Local student participates in STC 2017 Practical Nursing Pinning Ceremonies



On July 27 and August 1 of this year, Southeastern Technical College (STC) presented 18 Practical Nursing graduates with pins of completion on the Swainsboro and Vidalia Campuses, respectfully. Graduates from the Swainsboro Practical Nursing program are Ali Deal from Millen, Heather Johnson from Kite, Monica Moseley from Twin City, Rebecca Sonder from Swainsboro, Alisia Johnson and Chelsea Taylor from […]

Local students among the STC 2017 Medical Assistant Pinning Ceremonies



On August1 and August 2, Southeastern Technical College (STC) presented 25 Medical Assistant (MA) graduates with pins of completion on the Swainsboro and Vidalia campuses, respectfully. The Swainsboro graduates are Le’Derria Lenon and Breanna Cooper from Swainsboro, Katelyn Oglesby from Millen, Shuquarius Ricks and Brittney Latham from Soperton, Taylor Canty and Michelle Headrick from Twin City, Katherine Stickle from Wadley, […]

Correction



A line was inadvertently “dropped” in the first sentence of the article on Troy Gay that appeared on the front page of last week’s issue. The sentence should have read, “The Jenkins County Board of Commissioners suspended at its August meeting County Attorney Troy Gay, pending the outcome of charges filed against him.” Also, it was omitted that Commissioner Jason […]

The Chatter Box



I have a monkey for a grandchild! Savannah, 16 months, climbs on everything, and I do mean “everything.” You give her a toy to play with and the first thing she does is put it on the floor and stand on it. Leave a chair slightly pulled out from the kitchen table, and you will find her standing on the […]

Thank You



We are so deeply moved with thankfulness for the outpouring of love, compassion and prayers for our family during the loss of our dear loved one, Randy. He touched so many lives and for this we are deeply grateful. We will live with the vacancy, but never forget the bonds of brother, nephews, friend, son, daddy and mother. The Family […]

Mike Reese

“I was just thinking”

As you probably already know, Washington, DC doesn’t have a lock on spiraling stupidity. It’s like a cancer metastasizing throughout the nation. I can’t say for certain but stupidity’s growth seems to run parallel with internet growth. But, maybe, we’ve always been this stupid, and it’s just that our stupidity is more evident now due to Internet this, Snapchat that, […]

Don Lively

THE GREAT BARNYARD ESCAPE

Reprint from 2008 Our old barn was a place of great adventure. It was huge and already ancient by the time I came along. It was built of weathered lapboard with a rusty tin roof. The barn took on many incarnations from our farm kid imaginations. When we were pirates on the high seas the barn was our tall ship. […]

Home Country



It was Thursday again. Mabel Adams asked at the desk to be sure. “Thursday all day, Mabel,” the girl said. “Don’t forget to get your hair done today. Two o’clock … right?” “Right,” Mabel said, locking the time away in her mind. “Two o’clock. On Thursday.” She took her purple walker and went half a block to the counter at […]

Marion Christine Dickey Casey



Mrs. Marion Christine Dickey Casey, age 81, went home to be with her heavenly father on Friday evening, August 18, 2017. She was under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, where she was a patient at their inpatient facility. Christine was a native and lifelong resident of Jenkins County, and a 1954 graduate of Jenkins County High School. […]

Larry Kenneth “Ken” Bargeron



Mr. Larry Kenneth “Ken” Bargeron, 63, of Woodstock died Tuesday, August 15, 2017 in Charlotte, NC. He was born in Jenkins County and was a retired Computer Science Engineer specializing in Website Security for Hewlett-Packard Corporation. Mr. Bargeron was preceded in death by his father, Sam Bargeron; his daughter, Christine; and sister, Joy Bargeron Kwolek. Funeral Services were 3 p.m. […]