SMALL HANDS, BIG HEARTS
PTA helps youngsters learn the spirit of the season
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer
      Local elementary school students in Burke County are learning about the gift of giving, thanks to their PTA organizations. Gift shops at Waynesboro Primary and S.G.A. Elementary schools provide students with a chance to pick out something special for family members.
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Senate passes farm bill
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer
      The U.S. Senate passed their version of the farm bill last Friday, but it will be after the New Year before a final version is signed. The Senate's bill, labeled the Food and Energy Security Act, includes substantial spending increases for nutrition, energy and conservation. It also incorporates ...
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Local property owner hopes to avoid property taxes
By Diana Royal Staff Writer
      A Georgia timber mogul has found a loophole in legislation, and he plans to use that to avoid paying property taxes in Burke County.
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Four killed in head-on collision
By Elizabeth Billips Associate Editor
      A Waynesboro man and three members of a Hephzibah family died in a head-on collision last Tuesday. According to Burke County deputies, the wreck occurred at the intersection of Highway 25 North and Gresham Road just before 6 p.m.
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Weekend showers relieve drought-weary farmers
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer
      Christmas came early for Burke County farmers last weekend. Their presents fell from the sky in the form of rain drops. The showers that started Saturday afternoon and continued into the night dropped as much as 4.5 inches into rain gauges, on fields and into ponds and waterways around the count...
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New program encourages people to become special ed teachers
From Staff Reports
      A group of University of Georgia College of Education researchers received a $2.4 million federal grant to develop a web-based program that will help undergraduate students, paraprofessionals and mid-career professionals become certified special education teachers.
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Library News
      The Burke County Library, located at 130 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, has received the following books: Fiction Water-colored Pearls by Stacy Hawkins Adams; The House of Lanyon, Valerie Anand; Mister B.
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Giving back
      For this holiday season, Tameka Gordon and the Augusta Technical College GED class felt the need to give back to the community. "This quarter I have enrolled over forty students, and the majority of the people have been laid off," Gordon said.
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Lucky winner
      First National Bank of Waynesboro recently ran a promotion encouraging customers to increase the use of their debit cards. The winner, Angela Parrish, was awarded a 19" flat screen television.
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Purification Cellutions presents check to United Way
      United Way representative Dee Dee Kurilla received a $7,500 check for the United Way from Purification Cellutions recently. Pictured are, from left, Debbie Doyle, Kurilla, John D. Nichols, plant manager of Purification Cellutions, and Tommie Terrell.
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BCMS students donate free rice
      Burke County Middle School students are learning vocabulary words and, at the same time, helping end world hunger. By accessing the freerice.com website, students are able to participate in this Learn and Serve sponsored project.
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Clowning around
      Annabelle the Clown recently paid a visit to K-4 and K-5 students at Faith Christian Academy. She and Connie Smith of the Burke County Library read to the students during National Book Week.
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Rotarians honored
      Two Rotarians were recently honored for their contributions to the Waynesboro Rotary Club. Above, R. "Scott" Gay Jr, at left, is recognized by current president Billy Joe Johnson Jr.
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