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October 25, 2007
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Improv comedy workshop set for return of 'Dad's Garage' troupe
Think you can make people laugh? Improv comedy is returning to Washington next weekend, and local folks can sign up for an improv workshop on Saturday morning to try their hand at it. More...
Property tax increase hearings set for today
By KIP BURKE news editor

The Wilkes County Board of Education will be holding public hearings today and next Thursday to hear public comments on the board's proposed property tax increase. The hearings, set for today, October 25, at 2 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m., and next Thursday, November 1, at 9 a.m. More...

County hearings coincide with school board's

On the same days as the Board of Education hearings, the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners will be hosting hearings on their proposed tax rates for the year. Those hearings will be held in the Wilkes County courthouse at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. today and at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 1. More...


W-W Arts Foundation hosting new members at fall ArtFest reception

Activities for the Fall ArtFest on Saturday, November 3, will begin with a reception the night before, when members and prospective members are invited to meet the artists. More...


Market Days Street Festival to bring crowds Saturday for food, fun, kids activities

Saturday's Market Days Street Festival, which will fillthe Court Street area in Washington with vendors, music, and food, is being featured this week on the big state tourism website, Georgia.org, and that may attract a lot of visitors to the first-year event. More...


Renovated Pope Center to be unveiled Tuesday as state-of-the-art new convention facility opens

The city leaders of Washington have invited the people of Washington Wilkes to the "unveiling" next week of The Pope Center, which has been renovated and expanded to a state-of-the-art convention center. More...


A Friend of Youth indeed

Washington-Wilkes Middle School teacher Libby Swinson (center) is honored by Optimists (l) L. Dan Coxwell, vice president, and David Chafin,president, for her efforts with youth. More...


 News
•Special service Sat. will honor heroes of Kettle Creek
A commemorative service on Saturday, October 27, will honor the memory of Revolutionary Militia heroes and especially the Battle of Kettle Creek. The event will be held at the old Hammett Cemetery on Courtground Road in Wilkes County near the site of the famous Battle of Kettle Creek. People from... More...
•Seniors can get free legal help from GLSP Nov. 6
•'Appraisals and Appetizers' headline membership drive
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 The Office Cat
•The Office Cat
You won't know you got stuck
Here it is more than a week until Halloween and somebody is out tearing down yard decorations at various locations around the county. . . Mary Katherine and Jason Dyson, who live at 272 Doster Road in Logan Woods, are offering a $300 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the cu... More...
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 Opinions
•It may already be too late
Meetings today and next Thursday will give Wilkes County taxpayers their last chance to say something about tax increases proposed by the Wilkes County Board of Education and the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners - for all the good it will do. More...
•Our family caught in the fire
•Political Cartoon
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 Letters
•Governments should show fiscal responsibility
TO THE EDITOR:
When I have a household expense increase, or income decrease, I have to make some tough decisions about how to pay all my bills and obligations. I can't force someone to give me more money under threat of jail. More...
•W-W Elementary School expresses appreciation for generous support during recent bus tour visit
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 Sports
•Tigers beat Putnam, will rest before Greene
Last Friday night the Washington- Wilkes Tigers won another close region game, defeating Putnam County by a score of 18-12. This is the Tigers first victory in Eatonton since 1996. The win puts Washington at an even 4-4 overall record and 4-1 in region play. W-W is still tied with Greene County fo... More...
•Tiger runners at end of season, now preparing for region meet
•These guys won the golf tournament
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 Obituaries
•Barner Paul Gartrell
Graveside services for Barner Paul Gartrell, 83, were held Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at Black Rock AME Church, Tignall. He died Friday, October 19. Mr. Gartrell was a native of Wilkes County and was the son of the late George Green and he late Rosa Wellmaker Gartrell. He was a member of Black Ro... More...
•Roy Thomas Hilley
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 Personalities
•Amanda Kathryn Poss weds Wilson Alan Battles Oct. 6
Amanda Kathryn Poss of Washington and Wilson Alan Battles of Columbia, S.C., were married in an outdoor ceremony at the Washington-Wilkes Country Club in Washington on Saturday, October 6, at six-thirty o'clock in the evening. Rev. Dale Fincher of Tignall officiated the double-ring vows. More...
•Ga. Bulldogs birthday party honors Hardigree, Stripling on Sept. 29
•Tara Lynn Ingley, Ronald Craig Chapman united in marriage Saturday, September 22
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 Don't Forget
•Don't Forgety
The Robert Toombs House State Historic Site and the Washington Historical Museum will present "Tales from the Toombs and the Mysteries of the Museum Haunted Tour" on Saturday, October 27, 6-9 p.m. Cost is $5 for both museums. More...
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