Marietta's Emily Cook is New Miss Georgia

A new Miss Georgia was crowned Sunday to replace the one who relinquished the title the day after the June pageant. Emily Cook was formally crowned at the Cunningham Center in Columbus. Cook, of Marietta, was first runner-up to the winner, Miss Capital City Kristina Higgins, who said she could not fulfill the time commitment to be Miss Georgia on June 27, the day afterthe pageant. Higgins said she stepped down because her responsibilities as a school teacher would not leave her time she would need to serve as Miss Georgia.

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EPD opens Columbus office

EPD districts and offices.
The State Environmental Protection Division has opened a new field office in Columbus.

Officials told reporters that the new office is located at the Cunningham Center on the Columbus State University campus. The bureau will aid them in in serving area residents and monitoring environmental issues in the West Central District area. The district's central office is in Macon.

On June 28th, 2007, the EPD submitted a "Draft Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Plan" to the Water Council. Details of the plan are viewable here. More information about the EPD's activities is available at their website.

More GPB News coverage of the EPD is here, and on the water crisis, here.