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January 3, 2007
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2006 IN REVIEW
Making the news in 2006
(Editor’s Note: This is the second half of a recollection of events that made the news in Early County during 2006.)
July Bainbridge College held open house at its Blakely site, formerly Albany Tech, on July 11. A large crowd of local and area officials and citizens attended the ribbon cutting ceremony. The county adopted a $6.95 million 2007 budget at its July 10 meeting. More...
New laws impact teen drivers

Beginning January 1, 2007, all 16-year-olds applying for a Class D driver’s license in Georgia must complete an approved driver education course and complete a total of 40 hours of supervised driving, six hours of which must be at night, with a parent or guardian’s sworn verification that these dri... More...

Fatal accident in Damascus

The News learned Tuesday afternoon that a Damascus woman was killed in a two-car accident Saturday night in Damascus. N i n t e e n - y e a r - o l d Travesha Jackson of 7367 Pullen Rd. in Damascus was killed when the vehicle in which she was a passenger collided head-on with another vehicle on... More...

 Public Notices
•PUBLIC NOTICES
121306-01 NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCORPORATE Notice is given that Articles of Incorporation which will incorporate JAKIN BAPTIST CHURCH, Inc., will be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. More...
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 Other News
•Toddler Tales begin at library
A new year of programs for early learners begins at Lucy Hilton Maddox Memorial Library Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. with Toddler Tales. The Tuesday morning programs offer music, stories and other activities for children ages 1 to 3 years. Children attending must be accompanied by an adult. More...
•Middleton employee of the month
•Win-win food contest promotes ‘flavors of Georgia’
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 Community Calendar
•HERE & THERE this WEEK
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3 FAMILY Connection Collaborative 12 noon, Family Learning Resource Center NEW OFFICIALS organizational meeting City of Damascus 8 a.m. BIRTHDAYS: Robbie McDonald, Glenn Warfield, Leigh Anne Willis THURSDAY, JAN. More...
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 Editorials
•Kicking up dust
The Dec. 21 Cattlemen’s Capitol Concerns, a weekly report from Washington, D.C., giving an up-to-date summary of top policy initiatives concerning the cattle industry by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association recently talked about the EPA’s actions aimed at regulating dust on farms and ranches. More...
•EDITORIAL
•All That’s Fit to Print
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 Religion
•Sunday School Lesson
Be faithful and heed God’s word
Hebrews 1:1-9 As time “marches on,” new generations have a tendency to forget their history and the significance of their past. The battles that were fought to win the “liberties” that have become the “rights” of many people, have faded into the “misty history” for the individuals who see themsel... More...
•The Gospel Truth
•From the Pulpit
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 Obituaries
•Earl S. Shepard
Veteran
Earl Stanley Shepard, 83, of Leary died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mr. Shepard was born in Miller County, Dec. 3, 1923, to the late J. Oscar Shepard and Eula Rooks Shepard. He was an Army veteran serving in WWII, and the retired owner of Shep Oil Company... More...
•Newton E. King
•Catherine Williams
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 Agriculture
•Georgians warned about giant African land snails
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin urges Georgians to assist in the hunt for giant African land snails, a threat to human health and a serious plant pest. African land snails are known to carry a parasite, rat lungworm, that can cause serious diseases, such as eosinophilic meningitis... More...
•Peanut farmers may get payment
•Nation’s animal ID system goes voluntary
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 Society
•Perry-George vows exchanged
Vinneth Perry and Richard George were married Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, at 9 a.m. at Seminole County Court House in Donalsonville. The bride is the daughter of Shelly Jean Perry of Blakely. Grandparents of the bride are the late Gwendolyn Jones and the late James Perry. More...
•BIRTHS
•Be a blushing bride, not a rushing bride
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 Campus
•Jenkins earns doctorate
December 8, 2006, was a big day for Early County High School graduate Sandra Coleman Jenkins. Jenkins received her doctorate in education from Georgia Southern University that morning at 9 a.m. Before the graduation exercises were over, Jenkins was escorted to East Georgia Regional Medical Center ... More...
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