Aug. 30– A pleasant autumn breeze, a lovely historic setting and the music played by one of the finest orchestras. All these promise to provide a most pleasant evening, Saturday at 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of Cherry Mansion in Savannah.

Cherry Mansion, best known for its role as the headquarters of Gen. U.S. Grant just prior to the historic Battle of Shiloh, will be the background for the 22nd Annual Sunset Symphony hosted by the Savannah Arts Commission.

Conducting the Germantown Symphony Orchestra will be Maestro Ronald Vernon, professor emeritus with the Department of Music at the University of Mississippi.

This year’s program theme is western adventure and will include both classical and contemporary selections by such composers as Strauss, Jr., Debussy, Bigelow and Morrison, Grofe, and Copland.

There will also be popular songs from well known productions including Dances with Wolves and Oklahoma!

Aug. 25– A fire broke out at the PCA mill in Counce Tuesday morning, damaging a warehouse used to store recycled paper products, Hardin County Fire Chief Melvin Martin said.

The paper mill’s fire brigade responded and together with volunteer firefighters from Counce (Dist. 3), Nixon (Dist. 7) and county Engine 12 from Savannah, kept the blaze "contained to one small area."