Barnesville BBQ and Blues was this weekend. 4U2C had the crowd on their feet.
Carl Pruitt from the Bear 92.5 is in The Buckeye Band.
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Barnesville BBQ and Blues was this weekend. 4U2C had the crowd on their feet. | Carl Pruitt from the Bear 92.5 is in The Buckeye Band. | |
 Barnesville BBQ and Blues is going on this weekend. Be sure to give this BBQ'er a hard time for that nasty Gator flag that hangs by his banner. |  Here's famous piggy that can cook pretty good! |  This girl had a fun time riding around in the golf cart with her Mommy and Aunty. |
 The pouch holds a dog that is not afraid of riding! |  There is a critter perched on this engine. |  He's a famous critter that continues to search for that unattainable meal. |
 | Recyling is easier than ever at the Pike County Transfer and Recycle Center. See story on the home page dated 4.25.08. |  |
 | Bobby Collier shows how easy it is to recycle at the Transfer Station. It's as easy as looking at the signs and examples and throwing your items into the containers! Recycle information is on the Calendar of Events page. |  |
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 This picture was taken by Janie Wilson out at the bridge at Flat Shoals. That is a LOT of turtles getting some sun! |  This American flag and yellow ribbon hang at the Reid's house on Hwy 109 in support of our troops and their loved one who is serving overseas. Hang in there, Nicole! | |
 | The Pike County Arts Council will sponsor the Pike Players in an encore performance of the humorous play, “Around the Table,” on Sunday April 27 at 3 pm at the Meansville Baptist Church Faith Building. Admission to Sunday’s performance will be $5.00 for an adult with students admitted free of charge. More information is available by calling PCAC at 770-567-5555. See story dated 4.21.08. |  |
 | With April being National Child Abuse Prevention Month, representatives from Pike County Primary School, YES team, Sheriff’s Department, Department of Human Resources, Pike Child Abuse Council, and the City of Zebulon met on Saturday April 12 in the rain to spread awareness of child abuse and ways to prevent it as well as the need for parents for children in foster care. Pictures by Erin Baldwin.
See article on home page dated 4.15.08 by Staff Writer Erin Baldwin. |  |
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 |  | The Spring Festival and Art Show was held on Friday, April 11, 2008 at Pike County Primary School. Everybody had a great time and there was no rain! |  |
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 |  |  | Rep. Westmoreland accepts a pro-Fair Tax petition from Duane Parde (left) of the National Taxpayers Union and Ken Hoagland (center) of Americans for Fair Taxation. Photo courtesy of Rep. Westmoreland's Congressional Office. See story on home page dated 4.16.08. |
 The 2nd Annual Pike Primary Kindergarten Derby Car Race took place on Friday, April 11, 2008. These kids and teachers were serious about racing. The teachers cars are above. The winner gets to keep the trophy and retains bragging rights for a year. | ||
 |  |  One winner from each Kindergarten class competed in the finals in the afternoon. |  |
 | Mackenzie Faulkner won 1st place, Kylee Housman won 2nd place, and Tyler DeGraff won 3rd place. Congratulations to Mackenzie, Kylee, Tyler and their teachers! |  |  |
 Lori Blount was the winner of the 1st Annual Pike Primary Kindergarten Teacher's Derby Car Race. |  Candy Mann won 1st place, Valerie Perkins won 2nd place, and Cathy Buchanan won 3rd place. Congratulations! |  Candy Mann is the winner of the 2nd Annual Pike Primary Kindergarten Teacher's Derby Car Race. |
 The Sertoma Club of Pike County held a fundraiser to benefit the Pike Special Olympics on April 4th. The event included great food, fun, and entertainment. |  The event highlight was the thousands of dollars of gift raffles and the special appearance by the Pike County Village People. The Pike County Special Olympics will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at the Pike County High School Track and Field. |  Photos courtesy of Marcus Bailey with Encore Entertainment. |
