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November 26, 2009  RSS feed

Community Thanksgiving
Above: Elder Jimmy Allen casts a glance back as the congregation sings during the community Thanksgiving service Sunday night at Thomasville Baptist Church. Pictured with Allen are (from left): Brandi Scarborough, Rev. Phil Craddock, Rev. Robin Downey and Rev. Ty Parten. More...
Sewer project bid out for Choctaw Corner
By Arthur McLean Editor

The Thomasville City Council approved a bid of $496,000 Monday night for sewer improvement work to be done in the Choctaw Corner area of Thomasville. The work will be primarily funded by a grant the city has received. The city's water board will be responsible for provided matching funds of up to 20 percent of the project's cost, or about $100,000. More...

New Era plant closing in Jackson
By Evan Carden Special to the Times

New Era Cap Company announced last Thursday, that it would close its Jackson and Mobile facilities. The decision affects 325 employees in Jackson. The total number affected is closer to 400 people because of earlier layoffs at the Jackson facility. More...

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• COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Benefit for babies James Bonds Charity Raffle and BBQ to benefit A Secret Safe Place for Newborns will be held at 12 noon, Nov. 30, in the Clarke County Courthouse Square. Plates are $6 for BBQ, Conecuh sausage, baked beans, chips, dessert and bottled water. A two-night stay at the Battle House Hotel in Mobile will be given away. Get your raffle tickets at the D.A. More...
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 Editorials
• OUR VIEW
We can still be thankful
It's Thanksgiving. What do we have to be thankful for? Here's a short list. New small businesses in town and expanding local businesses. Believe it or not, there's been a little bit of that this year. A sense of community pride that hasn't dimished with diminishing job numbers. More...
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• More info on no-bid contracts
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 People
• Wild hog meeting Dec. 3
Many area land owners are experiencing an influx of wild hogs on their property. A seminar on wild hog control will be held Thursday, December 3, 2009 beginning at 10 a.m. The program will be held in Nanafalia at Compton Cattle Farms. More...
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• article has image Robinsons announce birth of son
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 Religion
• article has image Spiritual Reflections
Exchange heavy load for lighter one God wants you to have
Iam writing this at the home of Huel and Pam Moseley my sister and brother-in-love in Evans, Ga. We are here to help look after our mother who has Alzheimer's. Thursday our mother is scheduled to have surgery on a bad sore on the lower part of her back. This sore developed, we think, as a result of a fall she had and it has refused to heal with normal care. More...
• article has image CHURCH CALENDAR
• article has image Operation Christmas Child dedication
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 School
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T'giving in my heart and tummy
Today is Thanksgiving! To our community this means a lot of things. First of all it means some time off to appreciate our blessings. It also means food and I'm not talking McDonalds (not that I don't love Big Macs). No I'm talking good ole' southern comfort food! More...
• article has image SWHS SGA food drive nets 275 cans
• article has image Among nation's top high school scholars
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 Sports
• article has image Bulldogs stopped short of another Super Six apperance
The Loachapoka Indians ended the Sweet Water Bulldogs hopes for a fourth consecutive 1A State Football Championship this past Friday, November 20, when they defeated the Bulldogs 19 - 17 in their quarter-final match-up played at Nolen Atkins Stadium in Sweet Water. More...
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• Hunter Appreciation Day in Pine Apple
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 For The Record
• OBITUARIES
Knight Earl Elmore Knight, 94, of Thomasville, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at Southwest Alabama Medical Center in Thomasville. Mr. Knight was born July 9, 1915 in Thomasville. He was a farmer and was a member of Elam Baptist Church. More...
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• RECORDS
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