Follow these Halloween safety tips
      Halloween is a time of great fun for children, but it can be a little scary for parents and drivers. Children are often out after dark, crossing busy streets and perhaps going to unfamiliar homes. "This year Halloween falls on a school day.
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Band of Blue is rated superior
From our Files News from the past
      10 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1997 CROWNED ECHS homecoming queens during the halftime ceremony last Friday night were April Whitaker with escort Jonathan Crowdis and DeWana Fields escorted by Darrel Eaford. GEORGIA'S Band of Blue received eight superior ratings at Sylvester's Invitational Marching Festival Oct. 18.
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Funding for volunteer-led programs
      Family Connection FACES and Early County Literacy Task Force are considering a proposal to fund volunteer-led programs. This funding would include existing programs and programs beginning within the next two years.
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Starlight Lodge hosts Haunted House
      Starlight Lodge No. 95 and Mount Hosea Chapter No. 141 and local community businesses will sponsor a Halloween haunted house Oct. 31 at 218 Jackson Street from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Trick-or-treat candy will be given away and there will be free refreshments.
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Common sense best defense against "superbugs"
      Antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus infections like the "superbug" that claimed the life of a 17- year-old high school student in Virginia earlier this week can be found nearly everywhere, including Southwest Public Health District's 14 counties, say public health officials.
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