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Registration began Monday for the Washington Little Theater Company%27s annual two-week Drama Camp May 22-26 and May 30-June 2. More ... Kiwanis Georgia District Governor Johnny Johnson (left) shows off the Washington-Wilkes throw that was given to him by Washington Kiwanis Vice President Bill Steed (right) on behalf of the local club at the recent Division VI rally held in Thomson. The Washington club also gave Johnson a Mule Day t- More ... A music workshop for students will be held on The Square in Downtown Washington on Saturday, April 29, from 2 until 3:30 p.m. More ... Jackson (left) and Fiona Calhoun, first year teachers in Washington-Wilkes, told members of the local Rotary Club how they came to be in Wilkes County and exclaimed how much they like it here. Mrs. Calhoun is the counselor at W-W Primary School and came to the United States from Ireland at the age o More ... A special program Monday evening, April 3, marked a significant milestone for the venerable Washington Lions Club in its bid to boost its membership and to strengthen its community involvement. More ... The annual Willsbary%27s May Fest will be held Friday, May 5, on the lawn of the Mary Willis Library. More ... This past fall, Washington-Wilkes Middle School responded to a challenge from channelOne.com, which is the news program that students watch in the mornings. Channel One asked students to help out schools that were damaged by hurricane Katrina. The W-WMS Student Council, 4-H, and Beta Clubs sponsored More ... Washington-Wilkes Learning In Retirement will sponsor a series of lectures about India on April 10, 17, and 24, at the Parish House of the Church of the Mediator. The lectures will begin at 2 p.m. and visitors are welcomed. More ... Eugene Allison (left), a district manager for Rockwell International stationed in China, spoke to the Kiwanis Club of Washington on Tuesday, April 4. The title of his presentation was "Peoples Republic of China - an Update" during which he gave a very informative PowerPoint slide presentation that e More ... The First Baptist Church of Washington invites any high school or college student who is a resident of Wilkes County and is majoring in or intends to major in the area of fine arts to apply for the Troupe M. Harris Jr. Scholarship for the 2006-2007 academic year. More ... A group of ladies from The Potter%27s House Community Church in Westbank, British Columbia, Canada, are making preparations to come to Washington in just a few weeks. They will arrive April 18 and are coming to present a ladies retreat at First Baptist Church. So how is it that a group of ladies fro More ... Jason Cobb, a senior medical student at Emory University School of Medicine, participated in the National Resident Matching Program on March 16 and was matched into the Emory University Internal Medicine Residency Program. More ... Celeste Stover, Director of the Bartram Trail Regional Library for the past 17 years, is retiring after being associated with the Regional Library for 33 years. More ... Lucky is not yet a year old. He is a very affectionate, happy mixed breed. He is active and will need a fenced yard and family to play with. More ... The First Baptist Church Pre-K had a delightful morning recently when Harris Blackmon, a kite collector of many years, visited to show some of his kites to the children. The kites in his collection ranged from very tiny to 16 feet with many colors, sizes, and variations. Following the presentation, More ... Thank you, State Senator Jim Whitehead and the 2006 Georgia General Assembly for taking a position (House Bill 1313, to strengthen Georgia%27s eminent domain laws) to protect private property rights in Georgia. Since the Supreme Court missed this one by a long shot, the General Assembly can now auth More ... Attendance was down a bit at Clifford%27s Grove Baptist Church Sunday morning. But we had good services. Rev. Martin%27s message was from I Corinthians 15:1-19. Sunrise services will be held at Clifford%27s Grove Easter morning at 7 o%27clock. We hope you will join us. We are planning a spring reviv More ... Holding with tradition, the final gavel of the 2006 session of the Georgia General Assembly came down just before midnight on Thursday, the 40th and final day for consideration of legislation this year. More ... It%27s a wrap! The General Assembly successfully completed another legislative session last week, as the gavel came down to close the 2006 session. In one of my earlier columns this year, I expressed to my constituents the goals of the Republicanled Senate for this session. We have continuously stat More ... The weather is terrific. The flowers have been so pretty and the birds sing so merrily. The little hummers are here and I%27m looking forward to sitting on my porch some. The grass is growing and I will be working in my yard some. Peter Cottontail will be hopping down the Easter trail pretty soon an More ... Thanks to all who took part in any way to help make our Spring Tour of Homes in Washington-Wilkes a wonderful success again this year. A lot went on all weekend. News travels. I received a note last week from one of my first cousins, Gerald Lyle "Jerry" West, who lives in Surprise, Arizona, near Pho More ... Happy spring. I hope you will enjoy the pretty April weather. Just think, you will be planting your gardens, flowers, and working in the yard real soon. I do not like this time. I wish whoever thought this time change up had left the time alone. Sometimes I believe we should not bother things like t More ... |
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