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November 29th, 2006
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Home, Sweet Home!
Numerous family members, friends and well-wishers turned out Wednesday, Nov. 22 in Swainsboro to welcome Company "A," 878th Combat Engineering Battalion, Georgia National Guard home from Iraq. There were plenty of hugs to go around as wives, husbands, children, siblings, parents and friends welcomed More...
Active Duty

The Forest-Blade will keep an active duty list of all Emanuel County natives serving at home and abroad. More...

Stillmore Christmas Parade, Dec. 3

The annual Stillmore Christmas Parade will be held in Stillmore on Sunday, Dec. 3. Festivities begin at 12:30 p.m. with grilled hot-dogs, hamburgers, chili and sweets. The parade will begin at 3 p.m. More...

 Inside Front
•'Keep the Flame Burning' program held by DAR
The Governor David Emanuel Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met Thursday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in the George L. Smith Room of the Franklin Memorial Library. The theme for this meeting was "Keep The Flame Burning," a tribute to all veterans, past and present. More...
•Elliott shares WWII memories
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 News
•National flu vaccination week
In recognition of National Influenza Vaccination Week, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health is reminding Georgians that it is not too late to get vaccinated to protect against seasonal influenza, or "flu." Anyone that wants to reduce their risk of catching the flu should More...
•Training teaches stormwater pond management Dec. 4
•Jail Activity
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 Community
•Conn is artist-in-residency in Budapest, Hungary
Stillmore Roots member and East Georgia College art professor Bridget Conn was recently awarded an artist residency through the Hungarian More...
•Question of the week:
•Marshall to exhibit at Kalmanson
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 Sports
•Lady Eagles off to 2-1 start
The David Emanuel Academy Lady Eagles are off to a 2-1 start in the 2006- 07 after participating in two pre-season tournaments. After losing to defending South Carolina Independent school champion St Andrews 39-25 in the opening round of the Lady Gator Classic, the Lady Eagles defeated Frederica 40- More...
•DEA downs LaGrange in season opener
•Swainsboro High Varsity basketball schedule
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 Obituaries
•Walter Hugh Nasworthy, 74
KITE--Funeral for Walter Hugh Nasworthy, 74, was held Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, at 11 a.m. in Bethel United Methodist Church near Kite with Rev. Phil Wilson, Rev. R.L. Rathburn, and Rev. Ray Jenkins. Burial was in the church cemetery. He died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at his residence after a brief More...
•Jennifer L. Bivins, 32
•Evelene Stephens, 71
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 Columns
•Jacquie Brasher
Did you know that Americans worry too much over the wrong thing? The cover story of More...
•Jack Atkinson
•Bill Shipp
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 Editorial
•Heartwarming
We watched with much pleasure and emotion Wednesday afternoon when soldiers from Company "A," 878th Combat Engineering Battalion, Georgia National Guard returned to the loving arms of family and friends. More...
•Full Story
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 Letters
•DEAR EDITOR:
On the day before Thanksgiving, Swainsboro welcomed home members of our local National Guard Unit from a year's duty in Iraq. The ceremony was attended by people from throughout the area along with the Adjutant General of Georgia National Guard, Gen. David Poythress and many other officers. The cere More...
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY. WHEREAS, heretofore on June 23, More...
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