Sunday, May 18, 2003
Greenbrier principal would have kept incident 'under the rug'
I am a parent of Evans High School children and I know from experience how incompetent Greenbrier High School Principal Dr. Sandra Carraway is at her job.
Fight won't be over until flag is 'on Capitol or on ballot'
Its nearly too much to stomach - how our U.S. government is supposedly trying to establish a democracy in Iraq, yet here in America we Georgians are still being denied a vote (or honest representation) regarding our true Georgia state flag.
City, county will raise building permit fees
After several years of being well behind the curve, McDuffie County has finally caught up.
Lunch prices will rise to feed budget deficit
Columbia County's most inexpensive restaurant could be upping the price of meals next year.
Church senior group celebrates with picnic
As McDuffie County Schools prepare for their summer break, at least one local club is following suit.
Foreign language plan needs study, superintendent says
Spanish instruction in seventh and eighth grades will continue as is next year.
School board stands fast on graduation policy
A parent's plea wasn't enough to change the Columbia County School System's graduation policy Tuesday night.
Bids open for new gym in Thomson
For Thomson High School physical education students and teachers, help is on the way.
Pleasure, pain marked school year
On Friday, Columbia County's 19,000 students ended their 180-day school year - a year marked by tragedy with the death of several students and a year of joy and change as Grovetown's long-awaited middle school opened.
Artists provide food for thought
There's nothing wrong with a little showing off.
Classes in McDuffie wind down for summer
Most school principals are breathing a collective sigh of relief this time of year.
Cardiac arrest
Shannon Powell, a volunteer for the American Heart Association, plays Judge Heartless and imposes sentence on Ruthie Fairclouth from Georgia Bank and Trust during the group's annual Cardiac Arrest.
Property transfers
Karen J. Segar to Nadine Griffis Pena, 525 Julia Court, $145,000.
Get up and go
The Georgia-Carolina Boy Scouts of America will hold the 17th annual Alltel Boy Scout Golf Classic on Monday, June 9, at Mount Vintage Plantation Golf Club. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. with a box lunch at noon. Play will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Dinner will follow the tournament.
Police blotter
The following accounts were taken from reports filed with the Columbia County Sheriff's office.
Current events
Edward Jones Investment Representative Adam G. Meister is sponsoring a round table discussion of current events, the economy and investing at Serendipity on Washington Road in Evans at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Passed over another year
With ears still ringing from tasteless airhorns and heads throbbing from graduation parties, Columbia Countys graduates and their proud parents are waking up today to a shocking realization:
Light is more costly
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father, who is in Heaven.
Fire study makes case for change
Yes, its just a draft. But the newest edition of the Columbia County Fire Services Study makes a thorough, well-researched case for changing the way Columbia County's homes and homeowners are protected.
Family Y completes inaugural in-line hockey season
Columbia County's first in-line hockey league ended Tuesday with two championship games.
Track and field champions throw themselves into work
Columbia County can now add two more state champions to its roster.
Greene Rehabbing in AA
Former Evans start Todd Greene was placed in the 15 Day Disabled List by the Texas Rangers after he strained his hamstring on May 21. Greene began a rehab assignment with the Rangers AA affiliate in Frisco, Texas (Frisco Rough Riders).