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FFA Day celebrated at capitol
by Amber Espinoza
      On Monday, February 18, Niki Donley and myself, Amber Espinoza, took a trip to Atlanta for the Georgia FFA Day at the state capitol. We were chaperoned by Mrs. Ginger Webster, MCHS principal.
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Backroads and Bobtails
Dead Turtles, False Springs, and Short Britches
by Bob Kornegay
      I drove out to one of my favorite little lakes a while back thinking I might catch a crappie or two. Upon arrival, I discovered the water too stained for fishing; so muddy there were, as some say, "coon tracks on the surface.
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News from Crooked Oak Golf Course
      Golf season is here! The golf course is in good shape for early spring. The weekly summer dogfights begin this Thursday, March 13, at 6:00. Dogfightsare open to any member or member's guest. There is a $5.00 first time for the summer fee; then the golfer pays an entry fee of $7.00 and golf fees.
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BC's Wynton Hall Keynote Speaker for Dow Jones
      Each year hundreds of the nation's top venture capitalists and corporate leaders assemble for the Dow Jones VentureOne Summit. This year the more than 350 attendees heard Bainbridge College (BC) speech communication professor Wynton Hall, who also teaches in Thomasville. He delivered one of four k...
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SGA Literary Team places second
      Southwest Georgia Academy's Literary Team received second runner-up in the GISA Region 3AA literary competition March 5 in Thomasville. Contestants in six events placed either first or second and will advance to state competition March 11 at Valdosta State University.
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SGA Academic Teams participate in the BCCS Blazer Brawl
      On Saturday, February 23, two SGA academic bowl teams competed in the BCCS Blazer Brawl hosted by Baconton Charter School. "This mythical land is separated from Asgard by the river Iving and was ruled by King Thrym. For 10 points, name this land of the giants in Norse mythology." - Jotunheim.
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Seminole Ramlins
by Jack Wingate
      The wind blew so hard early this week that it blew a contact lens right out of a fisherman's left eye. He's still fishen, though. When the British news media told all outlets that an heir to the throne was to go into a battle zone and "ask" not to let the word out that he was there, then the Auss...
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SGA Basketball Athletic Banquet
The following students were honored at SGA's 2007-08 basketball banquet:
     Girls' All-Region: Lindsay Buckhalter, Kristi Williams, Ashley Tedder
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Determining Easter
submitted by: John Pirnie
      Have you realized how early Easter is this year? As you may have heard, Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves...
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Hunter Rutledge places at science fair
      Hunter Rutledge recently participated in the Darton College Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Albany. There were over 100 projects in the middle school divisions from counties in the southwest Georgia area. Hunter placed first in the chemistry division. He also received a special award fro...
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Beck on Board as Director of Development for BC
      Veteran human resources professional Jim Beck began service March 3 as director of development for Bainbridge College (BC). "I am delighted to have Jim Beck join the Bainbridge College family," said BC President Dr. Tom Wilkerson as he announced Beck's appointment March 3. "He will make an outsta...
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You gotta love the Irish
submitted by W.A. Grow Jr.
      Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't finda parking place. Looking up to heaven, he said, "Lord, take pity on me. If you findme a parking place, I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of my life and give up me Irish whiskey!
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