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ATHENS, Ga. – Kayla Calhoun has been selected to receive the Harold and Celestia Loden Scholarship awarded by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for the 2010-2011 academic year. Each year the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences awards approximately $100,000 in scholarships to students studying in any of their 24 majors. More ... ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) has reported that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined slightly to 9.9 percent in July, down one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 10.0 percent in June. This is the 34th consecutive month Georgia has exceeded the national unemployment rate, which is currently 9.5 percent. More ... "You might be a Muslim if....” 1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor. 2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes. 3. You have more wives than teeth. 4. You wipe your rear with your bare hand, but consider bacon unclean." More ... Dr. Marina von Hirsch, a member of the Bainbridge College (BC) faculty in the Arts and Sciences Division, presented an academic paper at the Hemingway Society Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her well-received paper, “A Glimpse of Freedom: Hemingway and the Soviet Intellectuals of the Sixties,” was accepted for publication in the proceedings of the conference. More ... Bainbridge -On Thursday night at about 11:30 p.m., a road safety check point on Planter Street by Bainbridge Viper Team, Georgia State Patrol and Decatur County Sheriffs PACE team, resulted in an arrest for possession of cocaine with intent. More ... ALBANY — Jana Dowdy and Allison Mathis of Colquitt graduated this summer from the Darton College Nursing Program with associate of science degrees. They were recognized during the traditional Nursing Pinning Ceremony and are now eligible to take the licensing examination to become registered nurses. More ... Teaching one’s son or daughter to drive is a milestone in every father’s life, however stressful it may be. More ... A blonde was weedeating her yard and accidentally cut off the tail of her cat which was hiding in the grass. She rushed her cat, along with the tail, over to Wal- Mart. Why Wal-Mart? HELLOOOOOOOOO! Wal-Mart is the largest re-tailer in the world! More ... It's late fall, and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like. More ... This was sent from a man in Glen , MS (Glen is a little outside of Corinth, MS ) "I took a lease on a piece of land where there are plenty of deer roaming around. I put up a stand in a nice place where several game trails cross………… More ... Our summer holidays are always something to celebrate. But we also know they have a deadly reputation on the road because too many summer celebrations end with designated drivers left behind at the barbecue. And that means too many Georgians will die in alcohol-related crashes this Labor Day weekend. More ... The City of Colquitt is required to distribute the following press release to the local newspaper, radio station, or television station at the same time as the ‘NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE’ is published in the newspaper. More ... |
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