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	History of Flemington Presbyterian Church Flemington Presbyterian Church was founded and structured around 1832. During this time the members decided to call the building a dwelling of devotion. The building was organized to accommodate both church and school. The church was a branch or chapel of ease of the Midway Congregational Church and services given were by ministers of the Midway church. A frame building was erected in 1836 with four acres of land having been donated by Simon Fraser. The name of the church and community was changed from Gravel Hill to Flemington in 1850 in honor of William Fleming, one of the first ... Read Article »
	Burning leaves wastes compost, dirties air Puppies need shots: There's been a lot said in the news lately about the disease parvo. Unless you get your new puppy the proper shots, it could contract this deadly disease. This is why animals taken in by the Humane Shelter are isolated at first. So if you adopt a new puppy, please make sure it gets all the shots required to prevent this disease. Disaster waiting to happen: I'm glad to know that our local fire department is looking at could happen if a train derailed in Lake George. We have only one way in and out and that ... Read Article »
	Investments make great Mothers Day gifts Mother's Day is Sunday, May 11. You could, of course, give mom some flowers, and she'd probably appreciate them. But if your mother is a certain age, you might also want to make another type of gift, one that can help her enjoy the retirement she's envisioned. If you don't think your mother needs this type of gift, consider this: With advances in health care, today's retirees can easily live two or even three decades in retirement. Furthermore, women still outlive men, on average, by several years. So your mother will likely have to pay for decades of retirement and ... Read Article »
	Help teens avoid early pregnancies In a House oversight hearing on abstinence-only programs on April 23, James Wagoner expressed frustration by saying that this "decade of denial" has left the United States with some of the worst sexual health outcomes in the developed world. One in four U.S. teen girls now has an STD and our national STD rates are exceeded only by those of Romania and the Russian Federation. Our teen birth rate is nine times that of the Netherlands, five times that of France, and nearly three times that of Canada. Teen pregnancy costs the federal government more than $9 billion a year ... Read Article »
	Recycle to save the Earth "I'm recycling to save the Earth." Read Article »
	And the winners are... We were happy to announce the winners of the first Win-dex Business of the Quarter Awards; the Liberty County Board of Education Central Office in Hinesville and Harbor Bay Car Wash in Midway. Both surpassed the award criteria by going the extra mile in creating attractive appearances. The program is sponsored by the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce and Keep Liberty County Beautiful. Benefits of the awards are to encourage businesses to spruce up their exteriors, to help businesses increase sales and services by creating inviting entries and to promote a more attractive community one building at a time. There ... Read Article »
	Coco-Cola plant building still in use When I was little, I remember seeing boys or men dig in a large drink machine filled with ice and many glass bottles of soft drinks. They usually selected a Coca-Cola and bet on whose bottle was bottled the farthest away. The one bottle farthest away won and the loser had to pay for the nickel drink. It was fun just to see where the drinks were bottled. And my first association with Hinesville was when I saw the name on the bottom of the green Coke bottle. There was a Coke bottling plant in Darien down in McIntosh County ... Read Article »