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Rangers Keith Page (left) and Will Smith.

DNR rangers survive close call on river

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Friday, June 15. 2018

By Walter Geiger

Heavy rains lead to heavy runoff and raging rivers and creeks. Despite the danger, people are drawn to the rapidly-moving water. Two teenagers in Oconee County died last week when they ran afoul of a rain-swollen creek and drowned.

Local DNR Rangers Keith Page of Barnesville and Cpl. Wil Smith, a native of Milner, survived their own experience with high water May 23.

The long day started when a deputy spotted a capsized boat in the Flint River from the Hwy. 128 bridge which connects Crawford and Taylor counties. “There had been three days of heavy rain and the river was running high,” Page reported.

Smith got the call for help and alerted Page who picked up a DNR river patrol boat from his residence. Page met Smith at the scene at about 2 p.m. and they donned their swift water gear. A state patrol helicopter was on station above the river to direct them to the capsized craft.
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Billy Bankston Jr. (left) and Dan Bankston pose in their new Market Street shop with an old Coke box that dates back to Billy Bankston Sr.’s original shop on Main Street. Atop the box is a photo of Billy Sr. cutting the hair of Floyd Brown in 1948.

Three generations, 120 years of barbering

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Walter Geiger

Friday, June 15. 2018

By Walter Geiger

Billy Bankston Sr. opened Bankston’s Barber Shop in downtown Barnesville in 1938 at the age of 20. He had been aged beyond his years in the Army where he survived in the harsh conditions at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.

“Daddy always said he made it through because he had grown up in the woods, hunting day and night. He knew to keep his head down,” Billy Jr. said. Billy Jr. went to barber school and went to work in his dad’s shop as an apprentice at age 16. He had good reason. Gordon Military had 900 cadets and they all had to have haircuts once a week.
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Updated: Local siblings make national news

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Walter Geiger

Monday, June 11. 2018

Updated: 17 hours ago

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The world’s five oldest siblings were born and raised in Pike County and they all say faith helped them lead long, happy lives. They were recently presented with Guinness World Records for having the highest combined age of any siblings in the world at 490 years total. The celebration was held at the church in Lifsey Springs where they have spent most Sundays of their lives worshipping - Beulah Baptist Church. Below is the story by Emilie Ikeda of Fox News and a link to the video for Fox News which will likely air on the local evening news Monday night or another night this week. [Full Story »]

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Favorite Recipes of Lamar County Women

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Walter Geiger

Thursday, June 14. 2018

This week we present the 18th page of recipes compiled by members of the Extension Home Economics Club in 1970. This week’s page includes recipes for Ambrosia Salad, Beet Salad and Chicken Salad Mold.

We would like to thank Betty Perkins for submitting the recipe book.

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