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Kiwanians get just desserts
     Misty Friedman of Watchmaker
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Reese J. Booker scholarships awarded Dec. 25; fifteen local students given $2,500 in certificates
     The Reese J. Booker Scholarship Committee awarded $2500 in scholarship certificates to college students during its silver anniversary (25 years) scholarship program on Sunday, December 25, 2005, at the Marks Tabernacle Baptist Church on Lexington Avenue in Washington.
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Musical students provide Christmas cheer
     Voice and piano students of Nora Dukes presented Christmas music for the residents at Washington Manor during the Christmas season and enjoyed visiting with the residents. The students are (front row, l-r) Emily Connell, Meredith Gunter, Payton Burriss, and Ashlyn Holley; (back) Jennifer Childers, C
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Tom Granum to present dedicatory concert at Church of Mediator’s restored pipe organ
     Tom Granum, Director of Music and Organist at the First Presbyterian Church, Athens, for more than 20 years, will present the dedicatory recital for the Church of the Mediator
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Troopers tell of relief efforts
     Georgia State Patrol Lt. Donnie Smith (right), accompanied by Sr. Patrolman Tommy Crafton (left), presented a program on Hurricane Katrina disaster relief to the Washington Kiwanis Club at its regular Tuesday lunch meeting on January 3. He told about some of his experiences as one of 103 law enforce
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New Ga. rules now in effect on vehicle purchase sales taxes
     Effective January 1, individuals who purchase a motor vehicle outside Georgia from a business and desire to title and register the vehicle in Georgia, must pay the sales taxes due or show proof that the applicable sales and use tax has been paid on the vehicle before a Georgia title and license plat
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Unemployment down slightly for CSRA; jobless rate is 5.7%
     The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) declined to 6.2 percent in November, down onetenth percent from 6.3 percent in October. The area
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Spanish classes set for Jan. 24 Mar. 7 at Learning Center
     Classes in Spanish Level I will be held at the Athens Technical College Career Opportunity Center in Washington January 24 through March 7.
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Pet of the week
     Flower is a yellow Labrador mix. She is spayed and vaccinated. She is young, and a little shy. She is a gentle dog that responds to attention.
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Georgia State Patrol honors Bufford
     GSP Senior Communications Equipment Operator Webb Bufford is honored by his peers as he passed 20 years of active service in the Georgia State Patrol. Honoring Bufford recently for his two decades at the mike are (l-r) Sergeant Ernie Dyal, post commander Sergeant First Class Derrick Durden, CEO Buff
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Wells, Hearn homes take honors in 2005 ‘Night of Lights’
     The homes of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Wells and of Dr. and Mrs. Carlton Hearn won top prizes in this year
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Courtney Canterbury honored for fall term achievement at ABAC
     Courtney M. Canterbury of Tignall has been selected for the Distinguished Achievement List for the 2005 fall term at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
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Are your cows prepared for winter?
Your Pet
     Winter is upon us; are your cows prepared? Cold temperatures increase your cow
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Aonia News
     Happy New Year! I hope all of you enjoyed your holidays and will enjoy 2006. We don
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Tyrone News
     I was touched by the nice article,
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Lundberg News
     I hope everyone had a good Christmas, but I know we all need to slow down now and get some rest. There has been a lot of sickness and I hope those people will soon be feeling better. The 10 o
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RAYLE NEWS
     I hope everyone will start the New Year off right and put Jesus Christ first in your life. We have had sadness this past year, but through it all we have been richly blessed. Christmas Eve Day, J.W. and I went to the home of our daughter, Connie Gamble, and granddaughter Rachel, in Martinez for the
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