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Twenty students were inducted as new members into the Washington-Wilkes Junior Beta Club during a special ceremony on January 26 at W-W Middle School. Those inducted were (front row, l-r) Mary Ellen Murphy, Brittany Guin, Whitney Branham, Amber Ellis, (middle row) Blake Connell, Josh Fair, Hannah Mc More ... The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) provides free legal help to low-income people with civil (non-criminal) legal problems. More ... Congratulations to the W-WMS Math teams for their recent accomplishments at the Rockdale competition. Also, congratulations to the new Beta Club members recently inducted. More ... The 2006 Spring Tour of Homes of Washington-Wilkes will be held on March 31, and April 1 and 2. More ... Four years ago, under the leadership of Kevin and Alicia Madden, a new church was planted in Westbank, British Columbia, Canada. Kevin and Alicia Madden are the son and daughter-in-law of Wayne and Nancy Madden of Washington Wilkes. More ... The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) decreased to 5.7 percent in December, down fourtenths percent from 6.1 in November. The area More ... 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 ... Washington-Wilkes pharmacists and other experienced and trained experts reviewed the basics of the Medicare Prescription Drug Insurance Program (often called Medicare Part D) for an audience of more than 50 on Tuesday January 24. The afternoon meeting was open to the public and held at the Edward B. More ... Wildlife biologist Jeff Brooks and fisheries biologist Jamie Sykes of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discussed forest, wildlife, water quality, and fisheries management programs being conducted on area reservoirs at the regular meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, January 31. Program More ... The Friends of the Mary Willis Library will gather in the library conference room on February 9 at 3 p.m. to share a More ... These three members of the Wilkes County 4-H Club participated in the Fifth Annual Elbert County FFA Grade Dairy Heifer Show January 28. Their ratings in showmanship were: Morgan Swann (left) honorable mention; Lauren Chafin (center) third place; and Grant Chafin (right), fourth. Morgan received sec More ... The love and energy that Mary Fortson Darby put into a lifetime of volunteer work will be honored on Saturday evening, February 11, at a More ... All students at Washington-Wilkes Elementary School collected canned food items for The Stephen More ... The Second Annual Front Pasture Commercial Replacement Heifer Sale will be held Friday evening at the Wilkes County Stock Yard. More ... Spring planning begins at the Senior Citizens Center with the advisory council meeting on Feb. 14. More ... Two Wilkes County students have been recognized for their academic achievement at Athens Christian School during the second quarter of the 2005-2006 school year. More ... 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 ... Gerome Morgan of WashingtonWilkes was one of seven University of Georgia students in Tifton who were honored for community work during a national conference in Gainesville, Fla., January 12-14. More ... Norma Hopkins and Tina Blakey (left) pick-up tickets from Tammy Echols (right) for the First Baptist Church More ... Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rhodes attended the funeral of Hubert Paschall in Monticello on January 20. Those of you who attended Tignall High School may remember Mr. Paschall. He taught agriculture at the Tignall High School. He was Jasper County School Superintendent from 1973 until he retired in 1988. Befo More ... Carolyn Gammon, the roving reporter, visited with Mrs. Kathryn Anderson on Monday, January 23. More ... The first meeting of the year of the Tignall Homemakers Club began with the president, Sally Kennedy, sharing some entertaining newspaper clippings, clipped by her mother some years ago. She then welcomed a visitor, Mabel Johnson. More ... The attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Frances Duke showed the evidence of the outpouring of love for her from former students, Delta Kappa Gamma teacher sorority sisters, friends, and relatives. More ... February arrived Wednesday and is known as Heart Month. The American Heart Association claims this to make people more aware of heart problems, etc. Also, it is the month for love More ... The HEART shower will be held Saturday morning, February 4, at the Georgia Baptist Mission Center in Washington. The shower will start with breakfast prepared by ladies of the WMU Council at 10 a.m. Items needed are dish towels, trash bags, toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex, pencils and pens, writ More ... The ladies of the Lunch and Learn Club met Thursday, January 26, at the Rayle City Hall. The president, Peggy Echols, called the meeting to order and presided over it. Fran Thaxton read from Colossians 3:910, and a story, Life More ... |
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