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Celeste Stover, retired director of the Bartram Trail Regional Library headquartered at the Mary Willis Library, spoke to the Washington Kiwanis Club at its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 25. Stover, who retired as director on April 30, updated members regarding recent activities at the library, e More ... The CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority Inc. will have a mass food distribution in Wilkes County on August 24. More ... The First Baptist Church, Washington, will begin its annual fall women's Bible study on Wednesday morning, August 16, and Thursday evening, August 17. More ... Tickets for the Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary fall fashion show are going fast and may be purchased from Bee Southern, Den of Antiquities, Tena's Jewelry, or by calling Lefreda Adair at 706-678-1448. More ... As part of the ongoing effort at Wills Memorial Hospital to provide "the right care for every person every time," these ladies send out the patient satisfaction surveys and "go the extra mile" towards patient care by delivering mail to patients in the hospital, providing copies of More ... The Wilkes County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), in conjunction with Athens Technical College, seeks to sponsor another EMTI class in Wilkes County beginning in September. More ... To promote June as Beef Month, the Wilkes County Cattlemen's Association in cooperation with Watchmaker's Restaurant sponsored and Iron Chef Cook-off on June 30. More ... Saturday, July 29, is Adopt A Pet Day hosted by the Washington Farmers Market on Court Street in Downtown Washington. More ... Washington-Wilkes Middle School will open its doors to 387 students on Friday, August 4, and springing onto the campus for the first time will be class of 2013. "This is an exciting time of year for these six graders," said Assistant Principal Deleki Lee, "as they will undergo social and physical tr More ... Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School, as well as all other schools in the Wilkes County School System, will be welcoming students back to school Friday, August 4. Faculty and staff at W-WCHS eagerly anticipate the beginning of another successful school year and are working diligently in getti More ... It's time to go back to school! The Washington-Wilkes Primary School will open its doors to approximately 520 students on Friday, August 5. The building opens for breakfast at 7:30 each morning and students report to class at 7:50. Classes will dismiss at 3 p.m. More ... During homecoming services at Fishing Creek Baptist Church, Brian George (right) received his Certificate of License to preach the gospel from Rev. Roy Cates. The ceremony, held on July 23, certified that God has called Robert Brian George "into the Gospel Ministry to preach as he may have opportuni More ... from Washington Dance Academy enjoyed their third outing that included a stop at the Mayflower Coffee Shop in Downtown Washington. This was followed by a four-mile bike ride through Washington. They look forward to more outings with the rest of the group throughout August. Shown in front are Cynthi More ... You pack your child's lunch for school early in the morning, but she doesn't eat it until lunchtime. Is it still safe then? Foodborne illnesses can be serious, even deadly, for young children especially. But lunch doesn't have to be risky. More ... The members of the Tignall Baptist Youth Department ventured into the wilderness on their recent Youth Retreat to "Wild Adventures" theme park in Valdosta, Georgia. "Twenty-one youth and six adults took the trip to have fun and fellowship in the name of the Lord," said Carol McTeir. Friday was spent More ... In a small town, it's tough to tell the police when your neighbors are doing something illegal. More ... Bacon, eggs, biscuits, fruit, omelets, pancakes, turkey-and-cheese sandwich - one of those items doesn't make the typical breakfast list. But a University of Georgia nutrition expert says it's not necessarily the normal that makes the best breakfast. More ... We've had some scorching weather and it's the talke of the town. We finally did get some rain Friday night which was a welcomed relief and we enjoyed it very much and are so thankful. Sardis Baptist Church had good services Monday, Tuesdsay and Wednesday nights of last week. Rev. Chris Carpenter bro More ... The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) provides free legal help to low-income people with civil (non-criminal) legal problems. More ... We are having a real good revival at Ebenezer Baptist Church this week. Dr. Leonard Dupree of Thomson is our guest speaker. He preached Sunday morning and evening and we got started off with a great beginning. Renee Harper Hall is our music leader and Peyson Moss of Lincoln County is our pianist. He More ... Be making plans to attend our annual homecoming services at Clifford's Grove Baptist Church August 13, and revival services will begin that day and continue through Wednesday night. Rev. James Bland, Georgia Baptist Associational Missionary, will be guest speaker. Our pastor, Rev. O'Neil Martin, wil More ... More memories of Flat Rock - Eudora Huyck says her fondest memories were when she, Lem (who was a little boy them), and Grace Wansley, a neighbor who was also Nobie Keener's mom, would go to Flat Rock together several late afternoons a week. Grace would bring cucumbers in vinegar along as a snack a More ... The Tignall Homemakers June meeting consisted of a field trip to Parks Nurseries in South Carolina. More ... |
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