Dr. Marcia Delany of Wash ington-Wilkes, and her

friend, Dr. Patsy Capps of North Augusta, attended the International Reading Association Convention in Chicago last week and both gave presentations on fluency and comprehesion in reading in the middle school. While they were there they saw Julie Hughey Norman, Washington-Wilkes native who lives in Albany, New York, and was managing a display of publishing company materials for the convention. . . . You never know who you'll see when you travel.

Sheriff Gary Rogers continues to be very ill in the University Hospital, Augusta, where he has been a patient for several weeks.

There were not many people at Market Day on The Square last Saturday. Perhaps the publicity was lacking. . . . There were about a dozen yard sales throughout the county.

Sue Davidson and Stephanie Macchia are coordinating a tour for about 35 members of the "Greater Atlanta Senior University" on June 20. The "University" has about 300 senior citizen members and they meet twice a month. They like seminars and workshops, and enjoy travsue of Statesboro Magazine, advertising Statesboro as "A secret of the South." Their home, Provenance, was one of the history and heritage places featured in the magazine. Written by Jenny Starling Foss, the article says, among much more, "Like a vision from a storybook of times gone by, the red plantation Plainstyle house with white gingerbread trim sits back from the old Pembroke Highway and catches the eyes of passersby with its pristine provenance. Heirloom plantings of camellias, lilies, and rose vines soften the architecture, while pecan and dogwood trees provide a shady canopy. The beauty of it all creates a sense of wonder in the admirer and a desire to know the full story of the home, built in 1887." Nona was choir director and taught piano at Washington High School in the 1940s and 1950s.

Norris Ware says in town we got 1.45 inches of rain Sunday, and a total of 1.55 since last Tuesday. I really didn't need that sprinkler on top of all that, but I was glad to get the rain.

Saturday is the time for the annual

May Cruise-In on The Square eling, so Sue and Stephanie have arranged an interesting day for them. They plan to visit the museum, Toombs House, churches, and other places and to "turned them loose" in Downtown Washington for shopping and lunch on their own. One of the members of the group is Choyce (Doodle) Jackson Thompson, a native Wilkes Countian and daughter of the late Leslie and Carolyn Jackson. I remember that in high school Doodle was a fine pianist, but don't know if she has continued with her music since then.

Lots of people attended the opening of the new pre-release prison off the Sharon Road Monday when Governor Sonny Perdue was present. Reports I hear are that it's a nice facility, if you have to be incarcerated.

Nona Caroline (Quinn) and Isaac Bunce of Statesboro spent last weekend in Washington-Wilkes and visited several old friends and relatives. Nona grew up in the house at the south corner of Water and Jefferson streets where Mary Lou Dyer now lives. They brought with them a copy of the March/April isin Downtown Washington. The Cruise-In is sponsored by Memory Lane Cruisers car club and always brings a big crowd to town to see all the vintage cars and other tiptop shape cars and vehicles. See them from 6 to 9 p.m.

Lightning zapped a huge hickory tree in our yard during the storm during church-time Sunday morning. It ripped the tree from top to bottom; tore up the roots; and dug a six-inch by eight inch trench across the yard for about 25 feet. Inside the house, it zapped the microwave, washing machine, and coffee pot, but didn't touch the dryer next to the washing machine, nor the small television plugged into the same outlet as the coffee pot; nor the weather radio plugged into the same outlet as the microwave. But the oddest thing that happened was to the sprinkler system. We have not been able to get the sprinkler system for the yard to work for about two years, but when we came home from church Sunday night, the system was watering everything in sight, but on the control panel, it was on "off." We had to disconnect the sprinkler to get it to stop. We still may find other damage. I'm just glad I wasn't at home.

I know about the after-graduation plans of some of our high school graduates and will be reporting them here as I gather more. The ones that I know about this week are: Alyssa Stewart, Augusta State University; Kimi Bufford, United States Air Force; Lauren Guinn, Athens Technical College; Jamie Land, Georgia Southern University; Kyle Goldman and Krystal Bunch, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC); Casey Nickels, University of Georgia; Brittney Edwards, Georgia Southern University; Joseph Baldwin, Northwestern University; Douglas Pullen, Georgia College and State University; Katie Duggan, North Georgia College and State University; Thorne Brown, University of Georgia; Markeith Wylie, Valdosta State University; Melanie Kearney, United States Navy; Amanda Brooke, University of Georgia; Erin Pollock, University of Mississippi; Dante Leverette, Albany State University; and Trista Black, Augusta State University.