From the May 12, 1982 edition of The Forest-Blade:
Hi-Flyer Wins 1st Place Title
Swainsboro Hi-Flyer, Swainsboro High School’s newspaper won first-place honors from the Georgia Scholastic Press Association at the fifty-fifth annual GSPA convention Friday.
History Award
Miss Julie Youngblood is recipient of the Emanuel Historic Preservation Society history award at the Emanuel County Junior College. Congratulating Miss Youngblood are James Dorsey and Dr. John Derden.