072308-02 NOTICE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY TO ALL DEBTORS AND CREDITORS OF SARAH FRANCES CROZIER, DECEASED All creditors of, SARAH FRANCES CROZIER, Deceased, late of said county, More...

The Blakely Lions Club recently installed a new board of directors for the 2008-2009 year. In an impressive ceremony led by Georgia Taylor, Lions Club District 18-C district governor, 11 Lions Club members pledged to continue the efforts of sight conservation and community service to the surrounding area. More...

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13 BIRTHDAYS: Billy Fleming, Jody Michael Craft, Stephanie Whitehead THURSDAY, AUG. 14 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club PILOT CLUB BLAKELY #282 O.E.S. BIRTHDAYS: Kim Orrick, Evelyn Powell, Shannon Kelsey, Rachell Reese Butler, Mrs. More...

Some time back — a long time ago, in fact, someone asked me if it bothered me when I turned 30. "Nope," I replied. "But, it bothered me a lot when Judy turned 30." "Why?" they asked. "Just the thought of being married to a thirty-year old woman!" I told them. Yep, that was a long time ago. More...

Melanie Peavy of Tifton will perform at Arlington United Methodist Church at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17. She is the wife of Darian Peavy, formerly of Blakely, and serves as director of Fine Therapy Services at Tift General Hospital. More...

Martha Claire Boynton Lunsford, 82, of Arlington died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mrs. Lunsford was born in Arlington, Nov. 5, 1925, to the late Earnest Boynton and Evelyn Manry Boynton. She was a member of Arlington Baptist Church and a retired bank teller who spent her life in Calhoun County. More...

NAP Coverage The Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program was designed to reduce financial losses that occur when natural disasters cause a catastrophic loss of production or prevented planting of an eligible crop by providing coverage equivalent to catastrophic insurance. More...

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams of Arlington and Raymond Kimbrel of Edison announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Jo Kimbrel, to William Raymond Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyers of Valdosta. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Betty McFay and the late James Carroll McFay of Blakely and the late Mary Irisia Kimbrel of Arlington. More...

To expedite the financial aid loan process for students at Bainbridge College the financial aid office has implemented a new on-line resource. "It was created in collaboration between Great Lakes and the loan guarantor, which is Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corp.," financial aid director Debbie Turner said. More...