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January 23, 2008
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Eggs & Issues and...
Early County was there!
As the largest annual gathering of business leaders and elected officials converged on the 2008 Georgia Chamber of Commerce Meeting Dinner and Eggs and Issues Legislative Breakfast last week, they couldn't help but notice that Early County was there and, as the huge banner read, that "Early County... More...
Purdue's State of the State

Gov. Sonny Perdue delivered his annual State of the State address before a joint session of the General Assembly last week touting Georgia's growth and presenting new initiatives for Georgia's future. More...

Statewide water plan adopted

It took three years after being mandated by the 2004 Comprehensive State-wide Water Management Planning Act to develop. It took the Georgia legislature a week to ratify it. More...

 Public Notices
•PUBLIC NOTICES
012308-02 GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS EARLY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT STATE OF GEORGIA JANUARY TERM 2008 TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF EARLY COUNTY, GEORGIA, and THE HONORABLE RONNIE JOE LANE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: We, More...
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 Other News
•Blakely Senior Center
310 Meadowbrook Drive
Daily Events Jan. 28 - Rhythm band practice 10:15 a.m. - 11 a.m. Lunch: Salisbury steak with onion gravy, garlic potatoes, green beans, wheat roll, fruit mix. Jan. 29 - Physical fitness - 10:15 a.m. - 11 a.m. Crafts - 11 a.m. Lunch: Chicken strips, steamed cabbage, green limas, wheat roll, ... More...
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 Community Calendar
•HERE & THERE this WEEK
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 DFACS Board Meeting, 10 a.m. BIRTHDAY: Conner Barber ANNIVERSARY: Jan & Michael Scarborough THURSDAY, JAN. 24 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club AL-ANON, 7:30 p.m. More...
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 Editorials
•Other Voices
I'm against it
We have a meeting around here on Thursday to talk about what's planned for the Sunday paper. When we started talking about this section of the paper, I mentioned that my column this week would be about all this winter weather we've had this week. More...
•Cartoon
•All That's Fit to Print
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 Religion
•Sunday School Lesson
Replace life's worries with trust
Luke 12:22-34 One of the many difficult lessons that humans must learn is that of trust. To place complete hope and confidence in something or someone that we cannot see becomes a problem. We seem to sense the need to know what is taking place, and prefer to have some kind of personal input into... More...
•The Gospel Truth
•Let the Bible Speak
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 Obituaries
•Mary Diaz
Homemaker
Mary Patterson Diaz, 82, of Daytona Beach, Fla., died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at Hospice of Volusia/Flager, West Care Center in Orange City, Fla. Mrs. Diaz was born in Seminole County, Ga., May 8, 1925, to the late Louis David Patterson and Leonie Lee Patterson. She was a homemaker and a member ... More...
•Elsie Nesbit
•Sammie Hamilton
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 Agriculture
•Georgia Cotton Conference planned for Jan. 29-30
The Georgia Cotton Commission's first annual meeting plans are coming together nicely. Held in conjunction with the Georgia Cotton Production Workshop and the Georgia Quality Awards presentations, the conference will take place at the Tifton Campus Conference Center Jan. 29-30. More...
•FSA News
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 Society
•Yelverton-Randall vows spoken
Jessica Fielding Randall and Joshua Calvin Yelverton were married at five o'clock in the evening Dec. 22, 2007, at First Baptist Church in Cherryville, N.C. Dr. Vince Hefner officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Edwin Mayhew Jr. and Charles David "Mike" Randal... More...
•Murdock - Hathorn
•BIRTH
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 Campus
•Sumner attends showcase
More than 100 outstanding high school seniors were recently invited to attend Georgia Southern University's third annual Southern Scholars Showcase at its main campus in Statesboro. Chris Sumner, a senior at Early County High School and son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sumner of Blakely, attended the sh... More...
•FCCLA feeds the children
•Calhoun County Head Start registration begins Feb. 4
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