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March 14,
Tifton Georgia
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CITY HALL AT MYON COMPLEX
TO REOPEN IN FALL
By FRANK SAYLES JR.
Tifton Grapevine
The city of Tifton's $2.2 million renovation of the historic Myon complex on Main Street is "going  on quite well," says City Manager Larry Riner, and is "still on schedule."
At a recent meeting of Tifton City Council, Riner said, "We're looking at a September-October time frame for them (contractors) to complete their work and then, maybe shortly after that, we can start moving back into the Myon. We look forward to that."
The city moved out of the Myon building during the spring of 2011 when it was told that the city hall offices there were structurally unsound and were unsafe both for employees and for the public. City Hall was then relocated to its current site, the former fire hall on North Ridge Avenue. That building is expected to be sold once city hall offices return to the Myon, Riner has said.
Initial estimates for the Myon repairs were $4 million to more than $5 million. Other opinions and  bids were sought. Last summer, City Council awarded the $2.2 million bid to Anderson Construction of Fort Gaines.
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An old postcard image of the Hotel Myon.
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The building is being made level and its foundation is being shored up.
Originally the Myon Hotel, it was built by I.W. Myers in 1906 atop the ruins of the Hotel Sadie, which was first at the site and was destroyed by fire in 1905.
City Hall first moved into the Myon during the summer of 1987 following a two-year public-private renovation partnership. The city had joined with local developer Harold Harper to turn the once-proud but decrepit Myon building into city offices, private businesses and apartments.
The city owns approximately 18,000 square feet of the building; in recent years, its portion had begun sinking and causing the structure to shift. The privately owned part of the building sits on a concrete foundation.
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TIFTON COTTON MILL
EXHIBIT BRINGS FAMILY REUNION
The Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton hosts a preview at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, of its first traveling exhibit featuring the story of the Catherine Young family, who worked at the Tifton Cotton Mill 105 years ago.
Joe Manning, the Massachusetts historian who tracked down the Youngs' story and reunited the family, will speak about his research; Dianne Wilcox, chair of the Humanities Division at Georgia Military College, will host an oral history workshop.
More than 40 descendants of the Young family from 11 states have been invited to participate, with many of them meeting for the first time.
Members of the Young family were part of Lewis Hine's photographs documenting the conditions of the working class in 1909 at the H.H. Tift Cotton Mill in Tifton. 
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attention. Through years of research, he identified the woman in the photos as Catherine Young, widow of a sharecropper who came to Tifton to live in the mill village and work in the mill with nine of her 11 children.
"The plight and the outcome of Catherine Young and her children are compelling," Manning said. "The descendants, mostly because of seven of the children going to the orphanage, had very little knowledge of what happened to the family until I took an interest in the Hine photos, which they had never seen."
Admission to the event is free, but registration is required: (229) 391-5222 or [email protected]
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WILD CHICKEN FESTIVAL
THIS WEEKEND IN FITZGERALD
Fitzgerald's Annual Wild Chicken Festival will be Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15.
The festival begins Friday Night with a concert by The Bushmen at 7 p.m. in the White Swan parking lot at th scorner of West Pine and and South Lee streets.
On Saturday, the main festival gets under way in historic downtown Fitzgerald.
Here is Saturday's schedule:
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6:00 a.m. Masonic Lodge Pancake Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Southern Gunslingers Wild West Town
8:00 a.m. MIchael Buras Memorial 1mi Fun Run
8:30 a.m. Pine Wood Derby Race
9:00 a.m. Michael Buras 5k and Fun Run Awards
10:00 a.m. Team Dynamics Gymnastics
10:00-2 p.m. Dora, Clifford, Sponge Bob, Mickey & Minnie Mouse
at the Library Story Stage (Main and Central Ave.)
11:00 a.m. Pirouette Dance Studio
12:30 p.m. Colony Bus Association Chicken Crowing Contest
2:00 p.m. Gun Fight at Pine and Main: SGA Gunslingers |
Wild Chicken Festival
Fitzgerald, Ga.
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STORIES CONTINUE AT QUILT EXHIBIT
 As "A Season of Quilts: The Threads That Bind" exhibition continues at the Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage, a program at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16, focuses on the inspiring life story of a Savannah man depicted in one of the colorful quilts. The story of Waddie Welcome is "a Savannah legend, told and retold, connecting people to the vision of a beloved community," says Beth Mount, who created the quilt. Mount will be in attendance as Tom Kohler, executive director of Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy, tells Welcome's story Sunday. The quilt depicts Welcome and his friend, Addie Reeves, surrounded by 16 squares symbolizing the Savannah squares and garden spaces. At 3 p.m., storyteller Jeanette Waddell will convene a story circle. Participants will be coached in telling their own stories. The quilts exhibition continues through March 22 at the museum in downtown Tifton. |
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FARM BILL FOCUS OF MEETING MARCH 20
 The National Cotton Council and Georgia Cotton Commission have scheduled a farm billinformation meeting at 3 p.m. March 20 at the Tifton Campus Conference Center's small auditorium, 15 RDC Road. The purpose is to provide details on the provisions of the new law. The meeting is open to all producers, cotton industry firms, agri-businesses and other interested parties. |
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WATCH THE VIDEO
BELOW!
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VIDEO: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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'ETHICS IN BUSINESS' NOMINATIONS
DEADLINE MARCH 15
The Rotary Club of Tifton is seeking nominations for its annual Tifton Rotary Ethics in Business Award to recognize a local business that has demonstrated exceptional ethical behavior.
