BOSS HOG BITS
      Friday, May 9 $10 at gate, $5 in advance. Kids 6 and under free. 5:30 p.m.: Gates open, free hushpuppies and chicken wings while they last 6 p.m.: Burke County's biggest musical chairs competition and other family games.
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WHO'LL BE THE BOSS?
      THE LOCALS Lip Smacking Oinkers Team Leader: Scott DuMars, Waynesboro Cheeks' Choice Ribs Team Leader: Eugene Cheeks, Keysville Mobley's Cafeteria Mob Squad Team Leader: Roy Black,
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Mutton Bustin' is Saturday
Still time to register
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      Burke County's first ever Mutton Bustin' Championship will be held this Saturday at the Boss Hog Cook-off. The event will kick off at 11 a.m. as rough and tumble kids from all over the county straddle sheep and hold on tight.
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TURN IT UP
The Homegrown Band
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      J ody Williams turns up the amp, and his guitar screams. The crowd goes wild. Well ... wild for Methodists, that is. They clap along and yell for more as the band belts out some Johnny Cash. Then seven voices find each other and raise the roof with "I'll Fly Away" and "Old Time Religion.
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Eighteen seek county offices
      Eighteen candidates have entered Burke County's political arena. During last week's qualifying, six Republicans and 12 Democrats pledged to run for 11 vacating seats. While most of the candidates won't see any opposition until the election crosses party lines on Nov. 4, two races will be decided...
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Four qualify for city council seats in Keysville
By Diana Royal dianar@thetruecitizen.com
      Four Keysville residents have qualified to seek election to the city council. According to Eunice Seigle, Keysville city clerk, incumbent council members Harold Kight, Sharon Neely and Willie Mae Jones will seek reelection in July. They'll be challenged by newcomer Kathy Watts.
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Industry signs training agreement
By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
      Waynesboro's newest industry signed an agreement yesterday for help training new employees hired at the plant. ASTA Inc. is partnering with Georgia QuickStart and Augusta Technical College (ATC) to prepare workers for the production of specialized copper wire. They are expected to hire some 125 w...
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Library News
      The Burke County Library, located at 130 Highway 24 South in Waynesboro has received the following books: Fiction Delusion by Peter Abrahams; Wicked City, Ace Atkins; The Whole Truth, David Baldacci; Simply Perfect, Mary Balogh; The Silver Needle Murder, Laura Childs; Belong To Me, Marisa De lo...
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Savannah River Winds Returns to Waynesboro
      The Savannah River Winds wind ensemble will be performing at Southern Bank Pavilion on Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. The program will be the final concert of the Waynesboro-Burke Concert Series and is being sponsored by Southern Bank.
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WHS Class of 1948
      Members of The Waynesboro High School Class of 1948 gathered for their 60th anniversary reunion on April 19, at Mobley's Cafeteria.
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