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How To Foster Your Child's Talent
Childhood is a time of dreams and possibilities, so it’s important parents encourage their children’s innate talents to help them develop and build self esteem, say experts. Whatever ...
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What To Do When Your Child Has Trouble Reading
When children struggle at reading, not only does schoolwork suffer, studies point to long term consequences — from being left back in school to having trouble at work and earning less than pe...
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(Tricia Dillard/Calhoun Times) Local resident is now 400 pounds slimmer
Roy Stephens was told that if he didn’t lose a significant amount of weight he would die; he weighed 710 pounds last year. Over the course of nine months, he has lost nearly 400 pounds by undergoi...
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Pre-K registration deadline is March 31
Parents needing to register their four-year-olds for the Gordon County Schools pre-K program should complete an application before March 31. There are only 380 slots available for the 2010-2011 sc...
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Savings inside the March 20th issue of the Calhoun Times
Inserts: Home Depot Toys R’ Us Kmart Kroger CVS Ingles Ads: Floyd Urgent Care – Now serving Calhoun & Adairsville! Minor emergencies… URGENT Care from us! Best Buy Autos...
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Chatsworth grandmother pleads guilty to embezzling more than $1 million
Just after beginning work at a Whitfield County insurance company, a Chatsworth woman began skimming from the books to pay off credit card bills and expensive trips. A fairly young business, in 20...
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Update: Man killed on Ga. 140 Wednesday was 46-year-old Adairsville man
An Adairsville man was killed Wednesday evening in a one-vehicle wreck on Ga. 140 just inside Bartow County that had the road blocked for hours. The Georgia State Patrol reported that around 6 p.m...
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Gordon County initial unemployment claims are down
Despite last week’s announcement that unemployment rate in Gordon County had risen, initial unemployment claims are down in Gordon County, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday. Accord...
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Georgia-based high chair company recalls 1 million chairs
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WASHINGTON — The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they pose a fall hazard to children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary reca...
Drug court graduates prepare for future
by Lydia Senn
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Tina is poised, 30-something, with glossy brown hair and an infectious smile, but two years ago Tina was a shell of the person she is today. “I was a prisoner to addiction,” she said. Tina was on...
Calhoun native among Berry forensics championship winners
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Berry College claimed top honors for the 16th consecutive year at the Georgia Intercollegiate Forensics Association’s 2010 state tournament. Originally scheduled to be held in Marietta, the speakin...
Water on the brain
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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY might be described as a starving patient with water on the brain. Well, those in the field of hospitals/health care, the latest target for politicians who believe leeches cure ...
The worst Irish accents in Hollywood movies
by By Conn Corrigan , IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
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The Irish accent, judging from some of Hollywood's attempts at it over the years, must surely be one of the most difficult for actors to master. We've plowed through the archives and nominated our ...
Third Annual U-Ride is set for Saturday, March 27
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United Way of Gordon County is ready for the third annual U-Ride. “The bicycle ride that began in 2008 was such a success, the Board of Directors has decided to make it an annual event,” according...
Gordon Hospital Foundation offers scholarships
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(Calhoun, Ga)— High school and college students pursuing a career in the medical field have the opportunity for a Gordon Hospital Foundation scholarship. The Foundation is currently accepting appli...
Savings inside the March 17th issue of the Calhoun Times
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President Barack Obama, with Vice Preisdent Joseph Biden at his side, makes a statement to the nation Sunday night following the final vote in the House of Representatives for comprehensive health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage.


Mon Mar 22 07:09:53 -0500 2010

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks at a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., Saturday, March 13, 2010. Former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, left, listens. McCain is back in New Hampshire to campaign for fellow Republican Kelly Ayotte. Ayotte, a former state attorney general, is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Judd Gregg. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - Sen. John McCain says Democrats who championed the historic health care bill that passed the House haven't heard the last of the issue, predicting reprisals at the polls and in the courts.


Mon Mar 22 06:45:01 -0500 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here on March 12, said the United States will not AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Monday that the Obama administration will not accept a nuclear armed Iran and is working on sanctions "that will bite" to press it to come clean about its suspect atomic program.


Mon Mar 22 08:44:39 -0500 2010