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SCHOOL PROJECTS
RECEIVE $20,351
IN GRANTS
TIFT COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
AWARDS 19 INCENTIVE GRANTS
The
Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence (TCFEE) has awarded a total of $20,351 in Incentive Grants for projects in Tift County schools.
One of TCFEE's
primary missions is to underwrite highly motivated
teachers in putting their
best ideas into practice.
Incentive grants have been a mainstay effort since the foundation's formation in
1990.
This year's 19 grants bring the
foundation's
number of incentive grants, during 27 years, to 710, with a monetary total of $500,225.
Eleven of this year's grants are made possible by the TCFEE's 16 academic chairs.
Among the grants awarded
is $1,525 for teacher Kelsey Rice at the Tift County Pre-K Center to attend a University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Summer Training Program (a five-day course in North Carolina) made possible
by the Foundation's Bob Wight Challenge Chair.
In the photo,
Wanda Veazey, principal of the Tift County Pre-K Center, from left, with grant recipient Kelsey Rice and Anna Atwater, Foundation liaison to the Tift County Pre-K Center.
Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence's
Incentive Grants Awards - May 2017
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Applicant(s)
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Description of Grant awarded
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Award
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Tift Co. Pre-K
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Kelsey Rice
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TEACCH Training Program
Bob Wight Challenge Chair award
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$1,525
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GO Bailey Primary
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Sara Askew
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Moving Minds Fidget Busters
McCarty School Counseling Chair award
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$1,034
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GO Bailey Primary
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Sara Askew
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High Touch - High Tech "Sounds Like Fun" Workshop
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$805
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GO Bailey Primary
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Emy Aultman
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MakerSpace in the Media Center
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$650
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G.O. Bailey Primary
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Kymberly Buchanan
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Macon Museum of Arts &Sciences
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$1,113
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GO Bailey Primary
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Kimberly Jacobs
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Chehaw Education Migration
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$325
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Northside Primary
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Jodi Roberts
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Malcolm Mitchell Visit and Books
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$500
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Omega
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Angel Martin
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VSU Planetarium Trip
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$300
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Omega
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Lacy Cargle
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STEM Exploration - Media Center
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$1,000
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Charles Spencer Elementary
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Dawn Hand
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Historical Traveling Trunks
Cannon Reading & Writing Skills Chair award
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$400
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Charles Spencer
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K. Lindsey, S. Hester
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Hands-on STEM Learning Lab
Glenn Burton Science Chair award
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$3,040
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JT Reddick 6th
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Lisa Dykes
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Flexible Classroom Seating
Special Hearts Chair award
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$493
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JT Reddick 6th Grade
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Amanda Lee
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Teacher Resources for Movement
Fred Tucker Physical Fitness Chair award
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$983
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JT Reddick 6th Grade
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Julie Walker
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Independent Reading Motivation
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$650
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Beth Hobby
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Science Olympiad Team
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$466
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| ESMS |
Karole Stroud
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Battle of the Books Program
Cathy Kvien Reading Chair award
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$767
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| 6th St. Academy |
E. Williams, T. Toombs
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Trip to Plains, GA, and reading materials
Homer Rankin Journalism Chair award
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$1,300
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| Tift County High School |
Kimberly Keen
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Debate Camp Scholarships
Mikie Wolff Humanities Chair award
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$2,000
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| Tift County High School |
Lauraleigh Shealey
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National Players Performance of "The Great Gatsby" and "
Calculus: The Musical"
Syd Blackmarr Arts Chair award and the
Virginia Tift Brumby Music Chair award
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$3,000
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ABAC GRADUATES
263 IN CEREMONY
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES TOP STUDENTS
Amanda Stitt of Sharpsburg and
Alexia Watson from Covington were selected for the
top awards presented by the
ABAC Alumni Association during the
spring commencement ceremony at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on
Thursday.
Stitt, an agriculture major, received the Alumni Association Award for the
top bachelor's degree graduate participating in the ceremony, and
Watson, a biology major, received the
George P. Donaldson Award for the
top associate degree graduate.
