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July 1, 2009  RSS feed
It's planting time at Cotton Hall
Nowhere else in the USA, or maybe the world, can you find a cotton patch being worked on a downtown street. Now seeing a cotton patch in Miller County is about like seeing a highrise in Atlanta, but seeing cotton planted, worked and growing in downtown Colquitt is something the city folks might have never seen before. More...
Fireworks in the Park
by MCL staff writer

If you want to have a good time, it is just two days away. The biggest fireworks display that will be in this area will take place Friday, July 3. It's time for Colquitt's Fabulous Fourth Celebration on July 3. Make your plans to come to Spring Creek Recreation Park for a great evening of fun for everyone. More...

Commissioners and Department Heads clash on changes
by MCL staff writer

At a meeting of the Miller County Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue on Thursday, June 25, the sparks did fly. Actually, members of the county commission and heads of county departments had a heated discussion at the meeting before the meeting. More...

 Community
• article has image U.S. Navy 'Marine 200' lands at Southwest GA Regional Airport
On June 22 at 6 p.m. a U. S. Navy Gulfstream jet, call sign "Marine 200," landed at Southwest GA Regional airport in Albany. The VIP onboard, The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James Amos was flying in to visit the Marine Corps Logistics Base. The aircraft commander just happened to be CDR Broc Chambers. More...
• article has image Killdeer is a strange bird
• A golfer smile
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 Religion
• 'What Is His Way?'
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 is presented to God's people, not as a suggestion, but as a command, "train your children." The Bible makes no excuses about the obligations placed upon those who are gifted with children. God has given parents a moral imperative that we are to train up our children in the way they should go. More...
• article has image 'Pay Attention to America's Needs'
• God's Accuracy
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 Public Safety
• Police Department Reports
June 19 800D Traffic Stop x4 •Citations x2 •Security Check x4 •Disturbance x2, 2nd St. June 20 800D Disturbance, MLK Jr. St. •Security Check x3 •Traffic Stop x2 June 21 800D Unruly Child Arrest •Disturbance, 2nd St. More...
• article has image Sometimes, luck is better than skill
• Sheriff Department Reports
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 School & Sports
• article has image Backroads and Bobtails
LUTHER'S LAST RITES
On a very hot but very fine summer's day quite a long time ago, Cletus Monroe and I, as we are wont to do, went fishing. We strolled the banks of a pretty South Alabama creek, casting tiny spinners to fat, willing panfish. More...
• article has image Seminole Ramlins
• article has image 2009 Georgia Junior Beef Futurity
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 Living & Style
• article has image Suggs, Smith united in marriage
In the presence of God, and witness of family and friends, Olivia Lee Smith and Jason Paul Suggs exchanged their wedding vows on Saturday, May 30, 2009, on Princess Beach, Okaloosa Island, Florida. Reverend Kent Barwick officiated the ceremony. More...
• article has image Katlyn donates to Locks of Love
• Swamp Gravy goes to Leesburg
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 Entertainment
• article has image Meeting Michael Crawford (The Phantom of the Opera)
Lisa Reynolds, the daughter of Sidney and Debra Reynolds, is a huge fan of Michael Crawford, the original Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. I have been a fan since 2001 when I discovered the Phantom of the Opera Original Cast Recording CD. More...
• article has image Super fan video on HGTV
• When I say I'm broke-
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 Obituaries
• article has image JOYCE RUTH JINKS HERDRICH
Mrs. Joyce Ruth Jinks Herdrich, age 87, of Connersville, IN, died June 22, 2009. Mrs. Herdrich was born October 31, 1921 and lived most of her young life in Colquitt until she married James R. Herdrich of Connersville, IN, on May 23, 1943. More...
• CHRISTINE WILLIAMS KING
• CHRISTINE THURSBY KING
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 Opinion
• article has image Up The Creek Without A Paddle
One Nation Under God- In God We Trust
I agree with our President on at least one thing he said in part, "This is the best nation in the history of the world." We have been blessed by the One in whom we have trusted. In spite of some of our leadership in the past, the present and what may come in the future, I believe that the United States of America has, and will survive. More...
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• article has image Fighting Back!
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 Health
• Nursing Home News
Residents had a very exciting week this past week. We had our regular morning services along with some special afternoon activities. Sunday afternoon members from Mother's Home came to give our service. Monday afternoon we enjoyed making a picture frame that we would use to put our pictures in from our Luau. More...
• article has image Hot weather kills people and animals
• article has image Rockodile Rock VHS at Colquitt FWB Church
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