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Springfield gets ready to adopt FY11 budget
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Springfield City Council is expected to approve a budget and a millage rate for fiscal year 2011 at a special called meeting Tuesday. 
 
The city will consider a millage rate of 4.3 for its FY11 budget, pegged at $1.72 million.
 
In the proposed budget for 2011, the city expects to spend 35 percent of its budget on streets and lanes, the biggest chunk for any department. 
 
For the complete story, see Tuesday's edition of the Effingham Herald. 
Rep. Buddy Carter: Granddaughters Survived Texas Camp Flooding That Killed Their Cousin
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Rep. Buddy Carter spoke publicly about the loss of his granddaughters' cousin in the Texas flooding.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., who represents Effingham County, said his twin granddaughters survived catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas, but their 9-year-old cousin, Janie Hunt, was killed. Carter shared the heartbreaking news on social media and in interviews with Fox News, CNN, and Atlanta News First, revealing that Janie’s body was found on her mother’s birthday. Carter said his granddaughters survived by climbing onto a roof and waiting for rescue.
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