| Anyone using the Shoals access needs to be respectful of the environment and not litter. If you see litter that someone else left behind, pick it up because this is not a county access point and there is no one to clean up after you. There is no parking along the highway. Avoid a ticket and have someone meet you down the river with the vehicle. |  | Gene Reynolds, local real estate broker and owner of The Real Estate Store, Inc. has qualified for the Boston Marathon. Gene qualified at the Snickers Marathon in Albany, Georgia. |
 This picture was taken at the beginning of the Vietnam Veterans Ceremony on the Courthouse Square on March 29th. The crowd continued to grow during the ceremony. |  The placing of the wreath in honor of Vietnam Veterans at the Veterans' Memorial on the Pike Courthouse Square. |  Flags are lowered to half mast. Read the story dated 3.29.08. |
 The United Men of Pike for Progress held their 13th Annual Banquet on March 22, 2008. |  Sheriff Jimmy Thomas was the guest speaker. |  John Hollis was honored as Man of the Year for UMPP. |
 United Men of Pike for Progress hid 1,000 eggs hidden in the field across from the schools on Old Zebulon Road. |  |  If you missed the Easter Egg Hunt this year, make a point to come out next year! |
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 I had to look twice to realize that there were two steering wheels in this Post Office Delivery vehicle! |  Pike County Ghost Out 2008 was held on Good Friday at the High School. This was a lesson about not drinking and driving. The two vehicles are in a crash simulation in front of the middle school this weekend. With spring break and prom night coming up, this was an important lesson to drive home to students. Click here to read the revised article and view the pictures that go with it. CAUTION: The pictures are graphic and may not be suitable for children! | |
 | The Boys & Girls Club of West Georgia-Pike County Unit met on 3.20.08 in Concord. See story dated 3.29.08. Pictured here: Demetrice Tuttle-Boys & Girls Club of America National Youth of the Year, Lois McDaniel-Coordinator of the Pike County YES Team, Inc., and Wally West-Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of West Georgia. | ||
 | The Dolly Goodpuppy Society, Inc. Dog Show was held on March 15, 2008. These photos were taken by Don Bailey. |  |  |
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 These girls ran for eggs together. |  Man, that's a lot of eggs! |  These kids won prizes for having the most eggs in their age category. |
 This was a family event for kids of all ages. |  Faster than a swarm of locusts, these kids cleaned the field of every egg in sight. It was a run to the finish and a lot of fun! | |
 This little man was sharing his eggs with other children at the Recreation Egg Hunt on Sunday. |  These young ladies thought that the Easter Bunny was cool. The little girl in the edge of the picture took a little bit longer to get close to him. |  4 generations of this family came out to support the 2nd Annual Recreation Easter Egg Hunt. |
 A picture from the Pike Chamber of Commerce's Annual Job Shadow Day. Photo courtesy of Upson Regional Medical Center. |  The Elementary School Relay for Life Team held a yard sale earlier this month. The Pike County Relay for Life will be held on May 16, 2008. | |
 12u Georgia Fury played in and won their first tournament for the year in Brooks, Georgia on March 1, 2008. See story dated 3.17.08. Congratulations! |  These are finished pictures of the Recreation Playground. |  The Recreation Authority has done a great thing for our community! |
| Nicole Willis averaged 15.1 points per game while leading the squad in rebounds (6.7 a contest), three-point field goal percentage (50 percent) and minutes played (36.0 per outing). She started all 30 games this past season, scoring in double figures 24 times with a career-high 28 points in the Lady Eagles' home victory over SSAC foe Columbia College on Jan. 31. Congratulations Nicole! | 
| I had no idea that someone could take sugar and make it into eggs like this. Add a cute figurine and your Easter is set! Get them while you can at Crumb Crazy in Zebulon. |
 A SCAG tiger--not an Auburn tiger--waved at everyone passing by Advanced Power Equipment's Open House. |  The chefs can work and visit at the same time. |  One of these people owns a truck that I admired in the parking lot. Wonder who has a fire engine red truck that would get me a ticket or three. | |
