Friday, Feb. 7, 2020
Tifton, Georgia
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Best Presentation:
K&K Custom Creations
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Best Variety:
Fresco Italiano
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Best Taste:
Cole's Cakery
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Judge's Choice:
Jimmy John's
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TIFTON'S TOP CHOC!
BAKERIES, RESTAURANTS WIN CHOCOLATE HONORS
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The
public
has spoken, and
Tifton's best chocolates
have been
selected
during the
"Choc-it-Up for Literacy"
event
Tuesday
at the
Georgia Museum of Agriculture
.
After
viewing
and
sampling
offerings from
local restaurants
and
bakeries
,
guests
at the event
voted
for the
following
:
- Best Variety – Fresco Italiano
- Best Taste – Cole's Cakery
- Most Original – Taco Loco
- Best Presentation –K&K Custom Creations
- And the Judge's Choice went to Jimmy John's restaurant for offering sandwich samples and aiding other vendors in setting up for the event.
The eighth annual
"Choc-it-Up"
was a
fundraiser
for
Literacy Volunteers of Tifton-TIft County
. In
addition
to the
chocolate
samples,
Paulk Vineyards
offered
wine sampling
, and
items donated
by
local merchants
and
individuals
were
available
for
purchase
during both
silent and live auctions
.
Tifton
's tireless promoter
Tyron Spearman
handled the
live auction
duties;
live music
was provided by
Garrett Newell
and
Cal Miller
.
Bonnie Sayles
, executive director of
Literacy Volunteers of Tifton-Tift County
,
thanked
all the
participants
and
volunteers
for making the
event
a
"sweet" success
.
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These offerings from Ruby Tuesday restaurant were among the chocolate treats available for sampling during Literacy Volunteers' "Choc-it-Up for Literacy" event Tuesday nght.
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RUNOFF SET FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT 13 SEAT
SUMMERS, QUINN TO FACE OFF MARCH 3
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Carden Summers
, a real estate broker and former
Crisp County
commissioner, and
Jim Quinn
, a journalist and former
Leesburg
mayor, have been forced into a
runoff
after no candidate received more than
50 percent
of votes
Tuesday
for the
state Senate District 13
seat.
According to
unofficial results
reported by the
Georgia secretary of state'
s office,
Summers
received
43
percent of the vote;
Quinn
,
42
percent; and
Mary Egler
,
15
percent.
In
Tift County
, with all
12
precincts reporting,
Summers
received
1,025
votes;
Quinn
,
672
; and
Egler
,
352
. In
Tift
,
2,062
votes were cast, or about
8.7
percent of
registered voters.
The
runoff
is set for
March 3
. The runoff election only fills the seat
temporarily
; it will be on the
ballot
again in
November
to fill the regular term. The position became
vacant
upon the
death
in
December
of Sen.
Greg Kirk
, R-Americus.
Senate District 13
covers
Tift, Turner, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Lee
and
Worth
counties, and parts of
Sumter
and
Wilcox
counties.
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'FROM TIFT WITH LOVE'
ABAC, EIGHTH STREET, NORTHEAST SCHOOLS
COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR U.S. TROOPS ABROAD
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Residence Life
and
Housing
personnel from
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
are
collaborating
with
Eighth Street Middle School
and
Northeast Middle
School in
Tifton
for
Operation: From Tift with Love
. The event collects
donations
for
American troops
stationed
overseas
.
Tift County
sponsor
Jackie Tipper
, the point person for the operation, said
Tift middle school students
started the initiative this year. Donations are being collected at both
Eighth Street Middle
and
Northeast Middle
schools as well as at the community assistant desk at
ABAC Lakeside
and at the
John Hunt Town Center
on the
ABAC campus.
ABAC Residence Life Coordinator
Trent Hester
said the
community
is invited to
participate
and
donate
items
, such as card games, protein snack bars, hand and feet warmers, individual drink mixes, travel-sized toiletries, socks, nonperishable snacks, hard candy, puzzles, hand footballs, gum, lip balm, wet wipes and crossword puzzles.
Hester
said
Operation: From Tift with Love
ends
Feb. 13.
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STATE MINI-GRANT PROVIDES CAR SEATS TO ELIGIBLE FAMILIES IN TIFT COUNTY
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The
Tift County Sheriff’s Office
and the
Tift County Health Department
have been awarded the 2020
Car Seat Mini-Grant
by the
Georgia Department of Public Health's Injury Prevention Program.
Through the
Mini-Grant
, the Sheriff’s Office and Health Department
will
provide car seats
and
education
to f
inancially eligible families
in
Tift County
. The program is funded by the
Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
to help ensure the safety of children in motor vehicles.
Since
2007
, the car and booster seats, and education provided through the program has
prevented serious injury or death
for more than
300
children involved in crashes, authorities said.
According to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
, car seats reduce fatal injuries by
71
percent among
infants
and by
54
percent among children ages
up to four
years
old.
In
Tift County
, the program
educates
parents and caregivers on how to
properly install
and
use
car seats, offers
car seat inspections
and provides
car seats
and
booster seats
to
financially eligible families
.
For
information
, contact the
Sheriff’s Office
at
229-388-6021
or the
Health Department
at
229-386-8373
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CHILDREN'S AUTHOR DISCUSSES MANNERS, KINDNESS, SELF WORTH
AT TIFTAREA ACADEMY
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Author
Karen Allen
visted
Tiftarea Academy'
s campus this week.
