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An old dog’s last adventure

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
By Meg Hibbert
An old dog’s last adventure How many times will I look out the front door to see if she’s back? Or walk along the road calling her name and whistling? On Saturday, our old shaggy dog Savannah went off on her last adventure. It was still dark out and snowing lightly when I let our gray-and-white Shitzu mix who had... »

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    Meg, So sad to say goodbye to our loyal friends. Our little old Taco wandered off in our forest ...
    Gloria Cone     January 11, 2011

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Cookin', Critters and Chillun

Pleadings from a grieving mom

Thursday, December 9, 2010
By Meg Hibbert
Pleadings from a grieving mom Sometime in the last year, Tina Smith left a flyer at our office that called attention to the dangers of what some kids call the “choking game” which took the life of her son, Tyler Matherly. It was filled with small type about why teenagers are willing to get a high by choking themselves to... »

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Cookin', Critters and Chillun

The Dish Fairy goes on strike

Thursday, October 28, 2010
By Meg Hibbert
The Dish Fairy is on strike. Usually the Dish Fairy comes to our house at about 5:30 or 6 a.m. when she unloads and puts away the clean dishes from the dishwasher, and puts in the dirty ones. First let me say that although my sweet husband does a number of chores around the house, dishwashing... »

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Cookin', Critters and Chillun

Hey, y’all, it’s Paula Deen

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
By Meg Hibbert
Hey, y’all, it’s Paula Deen I got a call from Paula Deen the other day. Honest. And she didn’t start off the conversation with “Hey, y’all.” She did at her “Paula Deen Live” show at the Salem Civic Center Oct. 2, though. If she hadn’t, people would have been disappointed. Paula is just a good ol’ gal from South Georgia. That’s... »

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    Donna, you'll look terrific as a silver-haired beauty. As far as catfish are concerned, producers grow them too big around ...
    Meg Hibbert     October 11, 2010

    Dear Meg: I love this blog and all you South Georgia girls. I'm letting my hair turn silver now and ...
    Donna Dilley     October 8, 2010

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Cookin', Critters and Chillun

A tale of two vans

Friday, September 17, 2010
By Meg Hibbert
It all started with a simple plan: borrow a van to get my pet portrait paintings and 6-foot display screens to and from Olde Salem Days on Saturday. I should preface this with the explanation that two weeks ago my trusty 2000 Durango blew a gasket. “Blowing a gasket” was one of my Daddy’s favorite... »

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    Gosh darn! As I read this tale of woe, I expected you to say the solenoid (however it's ...
    Beverly Palmer     January 10, 2012

    The lock on the passenger door on our Chevy Suburban used to get stuck and would at unexpected times swing ...
    Meg Hibbert     September 29, 2010

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Potpourri by Gwen Johnson

Here’s to Elvis, Alpaca coats and warm memories

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Gwen Johnson
Here’s to Elvis, Alpaca coats and warm memories Celebrate Catawba this past weekend was fun despite the misty rain and fog. But then maybe that was a plus. As far as I’m concerned it beat the heck out of triple digits and humidity which seems to have been the weather trend for most of the summer. It has been... »

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    how freakin kool & interesting. Thanx fore sharing this!
    jaye clarke     October 11, 2010

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Letters from Red Horse

Ownership

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
By Staff Writer
Ownership The first time I stood in front of my old house in Craig, I was only 12. At 12 you have no clue about ownership of things such as a house, your lens of ownership is far simpler, like a pair of shoes or your school notebook. At 12, my ownership relationship... »

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Cookin', Critters and Chillun

Raccoons in the chicken yard!

Thursday, August 5, 2010
By Meg Hibbert
Raccoons in the chicken yard! There must be an invisible sign flashing over our house this summer. It reads, “Eat here!” The sign is visible only to the wild things who live in the woods: squirrels, field mice, bear and the latest, raccoons. I wish I still thought raccoons were cute little furry critters with smiling mouths and black masks.... »

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Cookin', Critters and Chillun

On the swampy road to alligators

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
By Meg Hibbert
On the swampy road to alligators SOUTH GEORGIA – We were on the road to watch alligators, to eat fried catfish and visit relatives living and dead, not necessarily in that order. If you read my column last week, you know I was consumed with a need to get my Georgia fix, so Bill and I set off on a little... »

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Confessions of a harried mom

How do you recognize a mid-life crisis?

Monday, July 26, 2010
By Staff Writer
How do you recognize a mid-life crisis? By Lynne Hale We all make bone-headed mistakes. They’re good for us; usually we learn from them and change our actions so that we don’t keep doing the same stupid thing, with the same stupid results. Shopping for any clothing is something that I find about as appealing as a trip to the dentist for a... »

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    Superb! and so very true.I love you, Mom
    Betty Hale     July 27, 2010

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Meet the Locals

Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.

Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.

Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.

Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.

Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.

Gwen Johnson
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Staff Writer
Staff writer covering topics across Our Valley.

Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.

Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.

Staff Writer
Staff writer covering topics across Our Valley.