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Poor Boys Hot Rods Cruise-in event returns Saturday, March 26 at 5:00 p.m.-until at the Baxley Huddle House. [Full Story »] 

Baxley Police Chief James Godfrey reports that on February 13 at approximately 12:47, answered a call to a Cadillac Drive address in reference to an unresponsive person. On arrival officers met with the EMS unit where they observed a male subject lying in the doorway and was unresponsive. Investigation revealed that the resident an Andy John Prescott, age 62, had died sometime during the night. The case was turned over to the coroner’s office. [Full Story »] 

Appling County Primary School will be having kindergarten registration for the 2011-2012 school year at Appling County Primary School March 21 thru March 24, Monday-Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. [Full Story »] 

By Becky Collins

The 4-H Club held its annual recipe contest on Feb. 22. The 4-H MilkMake Recipe Contest is offered to fifth and sixth grade 4-H’ers. Appling County had a total of 88 4-H’ers who turned in a recipe.
The objectives of the contest are to develop skills for utilizing milk creatively and to acquire knowledge of the nutritional value and versatility of milk. [Full Story »] 

Morgan Padgett competed in the Georgia State Market Hog Show in Perry on February 16-19. Her barrow pig, Porky, placed first in his class. Her gilt, Petunia, placed 10th in her weight class. [Full Story »] 

Boy Scout Troop 472 will be having its seventh annual Pancake Breakfast during the Baxley Tree Fest on Saturday, April 9, at First Methodist Church Family Life Center from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Tickets are $5.00 for all you can eat pancakes, sausage, orange juice, milk, and coffee (dine-in or carry-out). Orders of ten or more can be delivered. Tickets are available from any Boy Scout or contact Scoutmaster Matt Jones at 367-1522. [Full Story »] 

By Jamie Gardner

On Tuesday, March 15, 3,289 votes were cast in the State of Georgia Special Election. On the ballot in Appling County were two special referendums, the countywide referendum to decide whether or not to continue the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) and the decision on Fourth District Elementary School’s fate to be closed or not closed.
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Appling County Middle School seventh grader Luke Dyal is heading for the GAE State Spelling Bee. Dyal represented Appling County Middle School at the Appling County Spelling Bee and was named Appling County Spelling Bee Champion. [Full Story »] 

A representative from Congressman Jack Kingston’s office will be in Appling County to meet with anyone who needs assistance with a federal agency during an upcoming Congressional “Day Office.” [Full Story »] 

The Appling County Board of Education Held Groundbreaking Ceremonies for the new Pre-K Center located behind Appling County Primary School and for additional classrooms and PE facility at Appling County Middle School on Thursday March 3, 2011. These two projects are being funded by the Educational Special Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) which was approved by local voters in 2007. Both projects have been in the planning stage for some time while logistical issues were being resolved. [Full Story »] 

Gary Thomas and Donnie Sikes, Jr. were recently honored with a retirement dinner given by the Baxley Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and Baxley Fire Department. [Full Story »] 

Kara Elizabeth Clark, daughter of James and Melanie Clark, has been chosen as the Colonel Daniel Appling Chapter NSDAR Good Citizen of 2011. The purpose of the Good Citizen award is to recognize Senior High School students who exemplify the qualities of good citizenship. The student selected as the school’s DAR Good Citizen must exhibit the qualities of dependability (which includes truthfulness, loyalty, and punctuality); Service (which includes cooperation, courtesy and consideration of others); Leadership (which includes personality, self-control and the ability to assume responsibility) and Patriotism (which includes unselfish interest of family, school, community and nation). [Full Story »] 

Sheriff Benny DeLoach would like to report the following activity of the Appling County Sheriff’s Office.

On March 5, answered a call to Highway 144 in reference to a subject attempting to commit a theft. The subject was found inside the cab of an Appling County motor grader trying to start the motor grader. Jerry Carl Evans, age 59, of Baxley, was arrested and charged with DUI 2nd, driving while license withdrawn, and criminal attempt to commit a theft. [Full Story »]