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Photos of the week, July 11-17, 2008
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The best images of the week from our photographers.


More than 180 dogs seized
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More than 180 dogs, all purebreds, were seized from a man's property Wednesday in Putnam County.


Huge tree taken down in Macon park
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Workers cut down a tree in Macon's Washington Park on Thursday. The tree had died after being struck by lightning.


Wesleyan restores 1925 organ
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The crew from Schantz Organ Co., an Ohio manufacturer that specializes in pipe organs, works to reinstall the Goodwyn-Candler-Panoz instrument at Porter Auditorium. The million-dollar restoration project involves thousands of parts and is expected to to take more than a month to refit the Wesleyan College auditorium.


Drying hydrangeas with Mark Ballard
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Mark Ballard demonstrates how to dry hydrangeas.


Your pet photos
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Share your photos of your pets. Click here to add your photos to this gallery, or e-mail them to yourphotos@macon.com.


Firefighters work blaze at WR home
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The Warner Robins Fire Department responded to a house fire at 713 Miller St. about 11 a.m. Wednesday.



Midstaters head to polls for primary elections
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Voters across Middle Georgia went to the polls Tuesday to vote in the state's primary elelctions.


Fatal fire being investigated
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Two children died in an early morning house fire at the corner of Moseley and Pansy avenues off Pio Nono Avenue in Macon.


Montezuma residents honor longtime teacher
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People in Macon County are giving a big sendoff to Lela Brenneman later this month. She taught first-graders for 40 years at the Mennonite school before retiring in May.


Photos of the week, July 4-10, 2008
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The best images of the week from our photographers.


Volunteers keep watch at annual butterfly count
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Volunteers gather to conduct the annual Bond Swamp/Macon butterfly count.


Tornado debris litters Macon two months later
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Bibb County residents are still cleaning up debris and waiting for their homes to be repaired two months after tornadoes hit Middle Georgia on Mother's Day.


Photos from the Georgia Amateur Championship (updated 6:58 p.m. Sunday)
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Idle Hour is hosting the Georgia Amateur for a record-tying seventh time. The last time the event was held here was 1997, and while there have been several changes to the course in the past 11 years, golfers who teed it up in 1997 will have a difficult time recognizing them.


Kids preparing for performance at Douglass
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Theatre Camp kids prepare for a performance at the Douglass


Repairs picking up on everything from lawnmowers to shoes
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With higher prices for gasoline, food, utilities and more, consumers are taking their cars, appliances and even their lawn mowers in for repairs instead of automatically buying new.


Hamp Swain gets big music honor
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Known to his many fans as "King Bee," 78-year-old Hamp Swain was named Monday as one of the inductees for the Georgia Music Hall of Fame's Class of 2008.


Thousands attend Redneck Games
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Nearly 8,000 people attended the Redneck Games on Saturday, said James Stinson, president of the East Dublin Lion's Club, an event sponsor along with Y-96, WMCG (104.9 FM) and WDBN (107.5 FM).


WR festival celebrates Independance Day
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The Independance Day Festival in Warner Robins brings together Middle Georgians to celebrate the Fourth of July with games and musical entertainment.


Photos of the week, June 27-July 3, 2008
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The best photos from June 27 to July 3, 2008.


Arnold Blum plays cards at Idle Hour
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Arnold Blum plays cards and lounges around Idle Hour Country Club.


Produce and conversation popular with customers
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Clarence Smith has been working at the stand for four years, arriving at work around 5am. He said he works five or six days each week. The produce he sells is grown in Crisp County, which explains the huge supply of watermelons.


Licensed massage therapists getting bad rap
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"I meet somebody out, or they see the sign on my car, and it's, 'Oh, you do massage. I see those places around. Wink, wink,' " said Melissa Hamlin, a licensed masseuse for more than 10 years.


Legal fireworks available for Independence Day
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Middle Georgians look at and purchase fireworks at the Macon Teen Challenge tent in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Zebulon Road Wednesday afternoon.


