Imagine a clear sunny day out on a boat on a smooth lake.
You cast your line and wait for that bite. In no time, you’ve hooked a big one and are celebrating your catch.
This is the kind of vision Gov. Sonny Perdue has for Georgia. In his state-of-the-address on Wednesday, Perdue said he wants Georgia to become “a fisherman’s paradise.”
The $19 million “Go Fish Georgia” initiative seeks to establish Georgia as a national fishing destination through a three-tiered approach: Improving the quality of fishing in Georgia waters, improving access to water bodies for fishing in Georgia and increasing participation through active promotion and marketing of Georgia’s exceptional fishing resources, a Department of Natural Resources releases states.
For full story, please see the Jan. 13, 2007 edition of The Union-Recorder.
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January 15, 2007
Georgia: A national fishing destination
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Keeping America beautiful
Last Saturday, Oak Hill Middle School students volunteered their efforts to make sure that Sweetwater remains more than just a festival in Baldwin County.
- 50 years young Oconee Regional Medical Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Bill Coleman and Mollie Thomas are two of the hospital’s longest serving employees and they don’t show signs of retiring anytime soon.
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Dutton-Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Dutton of Lilburn are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter
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Georgia: A national fishing destination
Imagine a clear sunny day out on a boat on a smooth lake.
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Joy to the World
Members of Northside Baptist Church on North Jefferson Street recently gathered together outside the church offices to celebrate the Christmas season with a choral concert and live Nativity scene.
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Tree-trimmin’
In 1951 songwriter Meredith Wilson decided to do something about the holidays and wrote the lyrics to “It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas.”
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BINGO!
Just outside the Milledgeville city limit on the corner of Log Cabin Road and Hudson Drive lies a small, nondescript building that passing drivers may only notice for a moment with a glance into their rear-view mirrors.
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The Nutcracker Ballet
Ten years of talent will be showcased in Russell Auditorium on the Georgia College & State University campus next month as the GCSU Department of Continuing Education presents its 10th annual presentation of Peter Illych Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Ballet.
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Give yourself a four-legged gift...adopt
As the holiday season approaches, local resident Bobbie Thompson would like to remind the community not to forget its four-legged neighbors.
- Lockerly spirits are quiet this year Unexplained and unearthly sightings and mysterious sounds in years past have the caretakers of Milledgeville’s historic Lockerly Hall on the watch for new apparitions as Halloween approaches this year.
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