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An account has been established at the Farmers and Merchants Bank, Washington, to assist Lisa Stroika in covering her medical expenses. Mrs. Stroika is battling an E. coli infection at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and has no insurance coverage. More ... The Georgia Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition is sponsoring "Dessert with the Doctor" on Saturday, August 25, from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Madison-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce. This special program is intended to provide guidance to women on how to improve communication with their physicians. More ... 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. The program is under the auspices of the American Society of Appraisers. More ... The Word Bible Study Class will have its annual tent outreach service on Saturday, August 25, beginning at 11 a.m. The service will be held at 415 Lexington Avenue, Washington. (This is the vacant lot across the street from the entrance to Jackson Street. More ... W-WMS would like to present to you the new school group for Paw Print news. This group consists of gifted language arts students in the eighth grade, meeting during the school's extended learning time and directed by Holly Ferguson with the assistance of Lise Kalla. 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. "Smokey" Turman will be the guest speaker. More ... Rotary District Governot Nathan Carmack (right) visited with the Washington Rotary Club at its regular meeting on Thursday, August 9, along with Area XII Assistant Governor Paul Matthews (left). Carmack installed a new member in the local club and then addressed the membership, telling those in attendance about the goals and programs of Rotary International. The district governor lives in Athens and has been a Rotary member for more than 30 years. Club President Paula Stevens welcomed Carmack and Matthews to the meeting. 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. The drama is located at Tallulah Gallery on Old Highway 441 along the scenic Tallulah Gorge Drive. More ... There's a new but familiar face behind the counter at Washington's Radio Shack store, and he wants to make modern technology a little less complicated for his customers. 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. Knutson presented the history, objectives, and goals of the Kiwanis Kids Program, a community service club for elementary school students. Started in 1998, the program's goals are to develop capable, competent, and caring leaders. Currently there are about 900 Kiwanis Kids Clubs nationwide (59 are in Georgia) with about 32,000 members. Debra Guin was the program host for the day. More ... Taliaferro County's 21st annual Arts and Crafts Labor Day Fair will be held in Crawfordville, the county seat, Monday, September 3, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is free. The center of town will be closed off for the activities. Arts and crafts booths will line both sides of Broad Street and curl around the courthouse. More ... Stephen E. Blackmon Jr., a native of Wilkes County, has received the Silver Beaver Award in Scouting, presented by the Middle Tennessee Boy Scout Council. 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. Additional listings are $1.00 each and additional calendars are $6.00 each. More ... Past President and honorary member of the Washington Rotary Club Donnie Smith (right) updated his fellow Rotarians on various issues currently confronting the Georgia State Patrol including funding and staffing.He reported that it is increasingly hard for the GSP to compete with large metropolitan police departments in recruiting new officersand said that more funding is needed to bring staff levels in local posts up to where they need to be. Jerry Stover was program host for the day. 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. The Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Aging Services' (DAS) Live Healthy Georgia Seniors Taking Charge program is offering tips to help older individuals avoid becoming dehydrated. 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 ... Family and friends were present for the recent dedication of a monument at the Wilkes Pre-Release Center to the memory of OfficerGloria McIntosh. OfficerMcIntosh leaves behind a daughter, LaPrincia Huff of Elberton, Unit Manager Ricky Cobb said, and a trust fund will be set up on her behalf at Farmers & Merchants Bank in Washington. More ... 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. "The trees have a big crop set on them now, and it's looking really good," said Lenny Wells, a pecan specialist with the UGA Cooperative Extension. More ... Washington-Wilkes Tiger Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Russell Morgan presented the program Tuesday, August 14, at the Washington Optimist Club's monthly lunch meeting held at the Jockey Club. Morgan spoke about the upcoming football season and gave a quick breakdown of the offense and defense position by position. He then fielded questions from the audience. Jim Bennett (right) was the program chairman. 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 ... Hey, didn't we just miss "dog days" -- you know, those days that it rains and rains and rains?? After checking on the internet, I found I have been wrong about the rain. It just says hot and sultry days. 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. Also present were City Attorney Michael Horgan; Clyde Davis, and city clerks, Linda Daniel and Elaine Jackson. More ... Rock United Methodist Church celebrated homecoming Sunday with a wonderful service and great fellowship meal. Rev. David Wright brought the inspiring homecoming message with the congregation singing inspirational songs with Betty Berry at the piano. A large crowd came home to visit and renew acquaintances and glorify the name of the Lord. . More ... 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. Jenelle Newsome Monday and Tuesday en route to Brunswick and on to Macon to visit their son. . More ... We had good revival services at Clifford's Grove Baptist Church with pretty good attendance each night. Rev. Donnie Walton preached very inspiring messages. There was pretty music with Dianne Pullen at the piano and Karmen Moon and Rev. Martin singing specials. We are looking forward to having Rev. Walton as guest evangelist again next August. .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. Genelle Gill were David Gill, Mable Edwards, June Chafin,Patsy Winn, Oliver Gill, and Charles Waller. .Brennah and Maggie Griggs visited Mrs. Sara Curtis. More ... Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mann, Andie and Caitlin for the beautiful flowers placed in Phillips Mill Baptist Church Sunday in memory of his mother, Mary Louise McAvoy Mann. .Phillips Mill Baptist Church is proud of all our new members in recent months, of all ages. Some came for baptism and some by transfer of letter from another Baptist Church. 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. Walton's guests were Linda Garrett, Chad Garrett, Shirley Crocker, and Sherry Phillips. .Visiting Mrs. Mary Bernice McAvoy were Gail Galbreath, Ronnie McAvoy, Dot Branham, and Marion Poss. .Mrs. More ... Everyone who joins the National Arbor Day Foundation during August 2007 will receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation's Trees for America campaign, a program dedicated to environmental stewardship through the planting of trees. 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. "Just mail or bring your entry to the Chamber. Watch for all our updates online at www.MissWilkesCountyPageant. More ... John Sexton, an appraiser and dealer in Civil War items for over a quarter of a century, will conduct a "Confederate Antique Road Show" at the Washington Civil War Round Table meeting on Monday evening, August 27, at 6 p.m. at The Fitzpatrick Hotel on the Square. 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. The teen was cited by the Georgia State Patrol for failure to obey a traffic control device. His truck came to rest against the GMC driven by Darlene Canterbury, but did not damage her car. Deputy Harrison was not injured. More ... Candidates for mayor and three seats on the Washington City Council may qualify starting Monday. Qualifying for the November 6 election will begin 9 a.m. Monday, August 27 and run through 4:30 p.m. Friday, August 31 at Washington's City Hall. 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. "Only eight other people have ever earned this." Johnson said that the designation was earned only after competing in shows and achieving professional level awards, then individual Masters awards. Earning Masters in all three categories earned him the overall Master Taxidermist designation, he said. More ... The Diabetic Support Group will meet in the Wills Memorial Hospital Library at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 30. Dr. Scott Lind, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Surgery, and Lisa Eskew, LPN, will be guest speakers. Dr. Lind and Mrs. Eskew are representing the Wills Memorial Hospital Specialty Center. More ... At the Grand Opening Soiree Attending the T.R.R. Cobb House Grand Opening Soiree in Athens recently were (l-r) Marcia Campbell, Molly Newsome, Ashley Aultman and Jenny Lindsey. The Watson-Brown Foundation was instrumental in returning the home from Stone Mountain to Athens and restoring it to its former state. The grand opening soiree was conducted by reenactors in the roles of General Cobb, Thomas Watson Brown, and others. 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 shop inside. The new coffee and sandwich shop inside the store offers a tasty selection for downtown shoppers. More ... |
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