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ISSUE 47 – 2026
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Larry Murray – the name behind the music
• BEHIND THE SCENES with Chief Dee Meadows
• Ware County Sports at a Glance
• DID YOU KNOW? David Jordan
• Waycross Chatterbox
• April Fool’s Rod Run
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE – Lindsy Moore
• Swampfest 2026
• Epic Drought – impacts have been severe
• A Stitch in Time – Myrtie Highsmith
• Okefenokee Heritage Center – Okefenokee Folk Festival
• Swamptown Get Down Music Festival
• THE MIRROR ROOM with Gena Meeks
• Southern Forest World – we’re making it better, but a little helping hand would go a long way

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ISSUE 46 – 2025-26
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Heirloom Seeds with Turtleman Chris Adams
• BEHIND THE SCENES with Chief Tommy Cox
• The Return of the Waycross Chatterbox
• Ware County Sports at a Glance
• Southern Forest World – Looking back over the last year
• Unsung Heroes – Ware Co., Bus Drivers
• DID YOU KNOW? Perseverance and a don’t quit attitude – Rob Wallace
• First Fridays help revitalize Downtown Hub
• 2025 Christmas Parade
• Martin Luther King Jr. – the legacy continues
• The Story of the Waycross clock
• Rebuilding Together Waycross
• Okefenokee Agricultural Fair
• COMMUNITY CORNER – Trying to Plan Ahead
• CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE – Derick Jenkins Jr.
• Okefenokee Heritage Center – in Review

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ISSUE 45 – 2025
STORIES AND FEATURES

• 28th Annual Gram Parsons Guitar Pull
• Big Tide Chronicles – Author Jerry Buckley
• Not your Grandparents’ Library
• Ware County Sports at a Glance
• Did you know? A Knack for Numbers leads to a career in Accounting – Larry Gattis
• On Target for another State Title – Maurice England, High school rifle team and facility
• Waycross Sonics – on the road to success
• Bringing a warm glow into our hearts at Christmas
• Halloween and its Celtic origins
• Credit Where Credit is Due! – Olivia Thrift
• Racing for Pinks
• Helping hands throughout the year – (DCDT)
• Southern Forest World – Brasstown Bald Fire Tower
• Déjà all over again – The Okefenokee
• Okefenokee Heritage Center – Annual Judge Ben Smith art competition

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ISSUE 44 – 2025
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Swamptown Getdown 2025
• What the next 50+ years will look like at the Waycross Middle School
• Paddling on the Satilla a Rite of Southern Passage
• Patrick Carlson – Cartoonist
• Ware County Sports at a Glance
• Boatdock Bill Bill Davis – Photos
• Did you know? A work ethic is a Lifetime skill – Robbie Roberson
• Congratulations to the Ware County class of 2025
• Visit with Sander Van Okra
• Southern Forest World – Long-awaited improvements
• Okefenokee Heritage Center – Celebrates fifty years
• Credit Where Credit is Due! – Will Heard & Zachary Casavant
• Treading the Boards at the Ritz
• Featured local writers

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TRIBUTE TO DAVE CALLAWAY
ISSUE 43 – 2025
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Dave Callaway 1950-2025
• Southern Forest World – Waycross Philanthropist Honored
• Hurricane Helene Inflicts Unexpected Devastation
• Capturing God’s Art by David West
• Celebrating 25 years – Robbie Roberson Ford
• Ware County Sports at a Glance
• Snow Kidding – Winter Storm Paralyzes Southeast Georgia
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• New Windows at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church by Linda & Dan Booker
• Okefenokee Smoke BBQ Festival
• Swampfest 2025
• Okefenokee Heritage Center
• Diane & Bob Brown Return Home to Inspire a Community
• By the Way – Dave Callaway Did the Wiregrass Proud

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 42 – 2024
STORIES AND FEATURES

• All Things Beautiful by Susan Newman
• Remembering Sergeant Kennedy L. Sanders
• Heather Dieringer Photography
• Troy Mattox
• Col Avery – The Barn Hunter
• Night to Shine
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• Diane Brown
• Okefenokee Heritage Center – Ole Nine
• Good People
• PCHS Sports
• Annual Steve Bean Youth Art Show
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• PC Team wins SGSC High School
  Mathematics Tournament
• Black Historical Churches of Waycross

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 41 – 2023
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Liz Osburn – WC band student
• WC Sports
• Art by MLT – Michael Todd
• Diane Brown
• He who calls us is Faithful. We do recover
• Jeanette’s Favourite Recipes
• A Promise
• Jack O’Brien Photography
• PCMS Sports
• Christ for all Nations and One Hope
• LeAnn Sauls – Artist
• Raptor Vision – Photography
• The Treasures of Blackshear Georgia
• Waycross – Ware Airport

