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October 5, 2006
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Mule Days, Rayle Ramble next weekend will give locals and visitors plenty to see
By KIP BURKE news editor
Preparations are nearly complete for Mule Days at Callaway Plantation, the twenty-sixth annual celebration of times gone by set for Friday, October 13 and Saturday October 14. More...
Jennings sentenced to life plus 15 in attack on Tignall teen and mother
By KIP BURKE news editor

Antorres Ulysses Jennings, 21, has been sentenced to prison for life plus 15 years for his attack on a Tignall teen and her mother in April 2005. More...

New pilot development program introduced at town hall meeting

More than 60 Washington-Wilkes leaders met Monday night to hear about a new state pilot program that's designed to help rural communities help themselves to gain the tools and resources they need to make an economic turnaround. More...

 News
•Methodists' fall bazaar set this Friday and Saturday
The First United Methodist Church of Washington will have a fall bazaar Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7. More...
•Grassroots Arts Program now accepting applications
•Local firefighters to collect funds for burn camp
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 The Office Cat
•The Office Cat
Big bazaar benefits building
K ermit Hocutt didn't know he was lost until Officer More...
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 Opinions
•Same sex marriages
Down through the years my dad would preach that God intended it to be Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. More...
•Book Review
•Vox Pop
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 Letters
•Join in encouraging community spirit
TO THE EDITOR: I am a proud resident in the Town of Tignall and serve on the City Council. Mayor Richard Gammon, council members Leon Aycock, Charles Bradley, Albert Huyck, and Thomas Jackson, are also proud residents in the Town of Tignall. We are trying to make Tignall a better place to live, tr More...
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 Sports
•Tigers' new balance beats Banks badly, 43-7
Last Friday night, the Washington Wilkes Tigers destroyed the Banks County Leopards by a score of 43-7. After giving up 31 points against Dawson County the week before, the Tiger defense was back to form, giving up only one touchdown, which came against the second and third-string defense. The WW of More...
•SOUTHERN FRIED FOOTBALL
•Top sports fans will know the answers to this quiz
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 Obituaries
•Aldora Cynthia Cook
Funeral services for Aldora Cynthia Cook, 79, of Washington were held Saturday, September 30, 2006, at McLendon Memorial Funeral Home, Washington, with Rev. Robert Crawford officiating. Burial was in City West Cemetery, Washington. She died September 26, at Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington. More...
•H.E. Turner
•LaForrest "Skip" Aldridge
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 Personalities
•Girl Scouts earn badges at 'My Fair Lady'
Members and leaders of Girl Scout Troop 2500 spent an evening on the town in Augusta September 22. Seeing More...
•Round Table hears of Confederate Orphan Brigade
•Pet of the week
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 Don't Forget
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Brinkley's Chapel Baptist Church, Thomson, will have appreciation More...
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