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One of the great treats that comes from my job as a writer are all the wonderful, handwritten letters I receive. Few are typed and though I receive many emails, these scripted letters are always the most joyous.
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Paula Smith is the Associate of the Month at Stone Brooke Suites She is the human resources partner/financial services assistant.
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Cory Gattie was promoted to Director of Highway and Transportation for Associated General Contractor’s National Office in Washington, DC. Cory is a graduate of Jones County High School. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2016 and worked as an intern for State Representative, Austin Scott. From there, he worked on Capitol Hill for two years as a legislative correspondent for distinguished and now retired State Senator, Johnny Isakson. In February 2019, Cory took a position as a legislative assistant at AGC. His knowledge, hard work and dedication were quickly noticed, helping him earn this prestigious promotion.
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Before all outgoing calls from the Jones County jail are connected with an outside party, a recorded message reminds the inmate placing the call that the calls are recorded. It appears, however, that inmates do not pay attention to the warning.
Read more“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:4)
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I have long been an admirer of the words and works of the late Paul Harvey and his radio commentaries known as the "The Rest of the Story." I had the privilege of meeting him in New York at the Peabody Awards ceremonies, sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Georgia. He was a deserved recipient of that prestigious honor. He was also a kind and gracious soul.
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A while back, I found myself on a rural backroad that is now a blacktop, but I remember when it was nothing more than red dirt that left a swirl of dust behind the back end of a car or marred its wheels in mud that stuck to the whitewall tires like putty.
Read moreDear 2020 high school graduates of Milledgeville/ Baldwin County,
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