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2009 Georgia County Guide available Posted on 02/12/09 by Sharon Dowdy

Bremen City Schools had a 93 percent graduation rate in 2007. And 65.6 percent of Oconee County’s 2007 graduates were eligible for the HOPE scholarship.

January dry month with variable temps for Georgia Posted on 02/11/09 by Pam Knox

Georgia’s temperatures were close to typical last month. Most weather stations reported mean temperatures of only 1 degree Fahrenheit above normal.

Georgians walk their way to better health Posted on 02/06/09 by Allie Byrd

Georgians all across the state are getting in shape, eating better and working toward a healthier lifestyle with the help of UGA Cooperative Extension fitness program Walk Georgia. In the spring and fall 2008 programs combined, over 6,000 participants walked their way to better health.

Salmonella recalls: Don't be afraid, be informed Posted on 02/06/09 by April Reese Sorrow

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration advise consumers not to eat peanut products made with peanut butter or peanut paste made at the Peanut Corporation of America facility in Blakely, Ga. More than 1,300 products ranging from cookies and ice cream to trail mix and pet food have been recalled due to a nation-wide salmonella outbreak connected to the facility.

Increase your chances of surviving tornadoes Posted on 02/05/09 by David E. Stooksbury

The first week in February is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Georgia. The coming months are often the ones with highest rate of tornadoes in the state.

A healthy you, a healthy marriage Posted on 02/05/09 by April Reese Sorrow

Research shows that individuals in healthy marriages are physically healthier and live longer. They get sick less, are hospitalized less and experience shorter hospital stays. They have lower rates of heart failure, cancer and other diseases, too.

Fighting reveals lack of genetic connection Posted on 02/05/09 by Sharon Dowdy

University of Georgia scientists are using DNA technology and old-fashioned animal instinct to find the best ways to control wood-destroying carpenter ants.

Minority recruitment kicks into higher gear at CAES Posted on 02/05/09 by Stephanie Schupska

When Ron Walcott talked to high school students at a recent Georgia Daze breakfast, he had five new ways to entice them to come to the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – five, full-ride scholarships for minority students.

Mapping sorghum's future Posted on 01/29/09 by Stephanie Schupska

Southerners may best know sorghum as sweet, biscuit-topping syrup. But the small grain’s uses range from a dependable, drought-tolerant food crop to biofuel source, says a University of Georgia researcher.

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