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As college classes begin for the fall semester, 10 students from Lincoln County received a boost in financial assistance. Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., awarded nearly $1.4 million in college scholarships to over 400 students in Georgia and South Carolina for the 2006-2007 academic year. $30,000 was More ... Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin announced today that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns has designated 155 Georgia counties as agricultural disaster areas due to agricultural damage from the effects of drought and excessive heat. Governor Perdue submitted his request for the More ... The Savannah Lakes Promenaders Square Dance Club is hosting an open house on Tuesday, September 12th from 7 - 9 p.m. at the SLV Activity Center. If you're interested in having some wholesome fun, getting a little exercise and meeting some fantastic new folks, we encourage you to attend. More ... Joe Doyle, Administrator of The Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA), is advising consumers to be aware of practices by California companies that promote movie downloads over the internet. The Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of the State of Washington have recently filed law More ... To thousands of boaters, the Labor Day Holiday weekend signals the unofficial end of summer and many will celebrate on the water one last time before fall arrives. This year in Georgia there has been 113 boating incidents, 14 boating incident related fatalities and 44 drownings, according to the Geo More ... Impaired drivers cause a third of Georgia's traffic fatalities, however few drivers realize the number of dead on our highways far exceeds the number attributed each year to homicide. Today the Governor's Office of Highway Safety announced a series of grant programs totaling $4,959,000.00 to create More ... Prepared by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Office of Public Affairs Tommy Irvin, Commissioner. Call Consumer Q's hotline at 1-800-282-5852. More ... Taking a hunter education class in Georgia is easier than ever, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Hunters can access an approved hunter education course on the Internet, www.beasafehunter.org, use a hunter education CD-Rom or take the tradit More ... A collection of cathedral bird houses and other items handcrafted by Wylie Dallas (pictured) will be on display at the Lincoln County Library throughout the month of September. The log cabin, which Dallas is holding, features a real rock chimney, a bedstead, a washstand, a butter churn, and chair, with a spittoon on one side and a jug of corn liquor on the other. More ... Lincoln County students may now view their progress reports and other information via the Internet, using the iParent Program. More ... The lack of rain in the upper Savannah River watershed, along with continuing declines in lake levels, has forced the Savannah District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to restrict the water flow from the Hartwell and Thurmond dams. More ... Governor Sonny Perdue arrived at Elijah Clark State Park by helicopter which found a place to land near the putt-putt golf course. More ... |
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