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Girl Scout Alumnae Reunion in Central Georgia

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 8:50am

The Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia will hold a reunion on May 4 from 1-6 pm at Camp Martha Johnson in Lizella. Alumnae will enjoy revisiting camp, renewing friendships, and helping to create a digital archive, according to a news release.

The event is free. Donations for camp upkeep will be accepted.

For more information, call Kathy Cranford at 478-747-3170.

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Town Hall Meeting to Focus on Educational Challenges Facing Rural Georgia

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 11:14am

Town Hall Meeting to Focus on Educational Challenges Facing Rural Georgia

Two Georgia Senators plan to hold a town hall meeting for Johnson, Laurens and Wheeler counties Saturday.

Senator Jason Carter (D-Decatur) and Senator Freddie Powell (D-Dawson) want residents to come and discuss educational challenges facing rural Georgians, according to a release.

The meeting will be held at the Dublin High School Cafeteria at 1127 Hillcrest Parkway in Dublin at 4 p.m.

The public is invited.

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Laurens County Jobless Rates Above Georgia Average

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 1:36pm

Laurens County Jobless Rates Above Georgia Average

Laurens County jobless rate in February was 10.8 percent compared to Georgia's 8.6 percent and metro Macon's nine percent.

The Georgia Department of Labor says February unemployment declined to nine percent in metro Macon.

According to a release, that's down from February 2012, when unemployment for metro Macon was 10 percent.

Georgia's February unemployment rate is 8.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted.

From January to February, metro Macon gained 500 jobs and fewer people were laid off.

Most jobs were added in the professional, business, education, health care, trade, transportation, warehousing, leisure and hospitality industries as well as in in local government.

Metro Macon includes Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs counties.

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Summit Set to Address Veteran Homelessness

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013, 1:55pm

Summit Set to Address Veteran Homelessness

A summit to address veterans' homelessness is set to for March 26th.

This comes after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs set a goal for VA to end veteran homelessness by 2015, according to a release.

The summit will address six areas:

Outreach and education
Prevention
Treatment
Income/employment/benefits
Housing/Supportive Services
Community partnerships

The summit takes place at 195 Holt Street in Macon. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and events last from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

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How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, 7:00am

How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live

Where You Live is WMAZ's hyperlocal feature. This means that we are helping bring you more community-specific news more often.

We have websites for these communities:

Dooly-Macon County
Hancock-Putnam
Bleckley-Dodge-Pulaski
Twiggs
Sandersville
Milledgeville
Peach-Crawford
Gray-Jones
Forsyth-Monroe
Dublin
Perry
Warner Robins
Macon
R obins AFB

These community websites are a place for you and your community members to share information.

To join our team and share with folks just like yourself, all you have to do is email us your email address and name whereyoulive@13wmaz.com

From there, we set up an account for you. This account lets you log in to your community site and post photo galleries, concerts, community events, 100th birthday parties, your concerns, latest creative projects, how-to advice and anything else you want people in your area to know.

Once you have an account, here are some examples of how you can stay involved Where You Live:

(These are just ideas to get you started. Feel free to come up with your own blog ideas!)

Post about your hobby:
Exercise
Photography
Scrapbooking
Hunting
Fishing
Couponing
Music reviews
Movie reviews
Local fashion

Are you that person who always takes photos at the high school's football games or at community festivals? You can log in with your new account and create a gallery to show off your photos on our site.
Have a story idea that may need a reporter in our newsroom? Send us a news tip by emailing eyewitnessnews@13wmaz.com
Where You Live is your space for public conversation. Feel free to comment on others' articles. New ideas can crop up just from simple conversations with others.
See something bizarre around town? Take a (cell phone) photo and post it to your community site! Maybe someone else will know the background story.
Add an event to our community calendar. Click "Add an Event" on your community site's event section.
Like" us on Facebook to include your local news, breaking news and weather warnings and watches in your Facebook feed.
Follow us on Twitter for breaking news and weather updates.

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Abby Greer Wins National Gymnastics Challenge

Submitted by Robert on Monday, March 11th, 9:00 am

Greer Wins All-Around Title

The Annual National Gymnastics Challenge is held on the beautiful campus of University of Georgia playing host to 1,200 young girls from across the nation.

Recently, one of Dodge County’s own competed in the competition earning the highest All-Around score. Abby Greer, who for the past five years has competed for Emerald City Artistic Sports in Dublin, GA earned her second national All-Around title by placing first on balance beam, first on uneven bars, third on floor exercise, and seventh on vault.

Abby will compete at the Georgia State Championships later this month and hopes to be one of six girls who will represent the Georgia State Team at the USA Gymnastics Regionals in South Carolina.

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Senator Tolleson's Capitol Update

Submitted by Senate Press on Monday, March 4th, 9:00 am

As we write this, the halls of the State Capitol are filled with the smell of peanut butter as today is Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, one of the most anticipated days under the Gold Dome! PB+J Day brings a smile to the faces of legislators, staff and lobbyists throughout the building. Our thanks to the Georgia Agribusiness Council and Georgia Peanut Commission for their sponsorship of this great event. If you have never had a “fried PB+J”, you must treat yourself- you will be glad you did!

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