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Bainbridge - A U.S. Army helicopter used in historic combat may soon get a new coat of paint and a new home at the Southwest Georgia Welcome Center in Bainbridge. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4904, headquartered in Bainbridge, has had the helicopter for approximately nine years, after it was donated by the U.S. More ... This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School California staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine. This is the actual answering machine message for the school. This came about because they implemented a policy requiring students and parents to be responsible for their children's absences and missing homework. More ... On Friday, June 13, 2008, Teeny Miss Miller-Seminole Forestry Queen, Macy Elisabeth Taylor represented Miller-Seminole Counties in the 69th Annual Georgia Forestry Pageant. There were 38 contestants in Macy's division, and at the end of the competition, Macy's name was called out as the new 2008-2009 Teeny Miss Georgia Forestry Queen. More ... BAINBRIDGE - Richard Monson, president and chief executive officer of Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, announced that Mark Stevens has been named the Association's chief lending officer. Mr. More ... The Miller County High School Class of 1998 celebrated its 10 year class reunion on Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Emerald Lake RV in Colquitt. At 11:00 a.m., the group gathered for lunch to catch up on old times and to meet any new additions to the family. The group also watched the high school graduation video as they ate lunch. More ... Albany - The Food Bank of Southwest Georgia has announced that it will benefit from the U Save It Pharmacy's Name the Mascot Campaign in progress until the end of August 2008. For the month of August, U Save It Pharmacy is seeking the community's help to name their new mascot. More ... Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do this to me?" Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her mother how everything is going wrong: she's failing algebra; her boyfriend broke up with her, and her best friend is moving away. More ... Bainbridge will host the 2008 Georgia Literary Festival Oct. 25 at the Charles H. Kirbo Regional Center at Bainbridge College. The state festival is expected to attract writers from throughout Georgia, Alabama and Florida. "The College is delighted to have the Kirbo Center as the site of the festival this year," said Bainbridge College President Dr. Tom Wilkerson. More ... A neighbor coming from Baker County dropped into the Liberal office last week to say he had been coming to Colquitt for many years, but had never seen anything like this. "I've seen a few wild geese light down in a field or pond, but I've never seen a flock light down in a peanut patch just a few feet from the road," he said. More ... WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today made the following statements on the 73rd anniversary of the creation of the Social Security program. "Social Security is, and has always been, an important program, and many seniors in Georgia and across the nation depend on this vital program," said Chambliss. More ... To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine and those who don't. As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink one liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. More ... Gardeners and landscapers are pleased with the drought for at least one reason. It has diminished the Japanese beetle population. (That is until this week's heavy rains). However, University of Georgia researcher Kris Braman isn't happy the beetles are missing. She needs them for her research. More ... Last week's picture of the past was Beulah Johnson Bowen. It was taken around 1925. There were no correct guesses. More ... |
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