Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
Tifton, Georgia
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ABAC President David Bridges, from left, with new graduates Kaycee Goodman and Kaycee Aultman. At right is Alumni Association President Dan Hobby.
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ABAC'S BIGGEST FALL GRADUATION DAY
TWO TIFTON RESIDENTS RECEIVE TOP AWARDS
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Kaycee Aultman
and
Kaycee Goodman
, both from
Tifton
, received the
top awards
at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College's
fall commencement Thursday
, which had the
most graduates
in a
fall
ceremony during the college's
111-year history.
ABAC President
David Bridges
said
221
students participated in the ceremony in
Tifton
and another
36
ABAC graduates received their diplomas at
ABAC Bainbridge
on
Thursday
night.
“It’s another
record-setting day
for
ABAC
,” said Bridges, who received his associate degree from ABAC in
1978
. “Each of these graduates has participated in the
life-changing experience
we call ABAC.”
Aultman
, who received a
bachelor’s
degree in writing and communication, was named
winner
of the
ABAC Alumni Association Award,
which goes to the
top bachelor’s degree graduate
participating in the ceremony, and
Goodman
, who received an
associate
degree in nursing, earned the
George P. Donaldson Award
for the
top associate degree
graduate
.
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Aultman
compiled a perfect
4.0
grade point average and was named to the
President’s List
each semester. She was recognized during the ceremony for being the
first bachelor’s degree graduate
of the
Honors Program
. She took Honors Program coursework throughout her college career.
Aultman
was an
ABAC Foundation Scholar
, a member of the
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
and received an
ABAC Pacesetter Award
. She also participated in
study abroad
opportunities, is a former
ABAC Ambassadors
president and spent two summers as a
Stallion Society
member facilitating summer orientations.
Goodman
, with a
3.69
grade point average, received
academic recognition
as a member of the
Dean’s List
for the past three semesters and is an
ABAC Foundation Scholar
. She balanced her nursing curriculum with
extracurricular
activities including
intramural softball
, the
Miss ABAC pageant
and the
homecoming royalty campaign
.
While on campus,
Goodman
volunteered with the
Tifton Soup Kitchen
and the
Women’s First Choice
organization. She also facilitates an
annual canned goods drive
in
Chula
. She has held officer positions in the
Baptist Collegiate Ministries
and served as a small group coordinator.
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Georgia Public Broadcasting photo
The Irwin County High Indians take the field.
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IRWIN COUNTY HIGH VIES
FOR STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY
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The
Irwin County High Indians
will face the
Marion County High Eagles
on
Saturday
for the
Georgia High School Association
(GHSA)
state football championship
.
The
single A public division state championship game
begins at
10 a.m. Saturday
at
Georgia State University
in
Atlanta
. This is the
Indians' fifth state title game
in
six years;
the
Ocilla
school has only
won one championship
and that was in
1975
.
Marion County
also has
one state championship
, which dates to
2013
.
The
Grand Theatre
in
Fitzgerald
is offering a
live stream
of the
Irwin County
game
Saturday
.
Admission
is
free
, and
concessions
will be
available
.
In the
7-A state championship
game,
Lowndes High
will face
Marietta High
at
8 p.m. Saturday.
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LARRY DEAN, UNITED WAY GIVING
FREE TURKEYS, GROCERIES
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Professional football player
and
Tifton
native
Larry Dean
is
teaming
with the
United Way of South Central Georgia
to
give away turkeys
and
groceries
for the
holidays
.
Beginning at
11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14
, the
Larry Dean Foundation
and
United Way
will give away
100 free turkeys
,
100 bags of groceries
and
100 bunches of mustard greens
on a
first-come, first serve
basis.
The
giveaway
will be at the
open lot
at
405 Cole St.
, next to the
Old Travelers Rest Baptist Church
in
Tifton
.
Dean
was a
linebacker
in the
NFL
for
four years
with the
Minnesota Vikings
and
Buffalo Bills
. He went on to the
Hamilton Tiger Cats
in the the
Canadian Football League
(CFL) and currently plays for the
Edmonton Eskimos
in the
CFL
.
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'SANTA'S BLUE ELVES' ACTIVE AT ESMS
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"Santa's Blue Elves,"
students
at
Eighth Street Middle School
, went
shopping
to buy
toys
and
other presents
to be
donated
locally for
Christmas
. The
students
raised the money for their
annual charitable shopping trip
as
Santa's Blue Elves
.
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DEC. 15 DEADLINE FOR ABAC ATHLETICS
HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS
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Nominations
for the
2020
class of the
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Athletics Hall of Fame
are being
accepted
through
this
Sunday, Dec. 15
.
