Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018
Tifton, Georgia
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A 'BOO-TIFUL' DAY
TRICK-OR-TREATERS OUT ON WEDNESDAY
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Halloween
is
Wednesday
, and
Downtown Tifton
once again is hosting
trick or treating
with
Downtown businesses
from
5-6 p.m.
Candy
is free to all
costumed
children
age 12 and under
. Children must be
accompanied
by an
adult
.
Something new this year is a
"Flash Mob 'Thriller' Dance"
at
5:30 p.m.
on
First Street
. For information call the
Main Street Office
at
229-391-3966
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With
costumed children
out and about on
Wednesday
night, Tift County Sheriff
Gene Scarbrough
is offering
safety tips
for
Halloween
.
They include:
- Keep costumes short to prevent trips and falls.
- Use makeup instead of a mask, which can obstruct a child’s vision.
- Costumes with light colors and/or reflective tape are best. Someone in the group should carry a flashlight.
- Children should always trick-or-treat in groups, preferably with adult supervision.
- Children should stay on sidewalks (where available) or on the shoulder of the roadway facing traffic.
- Drivers should slow down and use extreme caution, especially in neighborhoods.
- Children should stop only at familiar homes where the outside lights are on.
- As an alternative of going door-to-door, parents can take their children to community-sponsored events such as those hosted by local churches.
- Children should not eat any treats until they get home and a parent or adult can examine them. Treats with open packaging or torn wrappers should be discarded.
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GDOT AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR AREA ROAD WORK
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The
Georgia Department of Transportation
has awarded
$8.5 million
in
contracts
for
maintenance
of
Southwest Georgia bridges and roads
, including in
Tift
and
Irwin
countries.
Among
27
miles of state route resurfacings are
State Route 35
from the
Tift County
line to south of
SR 32
in
Irwin County
, awarded to
Reeves Construction Co.
Roads in
Quitman, Stewart and Thomas counties
will also be
resurfaced
, These contracts have a completion date of
Aug. 31
.
A
$2 million
contract was also awarded to
Seminole Equipment Inc
. to replace
joints
and
paint bridges
at
SR 37
over the
Chattahoochee River
in
Clay County
and
SR 309
over
U.S. 84/US 27/SR 1
in
Decatur County
.
Other
bridge work
includes projects in
Dougherty County
.
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With Bowen's portrait are, from left, Tift Regional’s Director of Oncology Services Denise McAdams; retired golf pro Nanci Bowen; Tift Regional’s Senior Vice President of Ambulatory Services Claire Byrnes; and Hospice of Tift Area Manager Kristy Daniels.
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TRMC HONORS NANCI BOWEN WITH PORTRAIT IN LOBBY
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Visitors to
Tift Regional Medical Center
(TRMC) will now find a
portrait
of
Tifton
native and retired
golf
professional
Nanci Bowen
in the hospital’s main lobby.
TRMC
recently unveiled the portrait to
Bowen
and her family in honor of Bowen’s years of
charitable fundraising
for
hospice
and
cancer
patients.
“This is quite an
honor
,” said
Bowen
. “I appreciate the recognition, but it’s always been about
helping patients
.”
The
Nanci Bowen Golf Tournament
is held each spring in
Tifton
at the
Spring Hill Country Club
, benefiting patients of
Hospice of Tift Area
and the TRMC
Anita Stewart Oncology Center
who need extra support.
Funds have been used to
assist patients
with
special needs
, including installing handicap ramps for homebound hospice patients and paying for the utility bills of cancer patients undergoing treatment. Tift Regional’s annual
Tree of Life
lighting ceremony, held each
December
, also benefits the fund.
The annual
golf tournament
has raised more than
$685,000
since
2000
. Bowen said she was inspired by her aunt,
Betty Bowen
, whose husband
Huie
was a patient of
Hospice of Tift Area
before passing away.
“
Aunt Betty
was so appreciative of the compassionate care
Uncle Huie
received by hospice,” said
Bowen
. “She helped me launch the
tournament
by organizing teams and gathering sponsors.”
Bowen is a retired
Ladies Professional Golf Association
(LPGA) tour player. Originally from
Tifton
, she attended the
University of Georgia
on a full golf scholarship and joined the
LPGA
immediately after graduating in
1989
.
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 10
finishes at LPGA tournaments from
1994-2005
.
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LAST FEW DAYS OF EARLY VOTING
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Early voting
ends this
Friday
for the
Nov. 6 general election,
and
heavy voting
continues in
Tift County,
officials say.
