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'The Artist' earns best-picture, lead-actor Oscars
"The Artist" won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago.
Musings by Ben Wright: Aug. 10
Not long ago, a person expressed to me relief and gratitude. His wife had been having a struggle with cancer. At the time of this conversation, she was in remission, but the anxiety and agony of the past few months had been great.
Pen & Ink by Michael Davis: Aug. 10
I've never been afraid of a good, long drive. Road trips are kind of an American institution and I've always been a fan of rambling across blacktop, whether in the heat of August or under thick, pillowy, overcast January skies.
Dixie Divas by Ronda Rich: Aug. 10
There wasn't very much of me back then. I was a tiny girl, just big enough to reach up and grab hold of the wooden counter top in that old country store and lift my chin enough to allow my eyes to peer up in quiet fascination at the man who rang up the items that Mama had laid down.
BISHER: Schafer for Bourn another trade blunder
Always puzzled me that the leading executives of Major League Baseball get their jeans in a knot around the last of July, about arming up for the stretch drive.
Butts Co. school board members complete required training
Members of the Butts County Board of Education were recognized on Aug. 1 for completing their required board member training.
Community Calendar: Home school seminar on Thursday
If you are interested in home schooling, then you are invited to a free community seminar on Thursday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m., at the Daughtry Foundation Building in Jackson (on the corner of College Street and Mulberry Street).
Magistrate Court Report: Aug. 10
Chief Magistrate Gigi Leverette Hoard reports the following individuals were brought before the Butts County Magistrate Court for First Appearance Bond Hearings during the period of Aug. 1-5:
Church News: Revival starts at Zion Missionary Baptist
Zion Missionary BaptistZion Missionary Baptist Church, at 709 South Mulberry Street in Jackson, will host revival services Wednesday, Aug. 10 through Friday, Aug. 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m., nightly.
Sunday sales questions going on Jackson ballots
The Jackson City Council, on Aug. 2, voted to put two Sunday alcohol sales questions to voters in city elections this November.