The
Hall of Fame
ceremony will be held
April 3
as a part of the annual homecoming festivities.
ABAC Athletics Director
Alan Kramer
said any individual, living or deceased, may be considered for induction. Individuals are nominated in one of three categories:
Athlete
,
Coach
or
Contributor
.
Kramer
said
athletic achievement
as well as
integrity
,
sportsmanship
and
character
will be considered. He said the college is also looking for individuals who
attended ABAC
and then went on to
coach high school
or
college teams
to
state
or
national titles
.
The
2019 inductees
included
Alfred Barney, Jennifer McCarthy, Lisa English, Sidney White, Terry Mixon
and the
1969 Men's Basketball Team
.
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FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT MONDAY AT BRODIE FIELD
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Tift County Schools are holding
"Family Movie Night" under the stars
Monday at
Brodie Field.
Beginning at
6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, the film
"The Polar Express" will be shown on the
big screen in the
stadium. Folks may bring
lawn chairs and
blankets.
Admission will be
donations of
school uniforms,
gently used coats or
children's books.
Concessions will be
available.
No pets are allowed, and
children must be
accompanied by
adults.
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TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RIBBON CUTTING
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The Crave
218 South Main St., Tifton
Dec. 5
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First United Methodist Church of Tifton
presents
"Rejoice! The King Is Here"
6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15
This wonderful family event features choir, orchestra, handbells, soloists and children. Admission is free.
Please come and enjoy a joyous time of celebration!
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KIDS, ADULTS HAVE 'BREAKFAST WITH SANTA'
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The
20th
annual
Breakfast with Santa
, sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Tifton
and the
Tift County Recreation Department
, served
breakfast
and provided
photo opportunities
for
206
adults and children
Saturday, Dec. 7.
The club plans to
donate
proceeds to
Literacy Volunteers of Tifton-Tift County
.
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Nancy and Mike Muldowney hold a sign expressing the Rotary “Vision” along with Tifton Rotary President Wayne Roe.
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ROTARY GOV THANKS TIFTON CLUB
FOR EFFORTS IN UGANDA
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Mike Muldowney
,
Rotary District 6920 governor
, commended the
Tifton Rotary Club
on
Wednesday
for
starting
a
grant
to help villages in
Uganda
with
water issues
.
“This is what you do, what we all do as
Rotarians
– understanding
a need
somewhere else in the world, and
doing what we can
to fill it,” said
Muldowney
, who is a member of a
Rotary Club
in
St. Simons Island
.
Former Tifton Club President
Marion Curry
had started with
$5,000
from the
Tifton
club, and received support from
other clubs.
The
District
itself put in
$15,000
toward the
Uganda
project.
“We had a little
pool of money
that
grew and grew
;
Rotary International
got involved, and it grew to
$93,000
,”
Muldowney
said.
Now with
start-up funds
from a
Rotary club
in
Brazil
and the
support
of
four clubs
in the
Golden Isles
, a
global project
is growing to
assist Brunswick
, Ga., with its
homeless
and
poverty problems
. “
Sri Lanka
and
Guatemala
are giving funds to
support
this
project
that could grow to
$93,000
as well,” he said.
Big
issues
for
Rotary International
(RI) are
polio, literacy
and
Alzheimer’s disease
,
Muldowney
said. There were
350,000
cases of
polio worldwide
when RI made its
eradication
a
priority
in the mid
1990s
. This year there were
93
cases. In 2018, there were
33,
and in 2017,
22.
Cases are
increasing
because
volunteers
– sponsored by
Rotary International
, the
World Health Organization
and the
Gates Foundation
-- had to stop vaccinating in
Afghanistan
because it
wasn’t safe
. “One volunteer was
killed
, and many were
beaten
and
maimed
.” Now, the
Afghan government
is going to help with
security
for the
volunteers
.
On the current trajectory,
Rotary International predicts
that the
world
will be
polio-free
in
2022
.
“
Nigeria
will be certified polio free
next month
because they have not had a new case in three years,” Muldowney said. In
October
,
Polio Type 3
was
eradicated
from the world.
Polio Type 2
was
eradicated
in
2015
. Only
one type remains
.
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TIFTON URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW OFFICE
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The
Tifton Urban Redevelopment Agency
, created by
City Council
earlier this year, held its
ribbon cutting
and
open house
last
Sunday
.
The
office
was crafted from the
old carport cottage
at the
Bass Water Plant
on
Ridge Avenue
next door to the
Tifton City Community Development Office
.
