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As we have passed the mid-term day of this grading period, students received progress reports on November 17 to let parents know how they are doing in their classes. The middle school chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) recently held a Krispy Kreme doughnut fund-raiser and raised over $1,000 for membership activities. More ... Now may be the right time to make an investment! Since Labor Day of 2008 the decline in value of virtually all equities - securities and real estate - has left investors poorer; frightened; exhausted; confused about the appropriate step for the future. Nearly all portfolios, no matter how allocated, well diversified or sophisticated, have suffered significant losses. More ... The Washington-Wilkes Christmas parade will be held Sunday, December 13, at 3 p.m., using as a theme, "Washington-Wilkes' Winter Wonderland." The parade will line up at the Pope Conference Center on Lexington Avenue and will end at the Washington-Wilkes Elementary School on East Street, just off East Robert Toombs Avenue. More ... Washington-Wilkes FFA Member Greg Callaway participated in the Georgia-Carolina State Fair in Augusta where he won grand champion and reserve champion with his steers. He is the son of Brian and Tonya Callaway of Washington. More ... The Athens Chamber Singers will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the group with "Music from Around the World" -- Yuletide Musical Dinners, December 3, 4, and 5, at Trumps in the Georgian Hotel in downtown Athens. The dinners will be served in the Ballroom of Trumps and the singers will entertain throughout the entire evening with music of the season from around the world. More ... Washington's Learning in Retirement "Memoir" group is enjoying writing the stories of their lives, one story at a time. At a recent session, each member took an object from the past that brought back memories and had a story behind it. More ... Applications for the 2010 Brown Bag program sponsored by the Golden Harvest Food Bank will be taken at the Roy Burns Senior Center, 108 Marshall St., Washington, from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, December 2 and 3. More ... ... at a zoo in the Rocky Mountains Alexis Gioia and her News-Reporter recently spent several days in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where they visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and got up close and personal with a family of giraffes. While visiting Colorado Springs, Alexis also enjoyed ice skating at the U.S. Olympic Complex, ghost stories at the Miramont Castle, Boo at the Zoo, and the Cog Railway which took her 14,110 feet up to Pike's Peak. Alexis is the daughter of Dr. Bruce and Lynn Gioia. This News-Reporter is 1,278 miles from home. More ... The Washington Little Theater will present "Tidings of Great Joy" by Duo Intermezzo: Ruth Berry, cello, and Kevin Pollock, piano, on Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m. at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse on North Alexander Avenue. More ... Jack W. Bentley Jr., a dairy farmer in Tignall, has been elected to the Board of Directors for AgGeorgia Farm Credit, an agricultural lending cooperative. The announcement was made last week following the company's stockholder election. More ... The Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will sponsor its third annual "Christmas Tree of Love" during November and December. The Auxiliary will begin its annual celebration on Tuesday, November 24, during the Downtown Candlelight Shopping on The Square. A special ceremony will be held to light the evergreen tree in front of the courthouse with brightly colored lights. More ... The annual Optimist Club Friend of Youth (FOY) Auction and Barbeque will be held Thursday, November 19, at the VFW Post 5899 on Andrew Drive in Washington. Frank Bentley's pork barbeque, stew, and all the trimmings will be available for eat-in or take-out beginning at 5 p.m. More ... To ease the suffering of some local families at Christmas, the Washington Police Department will again sponsor its annual "Gifts for Children" campaign this season. "Christmas time is a wonderful time for many families," said Assistant Chief Theodosia Glenn. "However, there are families that are in such poverty they cannot afford to purchase gifts for their children. More ... The annual Christmas at Callaway Plantation will be held Friday and Saturday, and Sunday, December 11, 12, and 13, at the plantation located five miles west of Washington on Highway 78. The candlelight tour will be held on Friday, December 11, beginning at 4 p.m. and continuing until 8 p.m. Admission is $4.00 for each person. Saturday hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More ... The story of black Confederate soldiers will be told to the Washington Civil War Round Table meeting on Monday evening, November 23, at 6 p.m. at the Jockey Club restaurant on The Square in Washington. Martin O'Toole will present "Legends of Black Confederates," said Claibourne Darden, Round Table president. More ... "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go...." The Washington-Wilkes Historical Foundation invites you to board an enchanted sleigh and fly off on the magical 2009 Christmas Tour of Homes. Magnolia Cottage! You may not see it as you drive through town. The magnificent twin Magnolia trees in the front yard guard its secrets. More ... This Saturday, November 21, at 8 p.m., the curtain will rise on the Washington Wilkes Historical Foundation's presentation of Connye Florance in concert. On stage at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse on North Alexander Avenue in Washington, Florance will provide her audience with a world-class offering showcasing her talents. More ... After collecting a record 175 gift shoeboxes for Wilkes County seniors last year, this year organizer Margie Burke hopes her group can have a Christmas gift box for every senior in every elder care facility in the county. "This is our fourth year of doing 'Operation Love and Care in a Shoebox,'" she said. More ... At last week's city council retreat, the Washington City Council completed work on its proposed 2010 annual budget for the city, and the public is now invited to review and comment on the proposed budget. The proposed budget is set to be adopted in December. More ... While traveling along the highway last Sunday night I noticed many places already decorated for Christmas. Did I miss Thanksgiving? Are we rushing things? It seemed when I was a child that Christmas was slow in coming around every year, but now we don't have to wait long. We never got a Christmas tree until a week before Christmas when I was a kid. More ... Why does every year seem to go faster than the year before? I know as I get older it really seems that way to me. Here it is Thanksgiving already. I hope everyone will have a great time with family and friends. ƒFaye Scoggins and granddaughter Mary of Augusta visited Sue Davis last Saturday. More ... Pole Branch Missionary Baptist Church honored its pastor, Rev. Joe L. Glaze, his wife, Diana, and daughter, Kennedy, for seven years of faithful and dedicated service to the church Sunday, November 8. Pastor Glaze's special guests included Rev. Luther Mahoney of the St. Luke Full Gospel Church of Elberton. Rev. Mahoney was introduced to the congregation by his wife. More ... Sardis Baptist Church enjoyed having George Pate as guest speaker Sunday morning in the absence of our pastor, Rev. Jim Newsome. Joyce Fry led in some good oldtime hymns with Pam Hall as pianist. The Shoebox dedication was very impressive as 10 children and youth proudly carried the boxes from the foyer to the communion table. More ... |
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