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What To Know Before Starting a Horse Boarding Operation

If you love horses and want to start a business out of taking care of them, it may be time for you to start your own horse boarding service. Before you begin, though, it’s important to consider if you’re ready or not. With the proper preparations, you’ll grow to local fame with the horse owners…

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Things To Know About Stem Cell Treatments

Stem cells are a complex subject. They have the potential to be helpful in the medical industry, but scientists are still researching their applications. With continual advancements, they can play a part in aiding many people; however, there are several factors to be aware of when you’re dealing with them. If you’re curious to learn…

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Surprising Things That Impact a Drug’s Effectiveness

If a medication doesn’t work as intended, it can have damaging effects. Many things can affect how a drug works in your body, including these surprising things. The way medications interact with the body varies from person to person. It’s common knowledge that things such as the type of medication and how a drug metabolizes in…

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Cathrean F. ‘Cat’ Ware

A celebration of the life of Cathrean F. “Cat” Ware who died January 2, 2021, was to be held Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 at noon at King Chapel Community Church Cemetery, 5440 Ga Hwy 11 South in Hillsboro. Rev. Terry Glawson, eulogist. Interment at King Chapel Cemetery. She was born on June 5, 1932 to…

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COVID Cases Rise Statewide As Retreat Sees Some Virus Recovery

Record COVID cases are being reported statewide as Jasper County reaches 869 collectively with 421 confirmed cases and 448 presumative cases, according to North Central Health District (NCHD) statistics reported January 5. Relative to the Retreat, Jasper Health Services Administrator Jan Gaston reported that the local facility had one resident test positive last December 31…

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‘CoderCaneZ’ Celebrates Successful Season

The Jasper County Middle School (JCMS) “CoderCaneZ” Cyber Robotics team claimed second place in Region 3 nationwide while earning a spot in the Top 22 in the world in its first season of competition of the CoderZ Junior Training Camp. The training camp journey began in mid-October, when creating code took on a new concept…

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 2021 has dawned, and with it comes the promise of new beginnings. Of course, most of us would like to see an end—to this awful pandemic that has us in its grips. A vaccine means the end could be in sight, but it remains to be seen if enough people will get…

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In A Blink Of The Eye

On this first week of 2021 it is almost impossible for one to be optimistic about our future, but age has a lot to do with it since there is so much to compare today to. French writer, John-Baptiste Alphonse Kerr, editor of French newspaper, Le Figaro, founded in 1826, once wrote, “The more things…

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Canes Fall in Close Region Game

The Jasper County-Monticello High School varsity boys basketball team battled until the end but fell short on the road against Northeast-Macon 63-59. Saturday’s game was a 3-AA contest as the Hurricanes are now 1-6 overall an 1-1 in region play. Senior Landon Bonner paced the team with 28 points. “We played well for three quarters,”…

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