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Repot pot-bound plants
By: Robert N. Brewer, Jr. Extension Tips
      Spring is here. After months of being cooped up indoors, it's finally time for gardeners to go dig in the dirt. But they shouldn't pass by their pot-bound plants on the way. Repotting pot bound plants is often a neglected gardening chore.
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
      Every two and a half minutes, someone is America is being sexually assaulted. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month - a national effort to raise the awareness of this heinous crime and encourage support for prevention efforts.
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Appalachian Native Botanical Sanctuaries --- A Good Idea!
By Jennifer Cordier
      Spring has arrived in the mountains! This is a magical season which delights our senses. We rise to the music of songbirds, breath in the citrus scent of witch hazel blossoms, thrust our hands into freshly turned soil, dream of harvesting that first snow pea and look with wonder on a landscape whi...
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Clean out your files!
      Keep Our Mountains Beautiful is sponsoring a "Clean Out Your Files Day" as part of the Great American Cleanup. Are your files overflowing with old documents? Are you having a hard time finding what you need because you have to look though so many old documents to get to the one you want?
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4-H District Achievement
      Saturday morning, March 29th, 15 - 4th, 5th and 6th graders from Towns County Schools traveled to Union County to compete in 4-H District Achievement. They are as follows:Chaiz Davenport - Companion Animals, placed 3rd. Adam Penland - Beef, placed 1st. Kaelyn Smith - Food placed 2nd. Chelsey Hans...
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2008 National Bereavement Teleconference Living With Grief®: Children and Adolescents
      The public is invited to the Free 2008 National Bereavement Teleconference, Wednesday, April 16th from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm in the Travis E. Green Conference Room at Murphy Medical Center.
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National Public Health Week April 7-13
      GAINESVILLE - Since 1996, the American Public Health Association has organized National Public Health Week and designed campaigns to educate the public, policymakers, and public health professionals about important public health issues.
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Grand Opening of the new YHC Beetle Rearing Facility
By: Paul T. Arnold, Ph.D. Professor of Biology & Director of the YHC Predatory Beetle Rearing Facility Young Harris College
      Special Announcement! Grand Opening of the new YHC Beetle Rearing Facility Friday, April 18, 2008 beginning at 3:30 p.m. You are all invited to attend to celebrate the opening of our new predatory beetle-rearing facility! Refreshments will be served.
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Open House on April 16 for "Snore No More" Doctor
Dr. Rick Weisenburger Joins Murphy Medical Center Medical
      Dr. Richard Weisenburger has a pin that he sometimes wears on his lab coat label that reads "Snore No More". For over a decade, he has treated patients who have snoring problems with some pretty amazing results. "Snoring affects about half of men and 25 percent of women," said Dr. Weisenburger, "...
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Organic blueberry yogurt recalled for possible safety issues
      Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin is alerting consumers to the recall of a fat-free blueberry yogurt. Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, NH, a producer of organic yogurt, is recalling its non-fat blueberry yogurt products due to the possibility of containing glass fragments.
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Malt-O-Meal Recalls Cereals for Possible Health Risk
      Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin is alerting Georgia residents to the recall of two cereals manufactured by Malt-O-Meal of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Free trails educational workshop
      Blairsville, Georgia- The Forest Service is planning a FREE trails educational workshop for those interested in planning, maintaining and constructing sustainable trails. The one day training session is open to all ages and will focus on the philosophy and process of building and maintaining susta...
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Plant affair on the square to be held
      "Plant Affair on the Square" Sponsored by Hiawassee Garden Club Where: Square in Hiawassee When: April 19th, 2008 Time: 9 am-2pm Outdoor event with participation of at least (8) nurseries and outdoor exhibitors on the square in Hiawassee.
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Enotah Garden Club Plant Sale
      Come check out the plant sale on Thursday, April 17, 2008 from 10a.m. to 2p.m. Young Harris City Hall. Plants and decor items from club member's gardens. Perennials, hanging baskets, flats of flowers and herbs from local nurseries.
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Towns County Real Estate Transactions March 17 to 21, 2008
      Walker L & A Blalock deeded to Walker L Blalock Lot 8, Block A, Section 1 on Rock Creek Rd in Bald Mountain Park. Greg Israel deeded to Dennis C Israel Lot 23 on Lake View Circle in Hiawassee Lake Estates. Lyle D & Diane M Strickland gave to S. L. Cycling, LLC Parcel 1(0.090 acres) Tract 3E"2"- ...
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