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Comer moving forward with grant projects

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Sunday, October 19. 2008

The city of Comer was promised $1.3 million in grant funds in recent years for city improvement projects. While the state is feeling a financial pinch, there’s been no indication that the city won’t get promised grant money. “We’re still on go,” said City Clerk Steve Sorrells. “We haven’t heard that we’re not.” Sorrells said ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: We need real commitment to thoughtful strategies

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Sunday, October 19. 2008

In pleasant company, I avoid talk of presidential politics whenever I can. Everybody has so much emotion riding beneath the surface. I have deep feelings, too, but I know every person has their own way of looking at the world. And I recognize that trying to win someone over to my way of thinking only strains relationships. We come to our ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Pethel on the right track to reduce gov’t costs

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Saturday, October 18. 2008

Dear Editor: I read in the Sept. 25, 2008, Madison County Journal story, “County Considers Layoffs,” that Mr. John Pethel is on the right track to reduce county government costs. Why would the BOC have to “insist” the tax commissioner collect delinquent taxes of almost $750,000 over the past three years? It seems to me she is not doing ... [Full Story »]

Actions filed in Madison County Superior Court

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Saturday, October 18. 2008

Actions filed recently in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court include: •Adam Smith, 24, Athens, was sentenced to one year probation and fined $800 for battery. •Travis Lee Young, 30, Hull, was sentenced to one year probation and fined $270 for obstruction of officers. •David Allen Russell, 53, Comer, was sentenced to one year ... [Full Story »]

COPS meets with state official about Transco study

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Saturday, October 18. 2008

Citizens Organized for Pipeline Safety (COPS) met with a state official Thursday who will lead an investigation into whether pollution from the Transco booster station in Comer is harming county residents. Jane Perry, Director of the Chemical Hazards Program of Georgia Public Health in Atlanta, asked COPS members to speak of their concerns ... [Full Story »]

BOE approves repair of Freshmen Academy roof

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Saturday, October 18. 2008

With a section of the Freshmen Academy roof in need of immediate repair, the Madison County school board authorized the use of up to $100,000 of reserves pay to fund the improvements. “It is in dire need of repairs,” Madison County Schools superintendent Dr. Mitch McGhee said during Tuesday night’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting. The ... [Full Story »]

Madison County’s largest business temporarily shuts down

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Friday, October 17. 2008

In what Weyerhaeuser leaders are calling a “downtime,” the company’s Colbert plant will cease production for at least six weeks. This will affect 80 workers, who won’t receive any compensation — other than health care — during the hiatus since this is not a layoff, Weyerhaeuser spokeswoman Nancy Thompson said. “It’s just a down ... [Full Story »]

Madison County’s largest business temporarily shutting down

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Friday, October 17. 2008

Madison County’s biggest business is shutting its doors, at least temporarily. Weyerhaeuser Company has announced that “market related downtime” will be taken at the Colbert iLevel Veneer Technologies – Parallam ® facility on Hwy. 72. Approximately 80 hourly employees will be affected. Weyerhaeuser expects the downtime to last through ... [Full Story »]

Danielsville Fall Festival set for Saturday

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Friday, October 17. 2008

Grace Riley remembers back when the festival she and her husband started only drew a handful of merchants. “Boy, you really think back, the first year we maybe had 10 or 15 vendors,” she said. “The second year, maybe a little more. And it has grown fantastic since then.” “It” would be the Danielsville Fall Festival, which returns ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: The ‘art’ of feeling grateful

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Friday, October 17. 2008

Ever feel like you just don’t belong here, in the world I mean? Sometimes it seems as if everything has turned upside down, and I know I’m not the only one who has felt or feels that way, especially lately. People you feel you know do things that surprise and disappoint you, leaving you disillusioned. Events happen that make you wonder if ... [Full Story »]

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