Friday night lights are shining again
Tweet Friday night kicked off the 2010 football season for our Lee County Trojans. It was a great start as we defeated Baconton Charter 49-8. Other than maybe a parade or two in Leesburg during the year, high school football seems to be the event that draws the most of us to any community event at any [...]
Read More →Good news at bad times
Tweet The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. – Psalm 23:1 (KJV) What does this verse mean to you? Have you ever uttered it before? When did you say this verse? Did you need comforting? Does this verse tell you anything about how to lead your life? If so what? The following is [...]
Read More →TECH STUDENT, 86 PAYS IT FORWARD
Tweet SPECIAL PHOTO Albany Technical College Adult Education graduate and Computer Information Systems student Arthur Jones (left), 86, donated a computer that he built to the winner of an adult education essay contest, Jessie Millege (right). Millege’s essay was titled “Who/what would you be willing to die for?” based on his little sister. Jones says he [...]
Read More →DCSS Update
Tweet Turner gets two grants The faculty, staff and students at Turner Elementary School are excited to have received both the “Serve and Learn” and “Dollar General Literacy” grants. The $12,500 Serve and Learn grant will give Turner students the opportunity to learn about democracy and citizenship through active participation in various community service projects through [...]
Read More →States must work together to solve water conflict
Tweet Editor’s note: The following commentary was provided by the Georgia Forum, a nonpartisan, nonprofit, educational organization. For two decades, Georgia, Alabama and Florida have been battling over future water allocation in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin which straddles their borders. The dispute also involves a number of federal agencies, courts, and mediators. Its outcome [...]
Read More →Free lunch and learn on flu on tap Sept. 10
Tweet By Carolyn Maschke With cold and flu season around the corner, the Dougherty County Health Department’s popular free monthly Lunch and Learn program will help participants learn to avoid catching and spreading germs responsible for contagious diseases.
Read More →Nothing like word of mouth
Tweet “What goes around, comes around” as they say. Interesting how that old saw can play itself out. Last week I attended a workshop on marketing with social media that was presented by The University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center at Darton College.
Read More →Darton freshman wins Camaro in drawing
Tweet AFTER BEING INJURED IN A FEBRUARY CAR ACCIDENT, LEESBURG’S ANDREW BACON NOW HAS THE COUPE OF HIS DREAMS Special to the Journal When Andrew Bacon’s parents drove him to his senior prom after an accident totaled his car earlier this year, he never imagined the Men’s Wearhouse tuxedo he wore could possibly lead to [...]
Read More →Deerfield/Sherwood Game
Tweet PHOTO BY MARTHA IVEY Deerfield-Windsor fullback Davis Moore eludes two Sherwood Christian defenders on Friday en route to one of his long runs during the Knights’ 28-6 victor over the Eagles at Deerfield’sWebb Stadium. Moore, who also plyed cornerback, scored two touchdowns and had 96 yards on 15 carries. The Knights’ rolled in the [...]
Read More →I loved it so much
Tweet Do you remember Victor Kiam’s famous phrase, “I loved it so much I bought the company”? He was referring to his first Remington electric shaver, which his wife bought for him years before. This was the tag-line in commercials throughout the 80′s. He liked the product so much, he literally bought the company. That [...]
Read More →
