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June 27, 2007  RSS feed
PRECOCIOUS PUPS
The newest litter of Smith setters is already in training. The 10-week old puppies were showing off their stuff at Smith Farms Wednesday as father-son trainers Harold and Doug Ray worked on basics with the aid of a feather-baited fishing pole. More...
Three shot at Legion party
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

Two Waynesboro men and a teenager were shot outside the American Legion. Gunfire broke out in the Highway 80 parking lot around 3 a.m. Sunday while a party was being held inside. More...

Jaycees' fireworks next Wednesday at dark thirty
By Diana Royal Staff Writer

The skies overlooking Burke County will once again be filled with bright lights come this Fourth of July - thanks to the Waynesboro Jaycees' annual fireworks extravaganza. As usual, the event will take place at the Burke County Recreation Department and will begin once the sky darkens. More...

Cats, filth prompt DFACS investigation
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

A Burke County mother is being investigated after her children were found living in filth. Last week, Burke County deputies were dispatched to her Highway 56 North home to deal with a fight involving two juveniles. While talking to EMA personnel, who had also been dispatched, they were hit with a strong urine smell and asked to look inside. More...

Good men down
Former Charleston firefighter remembers the fallen, thanks the living
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

Raymond Bosher stands stock still as the television camera pans the row of caskets. He watches the service from a state away, wishing there'd been time for goodbyes. "We've lost nine great men," Charleston Fire Chief Rusty Thomas says from a coliseum awash in grief. More...

 News
• Local committee administers federal farm programs
It's time to nominate area farmers and landowners for the local Farm Service Agency committee. The three people on the Burke County committee locally administer federal programs passed by Congress. Currently, Lucious Abrams Jr. More...
• Public invited to brainstorm Friday
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 Editorial
• No headlines here
Last week, a group from the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) released a study claiming a 58.5 percent increase in cancer deaths in the 11 counties surrounding Plant Vogtle. BREDL hopes to use the study to block construction of two new reactors in Burke County. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Second place finish
The Burke County Recreation Department Mite Boys All-Star team placed second in the Firecracker Tournament recently. The tournament was held to prepare teams for the district tournament in Statesboro. It was double elimination, and five teams competed. More...
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 For The Record
• Former bus driver convicted of child molestation
A former Burke County school bus driver was sentenced Monday for impregnating a 15-year-old passenger on his route. Renzo Whitfield, 40, of Waynesboro, pleaded guilty to child molestation in Burke County Superior Court before Judge James Blanchard Jr. More...
• Sardis police get raises; fines set for water violations
• article has image Driver escapes serious injury
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 Obituaries
• Cards of Thanks
During the tragic events that happened at Virginia Tech, DeLoach-Kennedy Funeral Home had register books at both of their locations in Waynesboro and Hephzibah so the local community could share their condolences; henceforth, the President of Virginia Tech, Charles W. Steger, sent a thank you card to DeLoach-Kennedy Funeral Home. More...
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 Fields & Yields
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Monitor Crops for Corn Earworms
Over the past couple of weeks I have been visiting corn fields across Burke County. The main purpose of these recent field visits is to scout for potential yield robbing diseases. Fortunately, disease pressure seems to be at a standstill, but growers are urged to double check fields on a weekly basis. More...
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 Burke Happenings
• Burke Happenings
Retired educators The Burke County Retired Educators Association will hold a planning workshop 2 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at the Burke County Library. All officers and committee chairs are asked to bring their 2006-07 handbooks. More...
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 Church News
• Church News
Palmer Grove Palmer Grove Baptist Church will hold its annual students banquet 5 p.m. Saturday, June 30. The Rev. Elliott Bing and members of Phillip Grove Baptist Church will be guests. The public is invited. The Rev. J.J. Smith is pastor. More...
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 People
• article has image Thanks, Dr. Murray
More than 125 well-wishers turned out for the 50th anniversary celebration for Dr. B. Lamar Murray last Saturday at the Augusta Technical College Community Room. Pictured with Dr. Murray are organizers of the event. Dr. More...
• article has image Miss Cain becomes bride of Michael Bradley Mobley
• article has image Miss Alana Gayle Kirkland weds Joshua Ira Holland
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 School News
• BOE budget increases to $41 million next school term
School board members are hoping the tax digest goes up next year. The Burke County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a $41.1 million budget for the coming year. The hefty budget requires more money than they expect to bring in, creating a $5 million deficit for the year. More...
• Standardized tests send fewer students to summer school
• article has image Blakeney students excelling academically are honored
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