Entries from March 2010

County schools to lay off 40

Posted by
Kerri Testement
in Area Headline News, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
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Approximately 40 teaching and non-teaching positions are on the Jackson County Board of Education’s list of potential positions to be eliminated next school year.

The board spent an hour behind closed doors Monday to discuss personnel, namely which jobs to trim from the school system’s cash-strapped 2011 general fund budget, which starts July 1.
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Easter egg hunt, parade, set Saturday

Posted by
Mark Beardsley
in Area Headline News
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
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The front lawn of the First Baptist Church of Commerce will be covered with hundreds of children scrambling to find Easter candy and prize eggs.

Community Bank and Trust, the Commerce Area Business Association and the Downtown Development Authority will hold their annual Easter egg hunt and Easter parade Saturday, April 3.
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Fire victims remain in Grady burn unit

Posted by
Mark Beardsley
in Public Safety
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
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Two victims of the March 14 fire in a furniture manufacturing facility remain in the intensive care unit of Grady Memorial Hospital’s burn unit.
Meanwhile, there has been no official determination of the cause of the blaze, which gutted the Waters Brothers building at 1860 North Broad Street.
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Better days ahead for BJC Medical Center

Posted by
Mark Beardsley
in Opinions
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
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Citizens in Banks and Jackson counties should allow themselves some optimism about the future of local health care following the completion last week of the sale of BJC Medical Center to Restoration Healthcare.
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Sara Carter

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MainStreetNewsObits
in Obituaries
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
ATHENS – Sara Dell Carter, 79, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Dellmar and Eddie Kelley Dillard. She was a lunchroom manager for Clarke County Board of Education and was preceded in death by her husband, Emory Carter. Survivors include daughters, Diane Gilbert, Callahan, Fla., and Dreta Hayden, Nicholson; son, ... [Full Story »] 

‘Bob’ Tiller

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in Obituaries
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
ELBERTON – Robert Lewis “Bob” Tiller, 74, of Spring Valley Healthcare Center, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born on March 11, 1936, in Oglethorpe County, he was the son of the late James Dorsey and Martha Grace Tiller. He was the owner/operator of Tiller Trucking Company. He was a veteran having served in the ... [Full Story »] 

Henry Doster

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in Obituaries
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
JEFFERSON - Henry Homer Doster, 69, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Born August 25, 1940, in Jackson County, he was the son of the late, Homer Lee and Norma Reynolds Doster.╩ He served many years as the Jackson County Tax Commissioner and was owner of Doster and Doster Builders. Mr. Doster was a member of Galilee Christian Church, and ... [Full Story »] 

Jack Evans

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in Obituaries
Tuesday, March 30. 2010
MAYSVILLE – Jack Lanier Evans died Monday, March 29, 2010. He was preceded in death by a son, Jackie Evans Jr. Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Jean Evans; daughters and sons-in-law, Linda Kay and Rodney Kittrell, Mary Ellen and Von Wynn, Lisa and Duane Holland; son, Steve Evans; sisters and brother-in-law, Joyce and Maxie Baxter, Sara ... [Full Story »] 

Harold McGinnis

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in Obituaries
Tuesday, March 30. 2010
COMMERCE – Harold Hardman McGinnis, 81, died Monday, March 29, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospice House. Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late Guy Rueben and Woody Nellie Lou Crisler McGinnis. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for over 50 years. He also served on ... [Full Story »] 

Ronnie Gee

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Tuesday, March 30. 2010
GAINESVILLE – Ronnie Clyde Gee, 59, died Sunday, March 28, 2010. Born in Athens, he was the son of the late Wendell H. and Gwendolyn Jenny Elrod Gee. He was an insurance salesman with the Best Insurance Center in Jefferson, was a member of the Pendergrass Baptist Church, and a member of the United States Parachute Association. Mr. Gee was ... [Full Story »] 
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