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Washington veterinarian, Dr. Tracy Williams, spoke to the Kiwanis Club at its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 15. Dr. Williams discussed her mission trips to Uganda, Djibouti, Honduras, and Haiti. Mission vets' objectives were to teach indigenous peoples how to recognize and treat diseases in cat More ... GED testing set for Sept 7, 8; sign up on Thurs., Aug. 31 GED tests will be given in Washington Wilkes on September 7 and 8 in the fellowship hall of the First United Methodist Church. More ... Broad River Watershed Assn. to meet Saturday, August 26 The public is invited to attend the 2006 annual meeting of the Broad River Watershed Association to be held Saturday, August 26, at the group shelter of Watson's Mill Bridge State Park near Carlton in Madison County. More ...
Thorne Brown (left), a Washington-Wilkes student at the University of Georgia, receives an honorarium from Coleman Kennedy, president of the Lincoln-Wilkes Retired Educators Association. The purchase of spotlight advertisements and donations by local businesses and individuals helped to make the hon More ...
Washington-Wilkes Elementary School has begun another exciting school year and the faculty and staff were happy to see both returning students and new students coming from the third grade. However, there were a few new faces among the classes on the first day of school. More ...
By W-WMS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS Students are busy learning new schedules and teachers are already busy learning names and doing paperwork as the 2006-2007 school year has officially started. There have been some changes to our staff this year. Deleki Lee is the new assistant principal at Washington-Wilkes Middle School. New teache More ... Quarterly blood drive today to be held at FUMC, 2-7 p.m. The quarterly blood drive sponsored by the Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and Shepeard Blood Center will be held Thursday, August 17. More ... Taliaferro County's Labor Day Fair to be held on September 4 Taliaferro County's 20th Annual Labor Day Fair will be held in Crawfordville on Monday, September 4, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is free. More ... Elberton 12-County Fair looks for local talent, artists to show The 75th edition of the Elberton 12-County Fair is scheduled for October 2-7 in Elberton and organizers have announced that the fair is again seeking local talent and artists who would like to showcase their talents and skills. Musicians, gospel groups, church choirs, dance studios, and other organi More ...
By GARY TOOLE This fellow said, "Forget the past. Don't look back and don't live in the past." More ...
Representing the new prison, Ricky Cobb (left) spoke to the Washington Rotary Club at its regular meeting last Thursday, August 3, and told the members about some of the operations and activities going on at the facility. He reported that the inmates and guards are doing a good job of keeping the gr More ...
Michael B. Rogers, DDS, was elected 2006-07 president of the G e o r g i a Dental Assoc i a t i o n (GDA) during the 139th annual meeting in Amelia Island, Fla., on July 30. More ...
Brittany Klaus and Ashley Ingram attended the 45th annual Natural Resources Conservation Workshop hosted by Middle Georgia College in Cochran, Georgia. The workshop has graduated approximately 11,287 graduates and was enjoyed by 146 Georgia high school students including 11 students from the U.S. Vi More ...
Girl Scouts of the USA is the largest volunteer organization for girls in the world. More ... Randalls host low country boil on Sat., August 5 Buzzy and Jo Randall were joined by Lyn Randall and Bill Cannon of Tybee Island in hosting a low country boil on Saturday evening, August 5, for Latimer descendants in Washington for the reunion of the descendants of Simon Bailey of Metasville and John Peace Latimer of Oglethorpe County. More ... News for Families & Consumers The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Lincoln & Wilkes Counties By Martha Partridge - FACS Agent The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), working with the state of Minnesota, recently investigated outbreaks of foodborne illness associated with certain frozen, breaded, boneless chicken products that contain raw chicken. More ...
By JACQUELYN JOHNSON Jimmy Bedford, master distiller for the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, and his wife, Emily, visited Lincolnton, Washington, and the surrounding area recently at the invitation of Jim Reese, owner of Reese & Sons Floor Sanding & Refinishing. More ...
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS UNINSURED Dear Savvy Senior, Can you write a column on lowcost More ...
Members of the Washington-Wilkes FFA participated in a beef exhibitors showmanship clinic in conjunction with the Wilkes County Young Farmers Association Beef Show. This year's beef team is made up of (back row, l-r) Ethan Armour, Greg Callaway, Emmanuel Hester, Josh Goldman and Tommy Howard; (front More ... 'His Last Days' to be presented for 23rd year on September 2-3 The twenty-third annual presentation of "His Last Days," an outdoor musical passion drama, will be presented Labor Day weekend, Saturday, September 2, and Sunday, September 3, at 7 p.m. in Tallulah Falls. More ... Rayle Ramble Committee works on updates for this year's festival Ten members of the Rayle Ramble Committee met at the Rayle City Hall Thursday, August 10, to hear updates on this year's festival. More ... RAYLE NEWS By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264 Rock United Methodist Church will have homecoming Sunday, August 20, at 11 a.m. Rev. Gary Dean, superintendent of the Methodist Charge, will bring the special message. A covered dish dinner will follow at noon in the fellowship hall. Everyone is invited to attend. Bonnie Boatwright went over to Boga More ... Aonia News By SHERRY W. NEWSOME Please call 706-678-2898 Mrs. Sara Huff and Bobbi Thornton visited Miss Grace Dunaway and Alex Dunaway this week. David Ingram of Smyrna spent Sunday with Mrs. Florence Ingram. Miss Florence is "under the weather" and has to stay off her feet. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Glenn have been visiting daily to help her. David Cheely of M More ... Lundberg News By SAMILLE SHERRER Please call 706-678-7363 We had a good homecoming at Clifford's Grove Baptist Church Sunday morning. It was not a huge crowd but a pretty good attendance with a lot of good food and fellowship. Not many came on Sunday night. Those absent missed a very good message by Rev. James Bland. We were deeply saddened by the death of More ...
GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS More ...
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 706-285-2736 and NOBIE KEENER Please call 706-285-3232 While living in the metro Atlanta area, and during the Olympic Games held there, some of us watched the Olympic torch being carried by and handed off, and even got to hold a torch. Now, I have been able to hand off or pass my crutches on to Carolyn Gammon to use during her convalescence. However, I More ... Tyrone News By PRISCILLA MAXWELL Please call 706-678-7657 Phillips Mill Baptist Church at Tyrone on the Greensboro Road celebrated its 221st annual homecoming Sunday, August 13. The pastor, Rev. Robert Rayner, was the speaker. More ... |
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