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New Student Registration at Union County High
      Union County High School will hold registration for all new and transferring students for grades 9 through 12 for the upcoming 2007-2008 school year beginning Tuesday, July 31, through Thursday, August 2, 2007.
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Union County Arrest Report
      The following is the arrest report for the Union County Jail. This report is from the open records for the the period of July 1 through July 9, 2007.
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Pearson appointed Vice Chairman of Senate Transportation Committee
      ATLANTA - Lt. Governor Casey Cagle has appointed Sen. Chip Pearson (R-Dawsonville) as vice chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. He succeeds Sen. Jim Whitehead, Sr. (REvans) who left the state Senate to run for higher office.
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Lawmakers kick off Georgia Small Business Initiative
      In a recent meeting of the Senate and House Economic Development Committees, Georgia lawmakers kicked off a statewide Small Business Initiative that will run through the remainder of 2007. During this series of meetings, state legislators will hear directly from entrepreneurs and business leaders ...
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Fun fourth in Suches
      The Suches Fire Department can't quite remember when it all started, it was a dozen or so years back, when a few gathered in a member's backyard on the 4th with some bottle rockets. Not so these days. When the department gathers to celebrate the birth of our country, it gets done up right.
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Upward hosts summer camps
By JARED PUTNAM Union Sentinel Editor
      The House of Prayer Interdenominational Church recently hosted basketball and cheerleading camps as part of the church's Upward athletic program. Almost 100 children from kindergarten through 8th grade participated in the basketball camp while almost 40 girls took part in the cheerleading camp.
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Local Cub Scouts participate in annual Twilight Camp
      A year of hard work paid off in a fun way for local Cub Scouts who participated in a week-long Cub Scout Twilight Camp. Like previous years, the Twilight Camp was held at First United Methodist Church in Blairsville. The fun-filled evenings began with dinner in the Fellowship Hall, prepared and s...
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Dyer-Souther Reunion
By Ethelene Dyer Jones
      Saturday, July 14, 2007 marks the date for the annual Dyer-Souther Heritage Association Reunion. Choestoe Baptist Church's Family Life Center will be a-buzz with people, beginning with registration at 11:00 a. m. Abounteous covered dish meal will be enjoyed at noon. The reunion program will begin ...
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New coach works to rebuild UGA Livestock Judging Team
By KATHERINE TIPPINS University of Georgia
      Since 1995, only four of the nation's collegiate livestock judging teams have competed from Georgia. Jary Douglas plans to change those statistics, but he can't do it alone. He needs the support of the state's livestock industry.
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Trike-A-Thon huge success
      Thank you to everyone that participated in the Mountain Learning and Child Care Center's Trike-A-Thon for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Whether you gave a donation, helped with the Trike-A-Thon, rode or walked in the event or just cam to watch, we thank you. The children raised $1,215.0...
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Miss Georgia Mountain Fair Junior Pageants
Call for Contestants Age 3-18
      The Georgia Mountain Fair is looking for contestants to participate in this year's Miss Georgia Mountain Fair Junior Pageants, held Monday, July 23 in Anderson Music Hall from 2-5 p.m. Applicants must be between the ages of 3 and 18 and will compete in appropriate age divisions.
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Steve Cochran receives Twenty-Five Year Chevron
      Union County Lion Steve Cochran is shown receiving his twenty-five service pin from long time member, Lion Arthur Gurr at a recent Union County Lions Club meeting.
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