Legals, June 19, 2013

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Legals, June 14, 2013

Lowest gas price - June 19

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.49 at Marathon, located at 1032 Ga. Highway 142 and Dixie Road.

Our Thoughts: Tighten county's belt

Tighten county's belt

Smith leads ranked Bobcats to national ranking

Taylor Smith finished his collegiate career as an All-Peach Belt Conference member recently.

Newton County Jail Log, June 19

Cooks celebrate 60 years

Lowest gas price - June 18

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.35 at Kroger, located at 5341 Ga. Highway 20 S near Brown Bridge Road.

Lowest gas price - June 17

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.47 at Chevron, located at 4134 Ga. Highway 212 and Ga. Highway 81.

Production error on page three

Due to a production error, page 3 of Sunday's Covington News is unreadable. We will re-print that page in Wednesday's edition. The full stories can be read online at CovNews.com.

Georgia has new wildlife license plates

Three new wild license plate designs are available in local tag offices, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division announced Thursday.

Food pantry

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

Emmitt Lee 'Emma Lee' Heard Marks

Ms. Emmitt Lee "Emma Lee" Heard Marks, 67, was born Aug. 30, 1945, in Newton County to Emmitt Eugene (Ellen Vason) Heard Sr. She departed this life on June 12.

Jean Conner Davenport

Mrs. Jean Conner Davenport, age 83, a lifelong resident of Newton County passed away Friday, June 14, 2013 at Abbey Hospice in Social Circle. She was born June 13, 1930 in Covington, Georgia to the late Glen and Lottie Reynolds Conner. Mrs. Davenport started her career at an early age moving to Atlanta and living with her Aunt and Uncle for five years while she worked at Sears and then she returned home to Newton ...

New salon opens its doors

 A new luxurious nail salon has opened up its doors in Newton County. Located at the intersection of Ga. Highway 36 and the Overpass, Crystal Nails is owned by Sherry Trinh - a nail technician with over 11 years of experience caring for the cuticles of area residents. Crystal Nails features seven pedicurist stations and seven manicurist stations. While there are only three nail technicians currently at the salon, Trinh said she ...

Armed robber currently at large in area

The Newton County Sheriff's Office needs the public's help as they search for a suspect in the armed robbery of a local BP gas station.

This is just the first of many steps for Alcovy

History has been made at Alcovy High School. After 11 attempts, the Tigers won their very first football game by defeating crosstown rival Newton, 23-0, on Friday night. And the second-year program deserves to savor the moment.

Drink wine, save a pet

Don and Deborah Theall recently had to have their 3-year-old cat, Beauregard Davis, put to sleep because of an inoperable heart problem.

9/11, football, baseball and the rest of America

Yesterday, America solemnized, with moments of silence and other ceremonies, remembrances of the terrorist attacks on our nation which occurred September 11, 2001. Like most of us, I remember exactly where I was on that day and what I was doing when I heard the unfathomable news.

Money from cable sale may go to homeless

A proposal to spend a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Covington Cable on the relocation of the Rainbow Covenant Ministries homeless shelter to the city of Covington is on the table for community discussion and input.

Planning commission changes its meeting times to suit public

The Covington Planning Commission has elected to move its monthly public hearings to a time later in the day in order to encourage greater public access.

Bills saddened after Everett sustains neck injury

By John Wawrow

Cattleman's fundraiser

Members of the Piedmont Chapter of the Georgia Cattlemen's Association will host their 13th annual fundraiser at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the cafeteria of the State FFA Camp on Ga. Highway 36.

Newton County's great outdoorsman

If Kris Pope's parents knew 22 years ago what they know now, they might have seriously considered using "Danger" as a middle name for their newborn son.

Covington planning commission to vote on meeting times

A vote will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Covington Planning Commission's monthly meeting on whether or not to move the commission's public hearings to a time later in the day in order to improve public access.

Two arrested for lying, meth

An anonymous caller informed the Covington Police Department that Tabatha Jones, who had warrants out for her in Newton County, and a man named David were staying at the Quality Inn on Ga. Highway 142. The caller also advised that a possibly stolen blue Ford Explorer was parked outside the hotel room.

CD player theft leads to fight, two arrests

Two men were arrested and banned from the housing authority Thursday for disorderly conduct after a dispute over a stolen CD player.

The annual physical exam

 I'm not sure when the term "preventative maintenance" first entered my consciousness. Most likely it was in the early 1960s, when my daddy taught me how important it was to change the oil in the car every 2,500 miles. And not only was it important to change the oil, but to grease the suspension fittings.

Dolores E. Varkonda

Dolores E. Varkonda, 81, of Covington, died Sept. 7 at Walton Regional Medical Center. The daughter of the late Thomas A. and Bertha Blair Davis, she was born in Clarion County, Pa., in 1926. Mrs. Varkonda was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, Ohio, where she served as deacon and member of Trias Chapter of the Eastern Star of Youngstown. She was a registered nurse for over 50 ...