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Bartlett on Gardening: Get Ready for Jack Frost
Spend autumn cleaning up your beds for winter. Is there a better place to enjoy autumn days than the garden? Fortunately, there is still...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 29, 20162 min read
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"Till It Rains, Snows or Jesus Comes Back": Drought Wildfires keep GFC Hopping
Judy Hildebrand took this shot of the latest Dade wildfire from her Scenic Highway home earlier in the week. The blaze is now contained....
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 28, 20163 min read
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Saturday Early Voting This Weekend: Halloween Fun Downtown to Follow
This Saturday, Oct. 29, the Dade polls at the county Administrative Building will be open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. for early voting except for a...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 28, 20161 min read
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Library News: Join the Book Club This Year!
We had quite a long discussion of How We Got To Now at our recent Book Club meeting. November’s selection will be Rogue Lawyer by John...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 28, 20161 min read
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Roy Lee Hillis
TRENTON, Ga.--Roy Lee Hillis, 53, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at his residence. He was a cashier for Circle K and a member of Lookout...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 27, 20161 min read
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The Highways, the Byways and the Dade Public Library: Pioneering Great Eastern Trail Hiker Stops in
In April 1948, a man named Earl Shaffer set forth from Georgia with his old Army rucksack to walk World World II out of his system. He...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 26, 20167 min read
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Eddy Garrett
BRYANT, Ala.--Carl Edward Garrett, 61, died Oct. 26, 2016. He was a loving father, grandfather and brother. He was of the Baptist faith....
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 26, 20161 min read
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Coat and Blanket Drive Extended: Kids' Coats Particularly Needed
"Please help your community," plead organizers of the ongoing Dade Coat and Blanket Drive. Cindy Cross and Teri West have extended the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 25, 20161 min read
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Sheriff Cross Busts Rocks with Deputy
This weekend, a Dade County deputy along with Sheriff Ray Cross initiated a traffic stop on Hwy 299 and detected a strong odor of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 24, 20161 min read
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Inspire! 2016 – Weekend of Discovery for Young Adults
Do you know a young person between 17 and 25 who has a lot of potential but seems unfocused and needs a gentle push to get it all...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 24, 20163 min read
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Ruth Hartline Gross
TRENTON, Ga.--Ruth Hartline Gross, 95, died surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. She was preceded in death by her...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 23, 20161 min read
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Dear Ann [Bartlett] (The MASTER! GARDENER!)
Do you have gardening questions for Dear Ann [Bartlett] (the MASTER! GARDENER!)? Email them to news@dadeplanet.com with GARDENING...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 22, 20162 min read
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Janice Hodges
WILDWOOD, Ga.--Janice Hodges, 55, died Oct. 22, 2016, at home. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister, and an avid animal lover....
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 22, 20161 min read
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Dade Early Voting Until Nov. 4; Heavy Turnout So Far
Early voting in Dade County for this year's general election started Monday and will continue through Nov. 4. Hours at the one open poll...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 21, 20161 min read
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Fox Mountain Fire Under Control, but Firefighters Waiting For the Other Shoe to Drop
Ted Rumley II's shot of the Fox blaze last week. The Georgia Forestry Commission wrapped up firefighting operations on the Fox Mountain...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 21, 20162 min read
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Library News: Teen Escape Featured for the 29th
Our Ready-to-Read Class next week will be about Pumpkins. After school, we will have our Family Movie and we will be showing Alice...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 21, 20161 min read
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Dade Board of Education Hears From Principals
Last month's meeting of the Dade County Board of Education provided a disturbing glimpse into life at Dade Middle School as a parent took...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 20, 20165 min read
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Neighbors' Complaints Lead to Drug Bust
Deputies from the Dade County Sheriff's Department with the assistance of the Lookout Mountain Drug Tak Force on Wednesday, Oct. 19, paid...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 20, 20161 min read
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Our Town: Out, Around and NAKED ONCE MORE in Trenton, G-A
If you've been driving around Trenton in the past week or so, you've probably seen this guy a time or two! It's been stop-start, mostly...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 19, 20164 min read
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Upcoming Soon: Coat Drive This Weekend! Star Party! Self-Defense Class
The Dade Planet conscientiously updates the Upcoming Events feature on its front page, but--who looks at the front page? Everybody ought...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 19, 20162 min read
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