Friday, Nov. 16, 2018
Tifton, Georgia
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GA HOUSE VOTES FOR $470 MILLION IN STORM RELIEF
PROPOSAL A COMBINATION OF MONETARY AID, TAX CREDITS
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During a
special session
, the
Ga. House of Representatives
on
Thursday
voted
162-1
to provide
$470 million
in relief for
Southwest Georgia
communities and farmers hit hard by
Hurricane Michael
.
The package, proposed by Gov.
Nathan Deal
, directs
$270.2 million
toward
hurricane relief
and another
$200 million
in
income tax credits
for
pecan farmers
and
timber growers
to encourage replanting
lost trees
.
The plan includes:
- $69 million in emergency relief to local and state agencies;
- $69 million for debris removal;
- $55 million for farmers with crop damage;
- $40 million for rebuilding and economic growth projects;
- $20 million for recovery and cleanup by timber growers;
- $9 million for storm-damaged state facilities; and
- $8.2 million to replace damaged firefighting equipment.
Some of the money provides
matching funds
that are required to receive
federal emergency aid
, according to the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
.
State Rep.
Matt Gurtler
, R-Tiger, cast the
lone vote against
the plan. The state
Senate
still
must approve
the
relief package
.
The
governor
called the
special legislative session
to address the
effects
of the
hurricane
that smashed through
Southwest Georgia
after leaving a path of
destruction
across the
Florida panhandle
.
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Julie Ewing Hunt, center, with her Leadership Georgia award, stands with James Nixon, a former Tift Regional Health System vice president and Leadership Georgia Board of Trustees member and awards chairman, along with Nixon's wife, Angeanette Nixon, right, a Leadership Georgia alumna and former Tifton resident.
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LEADERSHIP GEORGIA HONORS JULIE HUNT
Julie
Ewing Hunt
of
Tifton
was recently
honored
by the
Leadership Georgia Board of Trustees
at its
annual
gala
in
Athens
.
Hunt, president of
J.H. Services Inc., received the
J.W. Fanning Award
,
presented to a
Georgian
whose
statewide contributions
through progressive
leadership
and
service
have been
broad
in
scope
and rich in
achievement
.
Hunt
has
experience
in the
restaurant, advertising
and
real estate
industries, and is a former
school teacher
. She serves as a member of the
Georgia Ports Authority
, a member of the
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College President’s Club
, an emeritus trustee of the
University of Georgia Foundation
and a former
Regent
of the
University System of Georgia.
She is a past chair of the
Tifton-Tift County Tourism Association
and a past president of the
Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce
.
To see Leadership Georgia's
Facebook video about
Hunt,
Click Here!
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Collins
2703 U.S. 41 S.
Tifton, GA
Collins is a historic grocery store in Tifton that was revamped to be a premier event space. Wisham Jellies crafts handmade, delicious pepper jellies in South Georgia. Additionally, their products are sold in grocery stores around the United States.
The concept of the Grocery Music Festival came after Milton Hall Jr. of Collins and Eric Wisham of Wisham Jellies recognized how much diversity is tied to food and groceries. These two owners recognize that when a person enters a grocery store, they enter a space filled with a chance to create dishes from various diverse communities, which can ultimately result in an opportunity to experience a new culture.
The Grocery Music Festival is the recognition that we all, no matter our background, love two things: food and music. This festival is an opportunity to bring all our worlds together for a day filled with food, fellowship, laughter and music.
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SOUTH CONTINUES TO RANK HIGH
IN DIABETES, SAYS NEW STUDY
GEORGIA RANKS IN HIGH-MIDDLE RANGE
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In
2016-17
,
seven
states – all located in the
southern U.S
. – reported
diabetes
diagnoses of at least
14
percent, according to new data released
Tuesday
by
the
Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index.
Those states are
South Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and Tennessee.
West Virginia
measured the
highest rate
of
diabetes
in the nation with
17.9
percent of its residents reporting a diabetes diagnosis in
2016-2017
– roughly
double
the rate of the
lowest
prevalence
states
, according to the index.
In a
state-by-state
analysis,
Alaska, Colorado and Montana
– each considered “well-being elite” states based on overall
well-being
trends – measured the
lowest
prevalence of
diabetes
in the nation in 2016-17, with less than
9
percent of their adult populations having been diagnosed with the disease.
Georgia
was reported having
12.4
percent of its residents with
diabetes
.
A
10-year
comparative
analysis
shows that
no state
experienced
lower diabetes
and obesity prevalence rates during the
decade
.
The
Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index
is the
world’s largest data
set on
well-being
, with more than
2.5 million
surveys fielded.
