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Sergio Arreguin, a GSU student from Appling County will be one of four drummers from the Georgia Southern University Southern Pride Marching Band that will accompany country music singer, songwriter and Georgia Southern alumnae Elizabeth Cook when she performs on the Late Show with David Letterman on March 14. The show will air that evening at 11:35 p.m. ET/10:35 p.m. CT on CBS. [Full Story »] 

New life is being brought back to the old Piggly Wiggly grocery store building, located on East Parker Street in Baxley. [Full Story »] 

A new law that changes the way motor vehicles are taxed in Georgia will go into effect on March 1. Motor vehicles purchased on or after March 1 and titled in this state will be exempt from sales use tax and annual ad valorem tax, also known as the “Birthday Tax.” These taxes will be replaced by a one time tax that is imposed at the time the vehicle is titled on the fair market value of the vehicle called the title ad valorem tax (TAVT). For the first year of the TAVT, the rate will be 6.5% of the fair market value as indentified by the Georgia Motor vehicle assessment manual. The TAVT is applicable to dealer and casual sales, but excludes non-titled vehicles such as trailers and other non-motorized vehicles which will remain subject to ad valorem tax. [Full Story »] 

By Jeff Gill, Gainesville Times

Before Tuesday, Hall County might as well have been in another state for many of the visiting teenagers.

Venturing four to five hours from their home in rural southeast Georgia, the Appling County High School sophomores got to see a faster pace of life — especially traveling through Atlanta — but also heightened educational opportunities. [Full Story »] 

Georgia’s longest yard sale, now over 220 miles long, the Peaches to the Beaches Yard Sale will take place Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9 along the Golden Isles Parkway, U.S. Highway 341. Yard sale organizer for Appling County, Paula Tanner, encourages everyone planning to have a yard sale anywhere in Appling County during the Peaches to Beaches Yard Sale weekend, to please pay the $30 Official Vendor Fee and be listed on the official Appling County Site Map given to all visitors during the event. Your $30 fee covers your setup and advertisement for the entire weekend. Without the Golden Isles Parkway Association’s advertisement for the Peaches to Beaches Yard Sale the event would not be as successful for everyone. For an application or additional information on becoming a vendor in Appling County, please contact Paula Tanner with the Baxley-Appling County Board of Tourism at 912-367-7731 or by e-mail: baxleytoursim@bellsouth.net. Visit the official website at www.peachestothebeaches.com to learn more about the annual Peaches to Beaches Yard Sale. [Full Story »] 

A Financial Aid Workshop will be held on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6:00 at Appling County High School in room 302 to help seniors and their parents complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form online. [Full Story »] 

Principal Brenda R. Harvey, Assistant Principal Cindy V. Stewart, and all of the Appling County Primary School Staff would like to cordially invite the community to attend the 11th Annual Miss ACPS Pageant located at the Appling County Elementary School Complex beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1. [Full Story »] 

Appling Christian Academy invites the public to take a tour and get to know the staff and student’s families at their annual Live/Silent Auction and Dinner on Saturday, March 2, beginning at 6:00 p.m. This is your opportunity to learn more about Appling Christian Academy’s college-prep school for pre-school through 12th grade. [Full Story »] 

The Appling County Recreation Department new office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. M-F.

Looking for something free to do with the kids? Stop by the Appling County Public Library for Story and Craft Time every Monday at 4:00 p.m. [Full Story »] 

By Jamie Gardner

Fram Renewable Fuels President Harold Arnold, at the invitation of Congressman John Barrow, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade on February 14 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The hearing, A Nation of Builders: Manufacturing in America, allowed members of Congress to examine manufacturing in America and to garner input from business leaders across the country. [Full Story »] 

The annual staff of Appling County High School would like to invite everyone to come out on February 23 for the 45th Annual Miss Pirate Pageant. 2012 Miss Pirate, C.G. Stewart, will be crowning the new 2013 Miss Pirate. C.G., the daughter of Warren and Cindy Stewart, is a junior at Appling County High School. [Full Story »] 

District Attorney Jackie Johnson announces the conviction and sentence of 29 year-old Christopher Aaron O’Berry of Baxley for Aggravated Child Molestation. [Full Story »]