Sunday services for Martin Langmaid are set
Services for Martin (Marty) Clair Langmaid, 53, are 2 p.m. Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Pine Level Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Weaver officiating. Mr. Langmaid died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in Cairo. Born Feb. 7, 1956 in Oregon, Ohio, he was a son of Clair Whitney Langmaid and Jane Eileen Pyle Engel, both of…
Read MoreServices planned for Charlie Ezell
Mr. Charlie Ezell died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at Grady General Hospital, Cairo, Ga. Services will be Thursday, July 2, 2009, 3 p.m. at Eastside Baptist Church, Cairo, Ga. The Rev. Dr. Paul Jones will officiate. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Whigham, Ga. Ronnie Ezell, Tim Ezell, Danny Ezell, John Cook, Pete Ezell, Bobby Collins,…
Read MorePlaying in paradise
Every summer young athletes give up valuable summer vacation days to stay in shape for the upcoming season of their chosen sport. Weight room workouts, summer ball, conditioning, camps are all a part of a high school athlete’s summer. However, imagine if you will the excitement felt by four Cairo athletes when they learned part…
Read MoreCouncil seeks greater control over personal care homes
The Cairo City Council is moving forward with its plan to limit the areas within the corporate limits of the city where personal care homes can be permitted.During a rescheduled council meeting Thursday, the council unanimously approved a plan to eliminate personal care homes as a conditional use in single-family residential districts including R-1, R-1A …
Read MoreCounty puts stop to illegal dumping
Grady County officials received a tip Friday of possible illegal dumping taking place at a surface mine located on Pine Park Road and immediately put a stop it, according to Code Enforcement Officer Larry Ivy.“I got a call about noon Friday that construction debris was being dumped at the mine,” Ivy said this week.The county…
Read MoreNo rest for the Syrupmaids
The Cairo Syrupmaid softball team is having a very busy summer. The team is playing every Tuesday and Thursday at Cairo High School. “We have been able to get some valuable playing time in this summer, and we have used a lot of our younger girls to give them some experience, as well,” said CHS coach…
Read MoreSyrupmakers hit the weight room
Football games are played in the fall, but most coaches agree the games are won in the summer, when off-season dedication makes the difference under future Friday night lights. The Syrupmakers have been filling the weight room each week as they prepare for the upcoming 2009 season that begins Aug. 22, 2009, against Bainbridge.Sophomores, juniors and…
Read MoreServices planned for Ted Folmar
OBITUARYTED FOLMARDec. 31, 1915-June 22, 2009Services for Elder Leon Z. (Ted) Folmar, 93, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Piedmont Primitive Baptist Church, Calvary, Ga. Elder Bob Conner and Elder Gordon Smith will officiate and interment will follow at Piedmont Cemetery, Calvary, Ga. Elder Folmar died at his home in…
Read MoreLibrary issues SOS for donations
Library Director Alan Kaye and the board of trustees of the Roddenbery Memorial Library are not backing away from the challenge of obtaining adequate funds to finance library operations in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Read MoreAppealing educators dealt blow
Arthur Anderson and Elizabeth Heinlen, former Grady County school administrators appealing the non-renewal of their employment contracts, were dealt a blow this week.According to officials with the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE), the Albany attorney representing the two veteran local educators failed to make a timely request for oral arguments before the state board of…
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