Legals, May 22, 2013

Lowest gas price - May 24

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.52 at Shell, located at 10700 Covington Road and Flat Shoals Road.

School system to begin summer hours

Newton County School System's county offices (the Board of Education Building and Service Center) will begin summer hours next week.

Memorial Day event to honor the fallen

The annual Memorial Day service will take place on the square at 10 a.m. Monday, with keynote speaker Max Vincent, senior pastor at Allen Memorial United Methodist Church in Oxford.

We hear you

A few years ago, we made a decision to stop the Sunday comics and cease publishing an evening TV guide.

Impressive improvement

It is gratifying to see the 2012 graduation rate in Newton County schools grow so rapidly from the low point it dropped to just three short years ago.

Hezekiah Walker to perform in Lithonia

Grammy-winning artist Hezekiah Walker will appear at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13 at The Mall at Stonecrest in celebration of his new CD, "Azusa the Next Generation." The appearance will be nationally televised.

Metro Atlanta jobless rate declines

ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 7.6 percent in April, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 7.9 percent in March. The rate was 8.5 percent in April a year ago.

Lowest gas price - May 23

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.52 at Shell, located at 10700 Covington Road and Flat Shoals Road.

Mrs. Sara Deason

Mrs. Sara Deason, age 79, a lifelong resident of Covington, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Abbey Hospice. She was born August 6, 1933 to the late Ermine and Josephine Cartledge Johnson. Mrs. Deason was a member of The Baptist Tabernacle and served the Lord her entire life. She taught Sunday school for many years and was a past president of the WMU. Mrs. Deason was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and ...

BOC approves new gun law and road projects. Watch it now, May 21, 2013

NEWTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Lowest gas price - May 22

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.42 at Marathon, located at Ga. Highway 142 and Dixie Road.

Defective government

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world."

Lloyd Madison Lyda Jr.

Mr. Lloyd Madison Lyda Jr., "Butch," 68, of Oxford, passed away May 19.

Barbara Mull Norman

Mrs. Barbara Mull Norman, 61, of Covington, passed away May 20. Mrs. Norman was preceded in death by her father Hoyt Mull.

Raising the bar

Last year, the slogan for the Eastside Eagles football program was short and to the point: "Compete."

Clerk shot and killed in gas station robbery

Authorities are hunting for a masked man who allegedly shot and killed the owner of a local Pure Food Mart Friday night.

Santa vs. communism

I grew up in the era when we talked about the Russians and the Chinese as the crowd we wanted to shy away from.

John Douglas and Conyers

Dear Editor: I think John Douglas is pushing his political position just a little bit too far. Why do politicians feel they are above the law? We know he is not the first to think this way.

Class of 1937

 In 1937, The Great Depression had mired the United States in unemployment and poverty for almost a decade, yet small-town life continued as normally as it could.

Parents and teachers: Working together for successful schools

Editor's note: This article is the second in a three-part series from the author.

Reaching deaf ears

The Footes may be one of the few couples in Newton County who can evangelize without making a sound. They've been using American Sign Language as a part of their ministry since 1969 when they first started reaching out to the deaf community, with Leon Foote preaching and his wife Brenda Foote interpreting into ASL.

The best course for a fallen world

In the news this week was the announcement that the US is increasing its weapons sales and military assistance in the Middle East. Egypt and Israel will be receiving more military aid and Saudi Arabia will be permitted to buy more weaponry. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, "It's important that Saudi Arabia, which has been an ally of the United States for decades, be able to defend its interests in the region." The ...

Reason, abortion and Michael Vick

A few weeks ago I wrote an article in which I contended that we are a generation of people who have lost our reasoning power.

Pulpit Notes

The best is yet to come! Isaiah 43:15-21,25 This Sunday, our church took a big step. We moved. Leaving the comfy confines of Veteran's Memorial Middle School where we've been since before I started writing these sermon summaries for The News, we have made our way over to our new temporary worship location at Total Childcare Experience on the corner of 81 and Salem Rd. ...

Telling the black story

For many years the narrative of Newton County's history has been predominately the accounts of white residents while many of the stories and memories of black residents have not been told publicly.

Mortgage fraud defendant pleas guilty to charges

One defendant in an intricate case of mortgage fraud pled guilty Thursday, a deal that could result in more plea agreements.

Film crew to shoot in Newborn next week

A movie crew will descend on Newborn next week to film scenes for an upcoming major theatrical release starring Luke Perry, Elaine Hendrix and country music star LeAnn Rimes called "Good Intentions."

Project Adventure runaways captured

After three chases by both the Newton County Sheriff's Office and the Covington Police Department, two Project Adventure runaways were apprehended Thursday morning. A 16-year-old black male and a 17-year-old white female reportedly fled the group home Wednesday. Both juveniles were spotted at approximately 11 p.m. that night in a nearby subdivision. Deputies pursued the pair on foot, but were only able to detain the female.

Mary Hunt Miley

Mary Hunt Miley, 87, of Alpharetta, died July 31. A native of Georgia, she had lived in Alpharetta for the past 17 years.