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June 28, 2007
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Fourth of July celebration to bring food, friends, and fireworks to The Square
The Square in Washington will be filled with food, fun, friends, and fireworks next Wednesday for a small-town Independence Day celebration, said Tourism Director Ashley Barnett, and thousands of folks are expected for the big celebration. More...
School groundbreaking is Monday morning at 8

It's worth getting out a little early on a July Monday to see a longdreamed of new school come one step closer to reality. Board of Education members, city, county, and civic leaders, educators, and students are expected to attend ground-breaking ceremonies Monday, July 2, at 8 a.m. for the new h... More...

Candidates campaign for District 10 runoff election set for July 17

Former state Senator Jim Whitehead and Dr. Paul Broun are canvassing the 10th Congressional District this week in preparation for the July 17 runoff election to fillthe district seat in Washington. The two have also begun a series of debates on Georgia Public Radio and Georgia Public Television ... More...


Local firefightersto breathe easy as FEMA grant allows purchase of 20 new breathing apparatuses

Washington and Wilkes County firefighterswill be breathing easier in fires thanks to a FEMA assistance to firefightersgrant that allowed the purchase of 20 new self-contained breathing apparatuses that firefighters will wear while fighting fires. More...


Broken gas line shuts down Robert Toombs

Traffic was stopped for hours on East Robert Toombs Avenue Saturday afternoon when an inch-and-a-quarter gas line was severed by contractors working on the turn lane for new businesses nearby. Washington Fire Chief and EMA Director Alan Poss said that the stiff wind and hot temperatures dispersed ... More...


Tour of near-complete convention center set for Friday

Construction workers have been busy working on the west portico in preparation for an event on June 29 at 10 a.m., when the almost-renovated Pope Center on Lexington Avenue will be the site of a "Hard Hat Tour" open to the public and hosted by Washington Mayor Willie Burns. The tour will also feat... More...


 News
•AARP helps with transportation costs
Mary Ann Bentley, treasurer, gives a check from the Wilkes County Chapter 5320 AARP for $200 to Ruth Rogers, president. The check is to be presented to the Wilkes County Cancer Relief Fund which helps Wilkes County cancer patients with gasoline expenses for out-of-town travel to receive treatments... More...
•Wilkes students receive awards for academics at Nat. Greene
•Concert on July 8 to benefit families struck by tragedy
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 The Office Cat
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Independence Day parade - 8 a.m.
The Fourth of July celebration in Washington-Wilkes gets underway Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. with the annual Independence Day Parade. Lineup is in Fort Washington Park behind the courthouse. People, dogs, cats, bicycles, tricycles, scooters, wagons -- anything not motorized -- are invited to ... More...
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 Opinions
•It's all about Him
I thought for a while if I heard another young person say "awesome" I would scream, but one thing I never get tired of hearing them say is, "It's all about Him." Amen and amen to that. In this day and time when it's all about them, I am glad to hear that "It's all about Him." Praise the Lord for t... More...
•Book Review
•Cartoon
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 Sports
•Area's Little League All-Star Tournament set to start June 29
The Washington-Wilkes Little League will be the host for this year's All-Star Tournament for 11 and 12-year-old girls softball and 9 and 10-year-old baseball. Teams will be competing from Athens, Elberton, and Oglethorpe County, as well as Washington- Wilkes. More...
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 Obituaries
•Geneva Fendley Hopkins
Graveside services for Geneva Fendley Hopkins, 79, of Washington were held Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at the Washington-Wilkes Memorial Gardens with Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr. officiating. She died Saturday, June 23. Mrs. Hopkins was a native of Lincoln County and was the daughter of the late Newton E... More...
•W.R. Lincoln Jr.
•Percy Taylor
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 Worship
•Annual revival at Mark's Tabernacle set July 30-Aug. 3
Mark's Tabernacle Baptist Church will hold its annual revival July 30- August 3. The services will start at 7:30 p.m. each night. Special guests will be speaking throughout the week. The speakers are: Rev. Reginald Humber of New Springhill Baptist Church, Rev. Charles Belton of Mount Carmel Bapti... More...
•First Baptist youth travel to Mobile, Ala., for annual MissionFuge
•'Community craft nights' held Tuesdays at The Ark, 6-9 p.m.
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 Personalities
•Markeith Wylie is on Dean's List at Ga. Military College
Markeith Wylie of Washington- Wilkes has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville. In a letter of congratulations to Markeith, Dr. John W. More...
•Alline Hopkins celebrates 101st birthday June 20
•Macy Michelle Moss and James Clayton Turner united in marriage at Lincolnton Baptist Church
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 Don't Forget
•Don't forget
Self-guided audio tours of Washington's historic Resthaven Cemetery are available at the Washington Historical Museum on East Robert Toombs Avenue. The price for the 30-minute tour is $5. More...
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