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May 15, 2008
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Southwest Washington named 'Opportunity Zone' by DCA
Southwest Washington has been designated Georgia's fourth "Opportunity Zone" by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs in an effort to spur new investment and job creation in the Whitehall area. Mayor Willie Burns met last week with Mike Beatty, Commissioner, Department of Community Affairs;... More...
Councilman challenges Mayor concerning Southwest Washington redevelopment plan
By KIP BURKE news editor

A councilman's struggle with the details of the multi-year Southwest Washington Redevelopment Plan, and his challenging of the mayor on parts of the plan that the councilman had agreed to, brought Monday night's meeting of the Washington City Council into a frustrating standoff. More...

Saturday's Classic South Horse Fair to bring growing horse culture to Callaway Plantation

Preparations are nearly complete for Saturday's first Annual Classic South Horse Fair to be held at Callaway Plantation with an eye toward the growing equine industry in the area. More...


Commission issues letters ordering consistent county address numbering
By SPARKY NEWSOME editor

About 500 Wilkes County residences and businesses have been notified that they must change their addresses before July 1. Due to a number of factors, over the years, many Wilkes County addresses are now wrong and are causing more and more problems for the county's emergency service departments. More...


Voice your ideas for downtown at open house meeting Tuesday

Got a rave or a rant about downtown Washington? Tuesday is your chance to be heard. In an effort to document the opinions of downtown shoppers, business owners, visitors, and Washington-Wilkes residents, Washington's Downtown Development Agency is holding a drop-in Open House at the Washington-Wi... More...


Young Poets to be published

Some 18 young Wilkes County poets will have their poems published in A Celebration of Young Poets this spring. Mrs. Carol Souther's second-graders whose poems were chosen for the book include (front, l-r) Ta'aliyah Booker, Bailey Brock, Trevonta Burley, Kansas Crite, Emily Echols, Curt Gammon, Tyrek... More...


 News
•Four Wilkes seniors to graduate from Briarwood Academy Friday
Four Wilkes County students will graduate from Briarwood Academy during commencement exercises for the 26 members of the Class of 2008 at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 16, at the Clinton H. Grant Field House at Briarwood. During the 38th annual commencement exercises, senior Abby McAvoy, first honor grad... More...
•W-WCHS to hold Honors Day Wed., May 21 in gym
•Rayle's Tech Sgt. Mike Vaughn uses high-tech kit to assess disaster damage during earthquake drill
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 The Office Cat
•Go through Athens to get next door
The Office Cat
W alter Bunch in Tignall needs a little help in solving a mystery. He has been cleaning an old building in Tignall and found an old World War I memorial monument. That's World War I, not II. More...
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 Opinions
•The Blue Star By TONY EARLEY
Book Review
In the Prologue to this account of a young man's high school senior year, we read letters from 1918 and 1941. We are well into the novel before we are sure about the significanceof these letters. One is to Zeno, breaking off an engagement; the other is to Jim, warning him away from a sailor's girl... More...
•Vox Pop
•Political Cartoon
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 Letters
•Thanks expressed for all the support of golf tournament
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to thank all of the people who helped put the Tiger Club Golf tournament together. Thanks go especially to coaches Rob Jackson, Donny Swinson, and Russell Morgan. Thanks as well to Todd Blackmon and Tony Powell for handling the Calcutta. We could not have done without... More...
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 Sports
•Briarwood girls runner-up in GISA Region 1AA
With Lizzie Keen leading the way with first place finishes in four events and a second place finish in the pole vault, the Briarwood Academy Lady Bucs took second place overall at the GISA Region 1AA track meet held at Gatewood Academy in Eatonton. More...
•Wylie repeats as champ in discus at state meet; score puts team in top 10
•Five Lady Tigers compete at state meet May 1-3
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 Obituaries
•Bessie Wellmaker McLendon
Funeral services for Bessie Wellmaker McLendon, 92, of Washington were held Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Baltimore Road, Washington, with Rev. L.V. Turman officiating. Interment was in Resthaven Cemetery. She died May 8. More...
•Matilda Lee Thompson Bufford
•Henrietta Hodges Wolfe
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 Worship
•Author of Confusion
The Word says that God is not the author of confusion. In other words, it was not part of His plan. The devil is the author of confusion! The more trouble he can stir up the better he likes it and especially if it's in the church. Amen! More...
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•Phillips Mill Baptist honors moms, dedicates babies for Mothers Day
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 Personalities
•Washington Personal Mention
Visiting Mother's Day with Belle Story were Gail and Phil Oliver and Tiffany Oliver of LaGrange; Nancy and Olin Miller and Elizabeth Miller of Watkinsville; and Jacquelyn Johnson. More...
•Robyn Williams, Donald Gunter honored at garden shower May 10
•Cindy L. Goolsby receives Doctorate of Pharmacy degree
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 Don't Forget
•Don't Forget
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church will have Women's Day on Sunday, May 18, 11:30 a.m., with Evangelist Agnes Hanson as the speaker. More...
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