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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.

South Georgia State College will be holding part-time faculty job fairs in October. A fair will be held on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, in the President’s Dining Room in the Dye Building on the Waycross Campus at 2001 South Georgia Parkway. An additional fair will be held on Monday, October 22, 2018, in Davis Hall, Room 102, on the Douglas Campus at 100 W. College Park Drive. Drop in at either location anytime between 6 – 7:30 pm. SGSC is looking for part-time instructors to teach in a variety of disciplines, including economics, English, history, political science, mathematics, biology,…

West Green Elementary Pre-K celebrated 26 years of Georgia Pre-K by inviting special guests to read to their classes. The lottery-funded Georgia Pre-K program is one of the finest in the nation. During its 26-year history, Georgia Pre-K has educated more than 1.6 million four-year-olds. This year, more than 81,000 children are enrolled in over 1,800 locations in all 159 Georgia counties. Studies show that Georgia Pre-K improves school readiness by helping children grow across all learning domains including math, language and literacy, and social-emotional skills.

The Douglas Downtown Merchants Association will be hosting the Hometown Harvest this year on Saturday, October 20, from 2 pm – 4 pm. Each participating merchant will be inviting families to visit their business to shop, play games, and participate in other activities. “The Downtown Merchants Association plan to host a variety of events downtown beginning with First Fridays and sidewalk sales, and we are thrilled that they have decided to host the Hometown Harvest,” says Georgia Henderson, Community Development Director. Children will be able to participate in face painting, pumpkin painting, prizes, treats, and more. The Douglas…