A visiting parent talks with Polly Fievet (right) of the Adult Learning Center during the recent Parent Recource Fair held at Washington-Wilkes Primary School.
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The Reese J. Booker Scholarship Committee will have its annual fund-raising program in memory of Reese J. Booker and Rosa Grant Warthen on May 28. More...
Mulberry Missionary Baptist Church in Wilkes County will celebrate its 125th anniversary on Sunday, May 21. The day will begin with Sunday School at 10:30 a.m., and the worship service to follow at 11:45. More...
The Mary Willis Library has prepared a magical summer of reading programs for children from Saturday, May 20, through Saturday, July 15. More...
In conjunction with the "Once Upon a Time . . ." vacation reading program at the Mary Willis Library, the popular "Let's Get Wild: Snakes Alive!" program with naturalist Steve Scruggs will be presented Tuesday, May 23, at 2 p.m. More...
"Tactical Perfection: Forrest at Brice's Crossroads" is the subject of the talk being presented by author and lecturer Gregory G. Biggs of Clarksville, Tennessee, on Monday, May 22, at the meeting of the Civil War Round Table of Washington. More...
Dr. Jacqueline Fincher spoke to last week's Wills Memorial Hospital Lunch and Learn. More...
More than 150 people gathered at The Gin Mill in Tignall to ride on a poker run to benefit Thomas "Stump" Bunch of Washington who needs a kidney transplant. "We've raised $6,950 for Stump," said organizer Kelly Harris. More...
Work has begun on the restoration and preservation of the historic Philomath Church. More...
Reginald Jones of WashingtonWilkes received an Associate of Business degree in Funeral Services from Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, S.C., May 4. More...
T'Alexus Cullars was the third grade winner of the Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute poster contest at Washnington-Wilkes Primary School this year. The theme this year is "Why You Should Wear Seatbelts and Use Child Safety Seats." More...
Sarah Dorminy, a senior at McIntosh County Academy, was selected STAR Student for 2006 and selected her mother, Jacqueline Dorminy, who taught her physics, as her STAR Teacher. More...
Anna Fry, daughter of Preston and Joyce Fry of Rayle, graduated from Augusta State University with a Paralegal Certification on May 11, 2006. More...
The Mallorysville Baptist Church will hold Bible school each evening from 7 until 9 p.m., beginning Monday, May 22, through Friday, May 26. More...
Joseph Baldwin of WashingtonWilkes, a senior at Briarwood Academy, was named Gold Medalist Student at the annual Honors Day program for the sixth through twelfth grades held at the school Friday, May 5. More...
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