Entries from January 2011

Marguerite Chadwick

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Monday, January 31. 2011
BRASELTON – Marguerite S. Chadwick, 79, died Thursday, January 27, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry B. Chadwick. Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Sanders, Monroe; sons, Troy Chadwick and Wiley Chadwick, both of Tulsa, Okla., and Ivey C. Chadwick, Florida; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a special ... [Full Story »] 

Margaret Davis

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Monday, January 31. 2011
DANIELSVILLE – Margaret Mozell Davis, 91, died Saturday, January 29, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Mamie Thomas Autry and was a member of Moon’s Grove Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Danielsville. Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband, James S. Davis. Survivors include daughters, ... [Full Story »] 

Quinton Tyner

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Monday, January 31. 2011
COLBERT – Quinton Tyner, 82, died Friday, January 28, 2011, at the Brown Memorial Convalescent Center in Royston. Born in the Shiloh Community in Madison County, on December 24, 1928, he was the son of the late Rueben Tyner Sr. and Pauline Bruce Tyner. He was a 20-year retiree of the United States Air Force, where he served as Master Sergeant ... [Full Story »] 

Alfred Smith

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Monday, January 31. 2011
CLEVELAND – Alfred Edward Smith, 89, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at Friendship Nursing Home in Cleveland, following an extended illness. Born on August 17, 1921, in Atlanta, he was the son of the late William Herbert and Lillie Mae Cochran Smith. He was a retired brick mason and was of the Baptist denomination. Mr. Smith was preceded in ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: No tears for Nocera

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BarrowJournal
Monday, January 31. 2011
After too many months of useless controversy, Barrow County Airport Authority chairman Frank Nocera got canned this week. Nocera’s patron, board of commissioners chairman Danny Yearwood, declined to reappoint him to the authority. Nocera was appointed as the anti-growth member to the board after a previous admin-istration saw the airport as a ... [Full Story »] 

School board approves $141,000 in requests

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BarrowJournal
Monday, January 31. 2011
The Barrow County Board of Education was asked to give approval to spending some $141,000 for new computer servers and construction materials and labor at the Jan. 25 meeting. Final approval of $25,000 for three DELL servers and $116,000 for materials and labor to install new doors and acoustical ceiling at the College and Career Preparatory ... [Full Story »] 

Homeowner finds blood after break-in

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BarrowJournal
Monday, January 31. 2011
Officers from the Auburn Police Department were dispatched to a home on Skeet Hill Court on Jan. 20, in reference to a break in. Upon arrival officers met with the homeowners who said that the night before when they returned home for the evening they had found a lot of blood outside their front door. The homeowner said that the front door was ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Backing up and viewing digital photographs

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BarrowJournal
Sunday, January 30. 2011
One of my great loves is photography. I have written a few columns in the past about it, but this week I’m thinking of one of the pitfalls of taking photographs in this digital age. That is, a photographer – or a parent of some cute kids – can accumulate huge numbers of photo files. This takes up a lot of valuable space on our hard ... [Full Story »] 

Man found with weapons after harassing ex

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BarrowJournal
Sunday, January 30. 2011
Officers from the Auburn Police Department were dispatched to Parks Mill road on Jan. 23, in reference to a domestic dispute. The victim stated that her jealous ex-boyfriend was at her residence and banging on the front door. The victim claims that the ex, later identified as Henry Aikens, left abruptly and was heading toward city hall. Police ... [Full Story »] 

2011-2012 school calendar given for review

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BarrowJournal
Sunday, January 30. 2011
Next year’s Barrow County Schools calendar was presented for review at the Jan. 25 meeting of the board of education. Superintendent Wanda Creel, told the board it “mirrors” this year’s school calendar, except for the inclusion of pre-scheduled weather make-up days. It was developed based on input from the Teacher Advisory Board, which ... [Full Story »] 
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