Bird dogs sniff out trail to Burke
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer
      Burke County's bird dog population will increase exponentially this week as the annual field trials begin at Di- Lane Plantation. The Georgia Field Trial Association will begin running the Georgia Derby Championship today (Jan. 2), according to secretary/ treasurer Nell Mobley.
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Walk and Talk
      Waynesboro's Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) recently hosted a Walk-and-Talk tour of downtown Waynesboro with preservationists Paul Simo and Marla Bexley-Brown of Mactec Engineering and Consulting.
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Coffee Before Hours
      Queensborough National Bank and Trust Company was host for the final Coffee Before Hours of the year recently. Community leaders and business owners got together at the bank for breakfast and fellowship just before the Christmas holidays.
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Exchange students need host families
From Staff Reports
      The World Heritage Student Exchange program is looking for Burke County families interested in hosting high school students from France, Germany, Thailand, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, Denmark and Italy. According to a company spokesperson, the students are seeking host families for the 2008-2009 school year.
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Local conservation district names outstanding steward
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer
      The Brier Creek Soil and Water Conservation District has named Cathy Black as their 2007 Conservationist of the Year. The board selects an outstanding steward each year from its district, which includes Burke, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins and Richmond counties. Burke County is represented on the board by Henry Wayne Syms and Charles E. McGregor III.
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Jurors drawn for Superior Court
      Jurors have been drawn for the October 2007 term of Superior Court criminal session with Judge James G. Blanchard Jr. presiding. Jurors are to report Monday, Jan 7, at 10 a.m. The list of jurors includes John J.
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Adams to hold book signing at library
      If readers enjoy the southern comedy in Lucy Adams' column, they can get a full dose in her new book If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny. The book combines southern charm, pithy domestic humor, and ridiculous family antics and covers a broad range of topics, from wrestling vacuums to three legged pigs, and from immortal roaches to animated watermelons.
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Giving back
      Members of the Communities in Schools Future Force helped feed six families for the holidays. They took up donations and helped bag groceries recently to raise funds and then used that money to purchase turkey and ham dinners from
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