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Cindy Taylor, age 61, of Douglas, passed away on Sunday October 7, 2018 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Taylor was born on April 5, 1957 in Norfolk, Va., the daughter of the late Julian Lee Worth and Doris Norris Worth. Mrs. Taylor was owner/operator of Thumbs Up Nursery, was a registered nurse and loved gardening. Survivors include her husband, Ronald Taylor of Douglas; daughter, Santanna Landis (husband Jay) of St. Louis, Missouri; three sons, Glenn Collier (wife Marisa) of Florida , Jeremy Taylor (wife Lindsey) of Warner Robins, and Dakota Lee Taylor of Douglas; five…

Anna Braswell, a 2017 graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design with a Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing, won a regional student Emmy award for her original sitcom Nailed It! that she created, wrote, and produced while at SCAD. Nailed It! is a behind-the-scenes workplace comedy about a home renovation show, led by the knowledgeable, but bland, Jamie Mills. In an effort to boost ratings and to keep from being canceled, her producer brings in minor internet celebrity Stewart Bradshaw, the Hashtag Glass Guy. Stewart throws a wrench into Jamie’s plans, but she has to figure…

The pre-school students at Precious Possessions Learning Center enjoyed a visit with Mayor Tony Paulk on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. The mayor was greeted with lots of enthusiasm and hugs by the children in the Pre-K program. Mayor Paulk spoke to the kids about his role as mayor and answered questions ranging from what his job is to do you like Trojan football? Mayor Paulk would like to thank Precious Possessions owner, Julie Mathews and her staff, for inviting him to visit their school.

Friday night lights have long been a South Georgia community event. Fall has finally arrived, though the temperatures say otherwise, and football season is in full swing. Your friends at Coffee Regional Medical Center would like to remind you to always keep safety in the game. There are many words that have long described football: teamwork, physical, strong, and tough. Recent words associated with the game are focused on injury prevention. Media coverage and social media have created awareness which has brought increased scrutiny of the sport. Specifically, new reports have been numerous on various professional football head-related injuries…

The week of Oct. 1-5 was Georgia Pre-K Week. During the week, many leaders from the community, parents, grandparents, Mrs. Tamara Morgam (principal), Mrs. Amy Vining (Assistant Principal), teachers from other grade levels, City of Douglas Director, Doyle Wooten (Sheriff) and personnel from the Board of Education visited Indian Creek Pre-K classrooms. They read to the Pre-K students in the Pre-K classrooms of Mrs. Jan Milhollin and Mrs. Susan Wilcox; Ms. Emily Eastin and Mrs. Stella Graham; and Mrs Danae Mullis and Mrs. Gwen Moore. The Pre-K students enjoyed all of the readers who came to read for this…

By Kevin Tatum Students in 4th-6th grades interested in participating in Cloverleaf District Project Achievement (DPA) need to get signed up for their project and started working on it as soon as possible. Cloverleaf DPA will be held in Lyons, on Saturday, November 10. Our registration deadline is October 19. DPA is a contest where a student selects a project area, narrows down their topic, researches that topic, organizes their information, writes a five to six minute speech, prepares visual aids about that speech, practices, and goes to the contest to present their project in front of the other…

On Thursday, September 27, during the regular monthly meeting of the Coffee County Board of Education, students from all levels were recognized during the annual presentation of the system’s artwork calendar. Entering its 26th year of production, the school board recognized those students whose art was selected for display on the 2018-2019 school calendar. Kim Clayton, Director of Personnel and Public Relations, presented each student with a gift certificate from Kentucky Fried Chicken and the students received the monthly Superintendent’s Award from Dr. Leis. Mrs. Clayton publically thanked Mr. Sonny Lyon from Lyon Management, owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken…

With the expected arrival of Hurricane Michael late Wednesday afternoon, a mandatory curfew will go into effect beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday and lasting until 6 p.m. Thursday. This includes the entire county, including Douglas, Ambrose, Broxton, and Nicholls. Businesses are also being asked to abide by the curfew. Officials urge citizens to take caution with this storm. Winds are predicted to be sustained 40-60 mph with gusts to 70 mph. Conditions are comparable to those of Hurricane Irma, possibly worse. Conditions will worsen as nightfall occurs with the peak of the winds expected between 9 p.m. and 3…

First Academy would like to say thank you to Mr. John James for nominating First Academy for the Walmart Miles for Education program. Miles for Education is a Walmart program in which the safe miles that drivers accumulate within a certain period are added and a percentage is donated to education. Out of the schools nominated, First Academy was chosen to receive a donation amount of $2,000. First Academy is grateful and appreciative of this generous gift, and praising God for this blessing. First Academy is a ministry of First Baptist Church of Douglas, Georgia, offering a biblical…

The Satilla Regional Library System held their Bookmark Art Contest winners’ ceremony for the winners of the Tenth Annual Bookmark Art Contest on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Douglas/Coffee County Public Library at 12:30 p.m.in the Children’s Room. Mr. Mark Cole, Director and Mrs. Julie M. Vickers, Children’s and Young Adult Librarian presented each winner with a framed certificate with their winning bookmark, a Wal-Mart gift card and copies of their bookmarks. All winners were congratulated for their artistic ability and creativity. Thank you to everyone that participated in this annual contest held by Satilla Regional Library System.