Kiwanis Awards Scholarships
Tweet The Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County Foundation made four scholarship presentations on Monday, May 13, to local outstanding high-school students. The awards were made to applicants based on academic excellence and school and community service performance.
Read More →Cavaliers head into national championship tournament, Tuesday
Tweet LUBBOCK, TEXAS – The Darton State College Cavaliers will try to put it all together for a national title at the NJCAA D-1 Golf National Championship Tournament at Rawls Golf Course at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.
Read More →ASU Professor Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Award
Tweet ASU Associate Professor of English Dr. Jeffery D. Mack is among the scholars selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at its “Don’t Deny My Voice: Reading and Teaching African American Poetry” Summer Institute. The series of workshops will be held July 14 – August 3, on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, KS.
Read More →Proposed Wastewater Permit
Tweet Last week, the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) held a public hearing to solicit comments on the draft wastewater permit for King American Finishing (KAF) located in Screven County. The hearing was held at the Effingham County High School in Springfield and, although I was not there, I understand it was well attended. I also [...]
Read More →Common Core Is Now A Common Enemy of Conservatives
Tweet It is no longer polite to talk about the Common Core curriculum in many conservative circles. Just as any proposal for immigration reform is immediately labeled “amnesty”, any talk of setting a national standard so that K-12 education can be portable as students move around the country or attend colleges out of state is [...]
Read More →Remembering the Mothers and All Women
Tweet Today is Mother’s Day. To those of you who are mothers I say, “Happy Mother’s Day.” I know that I wish I was with my mother today, but I also know that my three siblings are taking care of her back home. It will be a happy day for her. However, perhaps because I [...]
Read More →Cavaliers send Georgia Perimeter home after 9-1 smash
Tweet Written by David Mann ALBANY, Ga – Brandon Goldsmith allowed a single run in seven innings as the Cavaliers cruised to a 9-1 win by run-rule over Georgia Perimeter College, Thursday, in Game 6 of the GCAA tournament at Cavalier Field in Albany.
Read More →Carnitine supplement may improve survival rates of children with heart defects
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – A common nutritional supplement may be part of the magic in improving the survival rates of babies born with heart defects, researchers report.
Read More →Guns, gays and grass: Colorado wraps up historic legislative session
Tweet Written by Greg Campbell of the Daily Caller News Foundation The Democratic agenda for the legislative session, which ended for the year on Wednesday, reads like a list of topics you’re not supposed to discuss at dinner with future in-laws. It included gun control, civil unions, legal marijuana, restrictions on oil and gas drilling, [...]
Read More →Power plants: UGA researchers explore how to harvest electricity directly from plants
Tweet Special to the Journal Athens, Ga. – The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet. However, only a tiny fraction of the solar radiation on Earth is converted into useful energy. To help solve this problem, researchers at the University of Georgia looked to nature for inspiration, and they are [...]
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