’s good and bad news. The former morning news anchor is coming back to TV, but only as an occasional guest. Crosby has left...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Celebrating great times outdoors
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | I’ve always liked National Parks, but it was a little rain squall on the side of a Colorado mountain that made it an obsession for a time. read more
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Not complaining, but some big winners finished with less than...
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA. | Congratulations, Charlie Cofer, you won big with 75 percent of the vote over Matt Shirk, who wanted to continue defending the public in criminal court. And Melissa Nelson, good...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, if you're allowed to...
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | The first time I saw the wax myrtles was when I was driving home one afternoon. They were planted along the side of the road in the big triangular shaped traffic circle that the...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Failed Guber leads to classic car with new tires
Due to the effects of Tropical Storm Hermine, Terry Dickson did not have time to write a column for today’s editions. Mr. Dickson claims to be doing research on how many boxes of matches it takes to...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Father, son painters to leave marketing behind
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA. | It takes longer to paint a picture than to snap one with a camera. In spite of that disadvantage, St. Simons Island oil painter Jim Palmer beat everyone with his painting of...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Hard to sit for "The Star Spangled Banner" or taps
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | Few backup quarterbacks get a lot of coverage for sitting on the bench during play. Yet one is getting a lot of press for sitting during the playing of the national anthem before...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: St. Simons couple driven to see cats, dogs find a home
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | While most people love that new car smell, Kevin and Stephanie Manson prefer an old cat smell. They call their Ford Focus Titanium the Batmobile, not that a bat has been anywhere...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: We don't have to watch Kaepernick
ST. SIMONS ISLAND | What if Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem and nobody televised it? Did it happen? Apparently not, as all the networks that cover the NFL passed on the...
View ArticleTerry Dickson: Ode to ties with apologies to Joyce Kilmer
ST. MARYS | I was at an event last week, and it was hot. I wore a pair of khaki golf pants and a blue collared shirt. Both were of that fine new fabric that’s as cool as the class president thinks he...
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