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 40 – 2022-23
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Gators State Champions
• WC Champion Bus Drivers
• Okefenokee Heritage Center – Ole Nine
• Airborne Imagery
• It’s about Television – Eddie Dryden
• Steve Bean Youth Art Show 2023
• Diane Brown
• Euell Calvin Deal
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• Ringgold Georgia – Jody Whittemore Artist
• Art by Kelvin
• The Miracle League of the Okefenokee

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 39 – 2022
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Young Georgia Author Award Winners
• PCHS Sports
• I am a Farmer & Rancher
• Kensli Woods – National Youth Leadership
• This is my Story by Will Warren
• WC Sports
• J.H. Carvings
• Mary Margaret McNeil … Roots in Waycross
• Miss Georgia HS Rodeo 2022
• Ernest Jones
• Patsi Wolfe – The Art of Living
• The Impossible Mile – Darowyn Lee
• Art by Kyle Morgan
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• Mickey Rigsby Scholar Athletes

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 38 – 2021-22
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Veterans Art
• Jacob Davis
• WC Sports
• Bird Photos by Jim Fairley
• Raylee Alvarez honoured at Georgia State Fair
• Tim Fletcher Artist
• The Bunn Building
• Waconna
• Wayne Morgan Artistry
• Preparing the Next Generation of Educators
• Renegade
• Saint Faustina and the Divine Mercy Image
• Our Friend Hank Orberg
• Historical Markers in Ware County

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 37 – 2021
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Terry Anderson Honored
  on her Satilla Advocacy Career
• Benefits of Agritourism
• Debbie Dean Photos
• WC Sports
• WCHS JROTC
• Amanda Wathen Artist
• Steve Bean Youth Art Show
• PCMS Sports
• Jorah Blaise Mitchell Artist
• Art by Lori Bell
• Southern Forest World

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 35 – 2020
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Stained Glass Windows at St. Joseph’s Church
• PCHS Sports
• Central Baptist Church
• Guylee Daniel Washington Jr.
• The Freedom Rock
• Black History Month
• Jack Thomas Sandow
• Debbie Dean Photos
• Judge Ben Smith Competition 2020
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• Beth Varnedoe
• Shutterfly Photography
• Georgia Library of the Year Story
• WC Sports
• Milwaukee Braves Visit Waycross
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• Wayne Morgan Artistry

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 34 – 2019-20
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Wonderful South … Wonderful People
• Jim Blackburn Sr Public Safety Training Center
• Debbie Dean & Family Photos
• Betty Gillis … Happy Retirement
• Signsmith Sign Co
• The Essential Joy of Horses
• Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
• PCHS Sports
• Veterans Day Celebrations at SFW
• Titans for Toby
• Okefenokee, Land of Trembling Earth
• Remembering Roger Williams
• WC Sports

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 33 – 2019
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Poetry Coffee House 2019
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• WC Sports
• ‘Ole Henry
• Laura S. Walker State Park
• Southern Forest World
• The Red Head Connection
• Debbie Dean Photos
• Chiari Malformation Type 1
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• Coast 2 Coast Runs
• Scotland and Northern England
• PCMS Sports
• Gun Violence is at Epidemic Proportions?
  Not Hardly!

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 32 – 2018-19
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Taste of the Chamber 2018
• Unison Behavioral Health
• PCHS Sports
• The Castle on the Curve
• The Castle
• Wonderful South … Wonderful People
• Lisa Hiott Manders Photos
• Twins
• Little Lending Library
• Debbie Dean Photos
• Gram Parsons Guitar Pull

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 31 – 2018
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Wonderful South … Wonderful People
• PCHS Sports
• A Night with the Stars of the Community
• A Touch of the Past
• Debbie Dean Photos
• Summerlin Family Farm
• Pernell Roberts Memorial Park
• Autism Awareness Day 2018
• Vacations and Spring Break
  Photos from our readers
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 30 – 2017-18
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Moving the Soul
• Snow
• Celebration and Family in Uganda
• Hi Lighting locals
• Ware County and Sports
• Waycross Veterans Memorial
• PCMS Sports
• Splash Mash & Bash
• From the mountains of Northwest Georgia
• Friends of Laura Walker
• Art by Blair C. Strain

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 29 – 2017
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Steve Bean Youth Art Exhibit at the OHC
• To Give, One of God’s Greatest Gifts
• OkeCon
• Autism
• The 7th Annual Autism Awareness Day
• The Golden Eagle – Boy Scouts of America
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• Waycross Gaming Community
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• Tommy Roberts
• Ware County Rec Dept.
• What is Montessori

