Entries from August 2012

Lynda Garrett (8-1-12)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, August 2. 2012
NICHOLSON - Lynda Green Garrett, 65, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at her residence after a 15 year struggle with emphysema. She was born in Grand Island, Neb., the daughter of the late Edward M. and Wilma D. Green. She was a member of Nicholson Baptist Church and an online prayer service. She was gifted in faith and prayer and ... [Full Story »] 

Barbara McElroy (8-2-12)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, August 2. 2012
ATHENS - Barbara Ellen Saye McLeroy, 72, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2012, following an extended illness. She was born in Athens, the daughter of late James Thomas and Hazel Weatherly Saye. She was a homemaker and a member of Prince Avenue Baptist Church. She loved looking after her family and friends, and her greatest joy was serving ... [Full Story »] 

Tigers Ready To Go Full Speed

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Thursday, August 2. 2012
Yesterday marked the end of the GHSA’s required five-day acclimation period, and the beginning of full-contact, padded practices for the Commerce Tigers. The acclimation period is just one of several new rules instituted by the GHSA to address heat-related safety issues. The five-day rule stipulates that teams can work out only in helmets and ... [Full Story »] 

Stephenson Begins 40th Season As CMS Head Coach

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Thursday, August 2. 2012
Jimbo Stephenson has reached a milestone in his coaching career. As this season commences, he will begin his 40th year as the head coach of Commerce Middle School’s football team. Stephenson began his coaching tenure in 1973 under none other than Commerce High School’s legendary football coach, Ray Lamb. “Coach Lamb called me at home ... [Full Story »] 

Claire Byrd (7-28-12)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, August 2. 2012
STONE MOUNTAIN - Claire Adams Byrd, 64, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2012. She was the daughter of Virgil E. Adams and stepmother Shirley Gentry. Survivors in addition to her parents include her husband of 45 years, William F. Byrd, Jr., Stone Mountain; a son, Heath A. Byrd, Elkton, Md.; brothers, Shannon Adams, Bogart, and Miles Adams, ... [Full Story »] 

County looking to cut $3 million in tax shortfall

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 2. 2012
At two meetings last week, a team of Barrow County officials inched its way toward a balanced budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. By going through every line item in the budget, staff from the county’s finance and human resources departments, along with a few members of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, managed to trim ... [Full Story »] 

County looking to cut $3 million in funding gap

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 2. 2012
At two meetings last week, a team of Barrow County officials inched its way toward a balanced budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. By going through every line item in the budget, staff from the county’s finance and human resources departments, along with a few members of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, managed to trim ... [Full Story »] 

County looking to cut $3 million funding gap

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 2. 2012
At two meetings last week, a team of Barrow County officials inched its way toward a balanced budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. By going through every line item in the budget, staff from the county’s finance and human resources departments, along with a few members of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, managed to trim ... [Full Story »] 

UGA opens new Health Sciences Campus on former Navy property

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Thursday, August 2. 2012
For the first time, those medical students who are getting their degrees in Athens may be seen in hospitals and physician offices around Northeast Georgia providing patient care. “Our students have entered the hospitals to practice their skills, to learn to speak to a patient who is not healthy — to a patient who has come into the hospital ... [Full Story »] 

Local sexual assault center provides free, confidential help to adult victims of sexual assault in Madison County

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Thursday, August 2. 2012
Adults who have survived a sexual assault, whether recently or long ago, can often feel ashamed, guilty and isolated with nowhere to turn. Those facing such a crisis in Madison County need to know that help is just a phone call away, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Sally Sheppard, executive director of The Cottage Sexual Assault Center, ... [Full Story »] 
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