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8 items to add to your marital bucket list
There are probably a lot of things you've heard you should experience before your life on Earth is over. There's the bucket list for believers and the YOLO phenomenon, but what about a bucket list for your marriage?
Fire safety this holiday season
In the United States, fire departments respond on average to a fire every 25 seconds for a total of more than 1.2 million fires every year, according to the National Fire Protection Association.
Are Millennials savers? Conflicting studies say yes and no
A new study claiming that young adults are spending more than they are saving has come a few months after a study that said Millennials are saving earlier and more for retirement than any other generation.
10 must-know facts about postpartum depression
As a society, we've come a long way toward de-stigmatizing mental illnesses, including postpartum depression. However, misconceptions still abound about this very serious mental disorder. Sufferers sometimes feel reluctant to reach out for help, thinking they'll be judged unfairly. What women suffering from postpartum depression need most is compassion and understanding. While compassion is entirely dependent on you, here are 10 must-know facts that will help us all toward a greater understanding.
Good things kids can learn from electronics
We live in an age of rapidly advancing technology. We can control our thermostat hundreds of miles away, we have smartphones, smart cars and even smart TVs. Every day new technology is introduced and changes some aspect of our life. It seems many children can work wonders with the latest gadgets. As parents, we need to guide our children to use technology for good and reap its benefits, instead of allowing our children to spend hours shooting zombies on their smartphones.
The unstoppable powerhouse of Disney's 'Frozen'
It's been a year since Disney's "Frozen" hit the big screen, and even Disney apparently didn't anticipate the film to become one of its top franchises in such a short period of time.
10-second kiss transfers 80 million bacteria, study says
Turns out kissing really can give you cooties.
Office etiquette tips can help you get through the holidays
If you spend enough time with any group of co-workers, you may start to see them as your "family away from home."
AAA offering Tow2Go
One in five consumers said they have never used a designated driver while away from home and drinking, according to a recent AAA Consumer Pulse™ Survey. AAA and Bud Light urge motorists to plan ahead for the holiday weekend if they will be out drinking. This means choosing a designated driver, staying where you are celebrating, using a cab or finding another form of sober transportation.
USDA offers tips for cooking your turkey safely
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing food safety recommendations on how to properly prepare a turkey to make sure yours is both delicious and safe to serve.
Parents see adoption as chance to help others at home, abroad
Ashley and Nick Nabors are a family of two. But in a matter of time, they'll be a family of four.
Elementary school honor rolls
Honor rolls for the first nine-week grading period for Effingham County's eight elementary schools:
Middle school honor rolls
Honor rolls for the first nine-week grading period for Effingham County's three middle schools:
High school honor rolls
Honor rolls for the first nine-week grading period for Effingham County's two high schools:
4 unexpected health risks of smartphone use
Smartphones - and the apps, photos and texts that come with them - are hard to resist. Americans log more than an hour of screen time on the devices each day, according to a December 2013 data analysis from Nielsen.
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Screven textile plant cleaning up its act
STATESBORO - After recent violations regarding on-site discharge, a Screven County textiles plant is making changes to rectify the matter.
GSU donates golf winnings to CASA
Georgia Southern University donated $1,500 to the Bulloch Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). The gift, a result of the university winning the 2014 Chancellor's Fall Classic Charity Cup golf tournament in Athens, was presented by President Brooks A. Keel to Lainie Jenkins, executive director of CASA.
Euchee chief to speak at HES banquet
Historic Effingham Society will host its annual banquet on Feb. 7. Our president, Norma Jean Morgan, has invited the chief of the Savannah River Euchee Indians tribal nation to be our guest speaker. He is an engineer who worked as a federal contractor. The chief is also an educator of colonial and Indian history.
The chainsaw assault
To be honest, I was more than a mite worried. I was plenty worried. My husband, raised not in the South or in the country, wanted a chainsaw. The one farm accessory that has brought down many a man. From an early age, I was taught respect for that chewing, sawing, respect-for-no-man power tool.
Spelling out a winner at SHES
Sand Hill Elementary School's spelling bee went down to the "minute."
Local students earn accolades
Browder named to Reinhardt dean's list
Road mess probably won’t get cleaned up
Georgia's elected leaders agree the most pressing issue right now is the state's transportation system.
Juvenile Justice going to the dogs
The state of Georgia's Juvenile Justice System is going to the dogs. And that's a good thing.
Budget proposals take center stage
Governor Deal's fiscal year 2015 amended and FY16 general budget proposals were reviewed during a week of budget hearings.
Setting our budget priorities for the coming fiscal year
The second week of the General Assembly is traditionally reserved for the Appropriations committee to receive the governor's budget. We review his recommendations for funding the state's programs for the 2016 fiscal year which begins July 1.
Battle over the state budget begins
The activity in the second week of the Georgia General Assembly was limited to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees meeting in joint conference to receive the governor's $21.8 billion budget request.
Some parents’ reactions are just nuts
My column of a few weeks back in which I described real-life parenting scenarios that qualified the parents in question for a diagnosis of "just plain nuts" was a big hit. Since it ran, readers have sent me numerous examples of parents who indeed seem to qualify as JPN and be in need, therefore, of You Ought to be Ashamed of Yourself Therapy.
The destructive price of unforgiveness
Of all the biblical prescriptions and proscriptions Christians often feel they struggle with, the commandment to forgive has got to be in the top three. Who among us doesn't feel even the least bit inadequate when considering these words from Colossians 3:13: "Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man has a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye"?
Court date pushed back for man who fired on deputies
An Eden man who is charged with shooting at Effingham County Sheriff's deputies will have his local court date pushed back as he's also been charged with a federal crime.
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