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Alumni Association President Niki Knox Vanderslice, left, and ABAC President David Bridges, right, congratulate Alumni Association Award winner Amanda Stitt and Donaldson Award recipient Alexia Watson at the spring commencement ceremony.
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Nell Roquemore, founder of
Milltown Murals in
Lakeland, was
guest speaker at the ceremony. Another Lakeland native,
Jay Shaw, was honored with a
posthumous honorary bachelor's degree for his civic and community involvement on local and statewide levels.
Stitt has been a member of the
ABAC Honors Program since 2013. She held the office of Honors Program mentor for the 2014-2015 academic year. She has also been an active member of the ABAC
Ag Business Club and participating on the
National Agri-Marketing Association Team as captain. Stitt has also been involved with the ABAC
Horsemen's Association, serving as its treasurer, president, and vice president.
Watson has served on the
Student Alumni Council and is a member of ABAC's honor society,
Phi Theta Kappa. While serving on the
Student Alumni Council, she was secretary of the organization. She played
intramural volleyball, donated her time to various campus
blood drives and volunteered to
help flood victims in Louisiana. She is a recipient of a Gertrude and Charles Kemp Jr.
scholarship and has been named to the
ABAC President's List.
A total of 263 graduates received their diplomas in the Gressette Gymnasium ceremony. Summer term classes begin at ABAC on May 30; fall semester classes begin Aug. 16.
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NANCI BOWEN CHARITY GOLF TOURNEY
TEES OFF ON MONDAY
The annual Nanci Bowen Charity Event will be held at the Spring Hill Country Club in Tifton on Monday, May 15. This golf
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Nanci Bowen, left, with Louise Woodham
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tournament, benefiting the special needs of Tift Regional Health System (TRHS) hospice and cancer patients, is a four-man scramble.
Shotgun start is at 1 p.m. Interested participants can form a team or sign-up as a corporate sponsor. There are multiple sponsorship opportunities and the team fee is $400.
A Tifton native, Bowen is a retired Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour player. She attended the University of Georgia on a full golf scholarship and joined the LPGA immediately after graduating in 1989 with an undergraduate degree inpublic relations.
Bowen's professional golf career was highlighted in 1995 with a win at the Nabisco Dinah Shore, one of the LPGA's four major championships. Other notable achievements included two runner-up finishes in 1997 at the Rochester International and the Susan G. Komen International, plus numerous top ten finishes at LPGA tournaments between 1994 and 2005.
She started this annual golf tournament in Tifton 18 years ago.
"We are grateful to Nanci for launching this annual event and lending her name to the tournament for so many years," said Louise Woodham, tournament chairperson. "It's a fun, competitive day benefiting a great cause."
Dinner will be served and prizes awarded immediately following the tournament. Each player on the winning team will receive a two nights' stay and one round of golf at the King and Prince resort hotel.
There will also be great second- and third-place prizes, a hole-in-one contest for a new car as well as a closest-to-the-pin and pink ball competitions.
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COACH DOOLEY BRINGING NEW BOOK TO TIFTON
Former
UGA head football coach
Vince Dooley will be in
Tifton from
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, to share his love of
 history and discuss his
newest book on the
Civil War.
Dooley will be at
Tifton
Elks Lodge, 422 Victory Drive, for a short lecture and book signing. The
public is
invited.
His new book,
"The Legion's Fighting Bulldog," details the Civil War correspondence of Lt. Col. William
Gaston Deloney, part of Cobb's Georgia Legion Cavalry, and his wife Rosa Deloney. It is a glimpse of the struggles of life on the
battlefield
and at
home
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Greatly loved by those who served under him,
Delony possessed three main attributes: "
commanding presence,
bulldog courage and
superb generalship."
A graduate of the
University of Georgia,
Delony was well educated for the period. A
lawyer prior to the war, his inherent tenacity and fighting ability made him the
"first Georgia Bulldog."
