Entries from May 2013

Jefferson aims to preserve its winning formula in 2013

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Friday, May 17. 2013
THOUGH spring has brought many changes to Jefferson football, first-year head coach Ben Hall says the Dragons will stick with what works. T. McFerrin may have retired after last season’s state championship run, but his spirit remains in the way the new coaching staff conducts practice. “We were used to the practice schedule, so we just ... [Full Story »] 

In with the new; EJCHS football program revamped

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Friday, May 17. 2013
There is one word that can describe the sentiment at this year’s East Jackson spring football training. That word is simply “new.” The Eagles have new coaches, a new athletic director, and new offensive and defensive schemes. And while transitions are not always easy, most of these changes are likely welcome at a program that has gone ... [Full Story »] 

Lady Tigers take fourth at state track and field finals

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Friday, May 17. 2013
Last week the Lady Tigers track and field team returned from the GHSA state track and field finals with a fourth-place finish. All eight Commerce competitors placed in the top-eight among class A public schools. The 4x400 relay team of Cameron Hawkins, Lily Mather, Hannah Crumley, Sydney McClure and Zooey Forrester earned a sixth-place finish ... [Full Story »] 

Brown named as CHS interim head football coach

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Friday, May 17. 2013
The Commerce Board of Education named 15-year teacher/coach Michael Brown as its “interim” head football coach Monday night, and Brown called for a “dialogue” about restoring the football program to its former glory before the next permanent coach is hired. The board voted on a motion by Mary Seabolt following a 56-minute closed-door ... [Full Story »] 

At ground zero of immigration issue

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BarrowJournal
Friday, May 17. 2013
QUEENS, N.Y. — I’m standing in a car on the N train approaching the Queensboro Plaza station. The subway has just emerged above ground after zooming through a tunnel underneath the East River from Manhattan and we’re now clanging along an elevated platform above the road. It’s a Saturday morning and the subway is packed with weekend ... [Full Story »] 

Comer woman charged with battery, cruelty to children

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Friday, May 17. 2013
A Comer woman was arrested recently on a myriad of charges after she allegedly struck her teenage daughter in the face with her fist and was found driving drunk with two small children. Cindy Maria Robinson, 37, was charged with DUI/alcohol, endangering a child under the influence of drugs or alcohol, aggravated battery, cruelty to children in ... [Full Story »] 

BOC forms committee to study jail project options

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Friday, May 17. 2013
Madison County leaders will soon determine how a projected $12.4 million will be spent if voters renew a one-cent sales tax in November. But there’s another matter the commissioners now want to resolve before the referendum: how will the $3.3 million tagged from the 2008 special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) for expanding the county ... [Full Story »] 

Viola ‘Crick’ Shoemake (5-16-13)

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Thursday, May 16. 2013
BETHELEHEM – Viola “Crick” Shoemake, 90, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Chester Lee and Mary Magdeline McDaniel Walls. During her life she worked for Carwood Manufacturing as a machine operator. She enjoyed quilting and she was a hard worker, loved ones stated. Mrs. Shoemake was preceded in death by ... [Full Story »] 

‘Charlie’ Kilpatrick (5-15-13)

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Thursday, May 16. 2013
WINDER – Charles “Charlie” Kilpatrick, 82, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013. He was the son of the late Bryant Whitfield and Marie Kilpatrick. Mr. Kilpatrick was preceded in death by his wife, Imogene Smith Kilpatrick. During his life he worked as a probation officer for Georgia’s Pardons and Paroles. He served in the United States ... [Full Story »] 

Sam Maxey (5-15-13)

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Thursday, May 16. 2013
HULL - Sam H. Maxey, 77, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A native of Athens, he was the son of the late John Hodges and Thelma Carey Maxwell Maxey. Sam was retired from the United States Air Force following 20 years of service. He was a member of Hull Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Connie Pierce Maxey; siblings, Grace ... [Full Story »] 
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