Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Tifton, Georgia
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At Monday's groundbreaking are, from left, TD Bank Vice President Danny Smith, Tift Regional Chief Nursing Executive Carol Smith, Hospital Authority of Tift County Chairman John Prince, TRHS Chairman John Brownlee, Southwell Chairman Jimmy Allen, Tift Regional President/CEO Christopher Dorman, Tift County Commission Chairman Grady Thompson, Tifton Mayor Julie Smith, USDA Rural Development Program Loan Specialist Marcella Little, Tift County Economic Development Authority CEO Brian Marlowe and USDA Rural Development Program Loan Specialist Linda Westberry.
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TRMC'S NEW TOWER FOR ER, PATIENTS
NEW HEALTH SYSTEM NAME UNVEILED AT GROUNDBREAKING
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Tift Regional Medical Center
(TRMC) on
Monday
broke ground for a
$152 million
expansion
and to unveil
Southwell
as the new
name
for its overall
healthcare system
.
TRMC
will expand with a
four-story tower
on
18th Street
to include a
new emergency
center
and
inpatient units
.
Christopher Dorman
, president/CEO, also
announced
that
TRMC, Cook Medical Center
and the system’s
25 physician practices
will now be
linked
together with the brand name
Southwell
.
“We recently
restructured
as a
non-for-profit
entity in order to
grow
our
services
and
expand
our geographic
footprint
. We are already
providing care
in several other
communities
outside
Tift County
," said
Dorman
.
"We wanted to create a
system name
that can be
appreciated everywhere
we establish services. Over the coming months and years, we will
implement
the new
Southwell logo
and corporate identity standards at our various facilities. ... We remain a
locally operated
healthcare institution dedicated to providing exceptional care.”
Dorman
stressed that
TRMC
has
not
been
acquired
by anyone.
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“We just have a
new system name
to
connect
all our
services
together,” he said. “
Tift Regional Medical Center
will
remain
Tift Regional Medical Center, but it is now an important hub of the
Southwell family
of services.”
Jimmy Allen
, chairman of the
Southwell Board of Directors
, said the
tower
expansion at
TRMC
is important in meeting the
growing medical needs
of the region.
“The
first floor
of the new tower will be our
new emergency center
,”
Allen
said. “Our
current ER
was originally
designed
to accommodate about
20,000 patients
per year; we
currently
see close to
50,000 patients
per year. That is how fast we are growing.”
The
entire tower
will cover approximately
263,000 square feet
. To accommodate the expansion and new parking areas,
TRMC
worked with the
City of Tifton
to
close part
of
18th Street
and to
reroute
a
portion
of
John Orr Drive
.
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TIFTON NATIVE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL WITH HONORS, ACCEPTED INTO UCLA AT 14
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Tifton
native
Caitlin Carmichael
graduated from
high school
last week in
Los Angeles
at the age of
14
and has been
accepted
to
UCLA
in the fall –
one of
the
youngest
students ever
admitted
to the
University of California at Los Angeles.
Caitlin
, an
actress
who has been acting since she was
three
years old and has more than
60
television and film credits,
graduated
from
California Virtual Academy Los Angeles
, a chartered public school, last
Thursday, June 6
.
At
14 years old
, she was the
valedictorian
of her high school class of
386
students and finished with a
4.65 GPA
.
During the
graduation
ceremony, the
school surprised
her
with the
Ronald Reagan Leadership Medal
on behalf of the
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
. The
award
is given to an
outstanding high school student
"who
exemplifies drive, humility and service before self
."
Between acting projects,
Caitlin
donates her time to
serving others
.
"When I was
four
years old, I began
feeding the homeless
through my
church
," she recently told the local
ABC-TV
affiliate in
Los Angeles
. "And this really
prompted me
to
create
my own
organization
to
feed the homeless
."
In an interview,
Caitlin
told the
TV station
that she feels
blessed
to have a
strong female role model
in her
mother, Catherine
, formerly of
Tifton
.
"She's
inspired
such a
strong work ethic
in me and really just the
power
of
giving back
to the lives of those around you."
Catherine Carmichael
is a four-year
breast cancer survivor
, and
Caitlin
said that inspired her to become
involved
with the
American Cancer Society
, for which she
serves
as its
West Coast Teen Ambassador
.
Caitlin
is
currently
on location
filming
the next
20 episodes
of her
TV series "Dwight in Shining Armor,"
which is
broadcast
on the
BYUtv
channel.
UCLA
has agreed to
work
with her
acting schedule
, and
Caitlin
will
begin classes
this
fall
in
UCLA's College of Letters and Science
. She has declared
American literature and culture
as her
major
.
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ADMISSIONS OFFICE KEEPING SUNSET HOURS TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
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During the month of
June
, the staff at the
admissions office
at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
is making a special effort to ensure that
prospective students
are
ready
for the
fall semester
with a special program –
“Sunsets at ABAC.”
Donna Webb
, e
nrollment management director, said the
admissions office
will remain
open
until
8 p.m.
on
Tuesdays
and
Thursdays
in
June
to accommodate students.
Normally
, the office
closes
at
5:30 p.m.
“It’s a good time for students to take care of a few
last-minute details
or even
begin
the
admissions process
,” Webb said. “We’re ready to help during regular office hours as well.”
The
fall semester
begins at ABAC on
Aug. 13
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BILL BRIM NAMED TO GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME
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Bill Brim
, president/CEO and co-owner of
Lewis Taylor Farms
off
Ty Ty Omega Road
, has been
selected
as this year's
inductee
to the
Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Brim
is being recognized for his
work
in
agricultural research and education
, and his work on
legislative issues
, such as
farm labor
, that
affect
the
agriculture industry
. He has appeared before
Congress
and numerous
committees
to discuss
farm-related matters.
Brim
was the
2009 Georgia Farmer of the Year
. He and his partner
Ed Walker
bought
Lewis Taylor Farms
in
1985
. The company grows
vegetables
and
vegetable transplants
and has
become one
of the
largest privately owned vegetable and greenhouse operations
in the
Southeast
.
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TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RIBBON CUTTING
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Springhill Suites by Marriott
401 Boo Drive, Tifton
June 6
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UGA TIFTON HOSTING 'YOUNG SCHOLARS'
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The
Young Scholars
program is underway on the
University of Georgia Tifton campus
. The goal of the
six-week internship
program is to
encourage
outstanding
high school students
to
pursue careers
in
science
.
Some
of this summer's
Young Scholars
, pictured from left, are:
Porter Hill, Sam Aultman, Walt Sanders, Audrey Conner, Luis Torres, CJ Edwards, Jake Davis, Jordan Daniels, Lydia Connell, Abbi Toews, Ashleigh Hurst, Cody Beasley and Audrey Young
. Not pictured is
Kirsten Flinn
.
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