Schools get boost in piggy bank
Good news for financially strapped public school systems throughout the country.President Obama signed the Education Jobs Fund into law on Aug. 10, 2010, to provide $10 billion in federal assistance to public school districts to save or create education jobs.The Grady County School system was awarded $858,000 of the $322,313,830 that will be received by…
Read MoreBody of drowning victim pulled from murky waters
After hours of searching the murky Ochlockonee River, divers finally found the body of a man who slipped off a sand bar and drowned in southern Grady County. Felton Leon Moore, 36, was socializing with family and friends near Dickey Ferry Landing Sunday when the accident happened around 7 p.m. Moore’s 21-year-old daughter told authorities…
Read More$75,000 federal grant to benefit Boys & Girls Club
The City of Cairo has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) earmarked for the Boys and Girls Club of Cairo/Grady County. City Manager Chris Addleton learned Monday the grant had been approved just in time him to inform the council of the…
Read MoreFuneral for Justice George T. Smith is Thursday
Justice George Thornewell Smith, retired Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, 93 of Marietta died Monday, August 23, 2010.Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church with Bryant Wright officiating. Entombment will follow in Arlington Memorial Park with full military honors.Mr. Smith attended…
Read MoreDiscovery of Listeria leads to recall of deli meat products
Discovery of contaminated roast beef from a sandwich kit in a Walmart Super Center has led to the recall of some 380,000 pounds of deli meat products from a plant in New York. The roast beef was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists discovered the Listeria monocytogenes in roast beef found…
Read MoreSyrupmaids whip Early County 15-7
The Cairo Syrupmaids opened the 2010 home softball schedule with a 15-7 win over the Early County Lady Bobcats last Tuesday. Cairo scored three runs in the first inning, six in the second, and added three more runs in both the fourth and fifth inning. Early County scored one in the second inning and added…
Read MoreSyrupmakers set to take on the Drew Titans here Friday night
The Cairo Syrupmakers open the 2010 football season this Friday night against the Drew High School Titans. Drew, located in Riverdale, Ga., in Metro Atlanta, is a member of region 4-AAA and will be playing its first full varsity schedule this season.Last season, the Titans were 1-5 against several other first-year programs. Its lone win…
Read MoreNo final decision made on city tax issue, mayor says
Following a meeting being described as a “city-county partnership meeting” Monday morning, the city of Cairo is no closer to having its ad valorem taxes collected by the Grady County tax commissioner, but Mayor Richard VanLandingham says it is not a dead issue.“We discussed the tax issue, but no final decision has been made. We…
Read MoreCHS reserved seat deadline is Friday
Last year’s reserved seat ticket holders for Syrupmaker football have until this Friday to pick up their tickets if they want the same seats from last year. Ticket sales have been steady and school officials expect that to continue through this Friday. Tickets must be picked up by 3 p.m.On Monday, Aug. 23, reserved seat tickets…
Read MoreSyrupmakers edge Tift County in scrimmage
The Cairo Syrupmakers edged the Tift County Blue Devils 3-2 in a preseason football scrimmage Friday night at Brodie Field in Tifton. The teams played three quarters of regular varsity football and used the final quarter as a controlled scrimmage for junior varsity and 9th grade players.The Syrupmaker offense, with only a few days of…
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