January 19, 2006 RSS feed / News

W-WCHS called ‘effective, dedicated’ by QART

A Quality Assurance Review Team (QART) representing the Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), visited Washington Wilkes Comprehensive High School and has certified that the school More...

VFW awards essay contest winners

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5899 recently awarded savings bonds to three Washington-Wilkes students for their essays. The essays will go on to compete at the district level, with the national prize a $10,000 savings bond. Pictured are (l-r) VFW More...

From berries to cuttings, experts talk propagation

Bodie Pennisi and Paul Thomas promise purple hands, and it won More...

Rayle EMC taking applications for five scholarships

The Rayle Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is currently accepting applications for five scholarship that will be awarded to deserving students from each of the five directorate districts that it serves. More...

Winter is prime time to prune some plants

Winter doesn More...

Council votes on rate for gym rental, hears proposal for cable franchise

The January meeting of the Tignall City Council was held at the City Hall at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11, with Mayor Richard Gammon presiding. More...

Tignall News

The community extends sympathy to the family of Gene Parker. He will be missed by so many people in this county. Sympathy is also extended to the family of Henry Clark Walton. Many of you may know his sister, Mrs. More...

GLSP to provide free help here for low-income people Feb. 7

The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) provides free legal help to low-income people with civil (non-criminal) legal problems. More...

Tyrone News

Thanks to all who put and have put beautiful flowers in the sanctuary of Phillips Mill Baptist Church over the years. The pretty flowers Sunday, January 15, were placed by Jean Gunter in loving memory of her father, the late Walter Pope McAvoy. More...

W-W Elementary announces merit list, honor roll students

Wanda Jenkins, principal of the Washington-Wilkes Elementary School, has announced the names of students who have made the honor roll and merit list for the third six-week grading period. Students named are: More...

Nat. Greene names top students to honor roll, merit list

Wilkes County students at Nathanael Greene Academy, Siloam, who have been named to the honor roll or merit list for the second quarter are as follows: More...

Waters will speak in Greensboro

Dr. Mark Waters of WashingtonWilkes will be the guest speaker at the Greensboro Chapter of the More...

Pet of the week

Bets is a Pointer-mix, a beautiful dog, very even-tempered, and affectionate. More...

Students concentrating on grades; these tips can help with homework

W-WMS Corner

As we start the second semester at W-WMS, many students are starting to concentrate on their grades so they will make it to the next grade. Some students need some help to buckle down on their grades so here are some homework tips to help them. More...

CWRT’s first ’06 meeting slated for Monday at 6

The first meeting of the new year of the Civil War Round Table of Washington will be Monday, January 23, at 6 p.m., at Watchmaker More...

Your Pet’s Health

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As Jack Frost finally begins to arrive, many of us will begin to feel common aches and pains in our joints. We all have our favorite medicine for relief of these ailments. Our pets often experience similar symptoms on these colder mornings. More...

Legal services available Jan. 3 at Senior Center

Members of the Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) staff will be in Wilkes County to meet with senior citizens wanting free legal help, on a first-come, first-served basis. More...

RAYLE NEWS

Winter, summer, fall, or spring! Whis is it? It is supposed to be winter and I miss it. I got a new red knitted-cap for Christmas that I want to wear. I More...

Lundberg News

After spending most of the week in Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Mrs. Juanita Bradford came home Friday and is somewhat better. We hope she will continue to recover and soon be able to be out and about. Rev. and Mrs. O More...

Aonia News

Kenneth Shank of Tucker; Mrs. Ruth S. Randman of Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. Joe Shank of Lexington, S.C., came last week to attend the funeral of Miss Clifford Shank. There were also other cousins who attended. More...