Q: With the stories about doing monuments for people where others can buy and put up signs, how long can the sign stay up and does the family get to keep it? How much is it?
— Judy Wooten, Canton
A: Aluminum roadside memorial markers can be bought for $100 from the Georgia Department of Transportation. They are 15 inches round with black letters on a white background and are displayed for one year. They are then given to the family or friend who purchased it. They can be ordered by printing a request form from www.dot.state.ga.us/doingbusiness/PoliciesManuals/pap/Documents/Policies/6160-9a.pdf and sending the completed form, an accident report and payment in the form of a check or money order to GDOT State Maintenance Engineer, 600 W. Peachtree St., 10th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30308. Requests can be from next of kin or friends, with the approval of the next of kin, according to the DOT's website.
Q: I have seen stories about the 40th anniversary of “The Price Is Right.” I remember this show in the late 1950s and early ’60s. How can it be only its 40th anniversary?
— Fred Scanling, Big Canoe
A: The current version of "The Price Is Right" debuted on CBS on Sept. 4, 1972, with Bob Barker as its host. It originally was called "The New Price Is Right," but "New" was later dropped from the name. This show was based on the previous version of "The Price Is Right," which was hosted by Bill Cullen and shown on NBC from 1956-63 and on ABC from 1963-65.
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