http://www.gtowntimes.com/ en-us I hadn’t given it much thought until a friend from church recently mentioned ... ]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:23:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Ann-Ipock--I-ll-be-waiting-for-you-in-the-car Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:38:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Lynn-Meuller--The-Global-Environment--What-to-Do-
Summertime com ... ]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:29:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/John-Brock--Grilling-one-s-body-in-the-sunshine-was-once-a-favorite-pastime Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:26:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Erin-Spatz---Oh-my-gosh--his-finger-fell-off- "But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him."

St. John 11:10

Hopefully, all have had a wonderful week and are looking forward to a great weekend and an even better week.  
Mine was busy, but I had eyes to see, e ... ]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:27:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Gloria-Ford--The-birds-sang-of-a-soon-coming-spring  Folks, now I've got to admit that's what you call living. Now if I' ... ]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:35:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Robbin-Bruce--More-than-100-years-through-one-woman-s-eyes “Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.”

Psalm 9:11

The name of the Lord be praised who has kept us this far by faith.  Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.&n ... ]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:39:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Gloria-Ford--By-faith-we-shall-conquer-and-rejoice It said “Bank.” I had taped the note on my hand as I left the library, in an unsuccessful bid to jog my memory about stopping at the bank on the way home.
As I pulled the ca ... ]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:35:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Virginia-Smith--Certain-activities-can-promote-and-encourage-memory I love having a playroom, but this room is also a curse.

Since it is upstairs and  away from my view, I don't have to look ... ]]> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:53:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Erin-Spatz--Call-me-Napoleon Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:53:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/John-Brock--Feds-shovel-gobs-of--gifts--into-the-litter-boxes-of-our-lives Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Ann-Ipock--Couponing-isn-t-as-easy-as-it-seems  A lot of us do that now, we're able to cut threw all the stuff that's just seems to be repeated over and over on those news shows.
 You know like health car ... ]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:04:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Robbin-Bruce--Believe-it-or-not-accounts True, things may change a degree or two over time, but when you think about it, other than technology, there is hardly a thing that has not been said or do ... ]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:03:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Dave-Collison--Perplexing-questions
A billion is a difficul ... ]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:15:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Lynn-Mueller--How-many-zeros-in-a-billion-- Editor’s note: This column, Sallie Parker’s last, will be posted to www.gtowntimes.com — in case, you’d like to wish her well, say good-bye, or thank her for her gracious body  of work.

Q. Dear Sallie,
Traditionally, I know it's considered etiquet ... ]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:34:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Sallie-Parker--Fighting-an-epidemic-of-poor-manners--It-tasks-us-all They have whined and grumped their way through the day. As I write this, it is only 1 p.m.

Still a LONG day ahead of us.

It started with br ... ]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:32:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Erin-Spats--Crying--stomping-and-whining--Add-in-the-dirt--Oh--and-it-s-only-1-p Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:30:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/John-Brock--Do-we-want-to-be-known-across-the-land-as--Hangover-Coast-- “Fear not; for I am with thee:  I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.”  

Isaiah 43:5

We arrived at the Hilton Garden Inn about 5:30 p.m. last Friday.  The bus was warming up its engine as we checked in and t ... ]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:14:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Gloria-Ford--King-Solomon-was-right-when-he-said-a-merry-heart-is-like-medicine I don’t care what the rumors you’ve heard say, I did not break Mel’s hand. She had surgery on it. And not because she hit me in the head with it either, which seems to be another rum ... ]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:51:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Robbin-Bruce--No--I-did-not-break-Mel-s-hand
The beliefs I have are fundamental. My father told me when I was a little boy, starting to get interested i ... ]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:49:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Jamie-Sanderson--Helping-others-in-need Our daughter and her family decided to go on a skiing trip to North Carolina.
She asked me if I would watch their two dogs and their house in Oviedo while they were gone.
My husband had an umpire test ... ]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:51:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Virginia-Smith--They-sat-right-beside-me-and-watched-every-bite-I-took
UNEMPLOYMENT: The House has approved an overhaul of the state's troubled jobless benefits agency that would put the Employment Security Commission's operations under the governor's control. The agency has faced questions for more tha ... ]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:56:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/State-Capitol-Report--Rep--Vida-O--Miller
There is little doubt that many people are under great amounts of stress today.
 Unfortunately much of our stress is self-inflicted. We try to fit too much into our already busy schedules.
 Work, after school activities with t ... ]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:54:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Dave-Collison--Smelling-the-roses--Don-t-wait-85-years- But with the closing of the movie multi-plex at Inlet Mall in Murrells Inlet, local folks have to go all the way to ... ]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:18:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/John-Brock--Going-to-the-movies-is-much-more-difficult-now-for-locals
Certainly, it has surprised some in our community that as a lifelong Democrat and a member of the United Steelworkers of America for 36 years, I decided to become a Republican.
 It wasn’t a choice I made capriciously, n ... ]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:16:00 GMT http://www.gtowntimes.com/Columns/Sanderson-Jr---Why-I-am-a-Republican-