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July 25, 2007
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There is a reason drag racing is illegal on public roads - it's deadly! A Blakely man, 39-year-old Andrew Tinson, was killed late Sunday afternoon when he lost control of the Monte Carlo he was racing on Radney Road approximately two miles east of Damascus. More...

Remember how fast summer vacation would pass when you were in school? Well it passes even faster for today's students! There was a time when school was out by Memorial Day and students didn't return to the classrooms until after Labor Day weekend. More...

Georgia's tax-free holiday begins Aug. 2 at 12:01 a.m. and continues until midnight Aug. 5. The tax holiday is designed to provide parents and teachers a backto school tax break. More...

071107-03 PUBLIC NOTICE A resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Early County, Georgia, providing for the adoption by insertion to the code of ordinances of Early County, Georgia an amendment providing for the uniform and comprehensive regulating of travel trailers within the unincorporat... More...
State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that the Georgia Department of Labor's Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation will begin displaying in August a Smithsonian Institution exhibition, "Whatever Happened to Polio?" in historic Roosevelt Hall at Warm Springs, the site o... More...
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 DFACS board meeting, 10 a.m. CHAMBER of Commerce, noon BIRTHDAYS: Virginia Miskimen THURSDAY, JULY 26 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club SOUTHWEST Georgia Regional Development Center July Board of Directors meeting, 6:30 p.m. More...
Other Voices
Did you hear the one about the $15 million worth of ice someone paid for and never used? They finally just decided to let it all melt. After all, it was just a drop in the bucket. If that sounds like a bad joke, it is. It's bad because it's true. More...
Sunday School Lesson
Jeremiah 7:1-15; II Kings 23:36, 37 The prophet, Jeremiah, ministered to the southern kingdom - the kingdom of Judah - for the last 40 years of its existence. His faithfulness in delivering the divine message did not bring him popularity in that nation. He suffered many things - physically ... More...
Ruth Taylor McKinnon, 89, of the Carnegie Community in Randolph County, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Joe-Anne Burgin Nursing Home in Cuthbert. Mrs. McKinnon was born in Early County Sept. 13, 1917, to the late Rawlings and Meda Olive Taylor. More...
FSA News
The deadline to enroll in the 2007 Direct and Counter-cyclical program is rapidly approaching. Farmers and landowners with base acres and yields have until August 3 to enroll to avoid paying a late fee. In March 2007, FSA extended the DCP sign-up deadline to August 3. The original DCP enrollment... More...
The City of Blakely recognizes Edward Burdette, a valuable employee in the fire department, as employee of the month for June. The City is proud to acknowledge all of his hard work and dedication. More...
Elementary School Welcomes Ten New Teachers
the Early County School system as a math intervention teacher at the elementary school. Childs has a master's degree in family and consumer sciences from the University of Georgia. More...

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