Bruce Green
, the city's interim economic development director, said it is the
first major project
in the newly defined
Tifton Urban Redevelopment Area
and
showcases
what
can be done
with the
simplest of buildings
.
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CHAMBER HONORS LOCAL FARMERS OF YEAR
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Buck and James Aultman
of
Aultman Farms and Cattle Co.
were honored as the
2019 Farmers of the Year
recently at the
Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce's Annual
Agriculture Banquet
, sponsored by
Lasseter Equipment Co
.
The
Aultmans
farm cotton, peanuts, grain sorghum, grass for hay, millet and rye for cattle grazing, watermelons and cattle. They are members of the
Georgia Farm Bureau
and the
Georgia Cattlemen's Association
, and are also long-time supporters of the
Tift County 4-H, FFA
and other youth livestock programs. They are members of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
.
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YOUR WEEKEND
...at a Glance
FRIDAY, DEC. 13
- North Pole Express, 5 p.m., Ga. Museum of Agriculture, Tifton
- "One Starry Night," 6 p.m., Northside Baptist Church, Tifton
- Tift County Chorus Christmas Spectacular, 6:30 p.m., Tift County High Performing Arts Center, Tifton
- "A Child is Born" by Tift Community Players, 7 p.m., Tift Theatre for the Performing Arts, Tifton
- A Smalltown Christmas Festival, 7 p.m., ABAC's Howard Auditorium, Tifton
SATURDAY, DEC. 14
- Brunch with Santa, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Tifton
- Cocoa, Crafts & Claus, 10 a.m., Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library, Fitzgerald
- A Grand Fitzgerald Christmas - Snow Day, 1 p.m., Fitzgerald Area CVB, Fitzgerald
- North Pole Express, 5 p.m., Ga. Museum of Agriculture, Tifton
- Ashburn Christmas Parade, 6 p.m., Downtown Ashburn
- "One Starry Night," 6 p.m., Northside Baptist Church, Tifton
- Tift County Chorus Christmas Spectacular, 6:30 p.m., Tift County High Performing Arts Center, Tifton
- "Emmanuel," 6:30 p.m., Irwin County High School, Ocilla
- "A Child is Born" by Tift Community Players, 7 p.m., Tift Theatre for the Performing Arts, Tifton
SUNDAY, DEC. 15
- Handel's "Messiah" Sing-along, 3 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Tifton
- "One Starry Night," 6 p.m., Northside Baptist Church, Tifton
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DEC. 5
Geneva Grace Tompkins, 86,
Tifton
Erzsebet Godor, 85,
Fitzgerald
Takako Truelove, 83,
Tifton
Alfred "Al" Leland Stanford Jr., 86,
Albany
Tracy Glass, 35,
Baconton
Elizabeth Goff Payne, 99,
Murrell’s Inlet, S.C.
DEC. 6
James Edward “Jim” Cattell, 87,
Tifton
Dexter “Dex” Falcon, 21,
Tifton
Whilden Willis Cook, 82,
Ashburn
Bobby Jones, 89,
Omega
The Rev. Todd Lee, 43,
Worth County
Ricky Carl Stone, 55,
Nashville
Joe Deariso, 52,
Raleigh, N.C.
DEC. 7
Helen Scarborough Montgomery, 81,
Tifton
Bertha Lee Johnson Little, 109,
Omega
Raymond Phillips, 70,
Vidalia
DEC. 8
Louis Edwin Orlando, 77,
Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Deborah Lee Walker Griffin, 63,
Tifton
Kantilal Manilal Patel, 79,
Tifton
John Marion “Johnny” Simmons, 77,
Lenox
George Henderson “Sonny” Barfield Jr., 81,
Ty Ty
Roger Edgar Connell, 77,
West Berrien Community
Grace Lee Hancock, 79,
Nashville
The Rev. Jack Brannen Smithwick, 87,
Nashville
DEC. 9
Nell Hill Sumner, 89,
Sylvester
Jimmy Lanier Alberson, 83,
Sycamore
Verlin Giddens,
Florida
Bobbie Jean Clark Morrell Blalack, 74,
Leesburg
Evelyn Atheline McGee Pitts, 81,
Pace, Fla.
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DEC. 10
Earl Fletcher, 96,
Sylvester
Carolyn C. Jones, 76,
Ashburn
Lillian Hall,
Florida
DEC. 11
Mattie Lou McGee Spicer Snowden, 92,
Fitzgerald
Steve G. Cowart, 57,
Adel
DEC. 12
Lester Paul McIntyre Jr., 65,
Adel
Emma Jean Knight, Ashburn
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