January 26, 2006 RSS feed / News

Free civil legal help offered for seniors Feb. 7 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...

Singing group sets concert Sun., Jan. 29

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Wilkes Co. students make dean’s list at Ga. College & St. U.

Three Wilkes County students have been named to the dean More...

W-WMS Students of the Month selected

Washington-Wilkes Middle School Students of the Month are (front row, l-r) Crystal Milton, Mary Ellen Murphy, Brittany Guin (back) Michael Edwards, John Pope, and Savalas Mercier. Two students are chosen from each grade level for this honor. More...

Arts Foundation sets annual meeting for Tuesday, January 31

The Washington Wilkes Arts Foundation will hold its annual meeting at 5:30 p.m. on January 31, 2006, at the Washington Jockey Club. All members are urged to attend this very important meeting. More...

Horse Quiz Bowl team competes at Rock Eagle

Eight members of the Wilkes County 4-H Club competed at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center near Eatonton in the Horse Quiz Bowl on Saturday, January 21. More...

Girl Scout cookies can make great ‘decadent’ chocolate pie

Girl Scout cookies will be arriving soon. Here is a recipe to try using Thin Mints and Trefoils. More...

Warm Up Winter With Apple Spice Cake

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Briarwood honor roll announced

John Hammond, headmaster of Briarwood Academy, has announced the list of students who have been named to the honor roll and the merit list for the second nine weeks grading period of the 20052006 school year. More...

Honeybee workshops set in Feb.

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Night of soup and bingo set for Feb. 18 starting at 6 p.m.

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Sarah Bamford Pelot recognized for excellence by Smithsonian

Sarah Bamford Pelot, daughter of Dr. Sophia Boyd Bamford, was recently acknowledged for science excellence in research by the Smithsonian. She has been with the Smithsonian for 14 years and she and her husband, Kent Pelot, live in Washington D.C. More...

RAYLE NEWS

The Rayle Lunch and Learn Club will meet Thursday at the Rayle City Hall at 10 a.m. All ladies are invited to attend. Beaverdam Baptist Church will have a soup and sandwich meal on the fifth Sunday, January 29. Sunday School is at 10 a.m. More...

Lundberg News

This Sunday is the time for our regular fifth Sunday covered dish lunch at Clifford More...

Jones completes LPN program at Athens Tech

Trika Turner Jones was honored last month at a pinning ceremony at the University of Georgia Continuing Education Center after completing the Licensed Practical Nursing More...

Tyrone News

There was a beautiful flower arrangement placed in the sanctuary of Phillips Mill Baptist Church Sunday in honor and memory of Mrs. Agnes McAvoy Beard, by her children. More...

Kinship care project set up to help with custody, other issues

In Richmond County and the surrounding rural communities, there are approximately 12,800 grandparent headed households. More...

Optimist Club hosts zone meeting

The Washington Optimist Club hosted the Georgia District Optimist International Zone 6 meeting on Tuesday, January 17, at the Jockey Club. Zone 6 consists of clubs from Washington, Hartwell, Winder, and Athens. More...

Fifth graders mentor Pre-K students to pass on valuable skills, lessons

Fifth grade students at Washington Wilkes Elementary School are learning valuable skills as they work with Pre-K students during guidance lessons. More...

Students concentrating on grades; these tips can help with homework

W-WMS Corner

Things have slowed down by the way of extra curricular activities at W-WMS. Aside from wrestling, there are no other sports currently. As for wrestling, there is a match taking place Friday, January 27. More...

Jackson Chapel sets special events in Feb.

During the next few weeks, Jackson Chapel AME Church, 318 Whitehall Street, Washington, will have several special programs to which the public is invited. More...

June Justa Chennault graduates from KSU, to pursue masters

June Justa Chennault of Washington graduated from Kennesaw State University during commencement exercises held last month at the Convocation Center in Kennesaw. More...

Rayle EMC taking applications for Ga. scholarship programs

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...

Math team receives honors

The Washington-Wilkes Middle School math team was impressive when members traveled to Conyers, Georgia, on Saturday, January 21, to compete in the Rockdale County High School math contest. More...

WMH learning programs to feature information on diabetes, hospice

Wills Memorial Hospital continues to strive to educate the public with a series of upcoming programs designed to give insight in many areas of health concerns. More...

New members get free trees

Ten free flowering trees will be given to each person who joins the National Arbor Day Foundation during January 2006. More...

Mrs. Frances Duke honored with lunch on 88th birthday

Mrs. Frances Duke was 88 years old on January 19 and was honored on Saturday, January 21, with a lunch at the Watchmaker More...

Steering Committee meets for planning of soup, bingo night

The North Wilkes Steering Committee met Tuesday, January 17, at the Tignall Lunchroom at 6:30 p.m., with the following members present: Gloria Ware and Carolyn Gammon, co-chairmen; Nobie Keener, Margie Bunch, Celeste Adams, Margaret Fortson, Cissy Ro More...

Tignall News

Eudora Huyck made a trip to New York last week. Traveling with her was her cousin, Jackie Caldwell from Crawford; and her son, Lem LeRoy from Charlotte, N.C. Lem served as their tour guide. 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...

Helping others through Shriners is Huffman’s purpose

Having lived in Washington longer than he has lived in any one place, he considers Washington his home. More...

Aonia News

January is flying by and February will soon be here. It seems to me that we have had a very mild winter, so far. I am expecting some real winter weather before spring. More...