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 28 – 2016-17
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Coach Dale Williams
• Waycross Rotary
  – The Norwegian Ambassador
• Judge Ben Smith Competition 2015
• The Call of the Satilla
• Heritage Quilters Guild
• The Good Life – What’s Right About MY America
• Ag in the Classroom
• Expressions of God
• My Life Experiences
• Taste of the Chamber 2016
• Heels & Wheels
• Debbie Dean Photos
• Old Watertown Brick Factory
• Camp Hope
• Ernie Andrus – WWII Vet
• Hunter Bryant – Artist

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 27 – 2016
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Debbie Dean Photos
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• Rebuilding Together Waycross
• Wayne Morgan Artistry
• Turpentine Lane – OHC
• The Night Hunter
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• Circus Circus – Center Stage Downtown
• SAS Director Terry Anderson
• Heroes 4 Kids
• The Bald Eagles Return
• Holy Week in Waycross
• Pernell Roberts Memorial Park
• Once Called Adam

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 26 – 2015-16
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Truly, A Family of Love – Dysautonomia
• Looking Up
• Chief Eddings – GAFC Fire Chief of the Year
• Franklinana – Lost Flower of the Altamaha
• Taste of the Chamber 2015
• The Peapatch Murders
• Remembering the Peapatch Murders
• Snake Caught on the Satilla
• Want-to-Be Warriors
• The Movie – Swamp Water
• Ann Gillis Photos
• Dancing with the Southern Stars 2015
• Debbie Dean Photos
• Satilla Advocacy Services
• Pernell Roberts
• A Veteran and a Life in the Swamp – The Story of Calvin Lewis Strickland

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 25 – 2015
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Families Can Win the Game of Life
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• The Voice of Hazelhurst
• A Few Miles from Shangri-La
• Festival of Flags
• Debbie Dean – Art
• An All-American Story: SGSC’s Jovante Spivey
• Ann Gillis Photos
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• A History of the Jewish Community
  in Southeast Georgia
• The Fashion Shoppe
• Founders Day – March 3rd
• Cabooses

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 24 – 2014
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Debbie Dean Photos
• How God uses motherhood
  to change for the better
• 408 Tebeau Street
• Boots and BBQ Event
• Quilts of Valor
• Sam’s Bear Story
• Railway Depots in Southeast Georgia
• Heels & Wheels
• Wayne Morgan Photography
• Crossing the Satilla
• Pickin Cotton in Ware County
• Aldridge Farms
• Taste of the Chamber 2014
• Five WWII Veterans – George Ratcliff
• Hospice Satilla Silver Bowl Gala
• Judge Ben Smith Competition 2014

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 23 – 2014
STORIES AND FEATURES

• 4th Annual Swamp Relays
• Ware Co., Chamber Awards
• Three Rivers Jazz Band
• Fine Arts Pathway at WCHS
• The Salzburgers
• Sandy Kubik Art
• Revenge on the Satilla
• Okefenokee Heritage Center
• Bird Photos – Debbie Dean
• Waycross Ware Co., Sports Hall of Fame
• Nicki Carter
• The Tender Warrior
• Swamp Troubadour Did The Swamp Proud
• Family, Friends, & Music – Beau + Luci

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 22 – 2013
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Birds of Brantley
• Renegade
• The Great Locomotive Move
• George Ratcliffe – a man of courage
• Gone to the Dogs
• The Rhythm of Waresboro
• The Art of Les Walker
  and Bonnie Clandenen Walker
• Gobble, Gobble
• King of the Satilla
• Paintings by Ann Myers
• The Longest Day
• Hooves to Freedom
• Tigers in Southeast Georgia

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 19 – 2011
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Hilliard House Rebuild
• SRMC Expansion
• Fire Photos
• Love Lauded by the Queen
• 76th Annual Banquet – Going Green
• Chamber Awards – and their origins
• Bailey Heights
• When Waycross had Street Cars
• Wounded Warriers
• The Strait Jacket
• Historic Tebeau Creek
• Renovation of the Ware Hotel
• Swampfest 2011
• The Bridal Barn

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DAVE’S LEGACY ISSUE
ISSUE 10 – 2007
STORIES AND FEATURES

• Wild Animal Safari
• The Monster – Sweat Farm Road Fire
• Historic Lott Cemetery –
  Our Outdoor Museum
• Lighthouses
• Wacona High Class of 1957
• Cherokee Heights
• Swampfest 2007
• Amanda Sapp
• Will Denton
• School News from OTC, WC, and WCBOE
• Science Olympiad Makes Big Impact on Children and Community
• Okefenokee Heritage Center