As of
5 p.m. today (Tuesday
),
5,844
Tift countians have voted, with
445
voters on
Tuesday
alone; and
228
voters came out
Saturday
to vote on the special
weekend
date, says
Leila E. Dollison,
Tift election supervisor.
The
polls
will
close
at
5 p.m. Friday
and
reopen
at
7 a.m.
next
Tuesday, Nov. 6,
for the
general election
. Polls
close
at
7 p.m. Tuesday
.
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TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RIBBON CUTTING
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DESTINY FITNESS OF TIFTON
620 Love Ave., Suite 2
Oct. 22
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TIFT COUNTY COLLEGE & CAREER ACADEMY FORMALLY OPENS NEW FACILITY
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Dr.
Tom Mark
cuts the ribbon for the
Tift College & Career Academy
, located on the campus of
Tift County High School
.
Thursday's
ribbon cutting was for the facility built with a
$3.1 million
grant. The
academy
helps
prepare
students for
future careers
through
hands-on learning
,
labs
and
job-shadowing
in local businesses.
For the ribbon cutting, Mark was
joined
by other leaders from the
Tift County School System,
Superintendent
Patrick Atwater
, state Sen.
Greg Kirk
, state Rep.
Clay Pirkle
, community
leaders,
and
ambassadors
and staff with the
Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce.
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ABAC representatives at the GaTA conference include, from left, David Hall, Trey Doss, Miranda Somers, Ben Brock, Noelle Konich, Hannah Wilkins, Katie Arnold, AAC staffer Josh Clements, Lizzie Buttram, AAC Coordinator Rebecca Cofer and Megan Shannon.
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ABAC TUTORS GET TOP-LEVEL CERTIFICATION TO HELP STUDENTS
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Student tutors
and
staff
from the
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Academic Achievement Center (AAC) delivered three
presentations
at the recent
Georgia Tutoring Association
(GaTA) conference in
Macon
.
AAC Coordinator
Rebecca Cofer
said the three presentations included “Sorting You: Hogwarts School of Tutoring Personality,” “STEM the Tide: Retention under the Microscope,” and “Challenge Accepted: Working with Today’s Challenging Students.”
With
nine
student tutors attending, ABAC was one of the only
undergraduate
programs to give presentations at the conference.
“The tutors are primarily
Level III
who used this opportunity to complete
certification
requirements for the
College Reading and Learning Association
,” Cofer said. “Level III is the
highest level
a
tutor
can achieve.
“To accomplish this, tutors must do several
leadership activities
on campus and complete all Level One and Level Two requirements. ABAC tutors receive
12
hours of
training
for each
semester
they are employed by the
Academic Achievement Center
.”
The AAC is available for
ABAC students
to study and obtain
free
tutoring
Mondays
through
Thursdays
from
9 a.m.-8 p.m.,
and on
Fridays
,
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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The
final rendition of the Morris Abram mural will read "One Person, One Vote."
FITZGERALD BEN HILL ARTS COUNCIL GETS GRANT FOR MURALS
The
Fitzgerald Ben Hill Arts Council
and the
City of Fitzgerald
have received a
Vibrant Communities Grant
from the
Georgia Council for the Arts
(GCA).
The funds will support a series of
interactive
and
educational
public
murals
.
The
Georgia Council for the Arts
awarded
78
entities in
52
counties nearly
$300,000
in funding.
The arts council
public mural series
is phase two of a partner project between the
City of
Fitzgerald
and the
arts council
. The grant will fund
two mural projects
in
downtown Fitzgerald
.
The first one will be located in the
Carnegie Center Courtyard
. It is
dedicated
to the
civil rights
work of
Fitzgerald native
and attorney
Morris Abram
regarding his
Supreme Court
case
“One Person One Vote.”
The landmark case
ended discrimination
against
predominately black urban communities
in favor of
predominately white rural communities
in
Georgia
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Artist
Dylan Ross
from
Douglas
has been
commissioned
to paint the mural. He completed the popular
train mural
in
downtown Fitzgerald
earlier this year.
The
second mural
will be a
series
of
interactive chickens
located behind the
Central Music Co. building
and the
farmers market
. The
wild chickens
will be drawn in an
art deco
style and
community
residents may
help paint
the interior of the chickens. The project encourages family
participation, social outreach
and
arts involvement
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ABAC CONCERT CHOIR PERFORMS THURSDAY
Sixty-five
voices will align in harmony on
Thursday
,
Nov. 1
when the
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Concert Choir
presents its
fall concert
.
Dr.
Susan Kirby Roe
, head of the Department of Fine Arts and conductor for the event, said the concert begins at
7 p.m.
in
Howard Auditorium
on the ABAC campus. It is open to the public at no charge.
