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Our thoughts... Big Haynes Creek Wildlife Festival
If you are looking for something to do today and tomorrow, may we suggest you head on out to the fourth annual Big Haynes Creek Wildlife Festival being held at the Georgia International Horse Park.




Our thoughts... Ready for football
Fall is an exciting and refreshing time of year, although it doesn’t feel like it with the temperature still above normal. But if you look really hard you can actually see some of the trees starting to turn color ever so slightly.




Our thoughts... Lobbyists
When David Ralston was elected by his colleagues last year to the powerful George House Speaker position, he promised that he would make ethics his top priority. It was the lack of ethics that caused the previous speaker Glen Richardson to fall from grace.




Our thoughts... Giving back
The Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology recently was awarded the prestigious Difference Maker award by the Alliance for Student Activities as the top community service high school in the United States.




Our thoughts... 'No show' no more
Almost two years ago an unprecedented number of voters of the 95th District turned out to vote in the Presidential election. The majority of those voters of the district marked an X next to every candidate that was running as a Democrat.




Our thoughts... Making a difference
The official 2010 United Way campaign kicked off Wednesday at a luncheon held at the Rockdale Hospital before a joint meeting of the Rockdale and Conyers Rotary clubs and special guests.




The boys of summer
The boys of summer have done it again, Rockdale style. The American Legion Post 77 sponsored Conyers baseball team beat Douglasville 17-7 last Wednesday to bring the American Legion State Championship back to Conyers/Rockdale. As a reward for their efforts, the team will represent Georgia in the Southeast Region playoffs . Visit www.RockdaleNews.com and pick up the Rockdale News for results of their efforts. We congratulate Coach Eddie Bagwell and his team of scrappers for ...




USO
This past week we heard a presentation on the USO at the weekly meeting of the Conyers Rotary. The presenter, a retired West Point Graduate and volunteer for the Georgia branch of the USO, brought back memories of the late Bob Hope, who every year put together a troupe of entertainers and traveled to the far flung parts of the world in order to provide some welcome relief for our troops. The USO - Support ...




Our thoughts... Eyesore of the Week
Conyers is a beautiful city, and most of the residents who own homes in it take special pride in the upkeep of their properties.




Our thoughts... Drive carefully
Our schools in Rockdale County started last week, no doubt to the relief of moms across the county.




Community Strength
To test the true strength and vitality of any community you only have to look at how they treat their youth.




It’s the economy
Recently we saw a mailer sent out by one of our local candidates for state senator. The mailer was slickly done and we are sure it cost the candidate a pretty penny.




Civic Minded
Two civic groups that are essential to the welfare of the Rockdale-Conyers community the Rockdale and Conyers Rotary held a changing of the guard last week.







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