- Cougars rule the skies over Iraq. Two graduates and an assistant principal are all serving in the same military unit Iraq. Christina Tomassini is a medic who graduated in 2002. Jason Peden works in aircraft maintenance and graduated in 2008. And George Chip is an AHS assistant principal and a helicopter pilot.
- New Energy Education Coordinator. announced the selection of Deborah Pendergrass as the energy education coordinator for Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas and Paulding counties schools Pendergrass’ new positions is part of the electric utility’s statewide education initiative to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of using energy wisely and efficiently. (Picture in gallery above)
- Education fair at . The Georgia Education Articulation Committee’s (GEAC) Fall 2011 PROBE College Fair will be in Douglasville on Monday, Sept. 19, at Arbor Place Mall from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The fair is free and open to high school students and their families. The eight-week fall tour consists of 61 college fairs held at various schools and venues across the state of Georgia. For more information and to view the entire fall schedule, visit www.gaprobe.org.
- Vote for your favorite downtown business. Voting for the annual Downtown Awards is open until Sept. 16. Vote here for your favorite downtown retail business, restaurant, service business and new business. Winners will be announced at the Downtown Recognition Banquet sponsored by on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. in the . Tickets for this event are available at www.downtowndouglasville.org or at the Welcome Center at 6694 Broad St. Tickets are $15, or $10 for Friends of Main Street members, and include dinner and dessert. For more information, contact the Main Street manager at 678-715-6092.
- The University of West Georgia has started offering classes at its new location in Douglasville. The Saturday graduate-level and doctoral classes began in this semester with nearly 70 students. The graduate classes are "Leadership Residency II" and "Language-Minority Education and Culture." The doctoral class is "Program Evaluation." In the spring, UWG will offer more classes at the Stewart Parkway location. Richards College of Business will offer "Marketing Strategy" during the first half of the spring semester and "Managerial Accounting" during the second half. For more information, contact Rebecca Smith at 770-254-7345 or rsmith@westga.edu.
Cougars Rule Skies Over Iraq
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margaret aikens September 25, 2011 at 02:10 am
It's wonderful to see our local military being profiled!!! Thanks to those who serve and for Patch for profiling them!!
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Diana Memmolo June 17, 2013 at 02:09 am
Most all Animal Shelters, Rescues and Humane Societies badly need loving Foster Homes. If you live…Read More in Fulton County, please consider helping Fulton Animal Services. We here in Douglas County, Very, Very badly need loving foster homes. If you want to share your home with a homeless furry soul, and live west of Atlanta... please consider helping your local animals, very badly in need. Both the Humane Society and the County Animal Shelter need help for the animals. The Douglas County Humane Society helps their foster animals with food, medication and needed vetting. Please consider contacting the
Douglas County Humane Society at D.Animals@mindspring.com or www.DouglasCountyHumaneSociety.com or call 678 838 9123
or the Douglas County Animal Control Shelter at scollier@co.douglas.ga.us or 770 942-5961
Thank you for considering helping.
JB June 4, 2013 at 08:58 am
To Mr Bill Adams.....there is no such thing as a MODERN Christian. You are either a Christain or you…Read More are not. While we as Christians love the sinner we are not to love the sin nor are we to back those sinners who are committing a sinful act. We should, however, with love in our hearts try to win their souls for God and preach what the Bible teaches. Which by the way, the Bible tells us it is wrong and a sin for a man to lie with a man.
Jana Crump-Aquino June 4, 2013 at 06:13 pm
I wonder how many gay teens were in that audience, who felt horror at that standing ovation? How…Read More many stood next to the parents who didn't know it wasn't a choice, who were standing and applauding next to a child who was already so emotionally torn up inside with the thought of telling these parents they were gay?? How many of these teens will commit suicide rather than tell these parents? Good move church, who is supposed to be preaching forgiveness, understanding and give support to the needy. Who decides what emotion is needy? Feeling gay, or thinking about getting a divorce, or losing your job and needing help? I am not gay, but I wholly believe in living, and let live, and helping where you can with no judgment! This church should be ashamed of itself! This is exactly why I don't go to church, and worship in my own way. They are all a bunch of hypocrites and should be ashamed of themselves.