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Life’s labor for Oakwood mayor OAKWOOD — Lamar Scroggs knows the value of hard work. 
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Family holds out hope for missing woman BLAIRSVILLE — The search for Kristi Cornwell continues.
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Beetle battle in Georgia's forests Chuck Gregory recently wondered what it must have been like to experience a forest of thick-bodied American chestnuts.
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Plugging leaks: 4 Gainesville schools need new roofs Drip. Drip. Drip. It is raining, and students at Fair Street IB World School know the drill. The roof of the 70-year-old school leaks in hallways, a few classrooms and the gym. Elementary schoolers scatter to put trash cans and bins in strategic positions. "When it rains, we have some kids who know where to put the buckets. They know where the water is going to fall," said Fair Street Principal Will Campbell. Fair Street ...
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Packed in to pray Sunday is a relaxing day for most, but for Father Fabio Sotelo, it is the busiest day of the week.
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Secret agents: Hazardous material dangers A "hazardous material" label may seem like some elusive category of products, but they are more common than you would think. |
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World Language Academy students immersed in multiple languages Through the eyes of a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student, the straight lines and loops of American letters start to mean something. Now local educators are seizing this narrow window of language development to immerse kids in Spanish and introduce them to Mandarin Chinese. Twenty pre-K students at Hall County's World Language Academy are among only a handful of 4-year-olds in the Western Hemisphere who spend 80 percent of their school day communicating with teachers in Spanish, ...
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Parents get in on the language act, too Kids aren't the only ones learning languages in local schools. Parents also are enrolling in English or Spanish classes at the World Language Academy.
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