WEDOWEEE – At last week’s meeting, Wedowee Town Council continued its efforts to make the town a more pleasant place to live by passing a nuisance ordinance aimed at issues such as litter and dilapidated properties.Highlights from the 28 sections of the ordinance include:No littering.Occupants of the property fronting them should keep sidewalks clean.No throwing…

(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Runette Burke Hodges of Columbus, Ga., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at her home. Services will be at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 25, at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, with the Rev. Jimmy Cook and Dr. Bill Shorey officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the service.…

LAKE WEDOWEE – A Georgia man was seriously injured on Saturday morning in a boating accident on Lake Wedowee. According to reports, Matthew Bearden got out of his boat and into the water in the Wedowee Cove area. He thought the boat was in neutral, but it had slipped back into reverse. Bearden received to…

MONTGOMERY — The political career of Terry Butts, which has taken a lot of twists and turns, took another one a few days ago. Butts announced he would not seek any state office in 2006 but is retiring from politics to spend more time with his family. Butts was elected to the state Supreme Court…

(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Faye Lynch, 91, of Columbus, Ga., formerly of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at her home. Mrs. Lynch was born July 16, 1914, in Wadley and retired as a seamstress from Playtex International. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and attended Calvary Christian Church in Columbus. Survivors include…

(ROANOKE) Ruthie Bess Askew, 92, of Roanoke Arms Apartment 11, Roanoke, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2005, at her residence. Services will be Thursday, Aug. 25, at 1 p.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Elijah Jackson Jr. and the Rev. Lonnie B. Houston officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include…

(WOODLAND) Services for Mr. James Michael Lee, 43, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Mr. Lee will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Lee died Saturday, Aug.…

(LAFAYETTE) Services for James Radney Wilson, 60, of LaFayette were Sunday, Aug. 21, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, Roanoke, with the Rev. Scott Whaley and the Rev. S.T. Janney officiating. Burial was at Milltown Cemetery. Mr. Wilson died Friday, Aug. 19, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Marlene Brown of LaFayette;…

(TALLAPOOSA, Ga.) Harvey Franklin “Frank” Robinson, 58, of Tallapoosa, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005. Mr. Robinson was born July 2, 1947, in Troup County, Ga., to the late Fred and Nannie Rollins Robinson. He was a truck mechanic and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in…

(MARIETTA, Ga.) Betty Traylor Williamson of Marietta, Ga., died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005. Mrs. Williamson was born in Wedowee on May 26, 1930, daughter of Herbert Hoover Traylor and Gladys Simpson Traylor. She was educated in the public schools of Randolph County and graduated from Jacksonville State University. She taught kindergarten when her children were…

(WADLEY) Services for Nadine Creed, 84, of Wadley were Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Corinth Congregational Christian Church with the Rev. Zenus Windsor and the Rev. Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Creed died Tuesday, Aug. 16, at her home. She is survived by her husband, Charlie Creed;…

(LAFAYETTE) Services for Leroy Sims, 86, of LaFayette were Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Christian Church, LaFayette, with the Rev. Barry Brooks and Jack Hill officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Sims died Monday, Aug. 15, at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley. A native of Chambers County,…

(ROANOKE) Services for Christine Goss, 75, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, at 11 a.m. CDT at Mount Carrie Baptist Church, Franklin, Ga., with the Revs. Harold Winters and Lonnie B. Houston officiating. Burial will be at State Line Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Goss died Wednesday, Aug. 27, at her home. Survivors include…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Services for Dorothy Roberts Caldwell, 89, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, will be Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, at 3 p.m. at Shadow Lawn Cemetery of LaGrange with the Rev. Paul Blair officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:30 to 1:30 p.m. CDT on Aug. 20. Mrs. Caldwell…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated March 15, 2001, executed by RANDOLPH E. POOL, WILLIAM H. POOL and BETTY POOL, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”) Solely as nominee for FIRST MORTGAGE COMPANY, which mortgage was recorded on March 19, 2001, in Book 411,…

The annual public school testing results are in, and we have learned that in spite of greatly improved test scores, several local schools have been declared failures by the Washington bureaucrats who came up with the No Child Left Behind program. The reason? Some special education students have difficulty passing standardized tests. And if they…

If this column is a little moist it’s because I’ve been dribbling more drool than my teething 4-month-old in anticipation of the imminent college football season. So to appease my rabid appetite and that of those like me, I thought I would answer a few questions concerning SEC schools that will actually be somewhat interesting…