Women In Politics

Rare husband-wife duo stump for Ga.’s top offices
After running her husband’s political campaigns for 26 years, Carol Porter won’t be in charge of helping him get elected this year.

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GOP, Democratic gubernatorial candidates face off on Jekyll Island
Immigration, money hot topics at Georgia Press Association debates JEKYLL ISLAND – Former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes sat through a Republican gubernatorial candidate debate Thursday and was unimpressed. “It was worse than paint drying,” he said after the five-way forum sponsored by the Georgia Press Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. “I’ve never seen anything so dull.” But when …

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Academics
Calapooia Middle School

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SAFETY 101
Local law enforcement officials participated in training to be able to present the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “Safety 101” program at area schools this fall.

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GAE endorses only Democrats for statewide offices
The 43,000-member Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) on Monday released its list of endorsements for the upcoming statewide primaries. It was no surprise that only Democrats won GAE approval. “Ours is a very exacting and detailed two-step process,” said GAE President Jeff Hubbard. “Our political action committee, the GAE Fund for Public Education Committee, first sent out questionnaires to …

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67 WNY Girls Scouts get 2010 Gold Award
The Girl Scouts of Western New York, Western New York’s preeminent leadership development organization for Girls and young women, honored 67 Girls with 2010 Gold Awards Sunday June 6, 2010 at Salvatore’s Italian Gardens.

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Birmingham Chapter of The Links, Incorporated Inducts Six New Members
The names on the Chapter photo are: First row: Newly Inducted Links Marquita Davis, Kim Hitchins, Carla Fields, Cheryl Kidd Harmon, and Brenda Adams. Second row: Links Cheryl Cephus-Vickers, Gaynell Hendricks, Daagye Hendricks-Harvill, Dorothy Porter, J.J. Johnson, Vanessa Falls, Iris Etienne Williams, Carol Kirby McElderry, Samuetta Nesbitt and Shandra Smith. Third row: Demetruis Taylor, Lydia …

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Retiring judge set for life
By returning to private practice, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Broderick won’t have to work many billable hours to exceed his current $157,000 yearly salary. Broderick will step aside in early November, weeks after he hits his 15th anniversary of being on the state’s highest court. That’s pivotal, as under judicial retirement law, judges are entitled to a 70 percent pension for the rest of …

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The almanac
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Friday, June 18, 2010.

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Mountainburg lays off another teacher
Mountainburg school board laid off another teacher Monday night as part of the district’s efforts to avoid a third year in a row of declining balances.

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