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April 23, 2008
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Projects underway at high school
Two major construction projects are underway at Early County High School. Both projects - a new gym and classrooms, and improvements at Standifer Field - are being funded with E-SPLOST monies included in the June 2007 referendum. More...
Early Co. youth dies in mishap

A 12-year-old Early County Middle School student was killed Friday night when he and his brother fell from the back of a pickup truck on Old Lucile Road south of Blakely. According to the Georgia State Patrol accident report, Ricardo "Ricky" Cardenas and two other youths were riding in the back o... More...

Former Early Co. man shot

A former Early County man was found shot to death last week in his Houston County, Ala. mobile home. Joe Tex Johnson, 69, formerly a resident in the Centerville area of Early County, was discovered April 15 inside his mobile home, located in thick woods down a winding dirt road called Courtney La... More...


WANTED: Leadership!

The Blakely-Early County Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2008 Leadership Early class which will begin in July and be completed in December. In association with UGA's Fanning Institute, the objective of Leadership Early is to provide a resource of leadership for Early County ... More...


Hospital administrator named

Archbold chief operating officer Kevin Taylor announced last week at a meeting of the hospital authority that Jon L. Dixon has been named administrator of Early Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home. More...


If we build it, will they come?

That was the question being asked by Georgia Department of Transportation planners in a study meeting to improve Southwest Georgia's access to the interstate highway system, according to an article in the April 15 Bainbridge Post Searchlight. More...


 Public Notices
•PUBLIC NOTICES
040908-01 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY Because of a default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by a Security Deed executed by Frank L. Hardrick to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. More...
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 Other News
•Grand opening celebrated
Delores Bryant, a hometown girl, has recently opened Dee's Boo-Teke, purveyor of women's and men's fine apparel. Grand opening ceremonies were Friday, April 18 at 11 a.m. Bryant said it is very important to her that the public understand she is not a part-time or temporary operation. More...
•DOT announces traffic shift
•Commodity distribution scheduled in Early County
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 Community Calendar
•HERE & THERE this WEEK
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 ADMINISTRATIVE Professional's Day DFACS board meeting, 10 a.m. BIRTHDAYS: Ronnie Holley, Donna Braswell ANNIVERSARY: Jonathan & Jill Neeley THURSDAY, APRIL 24 ROTARY CLUB, noon, More...
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 Editorials
•Thanks for the funding
Often our Congressmen find themselves under attack for their efforts when working to secure funding for meaningful programs for the citizens of Georgia. I want to present the human side of this story. In Georgia Agriculture much of what we are today is a result of those programs. More...
•A motley look at the news
•Bitter? No but gettin' that way
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 Religion
•Prayer is important in a Christian life
Sunday School Lesson
Daniel 9:1-19 Prayer - communion with God - is a very important part of the life of any person who claims to know Jesus Christ of Nazareth as his or her personal savior. This fact has been part of the life of believers throughout history. More...
•Jesus came to offer God's grace to us
•CHURCH NEWS
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 Obituaries
•Ernest McEachern
Ernest E. McEachern, 84, of Adkins, Texas, died Sunday, April 13, 2008. Mr. McEachern was born in Early County Aug. 2, 1923. He was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Rauschuber McEachern. More...
•Gloria Pat Boyd
•Sheila Large
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 Agriculture
•Put out welcome mat for springtime hummingbirds
Hummingbirds will soon make their way back to Georgia after wintering in Central America. Welcome them to your house by providing their favorite plants and the right food in the right places. Attract, then maintain "Think like a hummingbird," said Paul Thomas, a floriculture specialist with th... More...
•Locally grown food better tasting, better for you
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 Society
•Payton - Burbach
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Randall Payton of Blakely announce the engagement of their daughter, Cacye Lee Payton, to Christopher Matthew Burbach, both of Portland, Ore. Christopher is the son of Sharon Burbach and David Burbach of Portland, Ore. More...
•Howard - Warbel
•Hyatt - Snider
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 Campus
•Literacy team staff receives training
Members of the Early Reading First staff attended Foundations in Family Literacy training March 28 and 29 in Louisville, Ky. The training was sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy. More...
•Crocker has outstanding year
•Good Citizen selected
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