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 →The Bard’s in the ‘Burg!
Tweet Special to the Journal LEESBURG, Ga – Lee County High School’s award-winning theatre arts program will present its 3rd annual Bard-in-the-‘Burg production this week. This year’s show is Shakespeare’s purest comic romp Twelfth Night. Shows are set for Friday through Sunday, May 3-5.
Read More →The Movie Guy: The top 10 best superhero movies ever made…
Tweet Last week in preparation for the glut of superhero movies heading our way, I brought you the top 10 worst and this week I’m bringing you the top 10 best superhero movies ever made. So bear in mind that these 10 are the best ever made, in my humble opinion, and are in no [...]
Read More →Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston Urge Obama to Fund Savannah Harbor Send letter calling on president to fulfill promises
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON –U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (GA-1) strongly urged President Obama in a letter today to fulfill his “We Can’t Wait” promise and include legislative language for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) authorization increase in his budget amendment to [...]
Read More →Annual Giant Community Yard Sale Set for Saturday
Tweet Special to the Journal Leesburg, Ga -It’s time once again to clean out the closets and make some fast cash or to pick up some remarkable bargains. Leesburg’s Annual Giant Community Yard Sale is Saturday, May 4, from 7 a.m. to noon at Lee County High School. Individuals, families, and groups are invited to [...]
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