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Landfill gas firm files bankruptcy

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Saturday, May 29. 2010

A company that owns a landfill gas processing facility at Barrow County’s Oak Grove Sanitary Landfill has filed bankruptcy in Louisiana. By filing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition April 30, Winder Renewable Methane LLC avoided an advertised May 4 foreclosure sale. The company is developing a financial reorganization plan and continues to ... [Full Story »]

GPAC offering summer camps

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Saturday, May 29. 2010

The Georgia Piedmont Arts Center, located at 1396 Third Avenue in Auburn, is offering three kid’s art camps this summer. • June 14 - 18: “Nature All Around Us” for ages 6-12. Students will create a variety of 2D and 3D masterpieces, including a bird bath, paper mache animal sculpture, a larger than life 3D insect, and more. Camp fee is ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: A slice of Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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Saturday, May 29. 2010

Someone in my writing group loaned me a copy of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne Barrows. The Dial Press published it in 2008, and it was a New York Times #1 bestseller. Not wanting to hang onto a borrowed book for too long, I decided I should read it right away, and boy I’m glad I did. I ... [Full Story »]

Barrow student participates in trial program

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Saturday, May 29. 2010

This spring, a Barrow County student had the opportunity to participate in a trial job shadowing program with Barrow County Emergency Services. “We had been approached several times over the last few years,” said Barrow County Emergency Services public information officer Lt. Scott Dakin. “When I was approached about this student, I spoke ... [Full Story »]

Mother of injured toddler charged

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Friday, May 28. 2010

The mother of a toddler injured after being left unattended in a vehicle has been charged with two counts of first degree cruelty to children. Terae Marjorie Thomas, 28, of Winder, was arrested Friday in connection with the May 21 incident which resulted in the hospitalization of her 21-month-old daughter. The toddler was rushed to Children’s ... [Full Story »]

No drivers found at scene of accident

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Friday, May 28. 2010

Firefighters called to a two-car accident Thursday found a car in flames, but no drivers and no passengers. Just before midnight on May 27, communication officers received numerous phone calls reporting a motor vehicle collision on Matthew School Road near Lloyd Blakely Road. Barrow Ladder 7 and Med 7 responded to the scene. Firefighters found ... [Full Story »]

Man wanted by BCSO captured at Hartsfield

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Friday, May 28. 2010

A Minnesota man who brutally attacked his ex-girlfriend failed in his attempt to leave the state after the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office alerted authorities at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to be on the lookout for him. Ahmed Ibrahim Alishire, 22, of 11348 Minnetonka Mills Road, Minn. is facing numerous charges in connection with ... [Full Story »]

Clement refuses to speak with reporter

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Friday, May 28. 2010

Building and Grounds Department director Lyn Clement has ordered the Barrow Journal not to call or set foot in his office. The comment, relayed by an unidentified county employee, was made on May 21 when a reporter with the Journal called Clement to request information for a feature story about the old Barrow County courthouse. The Building and ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: ‘No comment’ a cop-out

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Friday, May 28. 2010

When public officials get into hot water, they often fall back on two little words: “No comment.” Translated, that often means that a public official got caught in an embarrassing situation and doesn’t have a good explanation for it. Such appears to be the case in a phone call last week from Journal reporter Kristi Reed, who sought some ... [Full Story »]

County chairman to extend fire chief offer

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Friday, May 28. 2010

The political impasse over who should be Barrow County’s next chief of emergency services may be over. Following a closed session Tuesday night, the Barrow County Board of Commissioners voted to extend an offer to Donald R. Towne, the fire chief of Cairo. However, the motion did not include a salary figure. So the offer is still open to ... [Full Story »]

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