--> • These stories and more pictures in the May 15 edition of The McDuffie Mirror • Where there's a wheel, there's a way • Telephone service disrupted for hundreds in Thomson • Cheatham running unopposed for Superior Court Clerk • Thomson City Council plans to change meeting time • Dearing to annex property • Plant Tom Watson watermelons now for August festival • Firefighters battle mobile home fire amid high winds • Thomson men plead guilty to armed robbery; sentenced to 10 years in prison; among recent court cases • Hamlin becomes new 4-H representative in McDuffie • Emily Neal and Crystal Reese honored by Rotary • THS track stars place in Class AAA state meet • Thomson Force falls in softball tournament • THS Girls' Golf Team meets Braves Ace John Smoltz at state tourney • Jefferson Energy teams participate in statewide lineman rodeo event • Lucy Adams Column • Refrigerator Front • Police Beat • Crossword