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Hard work, cooperation = Class 6 ISO
Jakin area residents are the benefactors of better fire protection and cheaper homeowner insurance premiums as the result of recent improvements. The improvements were part of an 18- month cooperative effort to improve the ISO rating of the Jakin Volunteer Fire/Rescue unit. More...
School system holding its own

The Early County School Board learned at their March 9 meeting the school system was holding its own financially even though more cuts are anticipated on the state level. More...

Peanut Proud will include Street dance, performance by May-Haw

The 2010 “Peanut Proud... A Celebration” will be a day packed with activities and entertainment on Court Square Saturday, March 27. More...

 Other News
• article has image Rotary Club promotes literacy
The Blakely Rotary Club recently distributed 220 thesauruses at Early County Middle School and Southwest Georgia Academy. “Our goal was to give every eighth grader at ECMS and SGA their own thesaurus,” stated Rotary president Chuck DeVane. More...
• article has image Help needed for Tyler
• Blakely Senior Center
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 Community Calendar
• HERE & THERE this WEEK
WEDNESDAY, March 17 CHAMBER of Commerce, noon. BIRTHDAY: Johnny Allen, Trey Terry, Tobi Hall, Dea Durden ANNIVERSARY: Mr. & Mrs. Jeff McLain, Roger & Maggie McDowell THURSDAY, March 18 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club More...
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 Editorials
• article has image Under the Gold Dome
Budget crisis
Questions abound at the State Capitol about the many bills that are being pondered before the law makers of this State. Questions are also coming from constituents wondering when this session is going to end, and what will be the outcome of this budget crisis. More...
• article has image Political Cartoon
• article has image Mumbles
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 Religion
• article has image Sunday School Lesson
Does your light shine for Christ?
It is impossible for mere humans to grasp the fact that our Heavenly Father — the creator of the universe — can take the tangled threads of human life, and weave them into the tapestry of his eternal plan. It is sometimes hard to understand how a famine in the Bethlehem-judah could place a Gentile — non-Jewish — woman in the human background of the son of God. More...
• article has image The Gospel Truth
• CHURCH NEWS
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 Obituaries
• Grady Holman Jr.
Retired
Grady Holman Jr., 93, of Blakely died Sunday, March 14, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Holman was born in Blakely Feb. 6, 1917, to the late Grady Holman Sr. and Mae Fulton Holman. He was a retired land surveyer and a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Lodge Holman. More...
• Milly Waddell
• Sterling McLain
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 Society
• article has image Williams - Fillingame
Priscilla James of Blakely and John Henry Williams Jr. of Colquitt are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Latasha Williams of Blakely, and Gevincin Fillingame of Colquitt. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Pinkie and Jafice Bankston of Blakely, and John Henry and Velma Williams of Damascus. More...
• All for the love of Swamp Gravy
• article has image Pilot returns
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 Campus
• article has image ‘Beauty and the Beast’ a big hit at Early County High School
For three enchanted evenings, the Early County High School drama department brought magic to the Mangham Auditorium stage with outstanding performances of the Disney classic “Beauty and the Beast. The performances, which ran March 4-6, spotlighted the acting talents of lead roles Jordan Driver, Carter Bates, Hannah Houston and Abbie Palmer. More...
• article has image Bell named BC Perkins Award winner
• COLLEGE NEWS
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