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The Office Cat
Nine Washington-Wilkes school teachers with sisters of two of them, took a fantastic trip to New York City last week. The nine are Peggy Jones, Jennifer Holton, Angela McGill, Lisa Newsome, Terri Hammond, LaVonda Tanner, Tonya Morgan, Sarah Alfriend, and Nikki Welch. Jennifer and LaVonda's sisters were on the trip, too. Peggy, Terri, and Tonya were seen on the Today Show Monday morning by Washington-Wilkes television watchers. They all wore red Georgia Girls T-shirts and some had signs to hold up. They stayed at the Double Tree Suites on Times Square and went to see Mel Brooks' production of "The Producers." They had lunch at the Tavern on the Green in Central Park, toured Chinatown, the Statue of Liberty, and viewed Ground Zero. . . . Some of the ladies attended the Tiger football game that Friday night, then went to Atlanta to be ready to fly out early Saturday morning. They got back to Washington Wilkes about 8:30 p.m. on Labor Day and Peggy got an extra day off. She had surgery Tuesday morning at the Wills Memorial Hospital Medical Specialty Center. The 16-year-old mystery surrounding the death of Wilkes Countian Dolly Hearn may be nearing a solution. Dolly was a dental student at the Medical College of Georgia when she was found dead of a gunshot wound in her Augusta apartment in 1990. Law enforcement officers ruled it a probable suicide. Dolly's family never accepted that ruling. In December 2004 Jennifer Corbin, wife of Barton Corbin, a prominent dentist, was found dead in her home in Gwinnett County. Police took note of the similarity in the deaths of the two young women and re-opened the case of Dolly's death. On December 22, 2004, Barton Corbin was indicted on murder charges in Dolly's death, and on January 5, 2005, he was charged with the murder of his wife Jennifer. This week, the jury is expected to be selected and the trial in the murder of Jennifer is expected to begin soon. The judge has ruled that evidence from Dolly's case can be used in this trial. . . . A front page article and a whole inside page in Sunday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution carried a story about the two alleged murders and the trial. . . . A story in the September 18 issue of People magazine is titled "Murder Times Two?" and is about the alleged murders. Dolly's parents, Carlton (Dr.) and Barbara Hearn, say that they have not been interviewed by the media recently, but that both articles are accurate. We're all praying that the true story can finally be told.
Rev. G.L. Avery will be honored for his lifetime contributions to the social, political, and spiritual lives of his people in communities all over Georgia Saturday, September 16, in a special "Rev. G.L. Avery Gala Affair." Rev. Avery is a member of the Washington City Council, having served several terms, and is active in many Wilkes County civic and religious areas. The Affair will be held at the WashingtonWilkes Comprehensive High School Cafeteria.
A wedding reception is planned in conjunction with the matinee performance of "Steel Magnolias" to be presented by the Washington Little Theater Company. The reception is for the wedding of Shelby, played by Katie Leverett of Lincolnton, and will be held at Wisteria Hall on East Robert Toombs Avenue following the matinee on Saturday, September 30. Theater patrons may attend both the play and reception or just the reception. Call the theater reservation line, 706-678-9582, and get your reservation right away. . . . I wonder whose voice we will hear on the reservation line. We usually hear Joseph Baldwin, but Joseph left for Northwestern University Sunday.
During the special morning service at First Baptist Church, Washington, Sunday, Hunter Jackson read a poem which he had written as a sixth grader following the September 11, 2001, (9-11) attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. It was a very well-written, thoughtful poem. Hunter is the son of Mandy and Tim Jackson, and is a junior at Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School.
In addition to the doctors and services offered by the new Medical Specialty Center at Wills Memorial Hospital, the hospital has seven active primary care physicians on the medical staff. These are Dr. Robert J. Williams, Dr. David T. Kirk, Dr, Beeki N. Kuppuswamy, Dr. Lester T. Johnston, Dr. Kirk T. Dodson, Dr. Mahesh K. Duggal, and Dr. Alphonso W. Hilliard. So that residents of Wilkes and surrounding counties can get to know who these doctors are and about them, The News-Reporter will be featuring them in articles in coming weeks. We hope that our readers will read about them and utilize their services. WashingtonWilkes has some great doctors and a great hospital.
Tim Harris has moved his Harris Custom Cycles shop from Lexington Avenue to 1020 East Robert Toombs Avenue. This location is just behind McDonald's in the area of the former Sears store. He will be having his grand opening in October, but we're all invited to a preview of the new shop Friday, September 22.
Cicero Lucas Jr., tailback for the Washington High School Tigers in the 1950s, and fullback and guard for the Georgia Bulldogs following his high school graduation in 1954, was honorary captain for the Georgia Bulldogs for the Georgia vs. Western Kentucky football game September 2.
Fifteen-year-old Merlin Cain, grandson of Mary Burt of Washington Wilkes and son of Penny (Burt) and Wesley Cain of Statham, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout in his Boy Scout Troop. Merlin spent 142 hours repainting the bridge in the James Shackelford Park (formerly Browns Bridge Park), cleaning trails, grading the parking lot, and spreading mulch with the help of parents and scout leaders. His Scoutmaster says, "Of all the boys that join scouting, less than two percent ever become Eagle Scouts," so this is a real accomplishment for Merlin and his family.
Total rainfall for the week as reported by Norris was 1.5 inch.
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