by yourPIERCELOCAL | Nov 2, 2016 | News
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is experiencing low water levels in much of the refuge which is impacting access to several of the overnight shelters in the swamp and closing many trails in the Okefenokee Wilderness Trail System. Beginning on November 14, the refuge will only be accepting reservations for overnight camping trips two weeks in advance, instead of two months. Reservations made prior to November 14 will be honored as scheduled. Booking only two weeks in advance should help the refuge better manage cancellations if the water continues to fall. The Canoe Reservation Line is open Monday – Friday from 7:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M., excluding federal holidays.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Aug 15, 2016 | News
Pollinators and Plants
Vincent Gardens is a Certified Nursery located in Douglas Georgia. Owner operator, Donna Vincent prides herself on providing quality plants for residential and commercial use and strives to be knowledgeable and stock the plants that will encourage wildlife to visit garden habitats.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Jan 8, 2016 | News
A fun and informative course that takes you on a tour of the Okefenokee Swamp.
Five two-hour classes and a field trip into The Land of the Trembling Earth allow you to experience the mysteries and wonder of this magnificent wetland. The instructor uses many animal and plant artifacts, display boards, and live animals in his presentation. Participants are encouraged to share pertinent personal experiences with the class. There are no requirements, age limits, or tests. Participants earn a diploma at the completion of the course that declares their official title of OKEFENOKEOLOGIST.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Sep 17, 2015 | News
“Don’t Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today.” That’s the message emergency managers are sharing with people all over America during the month of September.
September is National Preparedness Month and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) is urging everyone to take steps to make a plan and know what to do during an emergency.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Jul 19, 2015 | News
We have been planning this for a while now, in with a load of other jobs, in our free time, ha ha, I’m sure you’ve all been there. Well we started the change over on Wednesday, hoping all would be done sooner, but like everything else, something unexpected always pops up and it’s taken longer than hoped.
So, rather than keep the site down longer than I would ever like, I have got it to a point where it’s workable and people can use it as I continue to finish the update.
One important link that I know a number of people are looking for is the Rebuilding Together Application, so to save you looking any further, please click their logo opposite for the app.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Jul 16, 2015 | News
I’d like to introduce to you, Perry Blackburn, he’s the Administrative Officer & Office Manager at the Ware County EMS. Together with Perry & yourWARELOCAL.com we bring to our community the Weather & Emergency ALERTS website, which features any information we get ahead of time through the official agencies such as NOAA Federal out of Jacksonville.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Jul 4, 2015 | News
Well, it almost goes without saying, but we all do, Happy 4th July! Another year older and lets hope wiser, but when you look at the world you begin to wonder if the human race will ever learn.
For those that know me, you’ll be aware that I’m originally from England and contrary to a number of friends and acquaintances, no we don’t celebrate this holiday back in England. As I say, ‘we don’t celebrate our loses’, but I do add that I’m glad we did otherwise I won’t be here in the US now.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Jun 20, 2015 | News
When I updated this site to it’s new look I wanted to include a regular’ish post to be added and I had every intention to make it every couple of weeks and at least once a month, but things happen as we all know. I don’t know about you, but I have been crazy and this wish went right out the window because I haven’t pasted since March, and that’s not that regular is it!
With this in mind, I’m turning over a new leaf and making the time to post something, fingers crossed, I did it once for years on a weekly basis in the wjhnews so I can do it here.
So, what’s new, well I would like to start, not necessarily with the latest news, more of a combination of old and new. The old is more of a thank you to Wayne Morgan for the use of some of his photography on this site. When I did the new look I wanted to include local images and a few weeks ago I even changed the yourwarelocal.com home page people to locals as well, so thank you to all involved in allowing me to use them on the site.
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Mar 11, 2015 | News
I don’t know if you were aware, but in the last week, Forbes (who promote themselves as the leading source for reliable business news and financial information) announced the list of richest people in the world. Now if you’ve ever looked into this, you’ll know, or at least have a fair idea of who this is.
So I’ll give you some clues in case you haven’t heard.
1. It’s a guy, sorry ladies, but no surprise there unfortunately.
2. No, he’s what I would call middle aged so no it’s not a football player
3. You’ll more than likely use something he makes, owns, runs, whatever today, may be more
by yourPIERCELOCAL | Feb 23, 2015 | News
“The world is a better place because Steve was a part of our lives”
“This is so heartbreaking. Steve Bean will be truly missed. He was such a wonderful man”
“What a true and wonderful gentleman, artist and friend”
“Steve was one of the most talented artists I have ever known”
“The world lost a good man today!”