 Register to win a Stihl FS45C String Trimmer with Easy Start Feature. Regularly $189. No purchase necessary. |  This young lady is helping her Grandpa get ready for his annual Open House on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Advanced Power Equipment just outside of Zebulon. Free shirts and hats will be available. Free hotdogs and hamburgers will be available from 11 to 1 p.m. Angie is holding the trimmer that will be given away. |  A second sign of spring is the crocus sprouting in the yard. | |
 What does 50 cents on your City of Zebulon water bill get for you? Greenspace in the city. |  Renovations are ongoing in the Business Development Center behind the City of Zebulon Government Complex because of a Community Development Block Grant. | ||
 | Here are the "after" pictures with the completed roof. Work is ongoing in the Business Development Center. |  | |
 SPLOST puts a new roof... |  on the City of Zebulon Government Complex. | ||
 New playground equipment is going in at the Recreation Complex. |  2 belt swings, 1 tot swing, and 1 special needs swing will hang here. |  Look for a grand opening soon! |
 Chancellor won a total of 13 events including Reserve Best in Show at the United Kennel Club show this past weekend. See story dated 2.21.08. Copyright 2008. Rhonda Engelauf-Allen, Club Photographer, Middle Georgia Kennel Club. |  This is the setting for the Appeals Committee hearing on Valentine's Night. |
 BOE members Vice-Chairman Roger Green, J.L. Wynn and Fred Blackmon met with Rep. Billy Maddox and Sen. Ronnie Chance at the State Capitol. See story dated 2.14.08.
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 C/SA Caldwell and C/SA Hoyal assisted  in a flag ceremony for AM1(AW/SW) Floyd Miller  on the Pike Courthouse Square. See story dated 2.12.08.  MSG Mark S. Colvin of the Upson-Lee Navy JROTC was in charge of the ceremony. | |||
 Congratulations to AM1(AW/SW) Floyd Miller on his retirement from active duty in the Navy after 21 years. Welcome home to Pike County!  This young lady was the winner of one of the drawings for items in the Friends of Pike County Animal library display pictured below. See article dated 2.11.08. Congratulations! | ||
 Centerfield had a baseball training camp on February 9, 2008. | From the Ali Shuffle to running drills on the field, these kids had a great time going over the basics of baseball!  | |
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 The first daffodils are appearing for Spring in Georgia.
 Crumb Crazy was packed out on February 9, 2008 as 29 kids decorated cookies, balloons, and bags for Valentine's Day.  Rhonda and her helpers had their hands full because the kids visited all in the span of three hours! | ||
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 Pike County High School
 held a blood drive
 on February 8, 2008.
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 From the size of a lego building block to a full grown squirrel. Shiver is living in the wild now. | Shiver has moved to a more stable nest than the dead tree that he was living in and no longer comes down to visit with humans at all. Kind of sad but that means successful rehabilitation.   | ||
 Who in the heck is Ed? And what is Ed running for? 
Representatives from the RDC and Navy League stand with the Pike Board of Commissioners with a Georgia flag that will
be presented to the Commanding Officer of the USS Georgia by Governor Sonny Perdue at the Return to Service Ceremony in Kings Bay on March 28th. This flag will have travelled the entire state by then. The USS Georgia is the only ship ported in the same state in which it is named for. This is a way to welcome the crew into service. Click here for more info about the USS Georgia.
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 These ladies were all smiles at the annual MLK Parade in Zebulon. Click on the link above for more pictures. Still more on the way!
 Lincoln is a Greater Swiss Mountain dog. He will be in the running for "Best of Show" at Westminster in February. Read story dated. 1.22.08.
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 The snow was fun while it lasted.
 Christmas at B&D Ceramics is a fun time. Those are antlers on Joan's head!
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 Sign up for the Friends of Pike County Animals Drawing at the J. Joel Edwards Library. Read Animal Control Continues the Roll Toward Reality on home page dated 1.15.08.
 Centerfield Sports and Fitness held a baseball camp on January 5, 2008. Click on Centerfield Baseball Camps above for more pictures. Still more coming soon!
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