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TIFT DEPUTIES ARREST 70 IN OCT.
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During
October,
Tift County Sheriff's Department deputies arrested
70 people, some on
multiple charges, says Sheriff
Gene Scarbrough.
He said that
25 charges of parole/probation violation were filed,
13 drug violations,
10 crimes against persons charges,
four obstruction charges,
15 property crimes charges,
four charges of driving under the influence,
11 failures to appear,
five child support violations and
three arrests of wanted persons.
Deputies also charged
24 individuals with having a suspended or revoked driver’s license as well as with
seven non-traffic charges.
The
sheriff said d
eputies conducted
1,710
business and property checks,
667
mobile home park and subdivision checks,
38
school checks and responded to
2,820
calls for service.
They also served
90
warrants,
118
civil papers and
273
subpoenas.
Deputies
completed
545
reports, issued
672
traffic citations,
159
traffic warnings and patrolled
75,190
miles,
Scarbrough
reported. He said
deputies
also provided
60
transports, totaling
187
hours and
6,792
miles.
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TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RIBBON CUTTING
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South Georgia Eye Partners
416 Tift Ave., Tifton
Nov. 13
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There are now at least three known truffle species found in Georgia, all of which grow in pecan orchards.
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NEWLY FOUND TRUFFLE SPECIES
NAMED FOR UGA TIFTON PROF
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University of Georgia
Professor
Tim Brenneman
in
Tifton
now has a newly discovered
truffle
species named after him –
Tuber brennemanii
.
Brenneman
, an expert in
pecan
diseases, collaborated with plant pathologist
Matthew Smith
at the
University of Florida
to help
discover
the
species
.
Smith’s doctoral student,
Arthur Grupe
, published the research in a peer-reviewed
scientific journal
and honored
Brenneman
with the truffle designation. The paper describes
two new species
of truffles discovered on the roots of
pecan
trees. One was named in honor of
Brenneman
and the other species was named
Tuber floridanum
, a truffle species seen more commonly in
Florida
.
“Since we had worked together so much on this, they decided to name the other species after me,”
Brenneman
said. “I was very
surprised
and
pleased
. I didn’t know they were going to do that.”
Truffles
are
mycorrhizal
, which means that the
fungi
have a symbiotic relationship with plants, including
pecan
trees. Both species were discovered using molecular tools to extract
DNA
from the roots of
pecan trees
. The plant pathologists then compared the results to other known truffle species.
“Many of the results matched up with Tuber lyonii, the main species of
pecan truffle
we have found for years in pecan orchards. However, the
DNA
samples clearly showed there were
two more species
other than the one we were harvesting,”
Brenneman
said. “For a while we just didn’t know what they looked like because we had not found the fruiting bodies.”
Through this
discovery
, there are now at least
three
known truffle species found in
Georgia
, all of which grow in
pecan orchards
.
Truffles
are beneficial
fungi
found on
tree roots
that help the host tree absorb minerals and water. They function as an extended root system for the tree. The fruiting bodies form in midsummer to fall and are
edible
.
Pecan truffles
were originally
discovered
in
Texas
in the
1950s
, but
Brenneman
found them in
Georgia
in the late
1980s
. Ever since, Brenneman has been searching for ways to consistently produce them.
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'BROADWAY'S NEXT H!T MUSICAL'
COMES TO TIFTON ON NOV. 29
Improvisational
,
impromptu
and
impossible
to guess what happens next are all on the bill when
"Broadway’s Next H!T Musical"
comes to
Howard Auditorium
at
7 p.m. Nov. 29
at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
.
Fresh songs, new scenes and different
comedy
every night,
"Broadway’s Next H!T Musical"
is the only
unscripted
theatrical awards show.
Audience involvement
keeps everyone engaged in a spontaneous evening of music, humor, and laughter.
ABAC Arts Connection Director
Wayne Jones
looks forward to the show, a part of the
ABAC Presents! Performing Arts Series
.
“It’s a really
fun
show that involves the audience from the minute they walk in the door of Howard Auditorium,” Jones said. “Cast members gather made-up hit song
suggestions
from the
audience
. The audience then votes for its favorite song and watches as the cast turns it into a full-blown
improvised
musical scene, complete with memorable characters, witty dialogue and plot twists galore. It’s a ton of fun.”
The show is under the direction of improv veterans
Rob Schiffmann
and
Deb Rabbai. TheaterWeek
called the show “brilliant,” and the
New York Post
termed it “remarkable.”