Dooley, who edited the correspondence, will also have copies for sale of other books he has written.
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Mother's Day Buffet
Sunday, May 14
A fabulous menu will include roasted turkey, cornbread dressing, baked ham,
sweet potato soufflé, baby butter beans, squash casserole, roast beef, mashed potatoes,
rice pilaf, macaroni and cheese, cream corn, Italian green beans, glazed carrots, asparagus, Southern fried chicken, rolls,
celebration salad, broccoli salad, pasta salad,
24-hour fruit salad, Watergate salad, pimento cheese, chicken salad, grape salad,
marinated vegetable salad,
chocolate pie, lemon meringue pie, pecan pie,
carrot cake, chocolate cake, coconut cake, cheesecake, strawberry cake, chocolate Mousse -- and much more!
$12 per person; children age 4 & under are free
Special extended hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Reservations are Suggested:
392-2913 or 382-6745
BJ's at Springhill
5 Springhill Drive E. (off U.S. Highway 82)
inside Springhill Country Club
Tifton, Ga.
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CA$H MOB VISITS DAIRY QUEEN
Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce ambassadors and staff recently surprised
Kaval Momin and the team at the
Dairy Queen on
Tift Avenue with the Chamber's monthly
"Cash Mob." The Cash Mob, which surprises a Chamber member each month, bought some tasty
treats and thanked the staff for being
Chamber members.
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LOCAL STUDENTS HELP RECOGNIZE
NATIONAL NURSES WEEK
Tift Regional Health System celebrated
National Nurses Week (
May 6-12) with various activities, including celebration breakfasts for the nursing staff at
Tift Regional Medical Center and
Cook Medical Center, school tours and mayoral proclamations.
Both Tifton Mayor
Julie Smith and Adel Mayor
Buddy Duke issued proclamations in honor of Nurses Week.
Also in honor of National Nurses Week, fifth-grade students with Tift County  Schools held an art contest to salute nurses at Tift Regional Health System and the Tifton medical community. Students from Matt Wilson Elementary and Charles Spencer Elementary participated.
Today, May 12, is nurse Florence Nightingale's birthday, the conclusion of National Nurses Week. As of 1998, May 8 was  designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually.
"National Nurses Week is a time to recognize those who spend their lives and careers giving to others. It is an honor to watch our nursing alumni continue to share their passion for nursing and patient care as their careers continue to evolve. All nursing alums exemplify the true characteristics of the Nightingale Pledge, and I look forward to seeing them continue their personal and professional development," said Tammy Bryant of
Southern Regional Technical College.
According to data from the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of
registered nurses is expected to grow by
16 percent through
2024, which is more than double the standard job growth rate. While a current nurse shortage presents an issue for
medical facilities, it also provides
opportunities for those seeking entry into the field.
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From left is Scott Purvis of Georgia Power, Jared Ross, Milton "MJ" Hall Jr., James Nixon, Tiffanie Root and Jenny Robbins of Georgia EMC.
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LOCAL LEADERS GRADUATE FROM
GA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
Several Tift County residents are among this year's graduates of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development's Region 11 multi-day training program.
Tift County graduates at the ceremony May 9 include Milton "MJ" Hall Jr., Becky Moore, James Nixon, Tiffanie Root and Jared Ross. Class participants represented a number of professional and non-professional economic development fields from 18 counties.
The Academy provided an opportunity to acquire an understanding of economic and community development on the local, regional and state levels.
Georgia EMC and Georgia Power provide facilitators for the program, and the Ga. Department of Community Affairs provides staff support.
"One of the goals for the multi-day regional academies is to encourage multi-county cooperation," says Corinne Thornton, director of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development. "Many times, the participants discover the issues facing their community are the same as those facing other communities in their region and can then combine limited resources to address the issue."
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'STAMP OUT HUNGER' IN TIFT COUNTY
The
25th annual national letter carriers
"Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive" is this
Saturday, May 13.
