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1 let's see. here I've read this morning's op-ed on iceberg lettuce and I paid extra-carelul attention to the op-ed below it on jalapefto peppers
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2 thank God we re blessed with a free and unfettered press that enlivens and clarifies the debate on these important cultural issues.
3 On that topic, a clarification In las! week's slory. “The Dope Avenger.’ I wrote that Gary Carlson wanted maniuana activist Alan Gordon lo speak at Carlson's pos-
b session trial as an expen witness The story said Judge Kent Lawrence “would not allow Gordon to take the stand' Assistant Solicitor General David Cooke, who
prosecuted the case, says that to his recollection. Gordon did take the stand, though he was indeed not allowed to speak as an expert witness Sorry for the mix-up
4 Flagpole \s World Dept II you were in town this summer, you may liave read our July 1 story giving UGA prolessor James Kibler a hard lime about his book Our
b Fathers 'Fields as well as his membership in dorky Southern heritage group The league ol the South Well, the Fellowship of Southern Writers — a group including
folks like William Styron and Eudora Welly has given the took 'heir annual Award lor Non-Fiction So there
Finally after numerous technical delays, we've got the second place winners ol the Flagpole/\Hill Street Press Short Fiction Contest online Check
www tlagpo*e com for the works ol locals Marci Fierman and Haven R. Luke
Richard Fausset (editorttflagpole com)
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