Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Tifton, Georgia
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SUMMERS WINS
GOP NOMINATION FOR GEORGIA SENATE
LATE RETURNS PUT CARDEN SUMMERS OVER SPUD BOWEN
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By FRANK SAYLES JR.
Tifton Grapevine
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Carden H. Summers
has won the Republican nomination for his
Ga. Senate District 13
seat over GOP challenger
Spud Bowen
.
In the hotly contested race,
Summers
of
Cordele
led
Bowen
of
Tifton
throughout Tuesday night as votes trickled in slowly tfrom the
nine
counties in the district.
According to an
update
at
11:10 a.m. Wednesday
from the
Georgia Secretary of State's Office
, Summers led
56.77
percent with
11,231
votes to Bowen's
43.23
percent with
8,551
votes, with
67
percent of the vote reported.
Remaining
outstanding votes
do not appear enough to give Bowen a victory.
Summers
noted Wednesday morning on social media that final election numbers have not yet been reported, "however,
numbers
that we have are
pointing
to a
victory
. This has been a
team effort
, and I appreciate everyone who helped me get here.
"This campaign has been a
tough race
and filled with lots of hurt. Like our country, it is time to
come together
, heal, and focus on what's next. Please
be kind
to the
Bowen
family
, as my closest friends tell me that they are
good people
, and I have no doubt that
Spud Bowen
wanted
great things
for our District. As do I!
"Again, thanks to everyone that went to bat for my campaign; we are
all winners
, and I'll be forever grateful,"
Summers
said.
District 13
encompasses Tift, Turner, Worth, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly and Lee counties, and parts of Sumter and Wilcox counties. With
100
percent of
Tift's
precincts reporting,
Bowen
won
Tift County
with
68.8
percent of the vote (
2,320
) to
Summers' 31.2
percent (
1,052
).
Only 67 percent of the precincts were also reporting in the
Democratic
primary for the
Senate District 13
seat. In that race,
Mary Egler
of
Lee County
apparently won the nomination with 60.71
percent (4,469) to
Ruenett Melton
of
Tifton's 39.29
percent (2,892).
In another hotly contested race Tuesday,
Bryce Johnson
defeated
Kevin Hutto
in the race for
district attorney
in the Tifton Judicial Circuit.
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With all precincts reporting,
Johnson
received
71.49
percent of the vote, or
3,488
votes.
Hutto
received
28.51
percent or
1,391
votes in unofficial results on the Republican ballot.
"I'm very humbled at the support I received," Johnson told the
Tifton Grapevine.
"It's been a strange campaign, not being able to see many of the voters, but I hope to make up for that soon as we return to business as usual. The trust of the voters is a sacred thing that I value very highly, and I will always strive to remain grateful for each vote cast for me."
Hutto
said that "words are insufficient to express the gratitude Missy and I feel to the many people who have helped us. ... we are better for having gone through this."
Also on the GOP ballot,
Paul Webb
won the
Tift County commissioner
seat in
District 3
over
Lee Turner
. Webb received
59.79
percent of the vote (
464)
to
Turner's 40.21
percent (
312
).
Also on Tuesday,
Tift Probate Judge Suzanne Carter Johnson
defeated fellow Republican
Bobby “Keith” Newell
. Johnson received
64
percent of the vote,
2,145
votes, to Newell's
36
percent,
1,199
.
Congressman
Austin Scott
of Tifton easily defeated his Republican challengers for the U.S. House Distrct 8 nomination. In preliminary results, Scott handily beat
Vance Dean
and
Danny Ellyson.
With
88
percent of all precincts reporting Wednesday morning
, Scott
had
89
percent of
the vote.
In the
Democratic
race for
U.S. Senate
to face Sen.
David Perdue
in November,
Jon
Ossoff
had
48.61
percent of the vote with
80
percent of the state's precincts reporting.
Ossoff
is one of
seven
candidates vying for the Democratic nomination. The next closest candidate behind Ossoff was
Teresa Pike Tomlinson
with
14.6
percent of the vote.
Election results were
delayed
Tuesday night as several precincts in the
metro Atlanta
area remained open for voting until
10:10 p.m.
because of voting machine issues and long lines in that area. The secretary of state's office did not begin reporting
results
of any races until all polling places were
closed
around the state.
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COVID CASES, DEATHS
RISE IN TIFT COUNTY
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By FRANK SAYLES JR.
Tifton Grapevine
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While Georgia has seen some encouraging recent trends regarding the
coronavirus
, cases – and deaths – continue to rise in
Tift County
, reminding folks that the virus is still present.