Tickets
may be purchased
online
at
www.purplepass.com/abac
or at the
box office
before the event. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door at a cost of
$25
for adults and
$10
for students 18 and under. ABAC students are admitted free with their student ID cards.
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TIFTAREA ACADEMY GYMNAST SIGNS
LETTER OF INTENT WITH AUBURN
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Tiftarea Academy
's
Anna Sumner
of
Sylvester
, with her mother
Deana Sumner, left, and father
Tim Sumner,
signed her letter of intent
Wednesday
to compete in
gymnastics
for
Auburn University
.
Anna is an
honor student
who trains more than
20
hours per week. She trains with
Tift Gymnastics Academy
. Anna began
gymnastics
at the age of
three
and won her first
state meet
when she was
five
years old.
She has attended
Tiftarea Academy
for
14
years.
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Tifton First United Methodist Church
is in search of a Director of Music Ministries
who will coordinate all music programs within the church
to include opportunities for all age levels, as talent and commitment allow.
The Director of Music Ministries will collaborate
with the pastors, music and worship teams to provide music
for traditional and contemporary worship services.
The Director of Music Ministries will lead the chancel choir,
other musicians and the congregation in traditional music worship
for 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday services and support leadership
of our contemporary service held at 10:42 a.m.
Attendance averages 100+ at 9 a.m., 200+ at 11 a.m.
and 65+ at 10:42 a.m.
Tifton, Georgia, is located on I-75 north of Valdosta and south of Macon.
The population of Tifton is approximately 17,000
with an additional 23,000 living in the surrounding county.
Please mail resume and contact information for three references to:
Tifton First United Methodist Church
107 West 12
th
Street
Tifton, GA 31794
www.tiftonfumc.org
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ELECTRONICS EXPECTED TO BE
HOT CATEGORY ON BLACK FRIDAY
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Black Friday
, the day after
Thanksgiving
, is known as one of the biggest shopping days of the year with special
deals
.
In
Georgia
, the site found, the
most coveted item of 2018 is the
PlayStation 4. In
Alabama, the top teach deals sought are
Apple products; and in
Florida,
home appliances.
Nationwide
, the most
coveted electronic product
is the
Nintendo Switch
, followed by the
PlayStation 4
and
Xbox One
, according to
BlackFriday.com
.
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WALKING FOR CHRISTMAS COOKIES
Peace Lutheran Church
is hosting its annual
Cookie Walk and Yard Sale
from
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
this
Saturday, Nov. 17
, at the church's
Fellowship Hall, 604 Tennessee Drive, Tifton.
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Church members have been busy
baking different kinds of
cookies, cakes, breads, candies and German pastries, and making
holiday candies and homemade
peanut brittle.
Also available will be homemade
Christmas ornaments and many new gifts.
Proceeds will be used to purchase
phone cards for
armed forces personnel. A donation will be made to
Lutheran Services Disaster Relief Fund.
Supplemental funds have been received from
Thrivent Financial.
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ABAC students Corey Brooke and Michele Moncrief presented their research poster at the Southeastern Entomological Society of America meeting in Orlando.
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ABAC STUDENTS WIN NATIONAL
RESEARCH GRANT COMPETITION
Two students
from
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
recently claimed the
top prize
in a
national research grant competition
from the
Beta Beta Beta Biological Society Research Foundation.
Michele Moncrief
, a senior biology major from
Bogart
, and
Corey Brooke
, a senior biology major from
Sycamore
, won the national competition open to TriBeta students conducting
mentored research
from all participating chapters. Their research proposal was titled, “The effects of nicotine and niacin on chemoreception in fall army worms, a major pest of sweet corn in the Southeastern United States.”
Dr.
Joanna Gress
, an assistant professor of biology at ABAC and advisor for the
TriBeta Biological Honor Society
, mentored the two students.
“This is the
first time
that
ABAC
students entered this
competition
, and we won,”
Gress
said. “They will be
presenting
the results of this
project
at the
TriBeta Regional Convention at the Association of Southeastern Biologists conference
in
Memphis
in
April
.”
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ROXIE PRICE RECEIVES AWARD FOR
'DRINK LESS SUGAR' PROGRAM
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Roxie Price
, family and consumer sciences agent for
Tift County
, was recently honored with the
Thomas F. Rodgers Award for Outstanding Outreach County Extension Agent
for her
"Drink Less Sugar"
program.
Through the
"Drink Less Sugar"
initiative
, all
second-grade
children and
teachers
in
Tift County
have received
education
on the amount of
sugar
in
beverages
. The program has been showcased in
regional
and
state
presentations as a way to fight
childhood obesity
.
