Back from Iraq
     Lance Corporal Joshua DuMars USMC (3rd Battalion, 6th Marine) arrived back in the states Thursday, Aug. 9, after a seven-month deployment in Iraq. He was welcomed home by his family at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. Pictured are DuMars (center) with his wife, Amanda (left) and his mother, Jill.
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4-Hers attend State 4-H Council
From Staff Reports
      Burke County was represented by four 4-H'ers at State 4-H Council held June 22-24 at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton. Local delegates to the annual meeting were April McDaniel, Aimee Dixon, Brendan McManus and Devan Dixon. They joined more than 900 other 4-H'ers and leaders representing almost every county in the state.
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People in the News
      Victoria Bohannon Victoria Bohannon, 16-yearold daughter of Troy and Susan Bohannon of Sylvania, was crowned Miss Screven County Sampler Saturday, Aug. 10. As reigning queen, she will participate in activities at the Sampler Arts and Crafts Festival in Sylvania Saturday, Sept. 15, on the courthouse lawn.
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Johns Hopkins bound
     Waynesboro resident Jim Griffin, 23, will study medicine at the "Best of the Best." On Aug. 27, he'll begin classes at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. While Griffin wants to keep an "open mind" about his career, he has a keen interest in oncology, having already spent a summer shadowing specialists at the Medical College of Georgia. Regardless of the field he chooses, Griffin plans to practice academic medicine - a three-point approach that combines teaching, researching and treating patients. Griffin attended the University of Georgia where he maintained a 4.0 GPA and was a 2007 summa cum laude, first honor graduate. He received a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He was also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Shelley Griffin.
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20th reunion
     The Waynesboro High School Class of 1987 celebrated its 20th class reunion Aug. 3-5, in Augusta. Those attending included, from left, first row: Dean Easler, Troy Allen, Antonio Smith, Charles Hankerson, Frank Wimberly, Tommy Ingram and Vincent Rogers; second row: Rhamunda Walters, Debra Collins, Angela Williams, Tameka Allen and Janet Holmes; third row: Etrenda Wright, Glenda Wimberly, Sentheial Sturgis, Brenda Benjamin, Deedra Lewis, Vanessa Pierce, Tammy Kirkland, Vanessa Wilson, Sirena Rogers and Ann Butler; and fourth row: Robbie Rogers, Tim Wright, Kirk Hamilton and Amanda Dillingham. Not pictured are Carlos Newton, Denise Clay, Vanessa Lambert, Kenny Quick, Kim Walthour, Pam Doolittle, Debra Duerr and Pauline Wies.
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Kelley crowned Miss Black Burke County
      Donnesha Kelley was crowned Miss Black Burke County 2007 after the Divas of Excellence were presented during the 29th annual pageant.
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