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Pamela Eaton of Washington- Wilkes has received a certificateof completion for the connoisseurship course, "Appraising Antiques and Decorative Arts," from the Personal Property Appraisal CertificateProgram of the University of Georgia. More...
Pompey's Chapel Baptist Church, 2438 Lundberg Rd., Washington, will have homecoming Sunday, August 26, with Sunday School beginning at 10 a.m. and the worship service at 11:30 a.m. Pastor L.V. More...
The twenty-fourth annual presentation of "His Last Days," an outdoor musical passion drama, will be presented Labor Day weekend, Saturday, September 1, and Sunday, September 2. The drama will be presented at 7 p.m. each evening in Tallulah Falls. More...
Geegee Knutson, District of Georgia Administrator for the Kiwanis Kids Program, was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, August 21. More...
Members of the Wilkes County 4-H Club are taking orders for the annual birthday calendar fund-raiser. The orders are for 2008 calendars and are $7.00 each. The price includes fivelistings of combinations of birthdays and/or anniversaries. More...
During hot summer days like the ones we are having in Georgia, it is easy to become dehydrated, especially when you are an older adult. More...
This beautiful part-Persian cat has a gentle nature and would be a lovely house cat. She has been vaccinated and spayed, and needs a loving home. Call the Washington-Wilkes Animal Shelter at 706-678-CATS or visit at 358 Brown Drive, Washington. More...
By Brad Haire University of Georgia
Despite a late, damaging spring freeze and a summertime drought, or maybe because of it, Georgia's pecan crop is on target to be the best in years, says a University of Georgia expert. More...
Zachary Dehil of Washington- Wilkes graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., on August 17 after successfully completing 12 weeks of training designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally. More...
The regular meeting of the Tignall City Council was held August 8 at 7 p.m. Those present were Mayor Richard Gammon; council members, Nobie Keener, Charles Bradley, Albert Huyck, Leon Aycock and Tom Jackson. More...
By SHERRY W. NEWSOME Please call 706-678-2898
We were happy to have Rev. Albert Huyck to fillthe pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Dupree were in North Carolina visiting their son and his family. .Col. and Mrs. Terry Boswell of Claremore, Oklahoma, visited Mrs. More...
Rev. Dale Fincher preached a sermon for the residents. He and Ouida and Wilbur Maney sang hymns with the residents. .Visiting Mrs. Lois Flynt were Doris Rhodes, Trey Rhodes, and Cecil and Flossie Rhodes. .Guests of Mrs. More...
Guests of Mrs. Clara Monague were Helen Fuller, Delvecchio Booker, Markina Murray, Tara Willis, Betty Parks, Diundra Doughty, and Angela and Terry Wright. .Mrs. Sara E. More...
The entry deadline is rapidly approaching for the county-wide pageant set for September 29 at the Pope Convention Center. "It's time to get that paperwork in as soon as possible," Tourism Director Ashley Barnett said. More...
A 16-year-old Augusta driver is treated for a broken ankle after running a red light and colliding last week with an SUV driven by Wilkes Co. Investigator Bud Harrison at the intersection of East Robert Toombs and Ann Denard Drive. More...
Washington's master taxidermist honored Lloyd Johnson was honored last week as a master taxidermist by the North Carolina Taxidermy Association in Salisbury. "I've got 150 awards, but this is the big one," he said. More...
Friends, neighbors, fellow merchants, and Chamber of Commerce board members came out Friday evening for the Grand Re-opening of Robert Geiger's and Ed Franklin's Talk of the Town 2 and the premier of "The Coffee Corner," their new coffee and sandwich More...
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