Entries from August 2011

'Pop' Powell (8-5-11)

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Saturday, August 6. 2011
MAYSVILLE - Luther Edward "Pop" Powell, 76, was a man of character, strength, integrity, love, and humility. After a long battle with sickness and infirmity, Mr. Powell had a safe crossing and went home to be with the His Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, August 5, 2011. Born in Banks County he was the son of the late, Luther and Jimmie ... [Full Story »] 

William Doyle Smith (8-4-11)

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Saturday, August 6. 2011
COMMERCE - William Doyle Smith, 85, died at his residence on Thursday, August 4, 2011. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Kathleen Smith; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Smith, Sr.; brothers, A.J. Smith, Jr. and Raymond Earl Smith; sisters, Gaynell Meline, Hazel Young and Bessie Cruse. Bill was a WWII Navy veteran. He loved his ... [Full Story »] 

MCHS, MCMS fall short of AYP

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Saturday, August 6. 2011
Madison County High School and Madison County Middle School failed to meet federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks for 2011. AYP is the formula used to determine if schools are meeting expectations under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The final AYP report will be released in the fall and will include summer retest ... [Full Story »] 

Colbert resident working on documentary about legendary music and the man who brought the tunes to rural Georgia

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Saturday, August 6. 2011
David Lee was 14 years old when his dad gave him $20 to make the trek from Columbus to Byron with his high school buddies for a three-day music festival in July 1970. The event drew hundreds of thousands of people to the Middle Georgia Raceway in rural Georgia. Tickets for the three-day festival were $14. So Lee had to get by on $6. “My ... [Full Story »] 

'Positive' coliform result leads city to issue water advisory

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, August 5. 2011
The man in charge of Commerce’s water system professes to being mystified about water test results indicating two routine water samples tested positive for “total coliform.” “I can’t explain it and the EPD folks can’t either,” said Bryan Harbin, Commerce’s director of water and sewer operations of the June 20 samples. By state ... [Full Story »] 

In spite of drought, Bear Creek Reservoir is full

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, August 5. 2011
Officials are keeping close tabs on the Bear Creek Reservoir as the 2011 drought continues, but so far the reservoir appears to be suffering no ill effects of a drought that continues to ravage much of the state. “The reservoir is full,” noted Chris Thomas, who chairs the Operations Committee of the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority, which ... [Full Story »] 

Altered crime story may bring charges

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, August 5. 2011
A man who concocted a false story about being attacked with a baseball bat could face charges, according to the Commerce Police Department. Officers responded to Don’s Used Cars, Maysville Road, where a 28-year-old white male with blood all over his shirt said two men attacked him with a baseball bat at the Flying J travel center, Maysville ... [Full Story »] 

School system to add back four furlough days

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JacksonHeraldTODAY
Friday, August 5. 2011
In yet another reversal, the Jackson County School System will eliminate four of 10 planned employee furlough days from the 2011-2012 school year. The district will now have six furlough days. Superintendent Shannon Adams told school system employees in an e-mail on Thursday that after counting the budget numbers for its recently-completed 2011 ... [Full Story »] 

Gilma Cromer (8-4-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Friday, August 5. 2011
HULL – Gilma Freeman Cromer, 86, died Thursday, August 4, 2011. A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Buren W. and Mildred Smith Freeman. Mrs. Cromer was preceded in death by brothers, Watson Freeman and Coyle Freeman. She was retired from Dr. Ed Lewis’s office as a nurse and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist ... [Full Story »] 

‘Rusty’ Matthews (8-3-11)

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Friday, August 5. 2011
COMER – Harold Milton “Rusty” Matthews, 57, died Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Born in Aiken, S.C., on May 19, 1954, he was the son of the late Clarence Harold and Edna Guyton Matthews. He was a member of the Antioch United Methodist Church in Nicholson. Left to cherish his memories are his sisters, Donna M. Fortson, Nicholson, and Patrice ... [Full Story »] 
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