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White-eyed vireo...maybe
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"The Breeding Bird Atlas of Georgia," published in 2010 (my copy of which is signed by one of the editors and was a gift from my friend Loretta that same year), weighs in at a hefty five-and-a-half pounds and contains 497 pages. It is beautifully photographed and provides a map for each of the 183 species included, which marks each of the Georgia counties, where it is possible, probable or confirmed to have been seen.
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Festival of Hope kicks off Recovery Month
Kaleb Williams
Kaleb Williams takes a look at the Faces of Recovery display at the end of the annual Overdose Awareness Walk during the third Festival of Hope at Mill Creek Regional Park on Sept. 2.
The third annual Overdose Awareness Walk, coupled with the second annual Festival of Hope, was held Sept. 2 at Mill Creek Regional Park. The events kicked off Recovery Month, observed each year in September.
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Kathy Bradley - The tending of what remains
Kathy Bradley
Kathy Bradley
This was not our first rodeo. Or hurricane. And enough has already been said about Idalia by people who understand barometric pressure and millibars and the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
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Railway carries children to first Brooklet High School
Bulloch History
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Roger Allen
Bulloch settler Adam Eirick planned to drain 8,000 acres of swampy land and convert it to “truck farming.” Iric Station was a stop on the Savannah & Statesboro Railroad, several miles northeast of Iric.
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God wants his children to mature
Thinking of God
Larry Sheehy
Larry Sheehy
American physicist and educator Charles Townes, co-winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for a significant invention, was asked if he had a sense of achievement in what he had accomplished. "Not really,” he said, and told a story about a beaver and chipmunk viewing the enormous Hoover Dam for the first time.
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Gains made in pre-K unnoticeable by the end of kindgergarten
Parenting Advice
Rosemond John
John Rosemond
It has long been known, but only spoken of in hushed tones by university professors sitting in darkened rooms wearing Fat Elvis masks, that pre-kindergarten “jump-start” (aka, “push-down”) programs don’t work other than to increase teacher employment and give parents the false idea that their kids are on the fast track to certain success. The problem is that the programs in question are sacred cows, thus to say publicly what I just said is to bring down the indignation of those who tear up involuntarily at the word “child.” I am, therefore, bracing myself.
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Awesome autumn blows onto the calendar
Fun with the Family
Julie Lavender
Julie Lavender
A new month breezed onto the calendar on the heels of a hurricane last week. It’s that time of year when the Boro and surrounding areas keep a close eye on the weather. And though hurricanes aren’t desirable, cooler temperatures and fall fun bring much to look forward to.
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Growing old: It's not about wearing purple
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John Bressler
What is it like to get old? I am not talking about age because I know some folks who seem to be old when they were children. They act as though they are on their last legs, talk about the good old days, twiddle their thumbs and sit on the porch whittling wood.
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Blue Devils come out on top in annual Erk Russell Classic
Kyon Taylor
Southeast Bulloch's Kyon Taylor celebrates after cutting the Statesboro High lead to 12-7 during the Erk Russell Classic at Paulson Stadium on Aug. 26.
Local teams faced off in the annual Erk Russell Classic, held at Paulson Stadium last Saturday, kicking off the football season in the Boro.
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