By Tara DeRock Mahoney
Senior Staff Writer

County Commissioners are interested in learning specifics about the work force living here in Morgan, and accordingly plan to green-light a study helmed by the Northeast Georgia Regional Development Center that will tell local government exactly what kind of education and training local residents possess.

Hiram Johnston and Mitch Elder work to cover up  plumbing lines at the most recent Morgan County habitat project. This house was less than a week away from occupancy but the air conditioner was destroyed and all the copper removed. According to Johnston, the homeowners check the property daily, removing debris and trash left by loiterers.

Special to the Citizen 

At their annual international conference in Traverse City, Mich., the Association for Communication Excellence awarded J. Faith Peppers with the group’s silver awards for media campaigns and diversity and the bronze award for magazine writing.

By Tara DeRock Mahoney
Senior Staff Writer

Members of the Morgan Hospital Authority recognized the group’s Auxiliary Board at their regular meeting last Thursday, thanking them for the $40,000 raised for the hospital by the annual Festival of Friends on August 16.
   

Special to the Citizen

The Morgan County Republican Party is throwing a party at Historic Broughton Hall ( 411 Old Post Road, Madison), Tuesday, September 9, starting at 6 p.m.
   

Our neighbors and friends will be treated to delicious chicken wings (secret recipe…don’t ask), sides and assorted beverages.
   

Special to the Citizen

The week of July 21 to 25 members from the Sheriff’s Explorer Post attended the 2008 National Law Enforcement Explorer Conference in Fort Collins, Colorado.  This year’s conference was attended by more than 3,500 Explorers representing law enforcement agencies from all 50 states, and Puerto Rico.