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Question of the week:
What are your plans for Spring Break?
     "I'm going on some college tours."-- Darius Jackson, Adrian
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Traffic on Lambs Bridge discussed---again
By JACQUIE BRASHER
      Mary Smith and Michelle Goff from East Georgia College approached Emanuel County Commissioners Monday night to ask for assistance to study traffic issues on Lambs Bridge Road. They suggested a four-way stop at the intersection of the Lambs Bridge Road and Meadowlake Parkway while Georgia Departmen...
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School board honored
      The Emanuel County School District is joining in a statewide celebration this week to salute the efforts of local school board members. The week of March 17-21 has been proclaimed School Board Appreciation Week in Georgia. The weeklong observance calls attention to the contributions of local board...
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Barnette visits Flanders
      Swainsboro native Morris Lee "Bud" Flanders, right, retired U.S. Air Force staff sergeant now living in the Dublin VA Retirement Center, was recently chosen to meet Larry Barnette, American League Baseball umpire, left. After a lengthy visit filled with Barnette's Major League baseball anecdotes, ...
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Manhattan Trio to perform at EGC
      The Manhattan Piano Trio (MPT) will perform in the auditorium of the Luck Flanders Gambrell Center on Tuesday, April 1 at 11 a.m. Sponsored by the EGC Vision Series, a privately funded initiative that underwrites academic and cultural enrichment programs for East Georgia College students and the s...
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Relay for Life dinner slated at EGC
      Emanuel Medical Center and Emanuel County Relay for Life Planning Committee are sponsoring the annual Emanuel County Survivors' Dinner on Monday, April 7 at 6 p.m. at East Georgia College. Please RSVP by March 28 due to limited space. Call DeAnna T. Moore, 478-289- 9900 day, 478-668-3784 evenings...
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Fagler receives appointment with Georgia State Patrol
      Captain Mike Fagler of Swainsboro has recently been appointed Executive Assistant to Colonel Bill Hitchens, the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety in Atlanta. Fagler, a 27 year veteran of the Georgia State Patrol, is a 1977 graduate of Swainsboro High School and a 1980 gradua...
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Faithful Service awards
     Deborah Martin, left, business manager at Ogeechee Behavioral Health Services, recently presented a certificate to Eva Nell Brown, housekeeper, for 15 years of service. Mark Humphrey, support technician, received a 5-year certificate from David Barrett, MIS/IT director, far right.
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Gilmer speaks to Work- Based Learning students
      Elizabeth Gilmer, senior vice president and Swainsboro branch manager of Durden Banking Company, recently spoke to the work-based learning students of Emanuel County Institute and Swainsboro High School.
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