Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018
Tifton, Georgia
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Teacher Lisa Forshee is surprised and speechless as Education
Foundation
representatives
appear in her classroom Monday to
announce
her selection as a recipient of an
Excellence in Teaching Award.
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FOUNDATION TAPS TOP TEACHERS FOR
EXCELLENCE
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Ten
Tift County
public school teachers
were tapped
Monday
as
recipients
of the
2018 Excellence in Teaching Award
by the
Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence
.
Foundation representatives, school officials and recipients' family members
surprised
the educators with the honor at their schools.
Students
in the classrooms joined in to congratulate their teachers.
The
teachers
honored Monday are:
Lisa Forshee
, eighth-grade math teacher at
Eighth Street Middle School
;
Mandy Barksdale
, fourth-grade teacher,
Charles Spencer Elementary
;
Marisol Griffis
, fourth grade,
G.O. Bailey Elementary
;
Jake Alley
, ELM, drama,
Tift County High School
;
Danielle Hunt
, second grade,
Len Lastinger Elementary
;
Gwen Robinson
, third grade,
Len Lastinger Elementary
;
Tori Bennett
, kindergarten,
Annie Belle Clark Elementary
;
Laura Pritchett
, third grade,
Annie Belle Clark Elementary
;
Wren Davis
, kindergarten,
Omega Elementary
; and
Amanda Lee
, first grade,
Omega Elementary.
The teachers are
nominated
by a student, parent, peer or administrator. In
February
, the
Rotary Club of Tifton
will honor the recipients with an
awards banquet
, and the
Foundation for Educational Excellence
will present the teachers with an
honorarium
and a
plaque
.
This is the
28th
year that the foundation has been
recognizing
teachers of
excellence
in
Tift County public schools
, bringing the total number of educator honorees to
293
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Gwen Robinson is shocked at Len Lastinger Elementary School.
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Wren Davis with students at Omega Elementary.
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Marisol Griffis, right, at G.O. Bailey Elementary School.
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Danielle Hunt is swarmed by students at Len Lastinger Elementary.
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Amanda Lee is overcome with emotion at Omega Elementary.
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Jake Alley, left, Tift County High, is congratulated by Mike Brumby, director of the Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence.
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Tori Bennett is surprised at Annie Belle Clark Elementary.
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Laura Pritchett gets kudos at Annie Belle Clark Elementary.
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UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association President Van McCall, left, and UGA President Jere Morehead congratulate former President Jimmy Carter after his induction into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame Nov. 9 at UGA.
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CARTER NAMED TO
GEORGIA AG HALL OF FAME
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He’s easily the most
famous peanut farmer
in history, and he is now the
first president
of the United States to be inducted into the
Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame
.
President
Jimmy Carter
was inducted into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame, housed at the
University of Georgia
, last
Friday, Nov. 9,
at the 64th UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) Alumni Association Awards.
“This has been the
highlight
of my
life
in
agriculture
, my induction tonight,”
Carter
told the audience.
“It’s my
honor
to join all of my friends who are here, and those who are not here, as a member of Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame. I’m very thankful to everybody here.”
The
Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame
was established in
1972
to recognize individuals who have made
unusual
and
extraordinary
contributions to the state's
agriculture
and
agribusiness
industries.
“When you think of
notable
Georgia farmers, you can’t help but think about
President Carter
,” said CAES Alumni Association President
Van McCall
. “But what most people are surprised to find out is how
involved
he was with Georgia
agriculture
before he ran for
governor
. He wasn’t just a
farmer
; he was a
community
and
agribusiness leader
in
Southwest Georgia
and really worked to develop
agriculture
in that region.”
Carter’s
agricultural background
helped shape his
public service
ethic and drove him to help people, said
Abit Massey
, former head of the
Ga. Poultry Federation
and a friend of Carter's. Having Carter run for statewide office and then his national post made the
nation
take notice of what was happening in
rural Georgia
.
“His
symbol
when he ran for
president
was the
peanut
, which people wore on their
lapels
,” Massey said. “That was an example of what he thought about
agriculture
. It also indicated to people all over the nation that agriculture was
important
, and that
Georgia
was an
important
agriculture state.”
