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August 30, 2007
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Kickoff tomorrow!
Tigers will take on Warren Co. in season opener Friday at 7:30
By JOHN LOVVORN
The 2007 football season kicked-off around the state this past weekend. The new Washington-Wilkes football team got its feet wet, literally, with a jamboree game in Elberton Friday night. Although the game ended with a 13-0 score in favor of the Blue Devils, it doesn't count for anything as it was... More...
Candidates qualify this week to run for Washington mayor, city council

Candidates for mayor and three seats on the Washington City Council are qualifying this week. In the run for Mayor, candidates qualifying by late Tuesday include incumbent Mayor Willie E. Burns and announced candidate Carlton Norris. More...

Wilkes in 50-year drought, state climatologist says, despite recent rainstorms

Despite stormy weather that brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Wilkes County this week, the state climatologist says that the drought in Wilkes County has worsened to extreme drought, the kind of drought only seen once in 50 years. More...


A firm educational foundation

Workers pour the first concrete footers for the C wing of the new Washington Wilkes high school and middle school complex on the Tignall Highway. Materials and equipment are arriving daily, construction manager Claude Bolton said, and more progress on the school project will be visible very soon. More...


Jefferson Davis Heritage Trail plans historical marker here

Washington is to be the site of an interpretive marker for a planned Jefferson Davis Heritage Trail, and the trail's director visited this week to choose a site for the proposed marker. Executive Director of Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails Steve Longcrier, and Alex Wiley of MACTEC Engineering &... More...


 News
•God's Marketplace to distribute food Wednesday, Sept. 5
The CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority Inc. will have a mass food distribution in Wilkes County Wednesday, September 5, at God's Marketplace, 275 East Robert Toombs Avenue, Washington, from 12:30 p.m. until all food is gone. The distribution will be for lowincome and elderly persons, serving a t... More...
•Dresch tells of flag manufacturing
•Dairy farmers set district meeting Friday, Sept. 14
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 The Office Cat
•The Office Cat
Sneaky snake slides inside Skeet's suit
Wilkes County's own NASCAR connection -- Jeffery Roth -- was highlighted during Friday night's coverage of the Food City 250 in Bristol, Tenn. Different crew members for most teams wear a camera on their helmet each race to get close-up shots of the pit crew's movements. More...
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 Opinions
•Book Review
Sailing the Wine Dark Sea By THOMAS CAHILL
Thomas Cahill is writing a series of history books which he calls the "Hinges of History." Popular volumes have been How the Irish Saved Civilization; The Gift of the Jews, and Desire of the Everlasting Hills. More...
•Cartoon
•Vox Pop
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 Letters
•Thanks for keeping campus safe, beautiful
To the Editor :
I would like to publicly thank everyone from the city and the county who helped with the removal of the large pine tree that fell on the Washington-Wilkes Elementary School campus this past week. Thanks go out to those from the City of Washington who came over to assess any danger to power lines ... More...
•Medicare funding cuts inexcusable
•How does Jesus test us?
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 Obituaries
•Marilyn Elizabeth Flint Campbell
A memorial service for Marilyn Elizabeth "Betty" Flint Campbell, 52, of Lincolnton was held Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at the First Assembly of God, Lincolnton, with Rev. Michael Catlett, Rev. Terry Bonds, and Rev. Lanis Lewis officiating. She died Sunday, August 26, at the Medical College of Georg... More...
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 Worship
•1-800- CALL-GLORY
How about those psychic readers? I was in a motel and it's 4 a.m. and I can't sleep. I turn on the television and click, click, click the remote. All night television with 40 channels to choose from and I run across a program and I first think it's a Christian program. More...
•Christmas in August celebrated
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 Personalities
•Mary Elizabeth Dorr marries Franchot A. Brown II Aug. 11
Mary Elizabeth Dorr of Augusta and Franchot A. Brown II of Washington were united in marriage Saturday evening, August 11, in Columbia, S.C., at the home of his grandfather, Attorney Franchot A. Brown, who also performed the ceremony and hosted the reception following. More...
•Amanda Renee McAvoy to marry Christopher Paul Sanders Feb. 2
•Tara Ingley and Craig Chapman to wed in September 22 ceremony
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 Don't Forget
•Don't Forget
An account has been established at the Farmers and Merchants Bank to assist Lisa Stroika in covering her medical expenses. Mrs. Stroika is battling an ecoli infection at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and has no insurance coverage. More...
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