Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Tifton, Georgia
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CITY VOTES TO RETAIN GARBAGE CONTRACTOR
COUNCIL TO NEGOTIATE ONE-YEAR CONTRACT
WITH GOLDEN ENVIRONMENTAL OF TIFTON
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Following months of debate,
Tifton City Council
voted
3-2
on
Monday
night to
retain Golden Environmental
for
one year
to pick up
garbage
and
waste
in the
city
.
Councilman
Frank Sayles Jr.
made the
motion
to
negotiate
a
new one-year contract
with
Golden
to give the
city
an
opportunity
to
determine
the
feasibility
of
taking yard and bulk waste in-house
. Councilman
Johnny Terrell
seconded the motion.
Voting for
the
motion
were
Sayles, Terrell
and Mayor
Julie Smith
. Councilmen
Jack Folk
and
Wes Ehlers
voted
against
it.
Folk
and
Ehlers
voted
against
the
motion
because they
wanted
to give
Golden Environmental
a
five-year contract
without
requiring the company to
pick up bulk
and
yard waste
.
Folk
and
Ehlers
want the
city
to
handle
those duties.
Sayles, Smith
and
Terrell
expressed
concerns
about the city
creating
a
new department
to
handle yard waste collection
, having to
hire personnel
and
purchase equipment.
"I
can't see
us
spending $600,000
right now for
something
we
may not need
,"
Sayles
said.
Smith
added that she has "some
heartburn
" about the
cost
of
creating
a
department
to pick up
yard waste
and
bulk
items.
"I do think we
need
some
evaluation
of the
cost
of the city to
provide the service
,"
Smith
said. "It would be
questionable
if the
city
could
do it
as
efficiently
and
effectively
as a
garbage company
."
Folk
and
Ehlers
said they
believe
the
city
could
do it less expensively
than a third-party company. "There's
money in trash
,"
Folk
said. "The
department
will
pay for itself
."
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TIFT REGIONAL GETS AN 'A'
IN PATIENT SAFETY
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The
Leapfrog Group
recently awarded
Tift Regional Medical Center
(TRMC) an
"A" grade
for its efforts to
keep patients safe
from
infections, errors and accidents
.
The
Leapfrog Group
is a
national not-for-profit
organization that strives for
safety, quality and affordability of healthcare
by
promoting transparency
.
The
Hospital Safety Score
uses
evidence-based measures
related to
patient safety
to calculate a
numerical score
for all eligible U.S. hospitals. The numerical safety score is then
converted
into a
letter grade
designed to give the
public information
they can use to protect themselves and their families.
“This
'A' grade
from the Leapfrog Group
validates achievement
in
preventing harm
within the
hospital
, and we are proud of our team,” said Dr.
Jessica Beier
,
Tift Regional Health System (TRHS)
medical director of quality and safety. “They work hard to foster a
safe, compassionate environment
of care.
TRMC
has received
five 'A' grades
from Leapfrog in the
past three years
.”
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ABAC SOFTBALL TEAM HEADS
INTO NATIONAL TOURNEY
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With a
10-game winning streak
, including a
sweep
of the
state tournament
, the
Golden Fillies
of
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
tackle the
College of Central Florida
at
9:30 p.m.
EDT
Wednesday
in the
first round
of the
National Junior College Athletic Association national softball tournament
in
St. George, Utah
.
“The
top seeds
have all the
pressure
,” ABAC Coach
Jennifer Walls
said. “We are the
underdogs
. Let’s go out, upset some teams and have some fun. We just need to build on the
momentum
of the state tournament.”
ABAC
, now
47-14
on the season, enters the
double elimination 16-team national tournament
as the
No. 15
seed. The
College of Central Florida
is seeded
No. 2
.
Seminole (Okla.) State
is the
top seed
.
Behind the heroics of
Taylor Layfield
, the
Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year
,
ABAC
blitzed the
state tournament
field with
wins
over
East Georgia
(2-1), top-seeded
Georgia Military
(5-3) and then another win over Georgia Military (8-0) in the
title game
.
Layfield
, a
freshman
from
Sylvester
, was also named the
state tournament MVP
. She carries a .
418 batting average
with
12
home runs,
39
runs batted in, and an on-base percentage of
.517
into national tournament play. As a
pitcher
, she has a
17-8
record on the mound.
ABAC
has
never won
a
national fast-pitch title
but has
three national slow-pitch championships
from
1991, 1995
and
1996
.
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NANCI BOWEN GOLF TOURNEY
RAISES MORE THAN $35,000
FOR HOSPICE, CANCER PATIENTS
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The annual
Nanci Bowen Charity Golf Tournament
held recently at
Spring Hill Country Club
in
Tifton
raised more than
$35,000
to help meet the
special needs
of
Tift Regional Health System’s hospice
and
cancer patients
.
The
winning team
(from left) was
Alan Pate, Jay Mullis, Jody Seagraves and Michael
Monahan
. Each member of the winning team was awarded a
two-night stay
and one
round of golf
at the
King and Prince Resort
in
St. Simon’s Island
.
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TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RIBBON CUTTING
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Georgia Living Senior Home Care
15 Kent Road, Tifton
May 21
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THREE ABAC NURSING GRADS
RECEIVE TOP AWARDS
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Three
nursing graduates
from
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
received the
top awards
presented by the
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
at the recent nurses’
pinning ceremony
.
Sydney Vaughn
from
Macon
received the
Carillion Award
for the
highest grade-point average
,
Kristia Powell
from
Tifton
(
at right in photo
) received the
Clinical Excellence Award
from Tift Regional Health System’s
Carol Smith
, and
Andrew Underwood
from
Moultrie
received the
Dedication to Nursing Award
.
A total of
76
students received
associate degree
pins, and
11
students received
bachelor’s degree
pins at the ceremony.
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Pacesetter Award recipients include, from left, Hannah King, Dr. Jay Baldwin, Mike Chason, Lynda Fisher, Dr. Erin Campbell and Suzanne Smith.
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COLLEGE NEWSPAPER AWARDS 'PACESETTERS'
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The
student newspaper
at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
recently selected
12
individuals on the ABAC campus as
recipients
of the
2019 Pacesetter Awards
.
The
Stallion
newspaper extends
Pacesetter
recognition annually to
outstanding members
of the
ABAC community
who have excelled in
scholarship, service
and
commitment
to others. The recipients are chosen by newspaper staff members.
Pacesetter
recipients from the
faculty and staff
included Dr.
Jay Baldwin
, assistant professor of communication;
Lynda Fisher
, alumni director;
Suzanne Smith
, lecturer of sociology and psychology; Dr.
Alan Kramer
, assistant dean of students and director of athletics; Dr.
Erin Campbell
, professor of English, honors and rural studies; and
Mike Chason,
public relations director emeritus
Chason
received a
Superior Pacesetter
award, presented to one who has
already received
a
Pacesetter
award but
continues
to
exemplify leadership and service
to the campus.
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