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July 25, 2007
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Need Some Air
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer
His plane is headed straight for the ground at 140 miles per hour. There's no point now to wipe the sweat pouring down his forehead. Just feet from the green growth below, John Bunn pulls up on the control stick and the nose of the plane lifts. More...
Alleged rape case
DA clears student, faculty
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

A student accused of raping a girl in a Burke County High School restroom has been cleared by the district attorney. "Evidence clearly showed that the sexual contact that occurred, if any, was consensual," District Attorney Danny Craig said. More...

Walgreens is a go
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor

Waynesboro is getting a Walgreens. Last Thursday, the city's Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) gave United Retail Development permission to build the 14,490-square foot building on South Liberty Street. More...

Undercover investigation
Clerks charged for selling beer to minor
By Elizabeth Billips Associated Editor

Two gas station clerks are in hot water for selling beer to a minor. Waynesboro police began plotting an undercover operation earlier this month after spotting a 17- year-old coming out of the Stop- N-Shop on East Sixth Street with a 12-pack in tow. More...

 News
•An uphill battle
Mountain trooper recounts his tour in Italy during WWII
The water in the roadside irrigation ditch was red with blood. Only Clifford Long's nose broke the surface. The water was freezing and he had lain there half a day, but he didn't dare risk lifting the rest of his head to look around. More...
•Local health provider names new director
•Tax free holiday begins Aug. 2
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 Editorial
•Teenage Drinking
As this is being written, word is coming in on the cable news channels that actress Lindsay Lohan has, once again, been arrested and charged with diving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Just two weeks ago the 22 year-old checked out of a rehabilitation facility wearing an alcohol monit... More...
•Political Cartoon
•RFD
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 For The Record
•Missing boater charged with illegal artifacts
A North Augusta boater who was feared dead is now fearing a jail sentence. Early Tuesday morning, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) rangers were sent to Brier Creek to look for 50-year-old Steven Wesley Collins. He'd left home around 6 a.m. Monday morning with plans to be home by dark. More...
•From the Blotter
•Waynesboro Police
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 Obituaries
•Mrs. Louise L. Knight
Louise L. Knight, 70, of St. Clair, Ga., entered into rest Sunday, July 22, 2007, at her home. She was born June 9, 1937 in Augusta, Ga., to George Vincent Logue and Elizabeth Walden Logue. Mrs. Knight retired from the VA Hospital (Uptown Division) as a psychiatric nurse after 35 years of service... More...
•Mrs. Deneene T. Knox
•IN LOVING MEMORY "BETTY BLOUNT"
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 Fields & Yields
•In the Furrow
Corn Crop Nearing the End
A couple of weeks ago I discussed the process on how to estimate a yield on a corn field. It is always fun to estimate a yield when the potential is positive, but this is not always the case. I would like to continue the discussion on how a cob and its kernel mature to a state of harvest since h... More...
•Home & Garden Tips
•Family & Consumer Science News
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 Burke Happenings
•Burke Happenings
SCV The Brigadier General John C. Carter Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet Monday, July 30, at Mobley's Restaurant. The program presentation will be on Secessonville. Dinner will begin 6:30 p.m., and the meeting will follow at 7. More...
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 Church News
•Church News
Botsford Botsford Baptist Church will celebrate its 234th Homecoming 11 a.m. Sunday, July 29. Chetta Strings, a group of family musicians, will deliver the morning message in song, and dinner will follow the service. The Rev. Wayne Dixon, pastor, and members invite the public. More...
•Church Service Directory
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 People
•Dixon, Chandler to marry Sept. 8
Ms. Lisa Jenkins Goldman and Mr. and Mrs. Randal Percy Dixon are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelli Elizabeth Dixon, to Joshua Ray Chandler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ray Chandler of Sardis. The wedding is planned for Sept. 8, 2007, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael T... More...
•Johnson, Ego to unite in marriage
•Miss Phillips to wed Mr. Morgan July 28
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