Police Report
      Swainsboro police officers reported the following cases: Dec. 27 A Vidalia woman reported her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend damaged her vehicle. Dec. 29 A N. Green St. woman reported her son's wife threw the phone and hit the front of the house. Officer assisted Johnson County deputy with a susp...
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Sheriff's Report
      Emanuel County Sheriff's deputies reported the following cases: Dec. 28 Officer reported that an injured person left the emergency room at Emanuel Medical Center and did not give personnel his name. AFowler Rd., Twin City man reported a woman, who was identified, entered his home without permis...
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Shopping and strolling on second Saturday
      Swainsboro has joined the ranks of Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Statesboro and Atlanta in hosting an Art Stroll, an event where patrons walk around to area businesses to view artwork, visit area stores, and get great deals on purchases around town. Art openings at Gallery RFD, Jack's Java Cove, Emanue...
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Jail Activity
      The following persons have been booked into Emanuel County Jail, according to Emanuel County Sheriff Tyson Stephens, on warrants obtained by one of several local law enforcement agencies, designated by each name: Drug Task Force (DTF); Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI); Georgia Department of Pa...
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Four cited for DUI
      The following is a list of all DUI citations released from files of Georgia State Patrol for Emanuel County and Swainsboro Police Department this week. Those cited for DUI are as follows: Georgia State Patrol: Erby G. Minyard Jr., 64, 3109 Myrtle Rd., Edisto, Jan. 3, 1:10 p.m.
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GSP reports 21 traffic accidents in December
      Georgia State Patrol at Swainsboro investigated 21 traffic accidents in Emanuel County during December 2006. These accidents resulted in 17 injuries and two deaths. Sgt. First Class J.L. Brewer said troopers from Post 19 also issued 208 traffic citations in the county for the month.
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Religious News
      Rock Worship Rock Worship Center in Stillmore will have revival Jan. 14-21 at 7 p.m. (There will be no Saturday night service.) Guest speakers will be missionaries Frank and Barbara Abram. Pastor is Rev. Ronnie Collins. Mt. Gilead MBC Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church in Canoochee will have...
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To Be Noted
      Relay meeting A meeting for all team captains for Relay for Life will be held Thursday, Jan. 11 at Queensborough National Bank & Trust at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call DeAnna Moore, 289- 9900; or Brandi Hudson, 237-4208.
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Twenty sentenced in Superior Court
      Twenty people were sentenced in Emanuel County Superior Court on the dates of Dec. 29, Jan. 3 and Jan. 5. Judges were Judge Kathy S. Palmer and Judge Bobby Reeves. Dec. 29, Judge Palmer Alicia Renee Wasden Snell negotiated a plea of guilty on counts 1 and 2, theft by taking. She was sentenced to...
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To be noted
Commission meeting
      Emanuel County Commissioners meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan, 16 at 7 p.m. due to the Martin Luther King Jr. public holiday on Monday, Jan. 15.
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2006 in review: UGA specialists urge Georgians to live well
By Stephanie Schupska University of Georgia
      When Sue Chapman considered the best gadgets to represent Living Well Week March 12-18, she decided to go with a tape measure, the small roll of plastic and metal that takes the guesswork out of so many things.
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2006 in review: Agricultural drought intensifies across Georgia
By David Emory Stooksbury University of Georgia
      Moderate agricultural drought now covers most of the state as mild agricultural drought spreads into all of north Georgia. Only southeast Georgia now has near-normal soil moisture conditions for mid-to-late June. Mild to moderate agricultural drought generally exists north and west of a line from ...
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2006 in review: El Niño climate pattern
By Sharon Omahen University of Georgia
      Releasing more than 250 news items, Georgia FACES remained the news to use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences in 2006. The return of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean will make the Georgia, Florida and Alabama weather colder an...
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Shed pounds at Georgia state parks..........
      It is no wonder that one of the top New Year's resolutions is to lose weight - since most have overindulged during the holidays with parties, feasts, cocktails and sweets.
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2006 in review: NSF awards UGA $1.1 million grant for gene study
By Philip Lee Williams University of Georgia
      Releasing more than 250 news items, Georgia FACES remained the news to use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences in 2006. Plasmids, small independently replicating DNA segments found mostly in bacteria and archaebacteria, are molecular trucks, buses a...
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2006 in review: Climate forecast calls for more of same in Georgia
By Dan Rahn University of Georgia
      Releasing more than 250 news items, Georgia FACES remained the news to use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences in 2006. If you don't like the weather we've been having in Georgia this summer, you probably won't like the forecast. The Southeast Climate Consortium...
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News from the Farm......
By Mark Crosby Emanuel County Extension Coordinator
      The Emanuel County Extension Office will be providing the following educational programs during the first 3 months of 2007. Most of the programs are geared towards commercial farmers, yet there are also programs for gardeners. Farmers and gardeners wanting to attend should call the Emanuel County E...
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