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Trying to keep at the speed limit

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

Driving to and from Clayton both Saturday and Sunday, I decided to experiment on driving within the speed limit. In other words, I would drive like an old person. U.S. 441 is four-laned all the way to Clayton. Speed limits range from 45 miles per hour at Banks Crossing and in the towns of Baldwin, Cornelia, Tallulah Falls and Clayton to 55 mph ... [Full Story »]

Inquiring mind wants to know

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

Why do so many pencils have lousy erasers these days? I bet you’ve been wondering about that too. I can’t be the only one — it’s too annoying. My own personal choice for worst erasers would be the ones that look exactly like the Ticonderoga pencil erasers but turn out to be hard as rocks, useless for anything unless you enjoy making ... [Full Story »]

City needs historic preservation ordinance

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

Another historic Commerce building fell victim to “progress” this week, when the 132-year-old Pittman House was demolished to make room for the new Walgreens Pharmacy. The destruction of the house, not to mention the magnificent oak tree on the same lot, illustrates a critical local shortcoming — we have no means of protecting our ... [Full Story »]

Cable barriers on I-85

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

The Georgia Department of Transportation started this week on a line of “cable barriers” designed to prevent deadly crossover accidents on Interstate 85. The barrier is being installed in the median of I-85 from State Route 20 in Gwinnett County all the way to the Franklin County line. As DOT projects go, the $6.5 million is very small, but ... [Full Story »]

Clair Gaus: How will you be remembererd?

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

Few of us, upon our deaths, will receive the tributes and accolades similar to those given to the noted political journalist, Tim Russert, who died last week. Few of us have achieved the level of excellent in our professions which he had. Few of us have written best-selling books as he had. Few of us will be remembered for our humble beginnings ... [Full Story »]

8 thefts or attempted thefts reported

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

The summer stealing season has arrived. The Commerce Police Department investigated eight thefts or theft attempts during the past week. Among were a case of forgery and another of credit card fraud. In the former, Quality Foods, Maysville Road, reported two forged checks totaling more than $800. They told police two suspects had hit the ... [Full Story »]

Atlantans find Commerce not a good place for fraud

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

An Atlanta couple found out that Commerce is not the best place to cash forged checks, according to the Commerce Police Department. Sotaveous Q. Banks, 28, 1460 Memorial Drive SE, Apt. B4, and Talisha Shavon Samuel, 28, of 2543 Hollywood Road, Lot 128, were each charged with forgery after they attempted to cash stolen checks at Fuel Mart and ... [Full Story »]

Capacity of Bear Creek reservoir is suspect

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Friday, June 13. 2008

Can the Bear Creek Reservoir really produce 58 million gallons of water per day? Jackson County officials appear increasingly convinced that estimates of the regional reservoir’s capacity are wrong. That concern is driving the county’s push to develop its own reservoir to meet future needs. But, while everyone agrees that Jackson County ... [Full Story »]

Sarrett resigns as EJMS principal

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Thursday, June 12. 2008

East Jackson Middle School will start the next school year with a new principal. Frank Sarratt, who has been the principal at the school for three years, submitted a resignation letter June 2 to the Jackson County Board of Education. The board accepted his resignation during a brief called meeting Thursday. Sarratt’s last day at EJMS will be ... [Full Story »]

Did activists hire Hooters girls to expose local Muslims?

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Thursday, June 12. 2008

It would be an unusual coalition: Christian activists and Hooters girls. Two members of a local Muslim community say a “Christian” group out to discredit them recruited two Hooters restaurant waitresses last week to aid in that effort. The Christian Action Network (CAN) was in town last Wednesday hoping to film in the Franklin County ... [Full Story »]

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