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Medical Specialty Center open
Wills Memorial Hospital will be having open house

for its new Medical Specialty Clinic on Thursday, August 31, and we're all invited. The entrance is located on the east parking lot off Hospital Drive and was constructed by Washington-Wilkes contractor Lamont Lannae. I have seen it and I can say that I have not seen any medical offices in Athens or Augusta as nice as this one. It's spacious and light, and the staff superb! You don't necessarily have to be referred to the clinic by a doctor. You can call 706-678-3247 and make your own arrangements. Not only is it a fine professional service to Wilkes County and the surrounding area, but just think how much gas and time you save by being able to have all your lab work, doctor visits, and surgery done right here. To use a trite old expression - "Try it. You might like it."

The Medical Specialty Clinic currently staffed with three physicians, one nurse, and one administrative support team member. In their first seven months of seeing patients in Washington, the three surgeons have treated 230 men, women, and children in their surgery and urology clinics. They have also performed 135 surgical procedures in the Wills Memorial Hospital Operating Room.

Tommy Garrett will be honored for 50 years of service to his hardware customers at Poss-Ace Hardware Saturday, August 26, from a.m. to 4 p.m. We're all invited to this event, too. Tommy knows where to find anything you want in the store and doesn't mind searching for it.

I need your help. Because of "stepped-up" deadlines for this column and other areas of The News- Reporter, please call me with your items of interest as early as you can. I need our readers' input in order to make this column interesting.

Bonnie Bounds would be a senior at Briarwood Academy this year, but opted for early enrollment at the University of Georgia. She is classified as a freshman and is in the honors program. There are so many students, that there is not enough dormitory space for them so Bonnie is one of many who are in "supplementary housing." Bonnie and two other freshmen are sharing a fifth-floor lounge in Brumby Hall and it turns out they are the envy of some students who are in regular housing. Their room is more spacious than regular rooms and they have the same amenities such as internet and cable that regular students have. Bonnie and her two roommates were featured (in full color) on the front page of the Athens Banner-Herald one day last week. . . She is the daughter of Cindy and Lincoln Bounds; sister of John Bounds; and granddaughter of Hazel Russell.

Norris says that in Washington we have just had .05 of an inch of rain during the past week, but that Sandown has had two inches. Most of that was Sunday afternoon.

Betty and Ed Lane, Wilkes Countians living in Rutherfordton, N.C., usually use the interstate on their trips "home," but on a recent visit, accompanied by their sevenyear old grandson, Jesse Crook of Hickory, N.C., they enjoyed taking the long way on the back roads. Jesse was curious as to why the pine trees were in straight rows. Betty says, "It's a good thing Paw Paw Ed (a forester) was along. Jesse immediately got a lesson in tree planting." . . . Betty also says that while searching on E-Bay for old Georgia post cards she came across a billhead from the Washington Coca-Cola Bottling Co. dated January 4, 1923. It had been sent to a Mr. Thaxton of Helena, Ga., for $9.95, a dealer from southern New Jersey.

What happened to all those hurricanes we were supposed to have this year?

"A Gala Affair" on September 16 will "celebrate the lifetime achievements of a servant of God, Rev. G.L. Avery." Rev. Avery will be recognized for the many contributions he has made toward the social, political, and spiritual lives in communities all over Georgia. The gala affair will be held in the Washington Wilkes Comprehensive High School Cafeteria. I don't know of any other Wilkes Countian more deserving of this recognition. You can call 706-678-4694 or read The News-Reporter for more information.

Randy Randall, mayor of Clinton, S.C., was elected to the Municipal Association of South Carolina Board of Directors at the annual meeting on Hilton Head Island July 28. Randy is the son of Jo and Buzzy Randall of WashingtonWilkes and is executive director of alumni and community relations at Presbyterian College in Clinton.

We've got another Monday holiday coming up. We have tried staying open here at The News-Reporter on Monday holidays because we need the time to get the paper done on time. But we have found that everybody thinks we're closed and they don't come in with news and advertisements until Tuesday. So we're going to join other businesses and be closed on Labor Day on September 4. This means that we have to have earlier deadlines for submitting news and ads. Deadline for all classified and legal advertisements and society news will be Friday, September 1.

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