On
Saturday, residents are asked to leave a bag or bags of
non-perishable food by their
mailbox before their letter carrier's normal pickup time. In
Tift County,
letter carriers will deliver the food to the
U.S. Post Office's loading docks behind the Post Office building.
The United Way of South Central Georgia is seeing volunteers to help unload the mail trucks and reload the food on trucks for local agencies. Help is needed anytime between 11:30 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Local
agencies to receive the food contributions include the Salvation Army, the Tiftarea Soup Kitchen, the Food Bank and Coastal Plains of Tifton, the United Way said. It asks that contributors be sure to check donated food items to ensure they are not expired.
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WOMEN'S CLUB RAISES SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
THROUGH 'FASHION WITH A PASSION' SHOW
Twenty-five models representing a variety of community service opportunities in
Tifton showcased spring styles from six stores in the
GFWC Tifton 20th Century Library Club's Second Annual "Fashion with a Passion" fashion show on
Tuesday, May 9.
About
80 people attended the dinner and show, donating toward drawings for prizes and receiving door prizes for their attendance. The event is a
fundraiser for the club's
Bergeron-Whiddon Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Scholarship, named in memory of
"Tunkey" Bergeron and
Margaret Whiddon, two active club members who were also beloved teachers in Tift County.
The club's parliamentarian
Debbie Thompson introduced the recipient of this year's scholarship, Tift County High School
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Models for the 'Fashion with a Passion' fashion show sponsored by the
Tifton 20th Century Library Club.
The
fashion show is a fundraiser for the club's ABAC scholarship.
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student
Chastity Dillard.
"Chastity is graduating from
Tift County High School with honors," Thompson said. "She is involved in activities such as the 4H air pistol team, Future Farmers of America and is currently employed part time with Quailwood Animal Hospital. Her future plans include attending
ABAC this summer and obtaining an associate's degree in animal sciences. Then she plans to transfer to
UGA for a degree in food animal science and continue in the College of Veterinary Medicine."
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Roxie Price, left, and Akeria Lockett, show off their spring styles from Belk and Julie's Closet, respectively.
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Bonnie Sayles, president of the club, which is a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), presented acheck to
Fran Kinchen, director of Leroy Rogers Center, in appreciation for the center's help as a meeting location for the club.
The stores featured at the Fashion Show were Aero Boutique, Belk at Tifton Mall, Bird's Nest Thrift Shop, Julie's Closet, Plantation 59, and Suit Yourself.
Models included:
Melissa Hughes, Tift County commissioner serving District 2 and Alternative Dispute Resolution program director for the Tift County Judicial Circuit;
Roxie Price, UGA Extension Family and Consumer Sciences agent and chair of the Tift County Commission on Children & Youth/Family Connections;
Contessa Crawford with Easter Seals Adult Day Solutions and her client
Katie Crowley; Yolunda
Lewis, a nurse at Tift County Health Department;
Fran Kinchen, director of Leroy Rogers Senior Center (LRSC);
Shirene Daniell, Tifton 20th Century Library Club treasurer and former state president of GFWC Georgia.
Also,
Cindy Marzen, 2016-2017 Tift County Teacher of the Year and teacher at Northeast Campus;
Dawn Pridgen, who started the local Bunco fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House, and her daughter
Kayleigh Pridgen, a competition cheerleader and student at J.T. Reddick;
Ashton Lovett; Aeriel Lewis, a member of Ladies Choice Show Choir and student at Northeast Campus TCHS;
Becky Langenfeld and
Rosemary Hightower, both volunteers at Birds Nest Thrift Store, a fundraiser for the House of Hope shelter for women. Rosemary is also board chairman of House of Hope, and her daughter
Laura Roberts participated along with granddaughters
Claire Roberts, an honor student at Tift Academy, and
Madison Roberts.
