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December 7, 2006  RSS feed
Wilkes legislators tell about upcoming session
TheNews- At last week's legislative breakfast, the legislators representing the people of Wilkes County talked about the challenges of passing a budget and addressed concerns over water, the influx of retirees to rural Georgia, workforce development, and homeland security. More...
This weekend's Tour of Homes will include many other events

The 2007 Christmas Tour of Homes in Washington-Wilkes has been expanded to include many activities in addition to the tour itself. Sponsored by the Washington- Wilkes Historical Foundation, the tour will be held Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9. Tour headquarters will be at the Fitzpatrick Hotel on The Square. More...

Wilkes turnout light in runoff vote

A grand total of 261 Wilkes County voters - some 4.42 percent of registered voters - turned out Tuesday to vote in the General Election Runoff that decided the one remaining statewide race. Republican challenger Chuck Eaton upset incumbent Public Service Commissioner David L. More...

 News
• article has image Tigers John Pope, Hayley Colvard tapped for District 10 Honor Band
John Pope and Hayley Colvard earned spots in the Tenth District Honor Band at auditions held Saturday, December 2, in Augusta. In all, eight Washington-Wilkes Middle School students participated in the auditions where they were required to perform five scales from memory and sight-read a piece of music. More...
• Auditions for musical 'Gypsy' set for 6:30 p.m., Dec. 12, 14
• Salvation Army still needs bell ringers for season
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 The Office Cat
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December 7, 1941, remembered
Today is Pearl Harbor Day - the Sunday of December 7, 1941, when the Japanese made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands and plunged the United States into World War II. Many of us oldies remember exactly what we were doing when we heard to news and it's indelibly written into our minds and memory. I was nine years old. More...
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 Opinions
• article has image Book Review
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
It's April in Missouri, and Aunt Elner had gone up the ladder only to pick a few figs. She didn't know there was a wasps' nest in the tree, and she didn't know where she was when she woke up in the hospital emergency room. Her niece Norma, who is always anxious, emphasizes that she had told Aunt Elner numerous times not to climb that ladder. More...
• article has image Vox Pop
• All those gadgets and gizmos are neat - but where do you get them?
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 Letters
• A simple 'I'm sorry' needed for dog's death
TO THE EDITOR: On Sunday afternoon my family and I attended church, enjoyed lunch with family and friends, and returned home to enjoy a peaceful afternoon of nothing to do but enjoy the day. As I cleaned in the house and my husband watched football, our two children and their best friend played in the front yard. More...
• Thanks to merchants from NBA
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 Sports
• Tiger basketball team starts slow but expects to compete well in AA
Going into Tuesday night's game against Greenbrier at Evans, the Washington-Wilkes Tigers boys basketball team was still a little unsure of itself - understandably, the boys had had only five practices together since the end of football season when most of the players reported for the first time. And so, in the infancy of the 2006-2007 season, W-W is on the short end of a 1- 2 record. More...
• article has image Wrestlers win against Madison, Stephens; three finish well in Mountain tournament
• article has image Wylie receives WJBF Scholar Athlete award
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 Obituaries
• James Robert Conly
James Robert Conly, 59, of Winton Lane, Washington, died November 20, 2006, at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Conly was a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, and had lived in Wilkes County for five years. He was a retired special services technician for Bell South, and was the son of the late Robert C. Conly and Betty Zora Thomas Conly. More...
• Percy Randolph
• Louis George Taylor
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 Worship
• Power in the Tongue
I called a customer of mine and she was out. I listened to her answering machine message which in addition to the usual "I'm not here; please leave a message" included a spiritual message. It was one that got my attention. It said, "There's power in the tongue. Speak blessings, not curses. Speak life, not death. More...
• Mulberry Baptist sets special services for month of December
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 Personalities
• article has image Cosby is winner at Old Frontier Open
Carly Cosby and her horse Cody continue to be winners in horse competition. In the Old Frontier Open in Thomson November 4 they received first place in Western Walk/ Jog Championship, 12 and under, and Western Pleasure Championship. She won second place in Open Walk/Jog Championship ; and third place in Western Pleasure Championship. More...
• article has image Dusty Brown gets a 10-point buck
• article has image Mack Chafin harvests 10-pointer
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 Don't Forget
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Flu shots will be available at the Wilkes County Health Department on Gordon Street every Thursday from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Beaverdam Baptist Church no longer sponsors the Dial-APrayer ministry, but it is again sometimes available locally. More...
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