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It looks as if Baxley and Appling County will finally have a recycling program, at least for paper products. In case you missed the article on this week’s front page one young lady in the community, Tierra Lewis, recognized that our community needed to get a recycling program started and worked to get the ball rolling. Tierra, along with the Girl Scouts, now have a paper recycling program operating within county schools. Thank you Tierra. [Full Story »] 

Paul Payack, president and chief word analyst of the Global Language Monitor, says that “the attempt to remove all bias from language is itself creating biases. It is becoming increasingly difficult to engage in any form of public dialogue without offending someone’s sensitivities, whether right, left or center.” [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor and Citizens,

The spirit of the Lord began speaking to my heart concerning prayer and I’m asking for churches to come together, let’s touch and agree to pray and believe God. [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor

The scouts and leaders of Troop 472 want to thank our community for their support of our recent pancake breakfast. We served over 425 people. The funds raised will be used to support a variety of upcoming events to include a whitewater-rafting trip. [Full Story »] 

Dear Editor and citizens of Appling County,

Since the Appling County Heritage Center receives many requests to see old school annuals, we are seeking annuals and senior group pictures from public and private schools in Appling County for our historical collection. We welcome old and new annuals from any historical period. [Full Story »] 

Older people have a reputation for being bad tempered, ogres that no one knows how to handle. Quite a few maladies might explain this ornery condition, especially if a person has suddenly changed character. For a life-long grouch to remain grouchy in old age shocks no one; when a gentle soul totally changes character, we all jump to attention. Such was the case with my father. Daddy, the very epitome of patience and gentleness all my life, changed drastically in his last few years. He’d call me from the nursing home in Lumber City and scream at me, although I’d never before heard him raise his voice. Alzheimers was screaming, not my beloved father. He spent his last years where he could get the care we could not provide. My sister and I visited him almost daily, making sure he never became one of the abandoned ones. [Full Story »] 

By Georgia Representative Tommy Smith

A large group of farmers and other businessmen, mostly representing Georgia’s agricultural and landscaping industries, gave lawmakers a dire warning about the impact of immigration legislation being considered by lawmakers, as it is currently written. In a letter delivered to the General Assembly last Monday, the group made up of scores of vegetable and fruit farmers, landscapers, and agricultural industry representatives, warned that if significant changes are not included in the legislation, it could threaten Georgia’s 68.8 billion dollar industry. The groups included the Georgia Farm Bureau, the Georgia AgriBusiness Council, and the Georgia Urban Ag Council. [Full Story »] 

Some three years ago, a seemingly never-ending series of studies, audits and reports criticized the Georgia Department of Transportation on a variety of fronts. Harsh comments made headlines across the state. Georgians were left to wonder if the DOT was an unaccountable, broken, unfixable bureaucracy. [Full Story »] 

On Monday, The News-Banner received the following statement from Sen. Tommie Williams about the Savannah Port deepening project. [Full Story »]