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Juanita and Tom Morris will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Sarah’s in the City. [Full Story »] 

By Renee O’Qunn

Ever since Johnnie Godfrey can remember he has always loved cars. His dream car a 2002 Ford Mustang GT with a 4.6 V8 engine, color mineral gray, became a semi-finalist in an online photo contest. A picture of his car became a semi finalist and made it in a national Mustang parts catalog. [Full Story »] 

Lamar and Janice Rozar will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on August 25th. [Full Story »] 

Marion Paula Ball of Klingenberg am Main, Bavaria, Germany announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Nicola Heike Ball, to Derek Leon Robinson, son of Bart and Christine Robinson. [Full Story »] 

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (August 19, 2011) - Hunters statewide can celebrate the beginning of dove season at noon Saturday, Sept. 3. Long-awaited opening day is traditionally considered the beginning of the fall hunting season, and with the numerous wildlife management area hunts scheduled, it is the perfect opportunity to introduce children and grandchildren to the sport. [Full Story »] 

(This is for all you critics that have accused me of being too serious lately.)

Have you ever noticed how children made from the same gene pool can be total opposites? Take my two boys for instance. Cole, my oldest son at age 11, is somewhat reserved. He likes to stay inside, watch television and play video games. Jacob, the youngest, age 6, is very outspoken and prefers the outdoors. [Full Story »] 

As a member of the Baby Boomer Generation, I realize that we have a bad reputation as wastrels. If it doesn’t work anymore, we throw it away and replace it with a brand new model, never thinking of repair, the environment, or the coming generations. We’re talking cars, computers, toasters, irons, refrigerators, etc. I do not fit that category. My spouse has a marvelous knack for repairing broken machinery. Our car is a 2001 model with 240,000 miles on it. Larry has at one time or other repaired the washer, dryer, vacuum cleaner, water heater, and our various old vehicles. The lawn mower is torn apart in the back yard right now being repaired. We do believe in repairing when we can, but there comes a time when the big green trash can is the only solution. If it’s not big enough, we know the way to the landfill. Too many folks just can’t bear to throw things away, even when they should. But when the stores try to sell junk to the public, it’s time to yell. [Full Story »] 

Here I am, with one foot stuck in the Civil War thanks to having heard stories about it from one who was there, and one foot in this crazy, light speed modern world. It seems foreign to my children when I tell them that when I was a boy there was no TV or computers or indoor plumbing in many homes, and no telephones. What we did have, however, that my children or yours have never had the pleasure of, is listening to radio shows as a family group. Mr. and Mrs. North, The Squeaking Door, The Lone Ranger, Amos & Andy, Peter Pan and a litany of others. Those old radio actors could make our whole family sit in rapt silence staring at the radio and hanging on every word of their story. [Full Story »] 

The prohibition of beverage alcohol in the 1920’s and 30’s in the United States is one of most famous, or infamous, times in recent American history. The intention was to reduce the consumption of alcohol by eliminating businesses that manufactured, distributed and sold it. Considered by many as a failed social and political experiment, the era changed the way many Americans view alcoholic beverages, enhancing the realization that federal government control cannot always take the place of personal responsibility. [Full Story »] 

Mrs. Corine Carter Allen, 84, died August 15, 2011 at Hospice Satilla House, Inc. in Waycross. She was born March 2, 1927 in Fairhope, Alabama to the late Marion Carter, Sr. and the late Sallie Coleman Carter.

Mrs. Allen was the wife of the late Joseph Oscar Allen. She was a dedicated member of Scott’s Chapel United Methodist Church, one of the founding members of Gardenia Social Club, Progressive Charity Club, and Ida Mae Chapter #299 Order of the Eastern Star, Girls Social Club and the Pierce County Senior Citizens Service Center. She received her education in the Pierce County School System. [Full Story »]