Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020
Tifton, Georgia
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Educators honored Monday night are, from left, Sarah Swan, Emy Aultman, Brandi Diers, Marilyn Ring, Catherine Gay, Wendy Dawson, Anna Perrin, Kayla Dunn, Courtney Greer and Donalyn Garrick.
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ED FOUNDATION, ROTARY HONORS TIFT'S TOP TEACHERS
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Ten
Tift County
public school teachers
were honored
Monday night
at a banquet, formally receiving the
2019 Excellence in Teaching Award
by the T
ift County Foundation for Educational Excellence.
The
teachers
honored
Monday
were, at
Matt Wilson Elementary
:
Catherine Gay
- fifth grade;
Sarah Swan
- fifth grade;
J.T. Reddick Elementary
:
Marilyn Ring
- first grade;
Brandi Diers
- fifth grade;
G.O. Bailey Elementary
:
Emy Aultman
- media specialist;
Tift County High
:
Anna Perrin
- science;
Donalyn Garrick
- English;
Len Lastinger Elementary
:
Courtney Greer
- kindergarten;
Annie Belle Clark Elementary
:
Wendy Dawson
- second grade;
Omega Elementary
:
Kayla Dunn
- fourth grade.
The
teachers
were
nominated
by a student, parent, peer or administrator. The
Rotary Club of Tifton
honored the
recipients
with the
awards banquet
;
entertainment
was provided by the
One Voice show choir
consisting of students in grades 7-8.
During the banquet, the
Foundation for Educational Excellence
presented the
teachers
with an
honorarium
and a
plaque
.
This is the
29th
year that the
foundation
has been
recognizing
teachers of
excellence
in
Tift County public schools
, bringing the total number of
educator
honorees
to
303
.
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Members of the Tift County schools' One Voice show choir perform Monday at the banquet honoring this past year's top educators.
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FEDERAL GRANTS COMING
TO AREA PUBLIC HOUSING
TIFTON HOUSING AUTHORITY TO GET $846,254
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The
Tifton
Housing Authority
has been awarded
$846,254
in
federal funds
for
capital improvements
.
The
funds
are part of nearly
$86 million
coming to
Georgia
from the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD).
HUD recently
awarded
more than
$2.7 billion
to
public housing authorities
across the
country
. The grants are through HUD’s Capital Fund Program which offers annual funding to approximately
2,900
public housing authorities to
build, repair, renovate, and/or modernize
the
public housing
in their communities.
Housing authorities may use the funds to complete
large-scale improvements
such as replacing
roofs
or making
energy-efficient upgrades
to replace old plumbing and electrical systems.
Other
local agencies
receiving
HUD funds
include:
- The Housing Authority of the City of Adel, $113,457
- The Housing Authority of the City of Ashburn, $379,133
- The Housing Authority of the City of Fitzgerald, $448,072
- The Housing Authority of the City of Nashville, $302,252
- The Housing Authority of the City of Ocilla, $393,142
- The Housing Authority of the City of Sylvester, $609,601
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TIFT AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR ABSCONDED SEX OFFENDER
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The
Tift County Sheriff’s Office
is asking the
public
for
assistance
in
locating
an
absconded
Level II Sex Offender
.
Travoris Gragela Stevens
is charged with
failure to register
.
He is a
black
male,
27
, standing
5-feet, nine-inches
tall, weighing
190 pounds
, with
black hair
and
brown eyes
.
Anyone with
information
is asked to
call
the
Tift County Sheriff’s Office
at
229-388-6021
.
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EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY THIS WEEK
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Early voting
is underway through Friday
, Feb. 28
, for the
runoff special election
for state
Senate District 13
.
Carden Summers
and
Jim Quinn
are facing off in the
runoff
election to temporarily fill the
seat
left
vacant
by the
death
of Sen.
Greg Kirk
, R-Americus.
Tift countians
may
vote through Friday
, from
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
at the
Tift County Board of Elections
office (the
old gym
) at the
corner
of
Fourth Street
and
Chesnutt Avenue
.
Election day
is
Tuesday
,
March 3
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DALE CARNEGIE COURSE
RETURNING TO TIFTON
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Sayles Unlimited Marketing
is partnering with the
Dale Carnegie
organization to bring the world-renowned
Dale Carnegie Course
back to
Tifton
.
