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At the regular City Commission meeting on Monday, October 9, 2017, Helping Hands Bikers (HHB) presented the Mary Hayes Center for Social Change and the Miracle Field Project with a donation of $428.00 each. The funds were raised from the 50/50 draw that was held during the South Georgia BBQ & Outdoor Festival. Helping Hands Bikers are a group of local motorcyclists, who were organized in 2017, to help with motorcycle events during the South Georgia BBQ & Outdoor Festival and are committed to giving back to the community. (L-R) Larry Nesmith, Adam O’Quinn (HHB Chairman), Tazz Casavant, Leon Harrison,…

Mrs. Evie Spivey, age 92, of Douglas, Ga., passed away Sunday, October 8, 2017, at Coffee Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Spivey was born December 30, 1924, in Ambrose, Georgia to the late Mr. Pearlie Harper and Mrs. Lunnie Vickers Harper. Survivors include: sons: Jimmy and his wife Shirli Spivey of Douglas, Ga., Stanley and his wife Camellia Spivey of Douglas, Ga., Joey and his wife Kerryl Spivey of Edgard, La.; sisters: Daphine Fussell of Ambrose, Ga., Arthur Mae Ravel of Fitzgerald, Ga.; grandchildren: Clay and his wife Melissa Spivey, Cristi Luke, Daniel Spivey, Nathan and his wife Cindy Spivey, Lundie…

Mr. Coty Michael Brown, age 25, of Broxton, Ga., passed away suddenly Saturday, October 7, 2017. Coty was born on June 24, 1992, in Tifton, Ga., to Mr. Frank Horace Brown and Mrs. Frances Kathryn Rish Brown. Survivors include: his parents: Frank Horace Brown and Frances Kathryn Rish Brown of Broxton, Ga.; sisters: Jerri Anne Johnson of Broxton, Ga., Pamela and her husband Tommy Corsa of Douglas, Ga., Sally and her husband Patrick Moore of Waycross, Ga., Robin Brown of Blackshear, Ga.; and brother: Tony and his wife Tonya Brown of Hazlehurst, Ga. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 10, 2017,…

Betty Lou Thurman, age 86, of Douglas, GA passed away on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Suwannee Health Care & Rehabilitation Center in Live Oak, Fla. Ms. Thurman was born on June 23, 1931, in Live Oak, Florida to the late Jessie and Ruby Elizabeth Clark Hart. Survivors include: sisters: Dorothy Mae Hill of Hatchbend, Fla. and Barbara Pellow of Live Oak, Fla.; brother, Oscar L “BO” and his wife Sandra Hart of Live Oak, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Thurman; parents: Jessie and Ruby Clark Hart; and brother, Colin…

South Georgia State College (SGSC) is pleased to announce its nursing program has received the distinction of being named “#2 for Most Affordable Nursing Degrees in Georgia” by College Choice. SGSC President Dr. Ingrid Thomson-Sellers states, “As an access institution, it is important for us to provide a high quality and affordable education to our students. We take this mission very seriously! The quality of our nursing program is exceptional and prepares students to work in general practice or specialized areas of nursing. In south Georgia, we are committed to developing a highly skilled workforce that will contribute to the…

Wednesday afternoon, October 4, the Alma Police Department’s Crime Suppression Unit was monitoring traffic in the school zone at the Bacon County Elementary School when an officer observed a BMW traveling almost twice the posted speed limit. The driver led officers on a brief vehicle pursuit before crossing GA HWY 32 (E. 16th St.) and driving the vehicle into the Spiritual Body Church located on E. 16th St. The driver actually jumped out of the vehicle while the vehicle was moving, causing the vehicle to strike the church; damage to Spiritual Body Church was minimal. Two days later, the driver…

The STEM Center on South Georgia State College’s (SGSC) Waycross Campus recently hosted its first “STEM Café” featuring a scientist and physicist from the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA). Dr. Weiping Yu’s presentation was entitled, “The STEM Education and Space Exploration” and included demonstrations of gravity’s effect on Earth and in the solar system. Fifty people attended the event, and Yu spent an extra hour after his presentation having conversations with interested students. SGSC’s STEM Coordinator Sarah E. Braswell (left, second photo) thanked Yu for his presentation. Yu, physicist and aerospace technologist at NASA, earned his doctorate in engineering physics from…

By Kevin Tatum CLOVERLEAF PROJECT ACHIEVEMENT 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, GA, on Saturday, November 1. Our registration deadline is October 20. DPA is a contest where a student selects a project area, narrows down their topic, research 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…

The South Georgia State College (SGSC) School of Nursing is proud to announce that its most recent graduating class scored a 98 percent pass rate on the NCLEX-RN exam administered by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. This standardized exam is given to registered nurse graduates in order to determine whether or not they are qualified to practice entry-level nursing. Graduates are required to pass the exam before they are considered eligible for a nursing license. Allen Jewell, a 2016 graduate of SGSC with an Associate of Science in Nursing degree, recalls his experience with the NCLEX-RN exam,…

The Math Team from Indian Creek Elementary went to an invitational MathFest competition in Macon, GA on Saturday, September 28. At this event, the students competed both in small teams and individually. The Indian Creek team had 21 students to qualify for a spot at the regional MathFest tournament scheduled for March 2018 in Atlanta, GA. Congratulations to these students for qualifying for the regional MathFest tournament: Adison Fender, Andi Spivey, Andi Unger, Ben Fussell, Brianna Moreno, Bryan Gaona, Dominic Santiago, Elias Goodwill, Finn Doherty, Gigi Lewis, Hunter Taft, Jaimie Hutchison, Jayden Wiggins, Kevin Guerrer, Khali Denning, Kole Lott, Layton…