Academic abstracts were published in the
Journal of Applied Research and Demonstration Symposium
. Four years of in-depth programming and presentations resulted in
Price
receiving a
National School Wellness Award
for recognized impact.
The past three years,
Price
has been a site coordinator for the
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
program using Skype virtual technology to reach certified tax preparers at
UGA
and the
University of Florida
. Her local clientele
tripled
in 2018 by using this method.
Price
has served as president of the
Georgia Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
as well as the
National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Board'
s vice president for awards and recognition.
Originally from
Thomas County
, Price has been with
the
University of Georgia Extension
since
2001
.
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A VETERANS DAY STORY
THIS OLD HAT
Part Two
EDITOR'S NOTE:
This is the second of three parts written by local author and Vietnam veteran Warren Robinson of Lenox in observance of Veterans Day this month.
By WARREN ROBINSON
Special to the Tifton Grapevine
I
I first met my
boys
in the
1960s
as they entered
military
service. They came from New York, San Diego, Hawaii, from the Aleutian Islands, Miami and all parts in between.
I met them as they entered
basic training
. It was really something to see how
different
they were after that first day. Some had long hair, some wore nice clothes and some looked ragged. I heard
accents
from all over the United States. It didn’t take long after getting a
GI haircut
, a set of
fatigues
, GI
green
down to the boxer shorts they wore, and everybody started looking the same.
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Starting the second day of
boot camp
, all that individuality was gone and the process of molding these raw recruits into a homogeneous
fighting
team that would respond to orders without question began. They were young, just
kids
really, not long out of grade school, full of life with worlds of
vim
and
vigor
. Most were
18
or
19
years old, but a few were
17
and needed their parent’s permission to join. A few lied about their age and were only
16
.
It was fun just to see these kids
laughing
and
joking
,
innocently
thinking they had their whole life in front of them and were about to embark on a
grand adventure
. Little did they know their lives would change forever as more than
58,000
would
never return
home alive. They would soon become
battle-hardened
veterans with their boyish
innocence gone
forever.
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YOUR WEEKEND
...at a Glance
FRIDAY, NOV. 16
- Glow Run 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run, 6 p.m., Northside Baptist Church, Tifton
- Tift County High Blue Devils Football @ East Coweta High Indians, 7:30 p.m., Sharpsburg.
- Tiftarea Academy Football Panthers vs. Trinity Christian Lions, 7:30 p.m., Chula
SATURDAY, NOV. 16
- Cookie Walk & Yard Sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, Tifton
- Native American Experience, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Ga. Museum of Agriculture, Tifton
- Stallion Day, 9 a.m., Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton
- Handmade Holiday Celebration, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Plough Gallery, Tifton
- Grocery Music Festival, Noon-8 p.m., Collins, U.S. Highway 41 S., Tifton
- Wiregrass Holiday Market, 3-7 p.m., Peanut Museum & Pole Barn, Ga. Museum of Agriculture, Tifton
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ADVERTISE YOUR WEEKEND
YARD
SALE HERE!
We will run weekend yard sales on Fridays, along with a map so that folks can easily find your yard sale.
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Fees are $1 per word, paid in advance
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NOV. 8
Paul Clifton Bickling, 94,
Fitzgerald
Jackson Boatner, infant,
Adel
John Wesley Hodnett, 75,
Tarboro, N.C.
NOV. 9
Joan Bates, 78,
Douglas
Maureen Roberts, 76,
Sparks
Doris Simpson Browning Burnett, 72,
Adel
NOV. 10
Mark Richard Mario Nuzzo, 56,
Tifton
Melvin Walker Jr.,
Ashburn
Harold Green, 72,
Adel
NOV. 11
Carolyn Fletcher White, 81,
Tifton
Timothy Dewayne Suggs, infant,
Tifton
George Raymond Paulk, 78,
Alapaha
Gerald W. “Jerry” Pryor, 87,
Fitzgerald
NOV. 12
Viola Leverett Hamilton, 79,
Tifton
Maetrude “Trudy” Brickle Haley, 92,
Lenox
Alan C. Sims, 65,
Fitzgerald
Garland W. Giddens, 77,
Ashburn
Carolyn Wynn Bass, 80,
Quitman
NOV. 13
Katherine Harris, 85,
Tifton
Lyndel Ford Sr., 88,
Poulan
Nora Holt, infant,
Columbia, S.C.
Gail Hiers Hayes, 65,
Lenox
NOV. 14
Henry L. Westbrooks,
Enigma
Melvin Wiley, 70,
Adel
Jeanette Selph Dieas, 90,
Alapaha
NOV. 15
Gerald White,
Sycamore
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