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Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School and Washington- Wilkes Middle School have announced Monday, February 5, as the date of a joint open house for parents and students of each school. From 3:30-6 p.m. during the open house, parents will be allowed to meet with teachers and to pick up their children's progress reports for the first 4½ weeks of this semester. More ... The Washington-Wilkes Middle School Math Team participated in the third annual Rockdale Mathematics Competition at Rockdale County High School on Saturday, January 20, and received second place out of 10 teams. They brought home a trophy for the third consecutive year. More ... The Washington Kiwanis Club was treated to an "acoustic duo" provided by Peter Bragg (right) and Chris Hughes at the club's regular meeting on Tuesday, January 22. Bragg, a Georgia Forestry Commission pilot, and Hughes, the Washington-Wilkes airport's fixed base operator, performed a medley of popular songs for the enjoyment of a packed house of members and guests. More ... A Diabetic education meeting will be held at the Wills Memorial Hospital library at 2 p.m. today, January 25. The meeting will focus on the learning needs of all persons with diabetes in the community. The group will continue to meet on a monthly basis at WMH. Future dates and times will be discussed at the first meeting. Areas of concern for diabetics will also be discussed at the meeting. More ... Registration for the 2007 Summer Drama Camp to be held at the Washington Little Theater will begin on March 23. Students from kindergarten through the twelfth grade are invited to attend. The camp will last three weeks and will begin on May 21 and will end with four performances of Disney's "High School Musical" June 8-10. More ... This week at W-WMS has been very exciting. On Friday, January 19, Patrell Turman, a W-WCHS student, came and spoke to our student body about "Pennies for Patients." Patrell is a cancer survivor having battled cancer his freshmen year in high school. Pennies for Patients is a new fund-raiser at the middle school to collect money for patients who are sick with Leukemia or other blood cancers. More ... Members of the Washington Rotary Club were special guests of the Wilkes Pre-Release Detention Center as part of their regular meeting on January 11. Officials Ricky Cobb (center below) and John Huggins (left) showed the touring members various parts of the center and explained some of the activities that go on there. More ... The CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority Inc. will have a mass food distribution in Wilkes County on Thursday, February 1, at the McDonald's warehouse, 1024 East Robert Toombs Avenue, from 9 a.m. until all food is gone. The distribution is for low-income and elderly persons, serving a total of 125 families in Wilkes County, and will provide fruits, vegetables, canned meats, and juices. More ... Since December 11, the iconic cookies you love to eat have been on sale but Girl Scouts in Washington and the surrounding area have until the end of next month to sell still more. The cookies will be sold door to door through February and then will be available for purchase at booth sales around the area until they are gone. More ... The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) provides free legal help to low-income people with civil (non-criminal) legal problems. A person from the GLSP staff will travel to meet with people wanting this free legal help in Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Lincoln counties on the first Tuesday of each month on a first-come, first-served basis. More ... Patrell Turman, a senior athlete at Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School, was the guest speaker at the kickoff assembly for "The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients" that was held January 12 in the Washington- Wilkes Middle School gym. More ... Members of the staff of the Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) will be in Wilkes County to meet with senior citizens wanting free legal help, on a first-come, firstserved basis. Senior citizens 60 years of age or older who have a civil (non-criminal) legal issue may be able to receive help. A GLSP staff member will be in Wilkes County to meet with seniors from 10 a.m. More ... Ashley Branan will present a program on Skin Care for the Older Adult at the Wills Memorial Hospital Tea and Learn Tuesday, February 6, at 2:30 p.m. in the hospital café. More ... A few spaces remain open for the Lunch and Learn at Wills Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, January 30, where Dr. Patrick Sizemore will present the program "Colonoscopy - Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask." Lunch will be served at 12 o'clock noon with the presentation to follow. The program will be held in the hospital library. More ... The Georgia Hunters for the Hungry (GHFTH) is a program through which deer, donated by hunters, become nutritious venison to benefit those who need it the most. In 2006, participating hunters donated almost 29,000 pounds of venison - the most ever collected in one year by this program. In total, hunters have donated almost 200,000 pounds of venison since the inception of the program in 1993. More ... American girls who are overweight in their "tween" years - between 9 and 12 years old - are 10 times more likely to grow into overweight adults, says a recent Journal of Pediatrics report. More ... This friendly, well-cared-for dog has on a collar with no ID. If this is your dog, call 706-678-CATS or visit the Washington-Wilkes Animal Shelter at 358 Brown Drive, 3-5 p.m. A Doberman Pinscher has also been found with a collar with no ID. This is also a very friendly dog. More ... Weeks of unseasonably warm weather in Georgia followed by a week of near- and below-freezing temperatures could be a deadly combination for early spring blooms in the south. "Most fruit and nut flower buds can tolerate temperatures slightly below freezing (1-2 degrees)," said David Berle, a University of Georgia horticulture professor. More ... Tommy Harwell of Warrenton brought a real good message at Sardis Baptist Church Sunday. ..Bonnie Boatwright went up to Lexington Tuesday where she joined James and Kathleen Canup and Margaret Peterman to go to Elberton to play bingo at Wendy's. ..J.W. Boatwright has been a bit under the weather with the flu for the last few days. .. More ... All churches of the Georgia Baptist Association are invited to take part in a mission project for HEART Ministries in Lavonia. HEART Ministries is for girls and ladies having problems with alcohol and drugs. It is a very nice and caring place, like Penfield Home is for men and boys. .. More ... Baptist Men's Day was observed Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church. In the absence of Dr. Dupree, James Smith brought the message on "Let's Build Together." The scripture was from Matthew 7:24-27 and I Samuel 7:12. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Shelton placed a pretty arrangement of flowers in the church. The choir did a super job - all male. B.C. More ... What do you do on nasty weather days like Sunday? We watch TV, of course. I wonder how men managed to watch TV without a remote control years ago. I guess they didn't have a problem when there were only about four or five channels. I understand the remotes are owned and controlled by men. They really bother me because you can be watching something then, zip, it's on to another channel. More ... The regular meeting of the Tignall City Council was held January 10. Present were Mayor Richard Gammon, Albert Huyck, Nobie Keener, and Leon Aycock. Also present were City Attorney Michael Horgan, Clyde Davis, Walter Parker, David Jenkins of the Wilkes County Payroll Authority, Rhonda Gilbert of Gilbert and Associates, and Linda Daniel, city clerk. More ... The Fishing Creek Baptist Church will have a special morning worship service Sunday, January 28, at 11 a.m. Jeff Daniel and Frankie Ware will be ordained as deacons during the service; and the new Sunday School building will be dedicated. "The Lord has and continues to bless us," says Rev. Roy Cates, pastor. "Sunday School attendance increased to the point that we needed additional classrooms. More ... We were glad to have Rev. James Bland with us at prayer meeting at Clifford's Grove Baptist Church Wednesday night. ..Mrs. Philip Huff and Mrs. James Sherrer went to Greenwood, S.C., last Monday to see Mrs. Elizabeth Huff at Wesley Commons Health Center. Her son, John Fradella, joined them and they all had lunch at Ryan's Restaurant. ..Mr. and Mrs. James Sherrer visited Mrs. More ... |
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