Traveling to Toccoa: Toccoa Falls, antique shopping highlight of visit

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Angela Gary
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Thursday, July 1. 2010
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Visitors to the North Georgia town of Toccoa will find beautiful countryside, antique shopping and a wonderful history museum on the area. [Full Story »] 

Night Of Fire Lights Up Dragway

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MainStreetNewsSports
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Thursday, July 1. 2010
It was a hot night and a fast show at the Night of Fire at the Atlanta Dragway Saturday night. In the Super Pro final, Tommy Motes of Loganville faced Mark Hancock of Commerce. Hancock got the handicap tree with a 5.11 dial-in against Motes’s 4.96 dial. Hancock’s .034 reaction time wasn’t good enough for Motes’s .025 launch, however. ... [Full Story »] 

Election season kicks off with political forum

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Angela Gary
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Wednesday, June 30. 2010
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Land use, open government and public safety were topics touched on Tuesday night in the first political forum in Banks County this election season. Candidates for posts 1 and 3 on the board of commission, post 5 on the board of education and District 50 in the state senate were featured at the political forum sponsored by the Committee for Shaping Banks Future. [Full Story »] 

Some local banks continue to struggle

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Staff Writer
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Wednesday, June 30. 2010
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The beleaguered banking industry continues to struggle in Georgia, but there may be signs of some stability.
In the Barrow-Jackson County area, three community banks landed on a recently published list of troubled Georgia banks with high “Texas ratios” above 100. But one local bank fell off that list from a year ago, a sign that perhaps stability may be taking hold in the industry. [Full Story »] 

Burglaries and thefts reported to BCSO last week

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Staff Writer
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Wednesday, June 30. 2010
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The Banks County Sheriff’s Office investigated the following burglaries and thefts during the past week:

•burglar alarm at a West County Line Road residence.

•theft at a Highway 441, Commerce, location.

•alarm at a Duncan Road, Commerce, residence. The responding officer reported all windows and doors secure and he couldn’t make contact with anyone at this location. [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: Passing of time can’t take away memories

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Chris Bridges
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Wednesday, June 30. 2010
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“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.”
— Harvey MacKay

I’ve never been one to dwell on age. A favorite saying of mine is “you are as old as you are.” I’ve never found it necessary to lie about my age when a birthday rolls around. I say my year with pride. Recently, however, I have found myself thinking a little more about time and I guess that’s natural when you are now less than a year from being 40. [Full Story »] 

Tony Martin

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Wednesday, June 30. 2010
COMMERCE – Tony Howard Martin, 50, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at his residence. He was the son of the late James W. and Ivola Peck Barnett and was in the textile industry. Survivors include brothers, Tommy Tanner, Athens, and Danny Shuler, Tallahassee, Fla.; sisters, Jennifer Collins, Maysville, Rhonda Coffee, St. Petersburg, Fla., and ... [Full Story »] 

Susie Eberhart

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Wednesday, June 30. 2010
BUFORD – Susie Virginia Eberhart, 88, formerly of Commerce, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at her residence. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Clyde P. and Ada Mullinax Eberhart. She was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and was retired from Blue Bell. Survivors include a sister, Wilma L. Blackwell, Homer; nephew, ... [Full Story »] 

Julia Broome

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Tuesday, June 29. 2010
BELTON, S.C. – Julia Beatrice Brewer Broome, 84, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Hospice of the Upstate. Born in Gillsville on May 31, 1926, she was the daughter of the late W. Otis and Margie Patton Brewer. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Belton, S.C. Mrs. Broome was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph P. Broome; ... [Full Story »] 

Patricia Ann Azbell

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Tuesday, June 29. 2010
MAULDIN, S.C. – Patricia Ann House Bowles Azbell, 54, formerly of Commerce, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at her residence. Born in Athens, she was the daughter of Eugene “Gene” House of Nicholson and the late Annie Lee Brown House. She was of the Baptist denomination and worked for Wal-Mart Distribution. Survivors in addition to her ... [Full Story »] 
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