Selections from the
Concert Choir
will include “Grant Us Thy Peace,” “Flight Song,” “The Road Home,” and “Unclouded Day.”
Alexandria Branch
will be the featured soloist on “The Road Home.”
The
ABAC Chamber Singers
will be featured in “What Sweeter Music,” and the ABAC Singers will be spotlighted in “There is Faint Music.”
Sydney Thomas
will be the soloist for the ABAC Singers.
Dr.
Zheng Jennifer Huang
, one of ABAC’s newest faculty members, will be the accompanist for the evening.
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TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RIBBON CUTTING
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Surcheros Fresh Grill
ABAC Dining Hall, Tifton
Oct. 26
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CALLED TO CARE'S LOCAL DIRECTOR
GETS RECOGNITION
Called to Care
Executive Director
Laura Maxwell
of
Tift County
has been
recognized
in the community
three times
this year for her work.
Maxwell
is the
recipient
of the
Exchange Club of Tifton's "Golden Deeds Award"
and has been
profiled
by both a
statewide
and a
local magazine
.
In the photo,
Maxwell
receives the
Exchange Club
award from
Betty Cromer
at left and
Regenia Wells
at right.
“We couldn't be more
proud
of our president,
Laura Walker Maxwell
, for the job she does in making
Called to Care
what it is today," her organization writes in a statement.
"Her
drive
and
ambition
to impact the
orphan care crisis
are second to none. She is
unwavering
in her
faith
, unmoving in her drive to defend the fatherless. We are excited that other people see the
difference she is making
, and so thankful the
Lord
created her for such a time as this."
The mission of
Called to Care
is to
ease the suffering
of
vulnerable children
by ministering through
adoption, foster care and missions
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Tiftonites Shirene Daniell, Mayor Julie Smith and Debbie Thompson.
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20th CENTURY LIBRARY CLUB HOSTS DISTRICT MEETING IN TIFTON
The
GFWC Tifton 20th
Century Library Club
(Tifton Woman’s Club) hosted the
GFWC Southwest District meeting
in Tifton on
Sept. 22
.
Club women met at the
Downtown Tifton Welcome Center
with a greeting from Mayor
Julie Smith
.
Tina Daniel
,
GFWC Georgia Federation of Women’s Club
state president
, and
Becky Bolton
,
Junior Clubs
state director
, summarized projects. After a business meeting and reports about club activities, the audience heard from
Nancy Bryan
of
Ruth’s Cottage and the Patticake House.
Domestic violence prevention
and
awareness
is one area of emphasis for the
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
. Bryan shared domestic violence concerns and the importance of education.
Presiding at the meeting was
Dianne Barlow
, GFWC Southwest District president, a member of the
Albany Woman’s Club
. Meeting chairmen were
Genie McCook
of
Tifton
, and
Donna Crowe
of
Sylvester
.
Also serving as officers of the
Southwest District
from Tifton are
Bonnie Sayles
, treasurer; and
Shirene Daniell
, parliamentary advisor.
The
Sylvester Woman’s Club
co-hosted the event. The Southwest District consists of several clubs:
Albany
Woman’s Club, Azalea City Woman’s Club (
Valdosta
),
Cochran
Woman’s Club,
Moultrie
Federated Guild,
Moultrie
Junior Woman’s Club,
Nashville
Woman’s Club,
Tifton
Junior Woman’s Club,
Valdosta
Junior Woman’s Club,
Vienna
Woman’ Club as well as
Sylvester
Woman’s Club and
Tifton
20th Century Library Club.
The
Tifton
club is having a
new member meeting
at
2:30 p.m. Nov. 6
, at the
Leroy Rogers Senior Center
in Tifton. Anyone interested in becoming more
community-minded
is welcome to
learn
about the club.
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GA FARM BUREAU NAMES TIFTAREA ACADEMY'S PLAYER OF THE GAME
Casen Royal
of the
Tiftarea Academy Panthers
varsity football team has been named the
Georgia Farm Bureau's Player of the Game
in TA's
42-7
win over
Deerfield-Windsor
last
Friday
night.
Royal
caught
two touchdown passes
in the Panthers
victory
, which gave the team a
9-0
record.
The Farm Bureau's
Ryan Branch
presents
Royal
with the
game ball
in the
photo
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Tiftarea Academy
crowns its
Homecoming Queen
at
7 p.m. this Friday,
then the
Panthers
take on
Southland Academy
at
7:30 p.m.
for
Senior Night
.
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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
will be
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
e-published every Tuesday and Friday
Frank Sayles Jr.
Editor & Publisher
Bonnie Sayles
Managing Editor
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