Entries from July 2010

Memo to BP: send me some money

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, July 2. 2010
By Mark Beardsley Memo To: Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of BP’s Gulf Fund RE: Send me some money Thank you for your time. I wanted to get my claim in for reparations of economic damage before all the nutcases apply. I am thankful that the fund is in the hands of the U.S. government, which is recognized for its money-managing abilities. ... [Full Story »] 

Stabbing took place in front of the kids

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, July 2. 2010
A Commerce man faces two felony charges after he allegedly stabbed another man multiple times last Tuesday. According to the incident report, officers responded to a report of a man having cut someone and fled the scene. They encountered a 57-year-old female who reported that her brother, Paul Gillespie, 53, of 150 Hickman Drive, No. 6, Athens, ... [Full Story »] 

Donald Brueshaber

Posted by
MainStreetNewsOBITS
Friday, July 2. 2010
DANIELSVILLE - Donald F. Brueshaber, 72, died Friday, July 2, 2010. A native of Curtis, Ohio, he was the son of the late John Henry and Helen Brunner Griesmer Brueshaber and husband of Janice M. Morris Brueshaber. He was a farmer, United States Air Force veteran and retired from Johns Manville of Winder. Mr. Brueshaber was preceded in death by ... [Full Story »] 

Hayward Sorrow

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Friday, July 2. 2010
COMMERCE – Hayward William Sorrow, 81, died Friday, July 2, 2010, at his residence. Born on April 15, 1929, in Commerce, he was the son of the late Hope and Erma Holcomb Sorrow. He was retired from Harmony Grove Mills and was a member of Berea Baptist Church. He enjoyed spending time with his family, playing the guitar, banjo and violin, ... [Full Story »] 

Lady Raiders progress during summer

Posted by
MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, July 2. 2010
It was a busy five weeks for the Lady Red Raiders’ varsity basketball team. Madison County’s girls started their summer training the last week in May and finished last Wednesday. The Lady Raiders headed to the Loganville camp to begin the summer, where the team faced several top five-A schools from around the state. Against the challenges, ... [Full Story »] 

EDITORIAL: Hoschton making problems that don't really exist

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, July 2. 2010
Funny how people cite the “rule of law” when they want to do something that they know isn’t right. Such is the case in Hoschton where some city officials have been trying to run a gun store out of business under the theory that the city’s zoning doesn’t specifically permit such businesses. If that’s the case, however, half the ... [Full Story »] 

Colbert man charged with forging prescription

Posted by
MadisonJournalTODAY
Friday, July 2. 2010
A Colbert man was arrested recently after allegedly trying to forge a prescription for narcotics at Fred’s in Colbert. Wesley Truitt Adams, 33, 2285 Diamond Hill Colbert Road, was arrested and charged with forgery in the first degree and obtainingor attempting to obtain dangerous drugs by fraud, forgery or concealment. According to the ... [Full Story »] 

Electrical problem causes fire at trailer

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, July 2. 2010
An electrical fire caused a blaze under a Braselton trailer on Thursday, according to the West Jackson Fire Department. A man at a double-wide trailer on Cooper Bridge Road said there was a fire in a crawlspace under the trailer and that it was coming out of the walls. He turned off power to a breaker box before firefighters arrived. There was ... [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: The price tag for reform

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, July 2. 2010
Reform is supposed to be a good thing. By definition, reform implies improvement to an existing condition. In Washington, reform has taken on an entirely different meaning. For our lawmakers, reform means promulgating new rules, issuing new mandates and spending billions of taxpayer dollars regardless of benefit. For instance, the Patient ... [Full Story »] 

Celebrate Braselton festival ahead Sunday

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, July 2. 2010
Those familiar with Braselton’s Fourth of July parade should take note of a change for this year’s event. Instead of being held in the morning, the parade will start at 4 p.m. in downtown Braselton along Ga. Hwy. 53. That’s because the Fourth of July falls on a Sunday — and town officials didn’t want to schedule a road-closing parade ... [Full Story »] 
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