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Collins is a historic grocery store in Tifton that was revamped to be a premier event space. Wisham Jellies crafts handmade, delicious pepper jellies in South Georgia, and their products are sold in grocery stores around the United States.
The concept of the Grocery Music Festival came after Milton Hall Jr. of Collins and Eric Wisham of Wisham Jellies recognized how much diversity is tied to food and groceries. These two owners recognize that when a person enters a grocery store, they enter a space filled with a chance to create dishes from various diverse communities which can ultimately result in an opportunity to experience a new culture.
The Grocery Music Festival is the recognition that we all, no matter our background, love two things: food and music. This festival is an opportunity to bring all our worlds together for a day filled with food, fellowship, laughter and music.
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LECTURE LOOKS AT
WWI 100 YEARS LATER
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World War I
was described as “the
war to end all wars
.” The conflict, which cost the lives of an estimated
9 million
soldiers and
7 million
civilians, ended on
Nov. 11, 1918
.
Dr. J
ames Galt-Brown
will examine
“The Great War”
on
Nov. 19
in an
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College lecture
entitled
“Lasting Impacts: 100 Years After WWI.”
The
7 p.m.
lecture in
Howard Auditorium
on the ABAC campus is a part of the new ABAC History Lecture Series which began in
September.
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Galt-Brown
said the ABAC History Lecture Series touches on how the
events
and
decisions
of the
past resonate
in every aspect of our lives. Each event in the series is open to the public at no charge.
“This series explores issues both past and present and how those issues affect us each day,” said
Galt-Brown
, a professor of
history
in the
School of Arts and Sciences
.
The timing of Galt-Brown’s address almost coincides with
Armistice Day
, which signaled the
end
of
World War I
on the
11th hour
of the
11th day
of the
11th month
. Nov. 11 is recognized each year as
Veterans Day
.
“We have arrived at the
centennial
of World War I, a conflict so incredibly destructive that it remains difficult to
comprehend
,” Galt-Brown said. “The
enormity
of
World War I
was such that it often masks its own aftermath.
“This lecture will examine some of those
consequences
on the proposition that
World War I
served as a
foundation
for much of the
modern world
in ways both obvious and obscure.”
Two other
lectures
in the series include Dr.
Hans Schmeisser
on
“Henry Clay and the Making of America”
on
Feb. 28
, and Dr.
Wendy Harrison
on
“The Georgia Chautauqua in Albany”
on
March 12
.
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'TALK' PROGRAM BEGINS ANOTHER YEAR WITH FUTURE LEADERS
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Fifty-one
eighth-grade
students took part in the recent
kickoff luncheon
for the
Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce's "Tomorrow's Aspiring Leaders: Kids,"
or
"TALK"
program at
Colquitt EMC
.
The group, comprised of
eighth graders
from
Eighth Street Middle School
,
Northeast Middle School
and
Tiftarea Academy
, will participate in a series of
events
during the
school year,
culminating with the group's graduation in
May
.
The
TALK
program is sponsored this year by
AT&T, Colquitt EMC, Georgia Power, Heatcraft Refrigeration, South Georgia Bank, Synovus
and
Tift Regional Health Systems.
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Jennifer Barfield
's
fifth-grade
class at
Northside Elementary School
in
Tifton
recently conducted an
enrichment
activity in which they created
bracelets
with their
initials
using
binary codes
.
Here, the
students
show off their
"binary bracelets."
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FARMERS NEED FINANCIAL AID NOW, SAYS AG ECONOMIST
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To avoid
losing
their
farms
following
Hurricane Michael
, Georgia
farmers
need
financial relief
as soon as possible, says
Jeff Dorfman
, a professor and agricultural economist in the University of Georgia Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
South Georgia
growers are still picking up the pieces after the
hurricane
hit
Oct. 10-11
,
destroying
homes and
agricultural commodities
. The storm’s timing could not have been worse for the producers who were affected, as
cotton, pecans, peanuts
and
vegetables
were ready to be harvested.
“The timing of this was not good,”
Dorfman
said. “
Farmers
have already
spent
most of, if not all, their money
growing
their crop. If you
lose
a
crop
at the start of the growing season, at least you didn’t put any of those extra inputs into it.”
