Entries by Walter Geiger

John Kerry is a saint

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Tuesday, March 24. 2009

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(relax. this is a joke submitted by lee otis butler)

On a Saturday afternoon, in Washington, D. C., Senator John Kerry's campaign manager visited the Cardinal of the Catholic cathedral.

He told the Cardinal that John Kerry would be attending the next day's sermon, and he asked if the Cardinal would kindly point out Kerry to the congregation and say a few words that would include calling Kerry a saint.
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The majesty and glory

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Walter Geiger

in Geiger's Counter

Tuesday, March 24. 2009

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I set out on a journey last week to Quail Country Plantation in Arlington, Georgia to do a little quail hunting with a good friend. [Full Story »]

Top this! Boyd lands huge bass

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Walter Geiger

in Sports, Top Stories

Monday, March 23. 2009

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Tony Boyd of Barnesville caught this huge bass today in a private pond. [Full Story »]

Alleged killer denied bond

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Walter Geiger

in Crime, News, Top Stories

Monday, March 23. 2009

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Judge Bill Fears denied bond for alleged killer Philip Foster at a hearing held in Butts County superior court. Foster is charged with beating a Barnesville man to death. [Full Story »]

Suspect captured after fleeing from deputies on I-75

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Walter Geiger

in Crime

Monday, March 23. 2009

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A man fled on foot after Lamar deputies stopped his car on I-75 this afternoon. The suspect was later captured on Unionville Road after an intensive search.

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Murder suspect commits suicide after Zebulon traffic stop

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Walter Geiger

in Crime, News, Top Stories

Saturday, March 21. 2009

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A man wanted for murder in Cobb County shot himself with a rifle after being pulled over in downtown Zebulon Saturday afternoon. The man, identified as 43-year-old Randall Keith Fisher, subsequently died at a Griffin hospital from the self-inflicted wound. [Full Story »]

Alleged burglar no mental giant

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Walter Geiger

in Crime, News, Top Stories

Friday, March 20. 2009

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According to a witness, a Locust Grove man charged in a string of local burglaries was "not the sharpest tool in the shed." [Full Story »]

Jeep flips; one victim life-flighted

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Walter Geiger

in News

Friday, March 20. 2009

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A red 1995 Jeep Cherokee bearing Gwinnett County plates flipped several times in the median of Highway 41 near Shirley's Surplus this afternoon, snarling traffic and injuring two. One victim was life-flighted from the scene with neck injuries after being entrapped for some 40 minutes.

The Georgia State Patrol has identified the driver as 19-year-old Bianca Whitney McCloud of Fayetteville.

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Hightower wins by one vote!

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Walter Geiger

in News, Top Stories

Tuesday, March 17. 2009

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Christopher Hightower defeated Ronald Horton in today's special election and will assume the ward two seat on the Barnesville city council vacated last year by Annie Mae Harris. [Full Story »]

Horton leads 6-5

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Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Tuesday, March 17. 2009

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Ronald Horton led Chris Hightower 6-5 among the 11 advance ballots cast in today's ward two city council election.

Unofficially, a total of 68 ballots were cast - a turnout of 10.7%. [Full Story »]

The moisture is back

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Walter Geiger

in Geiger's Counter

Tuesday, March 17. 2009

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I got to spend all day Saturday in the woods. It was a rare occasion. I
love the outdoors but spend much less time there now than I used to due
to family and business responsibilities. [Full Story »]

Polls expected to pick up momentum this evening

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Walter Geiger

in News, Top Stories

Tuesday, March 17. 2009

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Poll workers have been underwhelmed thus far today as voters have avoided voting in the special election to fill the ward two seat on the Barnesville city council like the plague. [Full Story »]

LCSO, NTF make meth arrest

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Walter Geiger

in Crime, News

Monday, March 16. 2009

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Lamar sheriff's deputies and agents of the Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant at 131 Bulldog Court today, making one arrest and seizing four grams of methamphetamine and a quantity of marijuana, according to sheriff Larry Waller.

Bulldog Court is located off Unionville Road in Lamar County. [Full Story »]

how much rain...

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Walter Geiger

in Geiger's Counter

Monday, March 16. 2009

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is in your gauge? [Full Story »]

Barnesville ward two voters go to the polls

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Walter Geiger

in News, Top Stories

Monday, March 16. 2009

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Voters in Barnesville’s Ward 2 go to the polls Tuesday to choose between two candidates to fill the unexpired term of former city council member Annie Mae Harris who resigned last summer. [Full Story »]