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COLUMN: Contemplate this

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Sunday, March 7. 2010

Aunt Helen was a piece of work. The youngest of the yours/mine/ours family of Mr. Jim Polk and Miss Fannie Arnold, she was the darling of the family. A member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a card-totin’ REAL Daughter in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Aunt Helen took Georgia loyalism to a fault. She sometimes ... [Full Story »]

Winder council probes plan

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Sunday, March 7. 2010

Tuesday’s snowfall caused a one-week postponement of the monthly meeting of the Winder City Council. The rescheduled meeting is set for Tuesday, March 9. Not only will the council vote on several items of significant public interest, but if Monday night’s work session was an indication of things to come, there may be a political tsunami ... [Full Story »]

Woman ignores gut feeling, becomes victim

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Saturday, March 6. 2010

Against her better judgment, a Winder woman left an acquaintance alone in her house only to later discover that the female had stolen jewelry and other personal belongings. The victim said she met the woman known as “Lucy Jones” through some mutual friends. Jones called early one morning to ask if the victim would pick her up from a ... [Full Story »]

BES students win national contest

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Saturday, March 6. 2010

Students from Bethlehem Elementary School were recently honored for their efforts to stop bullying by the Center for Social and Emotional Education (CSEE). Last fall, CSEE, as part of their “Bully Bust” campaign, launched a “Stand up to bullying” video contest. On Feb. 12, CSEE announced that Bethlehem Elementary had won the national ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Buddy Holly still raves on

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Saturday, March 6. 2010

“Well, that'll be the day, when you say goodbye.  Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry.  You say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie  'Cause that'll be the day when I die” – “That’ll Be The Day” by Buddy Holly Last year, I was waiting for the school bell to ring so I could listen to my iPod. I had just downloaded ... [Full Story »]

Utility bills could see changes soon

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Saturday, March 6. 2010

Winder’s utility customers sometime in the not-so-distant future should get monthly bills that more fully explain what the city charges for natural gas and water services. Alex Wages, the city’s information technology director, told the Winder City Council and some local customers Monday night that programmers are working on the billing ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Don’t lower standards

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Friday, March 5. 2010

Government can be an intrusive, bureaucratic nightmare. But a recent idea floated by some in the development community for Barrow County to lower its building standards is not a solution to that problem. The proposal was discussed at a Barrow County Board of Commissioners meeting last week as a way to “jumpstart” the building industry in ... [Full Story »]

For a good time, call…

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Friday, March 5. 2010

A Winder woman called police after learning that her phone number had been posted in an erotic services advertisement on Craig’s List. The woman said she received six phone messages from unidentified men asking her to call them back. After returning one of the messages, she learned that the male had obtained her number online. The man said ... [Full Story »]

Week brings awareness to sleep problems

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Friday, March 5. 2010

Barrow Regional Medical Center, Winder, and HMP Diagnostics will kick off National Sleep Awareness Week March 7-13. An annual public education and awareness campaign will promote the importance of quality sleep and how to avoid sleep-related illnesses and sleep-related death. Although there is a week to recognize the health threats that lack of ... [Full Story »]

Hendrix: ‘I can’t make him go’

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Friday, March 5. 2010

The chairman pro tem of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners does not plan to push the issue of anger management classes for Chairman Danny Yearwood. Commissioner Ben Hendrix told the Barrow Journal this week that the chairman knows what Cartersville attorney David Archer recommended following a three-month investigation into alleged ... [Full Story »]

Entries from March 2010