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75th May Day Festival May 6 in Arlington
Seventy-five years ago the Arlington Camp Fire Girls held the city's first May Day Festival. They were sponsored by Lora Bostwick, Ruth Gleaton, Mary Cowart and Mildred Clements. None of these ladies are still living, but their spirit still lives in the youth and community today. More...
Heading into a drought?

While conditions are abnormally dry, Georgia is not in a drought according to state climatologist David Emory Stooksbury of the Universtity of Georgia. More...

BOE finances "not pretty"

Continued budget cuts on the state level, rising fuel costs and local share of state mandated pay increases and health care coverage are stretching Early County School System funds to the limit. Stella Smith, assistant superintendent for finance, told Early County Board of Education members at their More...

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041906-06 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF EARLY COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA CIVIL ACTION NO. 2006V-111 CINDY H. MARQUEZ, Plaintiff v. LUIS ARMANDO MARQUEZ, Defendant More...
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 Other News
• article has image Rotary literacy project
Blakely Rotary Club president Ben Houston, left, and Literacy chairperson June Merritt present a $1,000 check to Camp E-Tu-Nake director Lou Barrington. The money will be used to enhance the camp's library. More...
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• Blakely Senior Center
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 Community Calendar
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 CHAMBER of Commerce, noon 12-STEP substance abuse meeting, 8 p.m., Hope House Ministries, 459 Bay St. For info call Min. James Robinson at 229-359-0088 More...
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 Editorials
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Americans and environmental education: School of Crock
If there is anything worse than Americans' knowledge about the environment, it is their perception of it. Ask the experts. "Most Americans believe they know more about the environment than they actually do," the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation concluded from a Roper poll in More...
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 Religion
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Allow Jesus to be master of your life
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11; John 20:19-23 "Life" presents many challenges to all mankind. At times, the problems and difficulties that we face seem to almost completely overwhelm us. It can be easy for us to accept a fatalistic, or at the best, a "resigned" attitude toward our circumstances. When we begin More...
• article has image The Gospel Truth
• CHURCH NEWS
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 Obituaries
• James Kitchens
James M. Kitchens Jr., 76, of Dothan, died April 10, 2006, at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. More...
• Carolyn B. Fuller
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 Agriculture
• article has image Around the Farm & Home
La Nia may spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E
The University of Georgia now has an Extension climatology specialist housed in the Department of biological and Agricultural Engineering. Dr. Joel Paz, located in Griffin, has played an active role training county agents and growers this season and an important part of his message is simple and dir More...
• Deadline extended for enrolling highly erodible and fragile cropland
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 Society
• article has image Carvajal-White
Dr. and Mrs. Irving Carvajal of Miami, Fla., announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jessica Nicole Carvajal, to Larry Lamar White Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lamar White Sr. of Blakely. More...
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• article has image Branyah Foster turns three
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 Campus
• article has image ECES students recognized at Good Character Cinema
Every 4 and a half weeks, students in grades Pre-k to fifth grades who exhibit good character, are chosen to attend the Good Character Cinema. Good character includes following school rules, being respectful of adults and other students, and being helpful to all. Each teacher selects a student who h More...
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