Storm debris cleanup still far from complete
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A private contractor hired by Macon has collected nearly 200,000 cubic yards of storm debris from the Mother's Day tornado, officials said today, and is only part way through the pick up process.


Teddi A. Wohlford' Red White and Blue Brownie Trifle
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For a festive Fourth of July dessert, Teddi A. Wohlford suggests a Red White and Blue Brownie Trifle. Her Dark Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Brownies were cut into really small bite-size pieces and layered in a lovely trifle dish with fresh sliced strawberries, blueberries, sweetened whipped cream and a tangy cream cheese and sour cream filling.


Looking back at the Tara Grinstead investigation
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Authorities are still trying to solve the missing persons case of Tara Grinstead, a young teacher and former beauty queen who has been missing since Oct. 22, 2005


International City School of Ballet students in class
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Students at the International City School of Ballet in Warner Robins in class on Thursday, June 26. Each year the school has sent students to compete at the Youth American Grand Prix, a prestigious international ballet competition.


Trucks torched at fuel hauling company
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Someone deliberately set trucks ablaze early this morning at Justin Davis Enterprises off Ga. 247. At about 2:30 a.m. a driver for the fuel hauling company returned to find one tanker truck engulfed in flames in front of the building at 2241 Barnes Road, said David Brown, an arson investigator for the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department. Brown concluded three truck cabs were set on fire and a fourth truck caught fire in the blaze.


Readers' images of Uga VI
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Readers share their photos of University of Georgia mascot Uga VI.


Macon, WR Little League all-stars take the field for tournament
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Players from Little Leagues around Middle Georgia took the field in Macon on Saturday for the district Little League tournament.


Putnam man shares his photos from the trail
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Two years ago, Lee Sanders weighed 240 pounds, and his exercise regime consisted of "drinking beer and grilling out." Two weeks ago, he became the fifth person this year, and the quickest € to finish, a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail.


Exchange student returns to Macon to visit adopted family
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For the first time in a decade, Chuck and Kathy Faircloth got a visit this week from their oldest daughter, her husband and their grandchildren. The length of time between visits isn't that unusual for the family; the fact that none of the people visiting the Faircloths are blood relatives might be, however.


Looking back at Uga VI – 1998-2008
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Uga VI, the biggest and winningest of Georgia’s famed lined of mascots, died Friday in his hometown of Savannah.


Photos of the week, June 20-26, 2008
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The best images of the week from our photographers.


Warner Robins all-stars ready to go after another title
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This season's 12-year-old all-stars from the Warner Robins American Little League, save for two returnees, are new faces. Their big brothers who won it all in Williamsport, Pa., a summer ago have moved on. So really they are defending champs in name only.


Employees of massage businesses face charges
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Nine women who work at six massage businesses in Bibb County are facing various charges.


Middle Georgians weigh in on gun ruling
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We sampled the opinions of people in downtown Macon on Thursday after the Supreme Court's gun ruling.


Vine-Ingle ready to take the field
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The Vine-Ingle all-stars are hosting this year's District 5 tournament. Their playoff opener Saturday night comes against last year's 12-year-old world champions, the Warner Robins American Little League stars.


Little Leaguers get ready to take the field
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Players from six area teams including the Macon Little League will be represented in the double-elimination, week-long District 5 Little League tournament that begins this weekend.


Paddlers tour state by river
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Paddle Georgia is on the Flint River this year, including part of it that runs through the midstate.


Macon camp focuses on music
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The Big O Foundation and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame are sponsoring the first Otis Redding music camp for aspiring singer-songwriters.


Middle Georgia gets taste of football at Pigskin Preview
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Players and coaches from Georgia and Georgia Tech were among those in attendance Tuesday at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame for the Peach State Pigskin Preview.


POW-MIA monument installed at Robins
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The Robins Air Force Base POW-MIA organization installed a monument Monday at the Museum of Aviation.


