Scheduling the unscheduled
Tweet We don’t watch much television at our home these days. Our days are pretty full with sporting, scouting, and other activities. While it seems that it can be hard for us to catch our breath from all of the running around, I know parents with children that have a lot more on [...]
Read More →40 Days at the Capitol- Installment 8
Tweet To our readers: State Senator Buddy Carter (R- Pooler) will be reporting each week during the Legislative Session. The session began January 9, 2012 and is expected to last until the latter days of March. . Day 29 (Monday, March 5, 2012): In an effort to reach out to those who have opposed legislation [...]
Read More →Obituaries
Tweet Frances Feagin, 86 Frances Feagin, 86, of Americus, a resident of Magnolia Manor, formerly of Albany, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital. Miss Feagin, daughter of the late Jerre Willis Feagin Sr., and Frances Whiteside Feagin was born January 27, 1926 in Bibb County. She taught at Albany High School [...]
Read More →I JUST DON’T GET IT!
Tweet There has been all kinds of flack flying through the air about the dangers of our kids today participating in football, basketball, and all other sports that cause occasional blows to their heads. They have showed us pictures on television showing sports participants later in life with damage to their brains…so much [...]
Read More →Darton College Names Academic Recognition Student For 2012
Tweet Heather Herbert has been named Darton College’s Academic Recognition Student for 2012. Each college in the University System of Georgia annually selects one student to honor for their academic achievements. An online English major from Cumming, Herbert is vice president of online for Phi Theta Kappa and is currently running for the international [...]
Read More →Medicine throughout Albany’s History
Tweet Albany, Georgia – In honor of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital’s 100th anniversary, Thronateeska Heritage Center is opening an extensive exhibit in the Union Deport History Museum detailing the history of the hospital and the evolution of medicine in Albany and southwest Georgia. Follow a 100-year timeline, showing the progress of Albany’s first [...]
Read More →ASU Lady Rams’ 2012 track and field season off to great start
Tweet Written by Edythe Bradley Three Albany State University Lady Rams took first-place honors in track and field events to highlight the opening of the 2012 outdoor season at the annual Eye Opener Meet, hosted by Savannah State University on Feb. 25. The Lady Rams, coached by Kenneth Taylor, took top honors in [...]
Read More →Breaking The Pattern of Depression
Tweet According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prescriptions for antidepressants have risen almost 400% since 1988. Currently 1 in10 Americans take an antidepressant. There are conflicting studies show that this relatively new class of drugs may not actually help, with side effects that pose serious cause for concern. So [...]
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