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Entries from August 2010

Lois Sims

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Monday, August 30. 2010

DECATUR - Lois Nell Sims, 86, died Thursday, August 26, 2010. Born in Barrow County, she was the daughter of the late W.B. and Arlene Walker Bramlett. Mrs. Sims was a member of Avondale First Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clay Sims, Sr.; and a sister Runette Cronic. Survivors include children, ... [Full Story »]

Rickey Hardigree

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Monday, August 30. 2010

DANIELSVILLE – Rickey Eugene Hardigree, 50, died Friday, August 27, 2010, at the Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens. Born in Athens on February 23, 1960, he was the son of the late Stanley and Mary Johnson Hardigree. He was a forklift operator having worked at DuPont. Survivors include a son, Matthew Ryan Hardigree, Athens; ... [Full Story »]

Daniel Matthews

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Monday, August 30. 2010

HULL – Daniel Matthews, 61, died Friday, August 27, 2010, at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens. Born in Marietta, he was the son of Claudia Eubanks Matthews of Commerce and the late Buck Matthews. He was retired from Jackson EMC and employed at City Tire in Commerce. Mr. Matthews was a veteran having served in the United States Army ... [Full Story »]

Roy Dewitt Sears

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Monday, August 30. 2010

FRANKLIN SPRINGS – Roy Dewitt Sears, 59, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Born in Commerce, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Annie Sue Lockman Sears. Mr. Sears was preceded in death by a son, Dewitt Sears. Survivors include children, Maranda Massey, Tammy Sears, Justin Sears and Lee Sears; ... [Full Story »]

Rev. John Abbott

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Monday, August 30. 2010

WINDER - Rev. John Abbott, 92, died Friday, August 27, 2010. Born in Olive Hill, Ky., he was the son of the late Theodore and Elizabeth Lyons Abbott. He had resided in Warren, Ohio for 70 years, and had served as assistant pastor of The First Assembly of Pentecost in Braceville, Ohio. Rev. Abbott was employed by Copperweld Steel Manufacturing ... [Full Story »]

Tommy Garrish

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Monday, August 30. 2010

ALTO – Tommy Edward Garrish, 81, died Sunday, August 29, 2010, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Hall County. Born on November 22, 1928, in Hall County, he was the son of the late Vadie Wilkerson and Cora Belle Chastain Garrish. He was a retired poultry farmer and was of the Baptist denomination. Mr. Garrish was preceded in death by his ... [Full Story »]

BOC considers fee increase for rec programs

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Monday, August 30. 2010

Madison County parents may soon be asked to pay an additional $10 when signing up their kids for recreation programs. But leaders note that even with an increase, county rates will remain lower than other recreation facilities in Northeast Georgia. County commissioners discussed the potential fee increase earlier this month, but they took no ... [Full Story »]

Auburn officials form new rates for storm tax

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BarrowJournal

Monday, August 30. 2010

In response to business owners’ concerns, Auburn officials have developed an alternative rate structure for a proposed storm water tax that could go into effect in November. Instead of paying up to $10,000 a year on a single parcel, owners of non-residential properties would pay a maximum of $600. Owners of single-family homes would pay $30 ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: All ‘ginned up’

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Monday, August 30. 2010

Many years ago, one of my son’s friends got in trouble at school because he asked a Muslim student if he was “the kind of Muslim that blows things up.” At the time, the sheer bluntness of the question made the incident more humorous than anything. But now, almost a decade after Muslim terrorists killed 2,976 innocent people on Sept. 11, ... [Full Story »]

‘Sexually crude gestures’ cause dispute

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Monday, August 30. 2010

Winder Police were called to a Stovall Street apartment after a woman reported having a verbal dispute with one of her neighbors. The woman said her neighbor came to her apartment and accused her of “showing her genitals” to the neighbor’s boyfriend. During the argument that followed, the woman said her neighbor called her names. The ... [Full Story »]