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Seven members of the Washington Wilkes Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America attended the Georgia FBLA Fall Motivational Rally and State Fair in Macon, Georgia, recently. Those attending included Trista Adams, Shaniqua Banks, Rolesiea Booker, Alexis Cantey, Brittney Davis, Ashley Moore, and More ... Pompey's Chapel Baptist Church, Washington, will have its annual Friends and Family Day on Sunday, November 5, 2:30 p.m. More ... Usual procedures have been a bit disrupted because the interior of The Robert Toombs House is in the process of being painted. More ... Pictured above are students and teachers who participated in student/ teacher swap day at Washington-Wilkes Middle School during Red Ribbon Week. More ... During the week of October 23-26, Washington-Wilkes Middle School joined many schools across the nation in promoting a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. "Red Ribbon Week is about encouraging kids to be drug-free and marking the progress we've made. Many students are now choosing not to use drugs," said More ... The Washington Little Theater will hold auditions for "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" on Sunday, November 5, at The Playhouse on North Alexander Avenue beginning at 3 p.m. More ... Children learn best when they are given authentic experiences and opportunities to practice what they have learned. The Outdoor Classroom at W-WPS provides a living laboratory for students to study habitats, life cycles, environmental ecology, and other natural phenomena. The Outdoor Classroom is us More ... Students of the Washington- Wilkes Comprehensive High School yearbook staff, led by coeditors Kelley Roberts and Katie Haughey, are working hard to create the 2006-2007 edition of "The Tiger." More ... The annual Optimist Club Friend of Youth Auction and Barbecue will be held Thursday, November 9, at the VFW Post 5899 home on Andrew Drive in Washington. More ... Amy Harkins' Entrepreneurship class had a special treat on Tuesday, October 10, when Janie Cravens from McDonalds visited the class. During her visit, Cravens talked with the class on the importance of "taking care of IS." More ... Members of the staff of the Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) will be in Wilkes County to meet with senior citizens wanting free legal help, on a first-come, firstserved basis. More ... This fine Pointer-mix is ready for a home. He has an excellent temperament and is neutered and vaccinated. More ... On December 21, The News-Reporter will publish its annual Christmas Tree Babies edition featuring children born to Wilkes County families during 2006 More ... Boomers and Seniors of the First Baptist Church enjoyed a leaf trip to Highlands, N.C., on Thursday, October 26. More ... Dr. Lester Johnston (left) was the guest speaker for the Washington Rotary Club at its regular meeting on Thursday, October 26. Relatively new to Washington-Wilkes, Dr. Johnston told of his education including his years at medical school in Grenada. He also outlined the goals and operations of MedLi More ... Lee Campbell (right) has been recognized for over 500 hours of volunteer service to the Robert Toombs House State Historic Site and was presented with a pin by Ashley Aultman, assistant manager at the site. The staff at the Robert Toombs House congratulated Campbell for a job well done. Campbell has More ... Four Briarwood Academy students from Wilkes County have been selected for the 2006 Briarwood Academy Homecoming Court. More ... Football games aren't the only struggles cranking up on grass battlefields now. University of Georgia experts say fall is an ideal time to fight fire ants, too. More ... Freezing temperatures have already hit north Georgia and will begin to creep down to south Georgia later this month. It's time to think about properly winterizing outdoor pipes and lawn sprinklers. A few precautions now can save a lot of time, money and headaches later. More ... The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) provides free legal help to low-income people with civil More ... The Georgia Department of Labor has reported that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) declined to 5.8 percent in September, down threetenths of one percent from 6.1 percent in August. The area's jobless rate was 6.5 percent in September 2005. More ... The Wilkes County Seniors are planning a holiday trip to the Commerce outlet stores for shopping and lunch the first week in December. The selected date will be either Tuesday, December 5, or Wednesday, December 6. More ... Janie Cravens, co-owner with her husband David, of McDonald's in Washington, was the guest speaker at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club Tuesday. More ... Retired University of Georgia athletic director and avid gardener Vince Dooley will share his gardening tips Nov. 9 during Macon State College's Waddell Barnes Gardens Fall Lecture. More ... Sunday was another good day at Phillips Mill Baptist Church. Being the fifth Sunday, we observed The Lord's supper at the close of the morning service. Sunday night we had a special time for singing favorite hymns and special music from Rev. Skip Padgett. This was topped off by college student Matth More ... Members and friends of Clifford's Grove Baptist Church who didn't come Sunday missed a good sermon by Rev. Martin and some delicious food at the covered dish lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Lance attended the Gideon Faith Fund Rally held at the Georgia Baptist Association Center Thursday night. Those vi More ... "Well done thou good and faithful servant" reminds us of our pastor, Rev. Albert Huyck, who retired Sunday after serving as pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church for a little over nine years. We had a wonderful day but a little sad to see him go. I'm sure he will remain in our hearts for a long time and More ... I say this every year, and I'll say it again: I don't like the time change. When I was teaching, I'd rather have gone to work in the dark than to come home from work in the dark. It makes a really long night. Also, children don't know anything about time changes. My granddaughters, Kara and Kaci Gam More ... The fifth annual "I'd Rather Be In Tignall" Fall Festival will be held this coming Saturday, November 4, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on the campus of the old Tignall School. More ... Mallorysville Baptist Church had its annual fall festival Sunday at the church. It began at 4 p.m. with the traditional fall games and activities. More ... We need to all get a sample copy of a ballot for the upcoming election. If for no other reason, just to read those Amendments to the State Constitution and the six proposals to change the state tax code. They are all on page 9 in the B-Section of More ... Greg Callaway of the Washington-Wilkes FFA competed in Macon on 9-29-06 at the Georgia State Fair. He won 1st place in 9th and 10th Grade Showmanship and Grand Champion with his heifer in the Continental Breed Class. More ... Greg Callaway of the Washington-Wilkes FFA competed in the 2006 Elbert Co. Fair on 10-4-06 and won Grand Champion with his steer. More ... Well, we got our frost and then we got our rain, so everyone is happy. It has been a good week. Kenneth and Bonnie Poss have a new business in Rayle named Possum Café. It is open every day from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. I have heard it is real good. It was formerly the Snak Shak. Rev. John Mark Carpe More ... |
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