Allen
has written a
series
of
children’s books
about
manners
,
“The Couth Fairy.”
She has also written
devotionals
and
books
for
older girls
and
women
.
She
read
one of her books and
talked
to students in
kindergarten-second grade
during her morning session. Then, the
ninth-12th grade Key & Excel Club
female members spent their
lunch
with
Allen
, who spoke with them about how
comparison
is the
thief of joy.
In both settings, she
stressed
the
importance
of
kindness, self worth and self love
as well as spreading
God's love
.
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KEEP TIFT BEAUTIFUL NAMES BEAUTY SPOT
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The Keep Tift Beautiful
organization has recognized
Danny and Rachel Gay at 1908 Melba Drive, Tifton,
as the
Beauty Spot of the Month
in
Tifton.
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COLONY BANKCORP ADDS TO FINANCE TEAM
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Colony Bankcorp Inc.
, the bank holding company for
Colony Bank,
has added
two veterans
to its finance team:
Laura Finney
joins as senior vice president, director of reporting; and
Amanda Diehl
joins the company as senior vice president, director of internal audit.
Finney
previously served as director of SEC and regulatory reporting, senior vice president, at
MidSouth Bank
in
Lafayette, La.
, where she had management and reporting responsibility for a wide range of financial functions. She also has held similar positions with
First American Bank
in
Athens
, and
State Bank and Trust Co.
in
Macon
. She also has worked for two accounting firms in
Atlanta
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Diehl
has
19
years of banking experience in both internal and external auditing, working most recently as senior vice president, senior risk officer with
Charleston, S.C.
-based
CresCom Bank
. Before that, she worked with
Atlanta
‑based
HeritageBank of the South
, purchased by
Renasant Bank
in
2015
. Other positions include working as senior manager for a public accounting firm in
Columbia, S.C.
Colony Bankcorp
, founded in
1975
, is headquartered in
Fitzgerald
and operates
33
locations in
Georgia
.
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TIFT COUNTIANS CAN AID CAT RESCUE EFFORTS
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DONATIONS FOR SPAYING, NEUTERING FEES
COULD HELP LOCAL CATS FIND HOMES
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Ten cats
at the
Tift County Animal Shelter
stand a chance of being
rescued
by a
rescue organization
and
finding homes
if their
spaying
and
neutering fees
are
paid
by local residents.
Any
pledges
or
donations
toward this effort will make it possible for these cats to get the help they need. Some of them have been waiting for a long time, according to
Tift Animal Rescue
. As of presstime,
$540
had been raised. To
donate
,
Click Here!
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Visit the Tift County Animal Shelter, 1-6 p.m., Mondays-Fridays,
at 278 Ga. Highway 125 South in Tifton.
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YOUR WEEKEND
...at a Glance
FRIDAY, FEB. 7
- Abstract Art - Home School Day, 2 p.m., Carnegie Center, Fitzgerald
- Food Truck Friday, 4 p.m., Downtown Adel
- Tiftarea YMCA Father-Daughter Dance, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (third grade & below); 8:30-10:30 p.m. (fourth grade & up), First Baptist Church Ministry Center, Tifton
- ABAC Presents! "The Pirates of Penzance," 7 p.m., Tift County High Performing Arts Center, Tifton
SATURDAY, FEB. 8
- Songfarmers of Tifton, 2 p.m., Jones Welding store warehouse, Tifton
- "Sock to 'em with Love" sock distribution, 3-5 p.m., Copeland Park, Tifton
- Boy Scouts South Georgia Council Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Leroy Rogers Center, Tifton
- Daddy-Daughter Dance, 6:30 p.m., 19th Hole, Circlestone Golf Club, Adel
SUNDAY, FEB. 9
- Tiftarea Academy Admissions Open House, 2-5 p.m., Tiftarea Academy, Chula
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JAN. 30
Col. Bill G. Rippy, 89,
Tifton
Richard Glen Temple, 82,
Tifton
Gary Lee Brunty, 81,
Ty Ty
Bonnie Roberts MacAllister, 95,
St. Simons Island
Judith Ann Faulkner Reinhardt, 70,
Ashburn
Brenda Cockcroft, 69,
Perry Fla.
JAN. 31
Ruth Margaret Rhoades Creasman, 80,
Tifton
Peter R. Forster, 76,
Adel
FEB. 1
Kenneth R. Scarberry, 88,
Tifton
Bobbie King Jackson, 81,
Tifton
Evelyn Louise Harrell Greer, 92,
Tifton
Maxine Vera Horton White, 87,
Omega
Joe Kemp Shiver, 94,
Sylvester
FEB. 2
Joseph Bowie “Bo” Gray III,
Cobb County
Lonnie Floyd Lupo, 72,
Tifton
Mollie Stokes Daniels, 84,
Ocilla
Donald Leon Padgett, 89,
Ashburn
FEB. 3
Sharen Elaine Roberts Rowe, 58,
Tifton
George Eddie Guess, 66,
Ocilla
Betty T. Webster,
Ashburn
FEB. 4
Jean Edwards, 90,
Moultrie
Carolyn Luke Hammock, 70,
Macon
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FEB. 5
Irene Sapp, 81,
Quitman
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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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