Chehaw Helps Animals Enjoy Thanksgiving
Tweet Special to the Journal Each year Chehaw sets aside a day in fall to give the Animals an extra special Thanksgiving. This year’s Animal thanksgiving is this Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Zoo Plaza. Participation in the event is free with park and Zoo admission. Animal Thanksgiving is [...]
Read More →DARTON STUDENT TO INTERN AT DISNEY
Tweet ALBANY – Darton sophomore Jaelah Smith keeps a set of Mickey Mouse ears in her car. To say the she loves Disney would be like saying Dumbo hears pretty well. Smith really, really loves Disney. But the young music major loves college life too and recently she secured a way to experience both. Smith [...]
Read More →New White House Rural Council Report Highlights the Economic Importance of Passing a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill
Tweet In June of 2010, the Obama Administration began providing input to Congress regarding the prospective features and policy of contents for a reauthorized farm bill. Over a period of more than three years, the Administration has supported reauthorization efforts aimed to help build a better safety net for farmers and families, and to build [...]
Read More →Veteran Hospitals, Killing Our Soldiers Slowly
Tweet By Glenn Mollette My wife’s grandpa survived the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. He was away from home forty-two months as a prisoner of war. When he came home the Veteran’s hospital killed him. He died at the age of 65. When Lyle started having symptoms of lung cancer he did as Veterans [...]
Read More →Driver Services Commissioner Announces November/December Holiday Hours
Tweet Offers Tips for Licensing Services Department of Driver Services (DDS) Commissioner Rob Mikell announced today the upcoming holiday hours for driver licensing and testing customer service centers and administrative offices statewide. (Please see the schedule below). In addition, Commissioner Mikell offered some helpful advice for customers who need licenses or IDs during this busy [...]
Read More →Lady Rams advance in the SIAC Women’s Volleyball Tournament
Tweet by Stan McCormick, Sports Information Director Senior Jillian Anderson recorded 11 kills in only two games to lead the Albany State Lady Rams past the LeMoyne–Owen Lady Magicians 3-0 in the first round of the 2013 SIAC Women’s Volleyball Championship Tournament. With the victory, the Lady Rams, the second seed from the East Division, [...]
Read More →Federal Court Orders DOE to Stop Collecting Fees for Nuclear Waste Disposal
Tweet ATLANTA, November 20, 2013— Commissioner Stan Wise, who has testified on nuclear waste disposal before Congress and before the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, agrees with National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) that the Court of Appeals’ decision is “great news for consumers of nuclear power,” who have paid more than [...]
Read More →Georgia’s unemployment rate declines to 8.1 percent in October
Tweet ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 8.1 percent in October, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in September. The rate was seven-tenths of a percentage point lower than 8.8 percent in October a year ago. Because of the federal government [...]
Read More →The Kennedy assassination’s sealed files
Tweet By Dr. Harold Pease I add my voice to the hundreds of others demanding that the government finally release the thousands of documents yet in government, mostly CIA, vaults dealing with one of America’s most horrific tragedies, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, November 22, 1963. A fifty-year wait is long enough!! The [...]
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