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The Tour de Georgia is almost here. Next Wednesday morning, Washington will quickly fillwith hundreds of pro bike racers and crews, followed by thousands of spectators lining the Tour de Georgia race course awaiting the start of the third stage of the race. More ... Retro Cinema & Books, Washington Wilkes' newest business, opened its doors to the public Friday, April 11. The business is located in the building known as the Singleton building next door to the Washington police department and the former officesof Dr. W.C. Branan on Spring Street. More ... Wilkes County 4-H'ers, who have competed in a competitive event earn Bulldog Bucks for every activity in which they participated in the previous year. When they have accumulated 10 Bulldog Bucks they earn a fun reward trip for their hard work. More ... This male Fox Terrier would be an excellent, happy companion. He has a good temperament and should be good with children. He is neutered and vaccinated. Call the Washington-Wilkes Animal Shelter at 706-678-CATS, or visit the shelter at 358 Brown Drive, Hours are 3:30-5:30 p.m. More ... The Christian Service Organization of Fishing Creek Baptist Church will have a Country Cooking Supper on Saturday, April 26, from 6 until 8 p.m. Price is $6.00 for all you can eat. Take-out plates will be available. All proceeds will go to Frank Turner Jr. (known as Junior), who has several health problems. More ... Wilkes County 4-H'ers recently attended the practice S.A.F.E. (Shooting Awareness, Fun, and Education) BB matches in Walton and Forsyth Counties. Over the past six months, these students have worked very hard by participating in qualifying matches across northeast Georgia to make preparations for their district match, which is scheduled for April 19 in Walton County. More ... The annual Wilsbary's book, bake, and plant sale sponsored by Friends of the Mary Willis Library is set for Friday, May 2. The sale will open at 10 a.m. on the lawn of the library at 204 East Liberty Street. Books for sale will include a wide choice of non-fiction and fiction in hardcover and paperback, both old a new, at bargain prices. More ... Students at W-WMS returned to school following Spring Break, April 7-11, refreshed and ready to focus on the CRCT objectives. In all core classes, teachers are providing additional practice in order to prepare for the test. Remember that the CRCT testing week is April 21-25. More ... Wilkes County students will be taking the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) during the week of April 21-25. Students in grades one through eight will take tests in reading, language arts, and mathematics. Students in grades three through eight will also take science and social studies tests. More ... Kyle Brown presented the program at the Washington Optimist Club's monthly meeting held Tuesday, April 8, at the Fitzpatrick Hotel. Brown presented a program on Camp Newford - a Christian-based camp that Brown and his wife, Sandra, started in 2006. The camp is for kids ages 6-12 and is held each year in June. More ... To raise money for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, students at Washington-Wilkes Primary School participated in a Pet Contest. Students and teachers donated a dollar to enter a photo of their pets in the contest. Some students donated several dollars to enter more than one photo. Awards were giving for cutest dog, cutest cat, and most unusual pet. More ... Dr. Margene Stokes Whitaker will retire from the DeKalb County School System as a school counselor on June 1. She is the daughter of the late Zelma Stokes of Washington and Freeman Stokes of Banning, California. Dr. Whitaker is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a real estate agent, and looks forward to doing consulting work in both fields. More ... The Washington Historical Foundation is sponsoring an overnight trip to the Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The group plans to stay in the lodge adjacent to the museum and tour the museum and gardens. More ... Registration for this year's Summer Drama Camp at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse began on April 1 and will continue through April 30. Registration and scholarship forms can be found at either www.thewltc. com or any Wilkes County school office. More ... Sandra Wilder of San Francisco, Calif., visited several days in Washington with friends. She and Susan Rogers were Sunday morning breakfast guests of Dottie Norman. l Spending the weekend with John and Marjorie Morrow were Paul and Claire Stephens of Northport, Ala. More ... Macie Crunkelton, daughter of Clay and Jennifer Crunkelton of Norwood, celebrated her second birthday on February 17. Macie was treated to an Elmo party at 1810 Country Inn in Thomson. She wore a special Elmo outfit, made by her mother. More ... The Rhetta Gresham-Terry Bennett Saggus Women on Mission met Tuesday afternoon, April 8, in the Jesse Mercer Chapel of First Baptist Church. Gladys Reese, facilitator, welcomed members and opened in prayer. She also led the WMU Watchword, Colossians 1:10. More ... Walter Gartrell of Washington celebrated his 62nd birthday with a cookout at his home on Saturday, April 