Entries from June 2009

Murphy to compete for LaGrange

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Wednesday, June 10. 2009
Apalachee High School’s Chandler Murphy will continue his football career at LaGrange College. Murphy played his senior season for the Wildcats after playing for the Winder-Barrow High School Bulldoggs during his freshman, sophomore and junior years. He is the son of Mike and Kim Murphy of Winder. The LaGrange College football team is coached ...

Barrow BOC Oks sweeping layoffs, salary cuts

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Mike Buffington
in Top Stories & Breaking News, Winder Archives
Wednesday, June 10. 2009
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The Barrow County government will lay off from 25 to 35 county employees next Monday – on top of eight who last week either accepted voluntary layoffs or agreed to retire – in an effort to stem the flood of red ink from the county’s finances. Remaining county employees will face mandated hour and pay cuts.

In a 4-2 vote Tuesday night, the Barrow County Board of Commissioners authorized chairman Danny Yearwood to work out the details of the sweeping plan to cut county staffing. No positions were mentioned. [Full Story »] 

Winder changes budget process; will now comply with state law

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Mike Buffington
in Winder Archives
Wednesday, June 10. 2009
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The Winder City Council is changing its budget process to comply with Georgia law following questions about the process from the Barrow Journal last week. [Full Story »] 

Smith rips Yearwood’s request for cuts

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Mike Buffington
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Wednesday, June 10. 2009
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After enduring a lengthy board debate Tuesday night that threatened to undo a month of work on his plan to salvage the county’s finances, County Chairman Danny Yearwood then faced a brutal public flogging by Sheriff Jud Smith. [Full Story »] 

Sarah Etheridge

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Wednesday, June 10. 2009
Sarah Etheridge CARL - Sarah T. Etheridge, 84, died Monday, June 8, 2009. Born in Gwinnett County, she was the daughter of the late Warren and Tempie Kilgore Tuggle. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Garfield Etheridge, Sr.; and sisters, Vivian Cagle and Dorothy Mabry. She was a member of the Midway United Methodist Church and ... [Full Story »] 

Major Williford

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Tuesday, June 9. 2009
WINDER - Major Williford, 45, died Monday, June 8, 2009. Eberhart & Son Mortuary, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.

Irene Grizzle

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Tuesday, June 9. 2009
WINDER – Irene Thomas Grizzle, 84, died Monday, June 8, 2009, at Winder Health Care in Winder, following an extended illness. Born on August 25, 1925, in Hall County, she was the daughter of the late Bighum and Isebelle Pilgrim Kidd. She retired from Piedmont Laboratories and was of the Baptist denomination. Mrs. Grizzle was preceded in death ... [Full Story »] 

Joy Christian

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Tuesday, June 9. 2009
AUBURN – Joy Christian, 69, died Monday, June 8, 2009. Born in Murphy, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Blanco N. and Wenona E. Scruggs Bryson. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lindy Christian. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Dennis and Mary Maddox, Auburn; daughters and sons-in-law, ... [Full Story »] 

Marshall Bowen

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Tuesday, June 9. 2009
WINDER - Marshall Blake Bowen, 31, died Monday, June 8, 2009. He had resided in Barrow County for all of his life, and was the son of John Bowen of Winder and the late Martha Wilson Bowen. He was preceded in death by a sister, Sharon Bowen Ruppel. A member of the Winder First United Methodist Church, he was a 1995 graduate of Winder-Barrow High ... [Full Story »] 

‘Chip’ Huff

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Tuesday, June 9. 2009
BOGART – Billy D. “Chip” Huff Jr., 53, died Thursday, June 4, 2009. Born in Clarke County, he was the son of Rita Oldham Huff of Statham and the late Bill Huff Sr. He was a graduate of Oconee County High School and was a third generation of Huff Roofing and Contractors. Survivors in addition to his mother, include children, Justin ... [Full Story »] 
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