The Times Journal Post

Storms of life are always on the horizon.

Nestled in a corner of the East Dublin Plaza, Christy’s Floral & Gift Shop has been a part of the community for 39 years and counting. The family-owned business, which first opened under co-owners, Christy Henry and her late mother, Maggie Calhoun, will turn 40 in April 2027. But there was no better time than now to give Henry her proverbial flowers for remaining in business for decades.

Thursday, October 22 was Marketplace Times Day at East Laurens High School and I got to be one of the local “professionals” (Some of the people I have worked with in the newspaper business might think otherwise) who were judges of the business plans. And I enjoyed every minute of it.

The Dublin City Board of Education is asking the state for advances of its monthly funding allotments from November through January as it waits for tax collections to begin at year’s end.

A runaway shootout in the Shamrock Bowl and an outstanding night in Hinesville for the West Laurens defense and special teams made for an eventful week 10 in games around the Heart of Georgia.

The Raiders’ high-powered lineup proved its mettle with two late-inning comebacks to sweep Adairsville Wednesday in the second round of the GHSA fastpitch softball playoffs.