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June 8, 2006  RSS feed
Independent film may lead to greater things
For the first time in years, a movie is going to filmed in Washington, starting this summer. And, although it's not a big Hollywood production, a small independent movie could lead to other movie companies discovering that Washington, Georgia, is the perfect Southern small-town movie set - complete More...
Jane Echols chosen as new nursing director at Wills Memorial Hospital
By KIP BURKE

"It's good to be home." Wills Memorial Hospital's new Director of Nursing, Jane Echols, is a hometown Wilkes County nurse who's glad not to be commuting to Augusta every day for the first time in 20 years. More...

Lights + horn = street legal golf cart

Transportation visionary Scott Lewis wheels around The Square Saturday in his golf cart, newly legalized for street use. "I talked to Theodosia at the Police Department, and we figured out what it needed to be street legal," he said. The addition of lights, turn signals, and a horn made the cart a n More...

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• State-wide CRCT test scores released Monday
Georgia Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox released statewide scores for the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests Monday, calling it the beginning of a new era for Georgia's public schools. More...
• 'Dig History' archeology camp set for Hickory Hill in Thomson
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Web advertising pays off Texas style
am McCarty and Angie Strother of the Bee South More...
• Poker Run appreciated by family
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 Opinions
• Book Review
Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles
Reviewed by: PEGGY BARNETT One of the pleasures of read ing fiction is meeting the More...
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 Letters
• We have failed to develop our economy, society
TO THE EDITOR: During the early part of the twentieth century, our national government commissioned the Swedish sociologist, Gunnar Mydral, to critique American society. In the resulting seminal study entitled More...
• Satefy Camp teaches lessons to more than 100 young people
• Thanks to Boyd for resting stools at animal shelter
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 Obituaries
• Lila Mae Quinn Hunter
Funeral services for Lila Mae Quinn Hunter, 83, of Washington were held Saturday, June 3, 2006, at Gibson Grove Baptist Church, Washington, with Rev. Dennis Joe Quinn officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. She died Monday, May 29. More...
• Dorothy Rozella Armour Harrison
• Ann Boatwright Corbett
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 Worship
• Vacation Bible School starts June 18th at First Methodist
Vacation Bible School (VBS) at the First United Methodist Church, Washington, will begin Sunday, June 18, and continue through Thursday, June 22. More...
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 Personalities
• article has image Tells club of plans for roadways
George Brewer (left) of the Georgia Department of Transportation spoke to the Rotary Club of Washington and outlined the status of many of the state's current and future roadways including several located in Wilkes County. He told of projected dates of completion for various projects but indicated t More...
• Blue's Box
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