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Johnny Vardeman: At one time, it seemed nearly everybody owned a horse
Gloria Bloodworth Colter
Gloria Bloodworth Colter competes on her mount during a horse show at City Park in Gainesville. - photo by For The Times
Bill Crenshaw got to thinking recently about the days Gainesville was really a horse town. It wasn’t necessarily the popular horse shows that once were a highlight of the year, especially in the 1950s. Those events at City Park attracted people and their horses from all over the Southeast and were really fancy affairs.
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Column: Discussing IQ with a smart aleck
Ronda Rich
Ronda Rich
Tink was in his office, supposedly working. We both have home offices because we are both writers and work from home. I am a serious writer who composes prose for books and this column. You would be surprised how much harder it is to write this column of 650 words than it is to write an entire book.
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