 by MCL staff writer
Little Mattie Caroline Joyner, the two-year-old daughter of Matt and Kristi Joyner of Bartow, FL, received a new liver on January 9, 2008. Most of us don't go through in our lifetime what Mattie has been through in just the first two years of her life. More...
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Leaving United States Postal Service
 by MCL staff writer
Sarah Henry Johnson of Colquitt recently retired from the Damascus Post Office after 32 years of dedicated service as a rural letter carrier. Sarah started her career in the post office in Damascus in February, 1975, as a substitute carrier. For the first five years, she was a substitute carrier ... More...
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 by Terry Toole
He may be the biggest Pirate fan ever. While at one of the recent Miller County Pirate basketball games, I was taking photos near the Pirate stands, and C. T. "Buddy Boo" Cullers was there as he usually is. "Mister Terry, Mister Terry, take my picture and put it in the paper," Buddy Boo said in ... More...
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Sergeant First Class Hugh Griffin, son of Charles and Debi Griffin of Bainbridge, volunteered for Army service as an infantryman in 1999. Upon completion of one station-unit-training at Fort Benning, he was awarded the infantry military occupational specialty of 11 B. More... |
Inspiration
If you have been in any stores since Christmas, you have probably seen a wide array of gifts designed to be given as expressions of love. We need to be careful not to forget that love cannot be coated with chocolate, wrapped in a box, poured into a bottle or displayed in a vase. More... |
February 4 799G Transport Blood to Albany •Serve Two Papers •Speak with Deputy, Twilight Church Rd. •Speak with Deputy, Hwy. 91 S. February 5 799G Accident, Hwy. 27 N. •Escort, Grady Cobb Rd. More... |
On Tuesday, February 5, our neighbors from the South (Seminole County) came to visit Pirates' Gym. It was two hard losses for our Pirate teams, but they went four quarters. In the girls' game the first quarter's score was tied 10-10. In the second quarter, Seminole was ahead going into half-time ... More... |
On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me," said one boy. Several dropped ... More... |
Mr. Franklin Lafayette Starr, age 67, of Donalsonville died Tuesday, February 5, 2008, at Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. Mr. Starr was born in Akron, Ohio, on April 20, 1940, to the late Bill Starr and Frieda O'Madden. He served his country in the US Army, worked in a radiat... More... |
Valentine's Day is Special
As long as I can remember, she has been my "main squeeze." I really can't remember when Betty Jo Mason, later to become Betty Jo Toole, wasn't my Valentine. I can remember when we would have our sweetheart fights, it would make me physically sick if we "broke up" too long. More... |
Miller County Hospital will soon be bringing another new service to residents of Colquitt and the surrounding areas. It's a rather simple service, but one CEO, Tom Meadows, felt could bring much convenience to many of the local citizens. This service would involve anyone that is taking the drug, C... More... |
2008 promises to be an up and down year for Georgia growers.
The perfect storm may hit Georgia agriculture this year. But it doesn't promise to bring rain. Drought, high energy costs and a shaky U.S. economy could make for a trifecta of trouble. "The current rate of change and uncertainty in agriculture is unprecedented," said J. More... |
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13 Birthdays: Holly Thomas, Paula Jones, Jule Powell, Betrice Widner, Carroll Middleton, Blake Cason, Joey George, Estelle Henley, Nelle Tabb, Rita Kelly THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14 Valentine's Day Birthdays: More... |
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