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Hwy. 1 accident
This wreck occurred on Friday, Aug. 17, at 8:20 a.m. on Hwy. 1. According to the Georgia State Patrol report, John Johnson (in Mack Truck) was traveling south on Hwy. 1 when he felt a "pop" on the front of the truck. It caused him to lose control of the vehicle. The truck traveled out of control a... More...
Emergency Food Assistance program

A mass food distribution will be held at Emanuel County Senior Center on Wednesday, Sept. 5 from 10:30 a.m. until all food is gone. The event is a firstcome, first-served basis, with one bag of food per lowincome and/or elderly person. More...

Early deadlines

Due to the Labor Day holiday, The Forest Blade will be closed Monday, Sept. 3. Deadlines for the Sept. 5 issue are as follows: Social news and Classifieds: Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 12 noon. News: Thursday, Aug. 30 at 12 noon. Advertising: Friday, Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. More...

 Inside Front
•Question of the week:
"We have done good so far. We are going to practice and keep working hard."-- Washaun Ealey, Twin City More...
•Barrow visits Rotary
•Council passes 2008 budget
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 News
•To Be Noted
School holiday Schools and offices in the Emanuel County School System will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3 for Labor Day. All will return to their regular schedules on Tuesday, Sept. 4, according to Superintendent Butch Frye. More...
•Police Report
•Jail Activity
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 Community
•Pittman Scott appointed to board
Swainsboro native Ashley Pittman Scott has been nominated and appointed to a three-year term on the Terry College of Business Alumni board of directors for University of Georgia. She is an alumni of UGA Terry College of Business where she graduated magna cum laude with a BBA in accounting in 1993. More...
•Memory bench donated to EMC
•Check presentation
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 Sports
•Football!
It's that time of year again! Included in this week's issue of our paper is our annual Football Preview! This jam-packed issue features Emanuel County football players from Emanuel County Institute, David Emanuel Academy and Swainsboro High School. More...
•Tigers' scrimmage looks promising
•DEA to host Bulloch on Thursday
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 Obituaries
•James David Dryden Sr., 81
SWAINSBORO--Funeral for James David Dryden, 81, will be held Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Vaughn-Guynn Funeral Home in Galax, Va. Burial will be at Fairview Baptist Church in Galax. He died Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 at Heritage Healthcare in Swainsboro. More...
•Leon 'Buddy' Hooks, 53
•George Lee Martensen, 34
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 Columns
•The dreaded 'H' word
As a woman who is all too familiar with weird scenarios that can come with "female plumbing," I was still not prepared for the dreaded "H" word when it was applied to me. As well-read as I like to think I am, I was completely sidelined by the word. As cosmopolitan and savvy as I would like to see ... More...
•School is in--recess is out
•The silence of the Democrats
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 Letters
•Reader 'appalled' by Woods
DEAR EDITOR: I was appalled last week when I read The Blade's lead article on Ray Woods. He is alleged to have used a dummy company called The Therapy Group to bilk taxpayers out of $237,798.25 that should have been given to our school children. More...
•Reader supports universal healthcare
•Reader thanks EMC
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
Case # 0M165 Misty Moye has petitioned to change names of minor children Lawrence Gable Lopez and Isis Neivess Lopez to Lawrence Gable Moye and Isis Neivessa Moye petition has been filed in the Superior Court of Emanuel County this day July 23, 2007. More...
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