"We began this annual award last year and the first recipient was Central Jewelers," says Tifton Rotary President Andy Borem. "The award was created to recognize those local businesses exhibiting high ethical behavior and a commitment to our community."
Criteria for the award, which will go to a business physically located in Tifton or Tift County, were
 developed by a committee of Tifton Rotary Club members. The nominated business must have consistently demonstrated high ethical standards of honesty and integrity in dealing with employees, customers and contractors while enhancing the economic well-being of the company and providing local jobs, opportunity and profits. In addition, the business must have participated in activities beneficial to the community beyond the provision of economic benefits of the business and must adhere to fair and truthful business practice reflected in the Rotary Four-Way Test: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Nomination applications are available from the Tifton Rotary Club, which meets for lunch each Wednesday at the Tiftarea Conference Center on Highway 82, may be downloaded online at the Tifton Rotary website, http://www.tiftonrotary.org/index.html and at the Tifton Rotary Facebook page, Click Here! . Applications must be submitted by March 15. Nominations may be submitted by anyone other than an owner or manager of, or family member of an owner or manager of, the nominated business. Nominations must be mailed to the Tifton Rotary Club, PO Box 1354, Tifton, GA 31793 (attn: Rotary Ethics in Business Award). A committee of faculty and students from the ABAC business school will select this year's recipient.
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 DEASON MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNEY SUPPORTS YOUTH CHARITIES
The Annual Jay Deason Fund Memorial Golf Tournament has been set for Monday, March 31 at
Spring Hill Country Club in Tifton. A hole sponsorship is $150.
The tournament raises support for the Tools for School program, for the Jay Deason Memorial Scholarship at ABAC and for other local youth-based charities, in memory of Jay's love for children as well as his goal of becoming an educator.
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BLUE DEVILS TO PLAY AT TURNER FIELD
The Tift County High baseball team will be playing a game against Crisp County High at 10 a.m. April 19 at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta.
Tickets are being sold locally for $8 to an Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies game at 7:45 p.m. June 17, which will also get you into the Tift County game in April.
For information, contact Joseph Carter or Kyle Kirk: [email protected] or [email protected]
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LENTEN LUNCH SERIES CONTINUES EACH WEDNESDAY
The Tifton Community Lenten Lunch Series continues each Wednesday through April 16 at the Leroy Rogers Senior Center with a different pastor.
The purpose of the annual community event is to bring Christians together from different denominations and traditions to worship and bear witness to a common faith in Jesus Christ in the Easter season.
 Each program is noon-1 p.m.; the lunch is $3. The remaining schedule is: - Wednesday, March 19: Earl Steffens, Peace Lutheran Church
- Wednesday, March 26: Lonnie Lacy, St. Anne's Episcopal Church
- Wednesday, April 2: Justin Ferguson, Our Divine Savior Catholic Church
- Wednesday, April 9: Hugh Ward, First Presbyterian Church
- Wednesday, April 16: Stephen Webb, First United Methodist Church
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STATE CHAMPS!
The Tift County High School's
Blue Devil basketball team won the state 1-AAAAAA championship on Saturday,
March 8, in Macon, beating Wheeler High of Marietta, 63-49.
All Photos by MillaCreationsz Photography of Tifton
ABOVE:
Blue Devil players hold the state trophy aloft after the game in Macon.
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Tift County fans, and those on the sidelines, get into the championship game.
Coach Eric Holland, from left, Tadric Jackson and Dallas Neloms at the community celebration parade in Tifton on Tuesday, March 11.
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YOUR WEEKEND
At a Glance....
- 'The Bushmen,' Wild Chicken Festival concert, 7 p.m., White Swan parking lot, Fitzgerald.
SATURDAY, MARCH 15:
- Wild Chicken Festival, 6 a.m.-all day, Downtown Fitzgerald.
- Cotton Mill Children: Tifton's Impact on America, 1:30 p.m., Georgia Museum of Agriculture, Tifton.
- 5th Annual Hometown Gospel Celebration, 7 p.m., Tift Theatre for the Performing Arts, Tifton.
SUNDAY, MARCH 16:
- Story of Waddie Welcome, "A Season of Quilts: The Threads That Bind," 2 p.m., Museum of Arts & Heritage, Tifton.
- John Berry, 6 p.m., Brighton Road Baptist Church, Tifton.
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March 6
H. G. "Buddy" Ray, 62, Sycamore
March 7
Kathleen Mildred May, 86, Nashville
March 8
William "Billy" Hugh Payne, 80, Sylvester
Glynis H. Nall, 63, Crawfordville, Fla.
March 9
Reva LaMerle Reese, 75, Albany
March 10
Mary Cofield, 81, Sparks
March 11
James Joseph Davis, Jr., 32, Tifton
Albert Michael Drexler, 73, Tifton
Alice Michelle Christian Lucio, 48, Tifton
Jimmy David Bostic Sr., 77, Sylvester
Edgar "Kendall" Crenshaw, 63, Oakfield
March 12
Emily Rochelle Hudson Copeland, 68, Ashburn
Dorothy Walker Sirmans, 77, Irwin County
Clarence Boyd, 88, Okeechobee Buckhead Ridge, Fla.
March 13
Ted Franklin Robinson, 72, Omega
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