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September 12th, 2007
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Not a drive-thru!
On Thursday, Aug. 30 at 5:20 p.m. William Douglas was driving south on Overstreet Rd. When he approached the stop sign at Hwy. 80 west, the brakes gave out on his vehicle. Douglas pulled into Westside One-Stop store crashing into Dale Brown's vehicle that was parked there. Douglas' vehicle continued... More...
Reduction in workforce at EMC

In an effort to cut expenses and "right size" the organization, Emanuel Medical Center recently implemented a reduction in workforce. According to Len Daugherty, CEO, the reduction was made after much thought and involvement of Hospital Authority, medical staff and department managers. More...

Bypass wreck

This wreck occurred on Monday, August 27 at 10:12 a.m. at the intersection of Hwy. 1 and Stingray Rd. Brenda Merchant was traveling north on Hwy. 1 (in Honda Accord) and Julia Atkinson (in Ford F-150) was stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Hwy. 1. and Stingray Rd. Atkinson's vehicle trave... More...

 Inside Front
•Question of the week: Do you feel America is safer from terrorism six years after 9-11?
"To a certain extent, yes. We have upgraded security, but my concern is the infringement on our rights."-- David Porter, Swainsboro More...
•ECI FFA fruit sale
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 News
•Meeting at ECI
Emanuel County Institute Supplemental Educational Services(SES) meeting was held Aug. 30 at ECI. Mrs. Andrea Fairries-Moore (seated, right), GaDOE Parent Outreach Division Director, presented the program. She explained how students can receive free tutoring from State approved private providers ou... More...
•Magic mushrooms!
•Related to Nunez, Minis or Sheftall? Your ancestors could be Jewish
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 Community
•4 Quarters 4 Research
At the Tiger football game on Friday, Sept. 21, the Swainsboro High School Tigers are going to help win the battle of childhood cancer. More...
•Jackson graduates from Baylor University
•Field trip
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 Sports
•Football contest results
It is that time again. Before the winners are announced, let's go over some of the rules: Please have all entries in by 1 p.m. on Friday. Please put all of your information on the entry. For your benefit, include a receipt. Each box on the contest has a game in it, so be sure to circle all the ga... More...
•ECI Bulldogs tops Treutlen Vikings
•13th Annual Chamber Golf outing planned
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 Obituaries
•Lewis Veazy Johnson Jr., 63
TWIN CITY--Funeral for Lewis Veazy Johnson, Jr., 63, was held Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Twin City United Methodist Church with Rev. Randall Smith and Rev. Richard Turner officiating. Burial was in Fairhaven United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jenkins County. He died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2... More...
•Lugenia 'Jean' Phillips Bacon, 86
•Benjamin F. 'Ben' Brown, 47
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 Columns
•Ten years and counting...
This year, September is either an auspicious or frightening month, depending on which way you look at it: It's my 10th year at The Forest-Blade! It's rather surreal, but must be true because our staff celebrated with a lunch at a local restaurant last week. (They very wisely gave us our own room... More...
•Summer days gone by
•Conquering the great outdoors 'sounds' like a good idea
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
NOTICE GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY PROBATE COURT DEE P. WHITEHEAD has petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of JAMES EDWARD PALMER, deceased, of said County. More...
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