What do the numbers 345 and 2,585 mean for us right now, right here? By Anna Burns, Director of School & community Services Three hundred and forty-five is the number of employees who have already given their opinions about the school system since a survey was launched 24 hours ago. Two thousand, five hundred and […]
Estate Planning Is Important for Women
January 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Bob Goldberg, Estate Planning Attorney Estate planning is definitely important to both sexes. But, failing to plan often hurts woman. This is because women live longer on average and tend to marry older spouses, making them three times as likely as men to be widowed at 65. So if you are a woman, estate […]
Lazy Sunday Book Review: Ellen Baker’s Keeping the House
January 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Keeping the House, by Ellen Baker . Looking for a book to curl up with? A little mystery, a little romance, wrapped up in a page-turner of a family saga? Then you’ll become absorbed in this story of newly-wed Dolly Magnuson, who moves with her new husband to a little Wisconsin town in 1950. The […]
Lazy Sunday Book Review: David Rhodes, Driftless
January 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The start of the new year is no better time to read Driftless by David Rhodes–it’s chock full of lively, wry characters and compelling, big stories of the inhabitants of rural Words, Wisconsin. Hey, you think it’s cold in west central Georgia? Wait till the part that takes place in a perfectly rendered blizzard that […]
Music Review: Celestial Lineage
January 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage Southern Lord; 2011 Nature comes in more colors than just green. And environmentalism takes more forms than hippie drum circles and electric cars. Case in point: Wolves in the Throne Room, who recently released their third album, Celestial Lineage. Wolves In the Throne Room is the most well […]
County to Implement Automated Telephone Attendant System
December 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
staff reports Earlier this year the Board of Commissioners approved several cost reduction measures to offset revenue shortfalls in Fiscal Year 2012. One of the cost reduction initiatives was to transition to an automated telephone attendant system at the Courthouse. Over the past few weeks, the auto attendant system has undergone several rounds of […]
Correction to article in Dec. 15 print edition
December 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Griffin Area Concert Association has issued a correction to the earlier information published regarding the upcoming Emily Hearn concert. The original article stated the concert would be held on Thursday, January 17, 2012. The correct date for her performance is Tuesday, January 17, 2012, not Thursday. The Griffin Area Concert Association and The Grip […]
Spalding High teacher to stand trial for simple battery against female student
December 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, 36-year-old Joshua Akins, a Spalding High School teacher, has been arrested and charged with simple battery following a Dec. 1 incident involving a 15-year-old female student. Authorities say the student initially filed a complaint of inappropriate conduct with the school principal alleging Akins had hit her with a bottle […]
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