Community Calendar
      GED/Adult classes Augusta Technical College and Lincoln County Family Connection are offering GED/Adult Literacy classes on Mon., Tues., and Thurs. from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Wed., from 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. For more information, please call 706-359-3425 or 706-359-5769.
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Dear Hearts and Gentle People
      I'm appalled and dismayed, as I'm sure you are, at the recent Northern Illinois University shooting rampage that killed seven students and injured many more. It seems there is just no end to the violence perpetrated against innocent people, adults and children alike, in our public schools.
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IRS will send stimulus payments automatically starting in May
      The Internal Revenue Service is advising Georgia taxpayers that in most cases they will not have to do anything extra this year to get the economic stimulus payments beginning in May. If you are eligible for a payment, all you have to do is file a 2007 tax return and the IRS will do the rest.
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Senate passes property tax reform measures
By State Sen. Bill Jackson
      The Georgia General Assembly is now on its way to the fifth week of the legislative session, and so far, numerous measures have been passed that seek to better the lives of Georgians. We have completed 18 of the 40 required legislative days of business, and I am proud of the work we have done up t...
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