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Dorfman believes growers, who normally would have sold their crops by now and had revenue to pay off production loans, are
not
going to be
able to cover
those
costs
this year.
“We have at most
three
months, maybe as little as
one
month, to sort that out, but this definitely could put a lot of
farmers out of business
,” Dorfman said.
Hurricane Michael
caused more than
$2.5 billion
in losses to Georgia’s
agricultural
sector, the state’s
leading industry
, according to estimates from the UGA Cooperative Extension agents and agricultural economists.
“Until we know how much insurance relief we get, how much insurance is going to cover, how much disaster relief payments are going to cover, we won’t know
how bad
the
bite
on the
broader economy
is going to be,” he said.
Cotton
and
pecans
are the Georgia crops impacted most by the storm.
Pecans
suffered
$100 million
in
direct losses
to this year’s crop,
$260 million
in losses from
lost trees
, and
$200 million
in
direct losses
for
future income
.
“It’s going to take
pecans 15 years
to
recover
; that’s a pretty hard hit. And Georgia’s got a bunch of businesses that depend on
pecans
, especially during the holidays. We’ve got
fewer
pecans to use in other businesses now,” Dorfman said.
Georgia’s
cotton
crop suffered between
$550 million
and
$600 million
in direct losses.
Poultry
, the
leading
agricultural
industry
in Georgia, suffered
$20 million
in
direct losses
to houses and
$8 million
in
losses
to
birds
.
Georgia’s
vegetables
suffered
$480 million
in
direct losses
, while
timber
was dealt
$763
million
in losses.
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TIFT'S
'BEAUTY SPOTS'
OF THE MONTH
The
Keep Tift Beautiful
organization is recognizing
Martha and Vermon Bearden
's property at
311 24th St.
, pictured above, as the
residential "Beauty Spot of the Month."
Panera Bread
, located at
1211 U.S. Highway 82
and pictured here, is named as the
commercial "Beauty Spot of the Month."
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ABAC'S NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR TAKES POST
Operating out of a
temporary
facility at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
does not deter Dr.
Laura Clark
as she takes on her new position as the
director
of
ABAC Libraries.
“I am very passionate about
libraries
and their function in meeting the needs of faculty and students,”
Clark
said. “ABAC provides a
high-quality
education to a rural area that is embedded in the
agricultural
industry.”
The
Baldwin Library
on ABAC’s
Tifton
campus is now located in
J. Lamar Branch Hall
while the former home of the library in the
Carlton Center
is undergoing
renovation
. ABAC also has instructional sites in
Moultrie, Bainbridge, Blakely, and Donalsonville
.
Clark
graduated from the
University of South Alabama
and earned a master’s degree in library and information science with a concentration in information architecture from
Florida State University
. She then earned her doctorate from
FSU
.
Before beginning her
ABAC
career,
Clark
worked for the
Florida Department of Agriculture
, the
Leon County Public Library System
, the
Florida State University Library
, and the
University of West Florida
.
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FRIDAY'S GLOW RUN BENEFITS JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB PROJECTS
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The
Tifton Junior Woman's Club
holds it
Fifth Annual Glow Run
beginning at
6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16.
The
Glow Run
includes a
5K
and a
one-mile fun run
with participants wearing
glow necklaces
and
bracelets
.
All
proceeds
go toward the Junior Woman's Club
scholarship fund
as well as aiding the club's other
community projects
.
Awards
will be given to
overall
male and female winners, overall male and female
masters
, and
top three
finishers in each age group. Ages
12 and under
will receive a
medal
. Separate awards all be given for
most creative team
and
best costume
.
This is the
second
year that the
Tift County Animal Shelter
will be at the race with
adoptable pets
.
Participants may
register
here
or at the
event
Friday.
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GOT A WEEKEND YARD SALE? LET US KNOW!
The
Tifton Grapevine
is now publishing
yard sales
in
Friday editions
. The
yard sales
are
text
only,
no photos
, and is part of a
list
linked from the
Grapevine
edition to our
web page
.
The
cost
is
$1 per word
, and
yard sales
must be
paid in advance
via
credit card
or
PayPal
.
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Tifton Grapevine
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Frank Sayles Jr.
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Bonnie Sayles
Managing Editor
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