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Saturday, June 14, 2025

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Give CHOICES program chance to succeed

In his July 22 column, Joshua Simmons illogically reasoned that low enrollment numbers in the CHOICES program could only mean that the program is "exactly the wrong model of health care" for Alachua County's working poor. What Mr. Simmons has failed to consider is that low enrollment numbers may be a symptom of other problems, such as citizens simply being unaware of the program. Many social programs take a few years to get off the ground. This seems to be the case with CHOICES.


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NEWS

UGA coach Richt answers questions about infamous touchdown celebration

It seemed like a simple question when asked. But it prompted the longest answer from Georgia coach Mark Richt at the start of Southeastern Conference Media Days this morning in Hoover, Ala. What were you thinking when you told the entire team to run onto the field and celebrate after scoring a touchdown against the Gators on Oct. 27 in Jacksonville?


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NEWS

Alabama coach Saban speaks to the masses

It's hard to put personal vendettas aside and listen to Alabama coach Nick Saban without seeing the man who betrayed my hometown Miami Dolphins after a sub-par year of coaching there. Still, Saban represented the Crimson Tide this morning.


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THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Avenue CD stash: Watermelons, wizards and dance

It is time to once again review some of the albums that have been stacking up and spilling over in the office. In the month since my last rapid-fire review, the CDs have multiplied like gremlins in a swimming pool. Fortunately, the music seems less dismal than in the past endeavor.


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THE AVENUE  |  MUSIC

Constructive summer on tap for The Hold Steady

Life isn't fair, and you need not tell this to The Hold Steady. In any justice-esteeming society, 2006's critically adored "Boys and Girls in America," an album crammed with hook-filled sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll throwbacks, would have landed the band the fanatical arena, following its unofficial designation as the scraggly incarnation of The E Street Band. Instead, they got a few nods in year-end polls and a billing on last year's Lollapalooza poster that was only slightly more visible than The Fratellis.


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NEWS

Updated: Fulmer denies he received subpoena

HOOVER, Ala. - Reports are flying around that Tennessee coach Philip Fulmer was served a subpoena today at SEC Media Days while giving a radio interview, according to the Tuscaloosa News.



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