Positive cases of
COVID-19
have risen from
139
to
327
within the past month in
Tift County
, while coronavirus-related deaths have nearly quadrupled from
six
deaths reported on
May 8
to
22
deaths as of
Tuesday, June 9
.
The deaths involve
Tift County
residents with local addresses, according to the
Ga. Department of Public Health
. The DPH said more positive cases are likely a result of more testing being done.
The state said only
one
death involving Tift County residents can be attributed to
nursing homes
or other
long-term care
facilities. Only
Tifton Health & Rehabilitation Center
on
Newton Drive
has had one of its residents
die
from
COVID-19
in
Tifton
, the state reported.
The
Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia
on
North Tift Avenue
has had
two
residents test positive and
no
related deaths;
Legacy Village of Tifton
on
Whiddon Mill Road
also has had
two
residents test positive with
no
deaths, the state said.
Both
Maple Court
and
Cypress Pond
senior care facilities in Tifton report
no
positive cases among its residents.
Statewide,
Georgia
had
53,249
positive cases and
2,285
related deaths as of
Tuesday
, the DPH reported.
"The numbers continue to look
good
. I've got a detailed update on where we are," Gov.
Brian P. Kemp
said
Tuesday
.
"Our number of COVID
patients
in the
hospital
continued to
drop
over the weekend. Our
numbers
continue to remain
steady
or
falling
, even though we’re
testing
more vulnerable populations like nursing home staff and residents now."
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WORTH, TIFT STUDENTS EARN ASSOCIATE DEGREES BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
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Two students from
Worth County High School
and one student from
Tift County High School
earned their associate degrees from
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
before their high school graduations this year.
Hannah McAlpin
from Tift County High School, and
Chloe Cook
and
Shemar Touze
from Worth County High completed associate degrees from ABAC at the end of the spring semester, said
Dr.
Cynthia Hall
, an English professor who directs the ABAC Dual Enrollment Program and the ABAC Honors Program.
“With the passing of the new dual enrollment bill in the state legislature which limits state paid classes to
30
credits, we won’t see very many high school students in the future who earn their associate degrees with ABAC before they graduate from high school,” Hall said.
“These students worked very hard and can be proud of their accomplishments on the high school and college level.”
Of ABAC’s
3,923
students during the
2019
fall semester, a total of
2,194
were enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs and
1,729
were enrolled in associate degree programs. ABAC offers
12
different bachelor’s degrees.
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The
Keep Tift Beautiful
(KTB) group congratulates
Jimmy
and
Lori Felton
at 715 42nd St. East for being the KTB's
Tifton Beauty Spot of the Month
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Late Coach Buddy Nobles with the Irwin County High Indians at what is now 'Buddy Nobles Stadium' in Ocilla.
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IRWIN COUNTY BOE NAMES
FOOTBALL STADIUM FOR LATE COACH
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The
Irwin County Board of Education
on
Monday
renamed the Irwin County High School football stadium for its late state-champion football coach.
"Buddy Nobles Stadium"
honors Nobles, who died in
January
at age
53
of stomach cancer after leading the
Irwin County High Indians
to the
Class A
public high school football championship in
December,
the school's first state title in
44
years.
"The Nobles family considers it quite an
honor
that the
ICHS football stadium
will be named after Coach Nobles. Thank you so much to everyone who made this happen," said Nobles' widow
Tammy Nobles
.
"Coach Nobles considered coaching at
Irwin
an honor. He loved his job, his players, his coaches and
Indian Nation
. In his humble manner, he would try to deflect the attention off of him and onto his players. I consider it quite the honor and very fitting because he poured so much of himself into that stadium. Thank You Indian Nation!"
In
six
seasons, Nobles led the Indians
to the state finals
five
times. This past season, the Indians finished
undefeated
at
13-0
– for the first time since
1975
when they had won their last state title.
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TIFTON GRAPEVINE'S PET OF THE WEEK
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This kitty is among those available for adoption at the
Tift County Animal Shelter
. V
isit
the Animal
Shelter from
1-6 p.m. Mondays
through
Fridays,
or call
229-382-PETS (7387).
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Pets of the Week are sponsored by:
Branch's Veterinary Clinic
205 Belmont Ave., Tifton, 229-382-6055
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CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS LAND FOR PARK
– JUNE 9, 1916
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Tifton City Council, on June 9, 1916,
accepted
H.H. Tift
's offer of
13
acres for creation of a
city park
. The tract is bounded on the south by
Eighth Street
, on the north by
10th Street
, on the east by
Mill Street
and on the west by
Tift Avenue
. "This tract contains a splendid growth of
virgin pine timber
, practically the only timber of its kind" left inside the city, according to press reports.
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