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 [...]
Read More →The Movie Guy: The top 10 worst superhero movies ever made…
Tweet With the glut of superhero movies that are coming in the next couple of months (Ironman 3, Man of Steel…) I thought I would compile for you the 10 worst. So bear in mind that these 10 are in my humble opinion the worst offenders made and are in no real order.
Read More →‘Kindling the Flames,’ 2013 ‘Sirocco’ released
Tweet AMERICUS —“Sirocco,” Georgia Southwestern State University’s “magazine of the arts,” is published in April of each year by students. A reading and reception celebrating the release of the 2013 edition, “Kindling the Flames,” was held April 10 in the Marshall Student Center Faculty Dining Room.
Read More →Lifelink speaks to DoCo Kiwanians
Tweet Written by David Shivers Albany, Ga -An important, yet often misunderstood, category of life-saving procedures is organ transplants. The donation of a kidney or other organs is a precious gift, but people are often reluctant to sign up, as are families after a loved one’s sudden death, so Carla Hawkins, education specialist for LifeLink [...]
Read More →Next Week is the Anniversary of Georgia’s Spring Tornadoes: Are You Ready for the Next Big Disaster?
Tweet Special to the Journal When a series of tornadoes raked across Georgia in April 2011, Nanette Chastine found out quickly how crucial emergency preparedness can be. On the night of April 27, severe weather sent the Griffin resident scrambling into the spare bathroom with her daughter, kitten and dog – armed with blankets and [...]
Read More →Master Gardeners, Key Club, Kiwanis improve Arts Council grounds
Tweet Written by David Shivers Some two-and-a-half hours of intense labor by dedicated volunteers transformed a grass-strewn corridor on the exterior of the Albany Arts Council building on North Jackson Street into a landscaped, mulched butterfly garden spot on Saturday morning, April 20.
Read More →Agerton Observatory hosts open house March 19
Tweet Special to the Journal AMERICUS, Ga — Georgia Southwestern State University’s Agerton Observatory will host an open house from 9 to 11 p.m. Friday, April 19. This event is free. Members of the public are invited to observe Jupiter, Saturn and the moon.
Read More →Chehaw to Host Cheetah Chase Trail Run
Tweet Special to the Journal Run through the beautiful South Georgia pines during the 2nd annual Chehaw Cheetah Chase on Saturday, April 20. The Cheetah Chase, sponsored by South Georgia Cycling, features both a four and eight mile trail run, as well as a one mile kids’ fun run. The Cheetah Chase is unique as [...]
Read More →Chehaw Sets Single-Day Attendance Record
Tweet Special to the Journal Albany, Ga -If you were at Chehaw last Saturday and thought the crowd was the largest you had ever seen, you would have been correct. Chehaw officials released Saturday’s attendance figures and revealed that there were 3, 188 visitors to the Wild Animal Park and Native American Cultural Festival. It [...]
Read More →Congressman Bishop to keynote ASU Undergraduate Research Symposium
Tweet Written by Pearly Bowser Albany, Ga – On Monday, April 22, the Albany State University Center for Undergraduate Research will host the spring 2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium. The program will begin at 8 a.m. in the ACAD Auditorium located on the campus.
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