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National Dance Week poster contest winners announced
      The NDW poster contest sponsored locally by Brasstown Dance Center announced winners in February. First place went to Nicole Goldbacher, second place went to Rachel Pope, third place went to Connor Smith, and honorable mention went to Katie Browning, all of Blairsville. These students participated...
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May is Historic Preservation Month
Help Preserve Georgia's Special Places
      ATLANTA- May is Historic Preservation Month in Georgia. This year's theme is Help Preserve Georgia's Special Places. Preservationrelated events will be taking place in communities across Georgia. The Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Web site is ...
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Digital Hearing Aids Can Significantly Improve Your Quality of Life
      According to the U.S. Department of Health, 28 Million Americans, or, 1 out of every 10 people have a treatable hearing loss. Hearing loss occurs very gradually. If you or someone you know has untreated hearing loss, you know how increasingly difficult it is to interact with friends and loved one...
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Lichen It
Elaine K. Delcuze Plant Rescue Team Member
      ROCK TRIPE STEW 1 LB lean beef stew meat 1 cup chopped celery 1 onion chopped 2 T. butter or olive oil 1 cup sliced carrots 1 cup quartered potatoes 1 handfull rock tripe 2 cups water salt & pepper to taste Wash the rock tripe in several changes of cold water.
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Girl Scouts First aid and Heimlich Maneuver for Choking
Brownies Troop 1510 and DaisiesTroop 1503
      The Daisies and Brownies joined together on April 4, 2008 to practice some of the requirements that they needed to work on towards earning their badges. First the Brownies acted as victims of a bus accident and the Daisies arrived to save the day with their first aid skills. The Daisies put on ban...
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TCMS Courtyard Beautification Project
      The Towns County Middle School Student Council has been working on a project to beautify the middle school courtyard. Students have gathered together to weed flowerbeds, cut back trees, move bushes, and outline beds with stones. Many plants have been donated and the students are adding them to the...
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Composting can conserve water in gardens, landscape
Trash can feed your garden and save water
By Robert N. Brewer, Jr Extension Tips
      Composting not only saves water in landscapes and gardens, it creates plant food from trash. Incorporating finished compost mulch into vegetable garden beds or plant beds amends the soil and allows water and air to filter through the soil better. There is not as much run off and nutrients infiltr...
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Some cornbread and muffin mix recalled for soy ingredients not listed
      Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin alerts consumers to the recall of some corn bread and muffin mix that may contains soy ingredients not listed on the label. Little Bay Baking Co.
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YHC Beetle Lab Update
      This is the fourth of our monthly updates on the progress of Sasajiscymnus beetle production in the Young Harris College Beetle Laboratory for the year 2008. I. Brief Statement of Financial Condition As of May 4, 2008, we have a balance of $38, 523 in our Hemlock Project restricted account.
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Towns County Real Estate Transactions April 14 to 18, 2008
      Leslie Elaine Parks deeded to Leslie Morlen & Matthew Morlen 0.484 acres on Tater Ridge Rd in Hiawassee. Upper Hightower Ventures, LLC (Bill Allen & Brian Hogsed) sold to Charles V & Debra D Tallant 1.316 acres Lot 39 on Rivendell Subdivision for $66,000.
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