LETTER: Colbert Baptist to carry on Carmine’s Thanksgiving tradition

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Friday, October 8. 2010
Dear Editor: As the holiday season approaches we begin to think about what that means. Holidays are about sharing with our neighbors and our families. Mealtime is one of the ways we do that. In years gone by Carmine’s Pizza Time in Comer has hosted a Thanksgiving meal to help those who are alone, in need, elderly, or disabled have a place to ... [Full Story »] 

FOOTBALL PHOTOS: JHS 34, Oglethorpe Co. 7

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, October 8. 2010

Lady Eagles Enter Post Season

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, October 8. 2010
The East Jackson Lady Eagles volleyball team wrapped up regular season play last week, and this week launches into the post-season. The Lady Eagles were slated to face Prince Avenue Tuesday night in Area tournament action, with the outcome to determine their next match, to be played Thursday night. Results were unavailable at press time. ... [Full Story »] 

BCHS improves to 4-1 after 27-0 shutout

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, October 8. 2010
While last Friday night was one for the history books as Banks County improved to 4-1 after a 27-0 shutout over Union County, the Leopards are already looking ahead to this Friday and the next challenge against the Dawson County Tigers. While the Leopards have not dropped a game against Dawson County since the 2005 season, the Tigers’ ... [Full Story »] 

Deer hunt may be solution to overpopulation in Hoschton

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, October 8. 2010
By Kerri Testement and Ben Munro For some residents in Hoschton, the growing deer population is becoming a problem. A solution? The city could sanction a legalized deer hunt with bows and arrows to keep the roaming animals in check. Council member Scott Butler proposed the idea after bucks and does started grazing extensively on his vegetation ... [Full Story »] 

Oct. 15 designated as ‘Pink Friday’

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BarrowJournal
Friday, October 8. 2010
Winder Mayor Chip Thompson has declared Friday, Oct. 15 as “Pink Friday” in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society Relay for Life Committee in Barrow County will be delivering pink bows on that day to Winder businesses. Relay teams from 2010 will also receive bows. Businesses and churches in the Auburn, ... [Full Story »] 

Wildcats look to stay in contention

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, October 8. 2010
One week at a time. That’s how Apalachee High School head football coach Shane Davis is looking at his team’s effort to reach the postseason again. The Wildcats, who enter this Friday’s game with Rockdale County 4-1, are not looking ahead rather, simply focusing on the immediate task at hand. “We have five more left,” Davis said of ... [Full Story »] 

Doggs determined to keep getting better

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, October 8. 2010
The 2010 football season has become uncharted territory to some degree for first-year Winder-Barrow High School head coach David Wagner. Having been involved in postseason football for the past several seasons and throughout his coaching career, an 0-5 start for the Bulldoggs is something Wagner is having to contend with it. Yet, the WBHS head ... [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: Wildcats, Davis experiencing something special

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, October 8. 2010
These are special times for Apalachee High School football. The program is in the middle of a span where qualifying for the postseason has become the norm. The team plays with a sense of confidence that is needed to be successful at this level of play. The 2010 season reached the halfway mark for the Wildcats last Friday as they thrashed Region ... [Full Story »] 

Maysville falls 300 hugs short of record

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, October 8. 2010
At this year’s Autumn Leaf Festival, organizers were looking to make Maysville officially the “Friendliest Town in the Nation” by receiving 1,206 hugs in one hour and breaking the current “Guinness World Book of Records” entry in that category. Though the results are not officially in, town representatives estimate the effort fell ... [Full Story »] 
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