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by MCL staffwriter You might remember a couple of weeks ago about an article that we printed in our paper entitled "Joy to the World." The article told about a group from Niceville, Florida, that had come to see the Christmas play. After the play, due to headlight failure on the tour bus, they were traveling on, th... More ...
By Charlene Mathis Christmas 1996: A quaint Camp-Fire Village is assembled on top of a folding card table in a bait store at a local Lake Seminole campground and marina. A decade later the "quaint" Camp-Fire Village is a fully grown metropolis complete with a City Hall, Library, Barbershop and a recently added Wal-... More ... A child's point of view by Elaine Quasha After a Christmas break, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holidays. One small boy wrote the following: We always used to spend Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma. They used to live here in a big brick home, but Grandpa got retarded, and they moved to Florida. More ... Tradition of giving Christmas Cards In the days before Christmas cards, many families would send each other letters that shared family news, stories and adventures. For the average family, writing and receiving letters was a major event (since this was before the age of the Internet, TV, telephones, and even reliable postal delivery... More ... News Around Us Blakely - Following a tip from a concerned citizen, authorities arrested four Damascus men last week on drug and weapon charges. Officers Alderman and Kennedy responded to the PDQ convenience store in Damascus where they found three suspects in a gray 1997 Ford Crown Victoria behind the store. More ...
There has been a lot of activity going on at the Ole Mill Acres Subdivision off Brinson Highway in Colquitt. The Ole Mill Acres Subdivision had dirt access roads and drainage ditches that deposited water directly into Spring Creek. The ditches had become filled with sedimentation to the point that... More ... Library News by Catherine Vanstone Food for Fines The Food for Fines program will end Friday, December 21. That will be your last chance to pay for your overdue fines with canned goods. Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to clean up your record and donate to a local food bank. This offer does not apply to damaged or lost mate... More ... A Smoky Mountain sleigh ride By Ron Evans When it's Christmas in the Smokies, and we've had a winter's blow and everything for miles around is covered deep in snow, When we've finished all our shopping and trimmed the perfect tree, More ... birthdays and calendar of events Wednesday, December 19 Birthdays: Ross Merritt, Joyce Ann Williams, Philip Warren, Ritchie Lee, Carla Hilliard, Hester Brown, Dusty Rathel, Robert Bradley, Mary T. Lawrence, Wayne Vann, Taylor Strickland; Anniversaries: Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Heard, Mr. and Mrs. More ... Tradition of Christmas Lights Christmas lights were at one time candles, chosen because their twinkling appearance reminded families of the twinkling of moon light through the branches of firtrees in the forest. More ... Lottery scam in Miller County With the Christmas season upon us, the Colquitt Police Department urges everyone to be extra careful in receiving mail that might be bogus. Most of the time if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. More ... |
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