11. A delicious cookout of steaks, hot dogs, hamburgers, ribs, baked potatoes, and cornon the-cob was enjoyed in addition to dessert of chocolate cake. More ... Among the First Baptist Church Pre-Kindergarten students enjoying "Kite Day with Dads" at the Washington-Wilkes Parks and Recreation field were (top left) Kevin Wright and son Travis, More ... Pamela Eaton of Washington- Wilkes attended the Furniture Forum 2008 at the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate near Wilmington, Delaware. Mrs. Eaton spent four days in March at the forum where she attended lectures and workshops. More ... Sunday morning, Pastor Jim Newsome brought a wonderful message at Sardis Baptist Church. The congregational singing was led by Joyce Fry with Pam Hall as pianist. The children gathered at the altar for a message from Pastor Newsome after which they went to the annex for children's church with Cody Boatwright. More ... Hopefully everyone had safe and fun spring holidays. I heard of others who had to babysit and pet sit. One was Billie Ann Smith who went to Grand Island, Florida, to stay with her grandson, Kolby, and all their pets while daughter and her husband, Rischa and Joel Heape, spent the week in Naples, Fla., on a business trip. More ... We had a good service at Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday. The attendance was good; the music was good; and the sermon was great. Scripture was from Daniel, Matthew, and Revelation. ƒMr. and Mrs. Tommy Dunnaway spent several days in the mountains of North Carolina last week. ƒI visited Mrs. Lucy McCorkle in Thomson Friday afternoon. We had a nice visit together. More ... The regular meeting of the Tignall City Council was held at 7 p.m. April 9. Those present were Mayor Richard Gammon; Council Members Nobie Keener, Leon Aycock, Albert Huyck, Charles Bradley, and Tom Jackson; Chief Mike Arrington; Water Superintendent Clyde Davis; City Clerk Elaine Jackson; City Attorney Michael Horgan; and visitors, Chris Quigley, Walter Parker, More ... Carolyn Gammon will present a frog activity following a cute frog story for the children at the North Wilkes Library on Saturday, April 19, from 2:30-3:00 o'clock. Let's pack the library with children. Carolyn promises not to send any live frogs home with these kids because she really doesn't care for frogs. She just likes to read about them. More ... Come have a yard sale at the old Tignall School grounds on Independence Street Saturday, April 26. If you plan on having a yard sale, bring your own tables and set up anywhere and whatever time you choose. The cost is only $5. More ... With the changes in the weather, it is hard to get adjusted to anything. In a matter of hours, the temperature can change from hot to cold. We take blankets off the bed then have to put them back on. I hung a hummingbird feeder out last week. The next day I saw one, then two. That is all so far. My brother, Philip Huff, in Athens had one to stay all winter. More ... There will be a miscellaneous bridal shower for Robyn Williams, bride-elect of Donald Gunter, on Saturday afternoon, April 26, at Phillips Mill Baptist Church, between the hours of 2:00 and 3:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall, given by the ladies of the church. Everyone interested in attending please feel welcome. More ... Guests of Mrs. Sara Gresham were Johnny and Lynda Gresham, Sally Gresham, Mark Gresham, Mabel Johnson, and Kathrine Melson. ƒGerald and Lois Ann Norman visited Mrs. Annie Kate Norman. ƒMary E. Wideman visited Mrs. Laura Hester. ƒMrs. Carrie Johnson's guests were Everett Price, Andrea Price, Virginia Price, Willie R. More ... Faye Bufford went on an outing. ƒDoris Rhodes, Bobby and Charles Blakey visited Mrs. Lois Flynt. ƒClaire Henry and Sylvia Jones visited Mrs. Marie Gleaton. ƒSteven and Caroline Jump visited Mrs. Eva Reed. ƒMrs. Lois Flynt went on an outing last Tuesday. ƒVisiting Mrs. Genelle Gill were Patsy Winn, June Chafin..ƒMrs. More ... The historic Georgia Baptist Association will celebrate missions and missionaries in a series of events that will provide local people the opportunity to interact with 24 missionaries from around the world. The main event will be held Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, Washington. More ... The Concert Choir of Brewton- Parker College, Mount Vernon, Ga., will present a concert at the First Baptist Church, Washington, on Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. The choir is directed by Mark Bowdidge, an assistant professor of music at Brewton-Parker since 2001. More ... Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) conducted a ceremony for Revolutionary War Patriot Pumal Truitt in Wilkes County at 3346 Scull Shoals Road, on April 12. Purnal Truitt was an ancestor of J. Michael Tomme, a member of the Marquis de Lafayette SAR chapter. The ceremony consisted of a biography of the life of Truitt, laying of wreaths, recognition of each chapter that attended, and recognition of dignitaries. More ... Following the blockbuster run of Fiddler On the Roof this past weekend, the stage at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse will not get a rest. Rehearsals for the musical comedy, I Do! I Do!, have begun and the play will be presented May 8, 9, and 10, at 8 p.m.; and May 11 at 3 p.m. More ... Lisa Isham (left), a reading specialist at Washington-Wilkes Primary School, started her program for the Washington Rotary Club by reading the book, My Teacher for President to the members. She went on to explain the importance of reading aloud to children and she recruited members to do just that during a special one-day event next fall. She also explained the reading education program at the school and the progress demonstrated by better test scores. She is pictured with club president Paula Stephens. Buddy Lindsey was program host for the day. More ... Chief Mike Arrington of the Tignall Police Department attended the Chief Executive Training Class for newly appointed chiefs of police and heads of law enforcement agencies at the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Headquarters Building in Duluth March 24-April 2. More ... The Inaugural Classic South Horse Fair sponsored by the Classic South Equine Association will be held at Callaway Plantation, Washington, on May 17. More ... The 14th Annual Georgia 4-H Benefit Horse Auction will be held Saturday, April 26, at the University of Georgia Livestock Instructional Arena in Athens, in conjunction with a benefit sale for the UGA Equine Science Program. The combined sale is being promoted as the 1st Annual Bulldog Bonanza Benefit Horse Sale. The arena is located at 2550 South Milledge Avenue. More ... Wills Memorial Hospital Director of Nursing Jane Echols, RN, spoke to the Wills Memorial Tea and Learn Tuesday afternoon in the hospital library. Echols, who worked for many years as a staff nurse at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, told those assembled about the challenges of treating every degree of burns. More ... Rescue 1 crewmen help Washington resident Ernie Summerville out of his damaged truck Friday afternoon, after his pickup collided with a semi at the intersection of East Robert Toombs and Highway 78, the busiest intersection in town. Summerville escaped serious injury by the Grace of God and by the efforts of the semi driver to nearly stop before the impact.Washington Police say that drivers on the highway often miss seeing the traffic lights, or misread them at high speed. More ... As a part of the 4-H yearly community service activities, Wilkes Co. 4-H'ers decided to donate their time toward making our city's park a better environment for inhabitants that live there. The 4.H fer gathered trash as well as a few unexpected items such as shoes, clothes, tires, finechina pieces, and a baby stroller. This is a wonderful opportunity for our 4-H program to give back to our wonderful community. The students had an exciting adventure to see who could findthe most unique items. Pictured above are (front, l-r) Liam Smith, Ryan Jones, Hannah Forrester, Jazlyn Harris, Christina Albertson, Amanda Wood, Brittany Klaus, Chance Stickney, (back) Michael Edwards, Jonathan Wood, Tyler Scarborough, Abby Foster, and John Pope. More ... For the first time in over four years, there will be an increase in subscription rates for the print edition of The News-Reporter. The increase will take effect on June 1, 2008, but the newspaper is inviting its readers to extend or purchase new subscriptions at the old rates until that time. More ... Next week's Tour de Georgia will be televised on the Sport- South cable and satellite network, allowing local people as well as millions of Southerners to keep up with the six-day race. Washington's start of the Tour de Georgia stage will be televised on the SportSouth network that Wednesday night at 10:30 p.m. More ... Beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, the city of Washington will restrict vehicular traffic only on The Square to allow for the Tour de Georgia staff and crew to set up their stage start here until 1 p.m. Wednesday. Foot traffic is allowed Tuesday night, in fact, encouraged, to the street dance. More ... Local volunteers to help with the Tour de Georgia visit to Washington will be meeting Thursday evening to go over the day's events and assignments for the race. The mandatory volunteer orientation is set for Thursday, April 17, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the County Commission boardroom at the Wilkes County courthouse. And there is still a need for more volunteers for the day. More ... 114 In a second crash in as many weeks at almost the same spot, two Athens men are immobilized by Wilkes EMTs as a precaution after their Saturday wreck. After a heavy rain, their SUV skidded, crashed into oncoming traffic, and flipped in to the trees along Highway 78 just beyond the Washington-Wilkes Airport Saturday afternoon. The two had climbed out of the SUV unaided and did not seem to be seriously injured, but were immobilized and transported to Wills Memorial Hospital for examination. Their vehicle had just crossed the road after hitting a patch of standing water, which is common on large stretches of the highway. Two people in the pickup truck with which the SUV collided were examined and one was transported to Wills Memorial. The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the wreck. More ... |
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