4th Annual 'Team-Up Beloit Snappers Blood Drive Week'

07/15/11 BELOIT, WI - In association with the Beloit Snappers, the Rock River Valley Blood Center will be hosting its 4th annual 'Team-Up Beloit Snappers Blood Drive Week,' which means any person that donates blood at the drive which runs from July 18-July 22 will receive a complimentary ticket to the August 6 Snappers game when they take on the Quad Cities River Bandits at 7:00pm.

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Ocmulgee National Monument to mark 75th anniversary with events in August through December

07/17/11 During the throes of the Great Depression, about 800 men tried to dig themselves out of a financial hole by shoveling mounds of dirt in east Macon.

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Letter: A few thoughts pondering the town's garlic history

07/18/11 Dear Editor, Webster defines PIONEER as "one who goes before - preparing the way for others." I like to think of my late father Harry Semas as a pioneer. He moved to Gilroy in December l932, at the height of the Great Depression, hoping to make a living off the land for his small family, my mother and 4-year-old me. Growing sugar beets was his expertise. Somehow, Wells Fargo Bank took a risk in ...

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