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February 7, 2007
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Harris, Corrigan STAR students
The 2006 STAR students and teachers from Early County High and Southwest Georgia Academy were announced today by the Blakely-Early Co. Chamber of Commerce. They will be honored at the Blakely Rotary Club tomorrow at the club's noon meeting at the Blakely Town and Country Club. More...

Accounting instructor Joan Simpson, who has taught full-time since 2001 at what is now Bainbridge College Early County Site in Blakely, has succeeded acting director Dr. Bob Coker to head BCEC. BC president Dr. Tom Wilkerson appointed Simpson as interim director in December at which time she worke... More...

Facing the Giants

First Baptist Church will present the movie Facing the Giants on a theater screen in the sanctuary February 9, 10 & 11 at 7 p.m. There will be no charge and the event will be open to the public. Facing the Giants is a movie filmed and produced by Provident Films and Sherwood Baptist Church in... More...

011707-02 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY IN RE ESTATE OF JOE ALLEN, JR. All creditors of the Estate of Joe Allen, Jr., late of Early County, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said esta... More...
The Georgia Motor Trucking Association announced that more than 100,000 Georgia commercial drivers license holders have completed the Highway Watch safety and security program approved by the Department of Homeland Security. More...
WEDNESDAY, FEB 7 FAMILY Connection Colllaborative 12 noon, Family Learning Resource Center PASSPORT to Success module, 9 a.m. or 1 p.m., ECES Pre-K bldg., room 605 BIRTHDAYS: Jody Craft, Sharon Still, Diane Pugh ANNIVERSARY: Mr. & Mrs. More...
Don't name a pig you plan to eat. Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight, and bull strong. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plough around the stump. A bumble bee is faster ... More...
Becoming a part of the great flock
John 10:1-18 It is easy for us to "glamorize" the teachings of scripture. Time has dimmed the impact of some of the great truths that the holy spirit (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21) gave to the church through the inspired writers. We have developed an attitude of "the warm fuzzies" to accompany th... More...
Homemaker
Thelma Hicks Wiley Lane, 91, of Blakely died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, at Early Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lane was born in Geneva, Ala., Feb. 27, 1915, to the late Rev. Millard Hicks and Mary Ann Coleman Hicks. She was a member of Zion Freewill Baptist Church. More...
County committee election and more
Congratulations to Leilann Odom! Mrs. Odom was elected to represent farmers from District 2, which is west of Blakely, on the county committee. The committee for the 2007 term is as follows: W.H. "Hank" Haddock III, chairperson; Leilann Odom, vice-chairperson; Jane Pyle, member; and Mack Evans, adv... More...
Ansley Renee' Wright and Joshua Jarrett Alexander of Fitzgerald were united in marriage Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at a small private ceremony at Westview Methodist Church in Blakely. Rev. Jim Burgess and Rev. Lloyd Stembridge officiated the two o'clock ceremony. More...
Allison Hutchins scored a career high 27 points to lead the SGA Lady Warriors to a 51-32 region victory Tuesday night in Damascus over the Randolph Southern Lady Patriots. The Warriors completed a great night of basketball for SGA as they came from behind to defeat the first place Patriots in overt... More...
Just days after joining with former Gov. Zell Miller to celebrate the one millionth HOPE recipient, Gov. Sonny Perdue took action today to protect HOPE for future generations by introducing the HOPE Chest constitutional amendment. The amendment would limit the use of lottery funds to costs associat... More...

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