October 13, 2005 RSS feed / News

Southern States Cooperative to host local meeting Oct. 26

Southern States Cooperative will review its 2005 fiscal year operations at a series of local annual meetings, including the upcoming meeting for members of Southern States Cooperative, Inc., Washington service. More...

Friends of Library to hear Alderman at meeting Oct. 13

Friends of the Mary Willis Library will meet Thursday, October 13, at 3 p.m., with Southern potter, Clint Alderman, as the featured guest speaker. More...

‘Reach Out and Read’ encourages reading to kids, promotes literacy

As the father of a public school teacher and the husband of a retired teacher, I know first-hand how important it is that we encourage and teach our children to read. More...

Washington High School Class of 1955 gathers at Fitzpatrick Hotel for 50-year reunion on Sept. 25

Members of the Washington High School Class of l955, spouses and guests, celebrated their 50-year reunion at festivities at the Fitzpatrick Hotel in Washington on Saturday evening, September 25. More...

Anderson retires after 30 years of military service

Colonel Edwin W. (Andy) Anderson, Jr. retired from the U.S. Army after 30 years of service on September 30 2005. More...

Local schools learn not to burn

Washington firefighter Tim Wright shows Washington-Wilkes Primary School students how to More...

Lunch and Learn Club makes candleabra for Courtground reunion

The Lunch and Learn Club met at the Rayle City Hall Wednesday, September 28, at 10 a.m. More...

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Tyrone News

Congratulations and best wishes to Rev. Robert Rayner, pastor of Phillips Mill Baptist church, and his sweet wife Nancy who will celebrate their 55 th wedding anniversary Friday, October 14. Rev. More...

Armour’s ‘Big Mama’ and ‘Cadillac’ get high honors; other Wilkes FFA members show at Gwinnett Co. Fair

Ethan Armour, a member of the Wilkes County FFA, and his heifer, More...

Callaway’s 229 head of Angus make him eighth largest in Ga.

Blake W. Callaway, Rayle, is ranked as eighth largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Georgia. More...

Caps completes basic training

Marine Corps Pvt. Isaias T. Caps III, son of Deborah K. Henning of Crawfordville and Isaias R. Caps Jr. of Washington, has completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. More...

Free English classes to be offered by Victory Baptist starting Oct. 26

Victory Baptist Church on the Newtown Road in WashingtonWilkes is sponsoring a series of English classes at the church on Wednesday nights. More...

Poker Run will benefit McClain on Sat., Oct. 29

Sponsored by the Stars and Bars Motorcycle Group, Eydee More...

Poster contest winners annnounced

Georgia School Bus Safety Week was September 19-23 and students in the fourth and fifth grades at Washington-Wilkes Elementary School participated in the 2005 School Bus Safety Poster Contest. More...

October is full of activity

Here at Washington-Wilkes Middle School students and faculty are busy as usual. More...

W-WMS students of the month named

Washington-Wilkes Middle School Students of the Month are (front, l-r) Hannah Ward, Andre Crane, (back) Zach Murray, Nicole Hicks, Tiffany Guin, and Michael VanHart. Two students are chosen from each grade level for this honor. More...

Pilot Club plans spaghetti supper at FUMC Oct. 22

The Pilot Club of Washington Inc. is sponsoring a spaghetti supper on Saturday, October 22, in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church. More...

Courtground School reunion held Sunday at schoolhouse

The Courtground School Reunion was held Sunday with a covered dish dinner at 1 p.m. The pretty little schoolhouse sits in the fork of Courtground Road and SissonBridges Road. More...

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‘Miss Wilda’ shares her memories but this is about her, too

With the Rayle Ramble right around the corner, and folks thinking of Rayle and Rayle More...

Lundberg News

We are planning to have a fall social at Clifford More...

Participates at Georgia National Fair

Lauren Chafin and her Commercial Dairy Heifer participated in the Georgia National Fair in Perry, GA this past weekend. Lauren placed fifth in showmanship and her heifer, Prissy, placed ninth in class. More...