This
course
gives you the
human relations skills
to
thrive
in any setting. Discover how to form
closer, more rewarding relationships
built on
trust and respect
. Increasing your
confidence
and
competence
in interacting with others will
gain the influence
you need to
reach new heights
in your
personal
and
professional life
.
Among areas of focus are improving
interpersonal skills
,
communicating
more
effectively
, developing
leadership
abilities,
selling ideas
,
reducing stress
and worry, and
increasing self-confidence
.
The course is designed for
anyone
, at
any level
, who
wishes to optimize
his or her
performance
,
lead with conviction
and
have
a
consistently positive effect
on their
business's bottom line
.
For more than a
century
,
Dale Carnegie
has been
improving individual and business performance
around the
world
. While the training techniques continue to evolve, the
core principles
remain
true
to a
single vision
:
Real transformation begins within
.
The
course
will
begin soon
in
Tifton
. For
information
, call
229-848-7043
.
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TIFTONITE ELECTED TO NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL BOARD
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Sammy Wright
of
Tifton
has been
elected
to the
National Cotton Council board of directors
for
2020
.
Wright
is
representing
the
cottonseed
segment.
The
new board members
were
announced
at the organization’s recent
annual meeting
in
New Orleans
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'CASH FOR CASA' AIDS ADVOCACY
FOR FOSTER CHILDREN
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Coastal Plain CASA
–
Court Appointed Special Advocates
– is once again sponsoring
"Cash for CASA,"
a
fundraising
raffle for with a
top prize
of
$10,000
. Tickets are
$100
each, and only
300
will be offered.
The
drawing
will take place at Tifton’s
Rhythm & Ribs Festival
at
8 p.m., March 7
, at the
Syd Blackmarr Stage
in
Fulwood Park
. First prize is
$10,000;
second prize is
$1,000;
and third prize is a
UGA Football Package
.
All
proceeds
go towards the
advocacy
of
foster children
in the
community
. To purchase
tickets
, call
229-386-9765
or email
Darcy Norton
at
dnorton@cpcasa.org
The
fundraiser
is sponsored by Tenneson Nissan, Honda of South Georgia in Tifton, The Howard Center, South Georgia Banking Co., The Floor Shoppe, Pediatric Dental Center of Georgia, and Splash & Dash.
The
mission
of
Coastal Plain CASA
is to
speak
for the
best interests
of
abused/ neglected children
in the
juvenile courts
of the
Tifton Judicial Circuit
through screened, trained and supervised
volunteer advocates
.
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TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RIBBON CUTTING
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Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation
353 Oakridge Church Road, Tifton
Feb. 18
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ROTARY SPEECH CONTEST HAS CHANCE
FOR $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP
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The
Rotary Club of Tifton
has announced a
speech competition
for
grades 9-12,
which will culminate in a
$1,000 scholarship
.
The
topic
of the speech should be either
"Rotary International's Four-Way Test"
or
"How Rotary Connects the World."
The
first level
of the competition will be held at
6 p.m. March 5,
in
Tifton
.
The
winner
of the
local competition
will go on to
zone competition
in
Fitzgerald
on
March 21
. The
final stage
will be a
district competition
for the
$1,000
scholarship.
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MYON HOTEL OFFICIALLY OPENS – FEB. 21, 1907
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Downtown Tifton's
Myon Hotel
formally
opened
for business on
Thursday, Feb. 21, 1907
, although
many
of the
rooms
were
ready
a
week earlier
when
some guests
were
allowed
to
check in
to what was called
"Tifton's new palatial hotel."
According to press dispatches at the time, "This is the
handsomest
hotel building in the state,
south
of
Atlanta
. ... Every room has
hot and cold running water
, is
steam heated
and lighted by
electric lights
."
The local
Western Union Telegraph
office was
relocated
from the
Bowen Building
to an
office adjoining
the
Myon's lobby
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AVAILABLE FOR RESCUE OR ADOPTION
AT TIFT COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER
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Visit them at the Tift County Animal Shelter, 1-6 p.m., Mondays-Fridays,
at 278 Ga. Highway 125 South in Tifton.
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