Also, Akeria Lockett, secretary for Dayspring Inspirational Church, chair of the Tift County Child Abuse Council and vice president of Family Promise of Tift Area; Natasha Patrick, site manager for LRSC; member of Older Americans Month Committee and member of Advisory Board for Diversified Enterprises; Susie Chitwood, director of Tifton Service for Salvation Army, and her daughters Megan Scarbor and Mallory Waddell; Michele Walker, therapist with AR Psychiatric & Counseling Center and her daughter Hannah Walker, a seventh-grade honor student at Eighth Street Middle School where she is in the concert band, girl's track team and competition cheerleading; Madalyn Noland; and Taylor Horton.
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From left are Tifton Rotarian and past District Gov. Leon Benefield; Rotarian Lynn Lovett, who led the Tifton's club 'Paul Harris' initiative; current club President Jeremy Campbell; and current Rotary District Gov. Pamela Lightsey.
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TIFTON ROTARY CLUB REACHES DISTINCTION OF BEING
100 PERCENT 'PAUL HARRIS FELLOW' CLUB
The
Rotary Club of Tifton on
Wednesday became the latest Rotary Club to be a
100 percent Paul Harris Fellow Club.
Paul Harris Fellow recognition is an honor acknowledging individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
Paul Harris was the founder of Rotary in 1905 in Chicago. He
organized the first Rotary Club "in fellowship and friendship" with the initial goal to create a club of professional and businessmen for friendship and fellowship. Soon, Harris realized that Rotary needed a greater purpose.
When
Harris was elected as third president of the Chicago Rotary Club in
1907, the club initiated its first
public service project, the construction of public toilets in Chicago. This step transformed Rotary into the
world's first service club.
The Paul Harris Fellow initiative
was established in 1957 to show appreciation for and encourage contributions to the Rotary Foundation, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year at the Rotary International global convention next month in Atlanta, where more than 40,000 Rotarians from around the world will gather.
The Rotary Foundation, during the past century, has spent $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects around the world, most notably helping wipe out 99.9 percent of all polio cases.
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Terri Nalls at the TCFEE board meeting with, left, Foundation Director Mike Brumby, Nalls' husband Craig, and, seated, TCFEE President Joe West.
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EDUCATION FOUNDATION HONORS TERRI NALLS
Terri Nalls, Charles Spencer Elementary School's
media specialist
who is retiring this school year, was recognized Tuesday at the Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence (TCFEE) board meeting.
Nalls has been dubbed Tifton's "Reading Angel" for her role in helping to get Tifton on its path as Reading Capital of the World based on Accelerated Reader points for books read.
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YOUR WEEKEND
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..at a Glance
FRIDAY, MAY 12
- Senior Fish Fry by Tifton Fire Dept., Noon, Leroy Rogers Senior Center, Tifton
- Dave Prater Music Fest street festival, 6-10 p.m, North Cherry Street, Downtown Ocilla
- Tiftarea Academy Graduation, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, Tifton
- Wiregrass Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-Noon, Ga. Museum of Agriculture, Tifton
- Test Drive for Alzheimer's, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Griffin Ford, Tifton
- Sylvester Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-Noon, downtown train depot, Sylvester
- National Train Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tifton Terminal Railway Museum, Tifton
SUNDAY, MAY 14 ~ HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
- Mother's Day Buffet, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., BJ's at Springhill, Tifton
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MAY 4
Nita
Whiddon,
Doles community
MAY 5
Mary Frances Duckworth Webb, 83, Worth County
Roscoe Raburn Register, 65, Adel
MAY 6
Marcus Avner Hayes, 85, Nashville
Mattye Ree Floyd, Sylvester
Wayne Boyd, 64, Nashville
MAY 7
George Owens Jones Jr., 93, Fitzgerald
Annette Webb, 86, Boston
MAY 8
Minnie Bryant, 91, Tifton
Scott Stone, 52, Fitzgerald
MAY 9
Lewis Stanley Davis, 62, Tifton
Emory Fowler, 82, Ben Hill County
Patricia Ann Walker, 78, Columbus
MAY 10
Kathy Whaley, 61, Tifton
Van Lee Rowan, 81, Adel
MAY 11
Ronnie Lee White, 53, Nashville
Kenota Wanard Snow, Sylvester
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