March 4, 2009 RSS feed / School & Sports

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Church organizes basketball league

The Colquitt First Baptist Church began the new year by organizing a basketball league for children in the community. Fifty-five children, ages 7-12, participated in this league. More...

• Proofreading helps! •

submitted by Lindy

Proofreading is a dying art, would you say? These headlines were taken from daily newspapers - •Man Kills Self Before Shooting His Wife and Daughter This one caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and a call was made to More...

Seminole Ramlins

by Jack Wingate

First let me apoligise for the bad mistakes I made last week at the 10th Bassmaster Classic that I was able to attend in Shreveport & Bossier City, LA. More...

The strangers in our home

submitted by Grady Jarvis

This is very interesting and not the ending I had expected. A few years after I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small Texas town. More...

Griffin named to Samford Dean's List

Mary Elizabeth Griffin was named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Samford University. To qualify for the honor, a student must have earned a minimum 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4. More...

Honor Roll omitted

Miller County High School recently printed the honor roll for the first semester grading period. Robert Eldridge Jr.'s name was omitted from the list. The school regrets the error but congratulates Robert on his good grades. More...

Backroads and Bobtails

Tree-climbing has always been beyond me
by Bob Kornegay

One thing I've always regretted about my 50- plus years as an outdoorsman is my seemingly innate inability to climb trees. I've just never been any good at it. Too few monkeys in the Kornegay bloodline, I suppose. More...

Nikki Griffin excels at state hog show

Nikki Griffin, a senior at Miller County High School recently attended the state hog show in Perry. In the 12th grade showmanship group, Nikki placed 8th showing her pig. In the barrow show, Nikki placed 7th in Class 2 with her barrow. More...