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Buzz-y Work
     Winston Pruitt gathers swarming honey bees from the front porch of Emmett Baugh's house in Thomasville Monday. PHOTO BY ARTHUR MCLEAN
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Moody replaces Dunigan on county water board
By Jim Cox Co-Publisher
      The Clarke County Commission rejected reappointing a longtime board member of the West Clarke Water Authority and appointed another individual to the board instead. West Clarke, which serves areas around Coffeeville, agreed to expand its board from three to five members at the request of customers...
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Water line to L-P plant finally goes out for bids
By Jim Cox Co-Publisher
      Water appears to be finally on the way to the new Louisiana Pacific plant under construction just south of Thomasville. The Thomasville Water Works and Sewer Board Monday voted to advertise for bids for the new water and sewer extension to serve the oriented strand board (OSB) mill.
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Elizabeth Bradford Chapter DAR Receives Awards
      The Elizabeth Bradford Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was the recipient of special recognition and several awards when the One Hundred Ninth State Conference was held March 13, 14, 15, at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center, Auburn, Al.
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Ms. Drinkard turns 90
     On March 29, Eunice Drinkard celebrated her 90th birthday. Jerry Drinkard, Hazel Jean Steadham , Ms. Drinkard and Tiny Drinkard, her children, shown celebrating at her party on March 31, at Liberty Baptist Church fellowship hall. Family and friends enjoyed the celebration with a time of "remember wh...
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Bennett-Howard to exchange vows
      Janecia, Jeremyron, and Jamarcus announce the forthcoming marriage celebration of their mother, Bettye Bennett to Mr. Kimble Howard of Thomasville. Ms. Bennett is the daughter of the late Bula Mae Grayson and Brady Bennett, and the granddaughter of the late Arleaner and Pete Grayson. She is employ...
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Pearson and Criswell Reunion
      The Pearson and Criswell 27th Family Reunion will be Saturday, April 21 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Pine Hill. Please bring your favorite dish or dessert, along with any of your old photographs that you may have of your relatives that you would like to share.
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Good Housekeeping lowcalorie brownie recipe
      PREP: 15 minutes plus cooling BAKE: about 25 minutes MAKES: 2 dozen brownies 1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick), cut up 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken into pieces 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 large eggs, lightly b...
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Heavy perfume too much in office
DEAR DIANE By Diane Verhoeven
      DEAR DIANE: I have a delicate situation that I need your help with. I work in an office with 12 other women. We all get along fairly well. Some of us are closer than others, but that's life, right? Well, here's the deal: One of the women I work with, "Belinda," is someone with whom I am not clos...
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Trivia test
By FifiRodriguez
      1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who was Time magazine's First Man of the Year in 1927? 2. MOVIES: Who starred in the film "Risky Business"? 3. LITERATURE: In which novel does the character of Emma Woodhouse appear? 4. LANGUAGE: What is the full name of the group known as OAS?
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Nursing Home News
By JoAnn Smyly Thomasville Nursing Home
      There is no special time for prayer One can pray most anywhere, When things aren't going quite your way- Pause a moment, just to pray. Well how about the weather this past week! I cannot remember when it has been so cold on Easter Sunday. That did not stop some of the children from hiding eggs...
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TLC's Easter egg hunt
     TLC classes taught by "Miss" Karen, "Miss" Tina, and "Miss" Vanita, enjoyed an Easter Egg Hunt last Thursday, April 5 at Gates Drive Park.
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Boys and Girls Club news
By Cindy Ogle
      March 26-30 was Boys and Girls Club Week. The children enjoyed outside activities as well as Art Activities the staff planned for them. Among the activities we enjoyed two special guest, they gave up some of their valuable time to speak to the children, the guest were Mayor Sheldon Day and Ms. Mari...
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MCS kindergarten and 1st grade pre-registration May 4
      The Marengo County School System will conduct the Kindergarten and First Grade Pre-Registration Clinic on Friday, May 4 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and from 12:00 noon until 2:30 p.m. A child who will be five (5) years old before September 2 may pre-register for Kindergarten.
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Boys and Girls Club Grant
     State Senator Pat Lindsey hands over a grant check for $5,500 to the Boys and Girls Club at Thomasville Middle School.
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Public Library Grant
     State Senator Pat Lindsey hands over a grant check for $6,000 to help the Thomasville Public Library.
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TMS Grant
     State Senator Pat Lindsey rounded out his trip by delivering a grant check to Thomasville Middle School to help with its library book purchases. The grant was for $9,000.
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F.S. Ervin Pre-K class Easter egg hunt
     The Pre-K class students at F S Ervin Elementary School had their annual Easter egg hunt on Thursday, April 5, 2007. The students and parents were very excited about the event. Bandi Powell was the winner of the contest. She found 8 eggs. Parents pictured left to right are Sophia Hicks, Mrs. Jenkins...
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Quarterback Club meeting
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Moments in time
      + On April 12, 1633, the inquisition of physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei for holding the heretical belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun begins. Galileo agreed not to teach the heresy anymore and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. It took more than 300 years for the Chur...
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Nims trades Michigan winter for some southern hospitality
By Arthur McLean Editor
      Harold Nims is the new doctor in town. He hails from Flushing, Mich. And has been practicing family medicine in Flint, Mich. For the past three years. Faced with the option of finding a new place to practice or purchasing the Flint practice associated with a struggling hospital, Nims decided to fi...
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TPD report
      The Thomasville Police Department arrested Terrell Roman Robinson on charges of first degree burglary, criminal trespass, probation violation and domestic violence Friday.
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Thomas pleads guilty to sexual abuse of child
      A man charged with sexual abuse of a six-year-old girl decided at the last minute not to let his case go to trial Tuesday and pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary as a habitual offender. David Thomas was on probation for having committed a similar assault against ...
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Mt. Zion armed robbery
      A local businessman was knocked out with a tire tool and robbed of $600 Saturday near his home and shop in the Mt. Zion community west of Grove Hill. Walter Jones, 69, was walking toward his home when he was hit in the head from behind and knocked out.
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Litter pick up week coming
By Walter Davis Special to the Times
      The Clarke County Citizens Against Littering would like to encourage anyone who is disgusted and fed-up with seeing the trash that is so common along our roadways, to join forces with us in a countywide effort to clean it up. Some of our roadsides have become nothing more than unregulated dumpsites...
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Hospital Auxiliary uniform sale
     The Hospital Auxiliary recently held its uniform sale with the assistance of HICE Uniforms. Pictured, from left: Michelle Cofield, Cassandra Anderson, Cindy Phillips, Shirley Crowe and Marchel Hice.
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Jordan Dancers to host cancer benefit gala
      Jordan Dancers from the Jordan School of Dance will be hosting the Jordan Dancer Cancer Benefit Gala on Saturday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the Clarke County High School Auditorium. This event will showcase the Jordan Dancers hard work but is first and foremost to raise money to help in the fight agai...
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State arson hotline open
      Wildfire can hurt much more than forests and grass land - it can also destroy your home, car, or business. Unfortunately, the leading cause of wildfire in Alabama is arson. The Alabama Forestry Commission offers an arson hotline so that citizens can call and report suspicious activity in areas wh...
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