Macon airman remembered at City Hall ceremony
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About 30 family and friends gathered in front of City Hall on Monday morning to commemorate the life of Jason Nathan, a Macon native killed a year ago while serving in Iraq.


Church building burns in Macon
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Flames destroyed the old brick sanctuary of the Lundy Chapel Baptist Church on Monday morning on Forest Hill Road in Macon.


Fire damages building, cars at Hutchings
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Macon-Bibb County firefighters responded to a fire shortly after 5 a.m. Monday at the Hutchings Career Center on Riverside Drive.


Forsyth celebrates Confederate Monument's 100th year
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A color guard of Civil War re-enactors was on hand for the observance of the 100-year anniversary of the installation of the Monroe County Confederate Monument on the courthouse square in Forsyth on Saturday afternoon.


Photos of the week, June 13-19, 2008
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The best images of the week from our photographers.


' 'Tis the season' for the Perry Player's Youth Theater Workshop
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Joy Goodman is on the second summer session of her 13th year working with the Perry Player's Youth Theater Workshop. She has been director for the past eight years. This year's play is ' 'Tis The Season.'


Melons aplenty at Cordele festival
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Images from the 59th Watermelon Days Festival Thursday, June 19, 2008.




14 varieties of exotic peafowl at farm
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Midnight Black Shoulder peafowls are on a farm in Twiggs County on Tuesday, May 10, 2008.


Dodge man has collected more than 1,000 hats
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Johnny Johnson, 71, of Plainfield in northeast Dodge County, has been collecting hats for more than 30 years. He now has 1,156 of them tacked to the walls and ceiling of his two-car garage.


Fire damages Perry businesses
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Perry and Warner Robins firefighters responded to a fire in downtown Perry for nearly five hours Saturday, working beyond 10 p.m.


Operation Falcon nets more than 200 arrests
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More than 230 people are behind bars following a recent effort by several midstate law enforcement agencies to serve warrants and make arrests for felony crimes.


WR library hosts magic show
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Magician Arthur Atsma performed Thursday at the Warner Robins and the Perry public libraries as part of the Summer Reading Program. Atsma, originally from Oregon, lives in the Atlanta area and travels the country doing his educational magic programs. His act Thursday encouraged reading and library use. The Houston County Libraries will have a summer full of events. Check the Web site at http://www.houpl.org/html/programs.htm for more information. Atsma's visit was paid for by the Friends of the Library.



Students learning new things this summer
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A two-week schedule of classes at Mossy Creek Middle School offers students in fourth through sixth grades a chance to study things they don't normally cover during the school year, such as archery, doll-making, insects and photojournalism, to name a few.



Photos of the week, June 6-12, 2008
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The best images of the week from our photographers.




Man disappears while swimming in Ocmulgee (updated Fri., 4:43 p.m.)
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Rescue personnel look for Markeiss Williams at the scene where he disappeared in the Ocmulgee River, Thurs., June 12, 2008.





Apartment damaged by fire
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An apartment was damaged in a fire at Woodcreek Apartments on Log Cabin Drive in Macon on Wednesday.


Your summer vacation photos
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Share your images from your summer vacation. Click here to add your photos to this gallery, or e-mail them to yourphotos@macon.com.






Gas prices in Middle Georgia - the highs and lows
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The Telegraph's photographers have chronicled gas prices throughout the years. Here's a look back at how they rose.


Photos: Classics abound at car show in downtown Macon
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A car show was held Saturday in downtown Macon to benefit Old Fort Hawkins.


Crowd turns out for Daylily Festival
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The Daylily Festival just keeps getting bigger and better each year, said Pat Daniels, manager of Gray Station Better Hometown Inc., who helped spearhead the Daylily Festival five years ago.



Robins Air Force Base tests mobile hydrogen production unit
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Robins Air Force Base is testing a new hydrogen production unit designed to produce alternative fuel.