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The City of Douglas announces plans for hosting a variety of events in celebration of Georgia Cities Week, April 23 through April 29, 2017. The theme of this year’s Georgia Cities Week is “Cities in the Mix,” which will showcase how cities share information about the valuable services provided to residents and how cities positively impact their way of life. “We are very proud of our town and want to encourage citizens to experience the mixture of activities that our city has to offer,” said Mayor Tony Paulk. “Activity in our city promotes Douglas to visitors and shows that businesses,…

Transwaste and the City of Douglas have continued their efforts to educate customers on the proper way to place sanitation and recycling carts near the curb for collection. As a result of customers not being in compliance with cart placement, beginning May 1, 2017, service will not be provided to customers who are not in compliance. Effective immediately, a sticker will be placed on carts by Transwaste. The sticker is to notify the customer that their cart is not placed properly for dumping. Customers will have until May 1, 2017 to correctly place cart for collection. To avoid interruption of…

Mrs. Clara Graham Ely, age 82, of Douglas, passed away Monday morning, April 10, 2017, at her residence following an extended illness. She was born June 5, 1934 to the late Thomas Carlos Graham and the late Jewel Rape Graham. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John M. “J. M.” Ely, a sister, Bert Yawn; and three brothers, Roy Graham, Raleigh Graham and Roscoe Graham. Mrs. Ely, a native of Coffee County, retired from Coffee County Bank, as a bookkeeper. She enjoyed her family and her church family. Mrs. Ely was a member of…

Billy Charles Harper, age 63, of Pearson, GA, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Harper was born on January 21, 1954, in Dade City, FL to the late Johnny Harper and Beatrice Stevens Harper. Survivors include: his daughter, Amber Nicole Harper Stuart of Bristol, VA; brother, Jimmy Harper of Pearson, GA; five sisters, Margaret Moody of Homerville, GA, Elizabeth Burney of Falkville, AL, Geneva Hardee of Homerville, GA, Evelyn Taylor of Nashville, GA, and Barbara Harper of Douglas, GA; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A graveside service was held…

Don “Big Don” Edward Adams, Sr., age 51, of Douglas, Ga. passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Coffee Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Adams was born on January 15, 1966, to Wilma Lee Burch Adams and the late Jack Edward Adams. Survivors include: his wife, Brenda Kay Waldron Adams of Douglas, Ga.; two sons, Don Edward Adams, Jr. (girlfriend Ashleigh Johnson) of Douglas, Ga. and Bryant O’Shaunessy Adams (girlfriend Ashlyn Roberson) of Douglas, Ga.; one daughter, Emilee Jacklyn Adams (boyfriend Tony Hunt) of Douglas, Ga.; one grandson, Ashton Brooks Adams of Douglas, Ga.; mother, Wilma…

The City of Douglas Utilities Department will recognize its utility linemen on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 with a special luncheon for employees in the Douglas Utilities Department. Douglas Utilities employ 10 linemen in the department. Several of these linemen have helped other communities in our state this year following severe weather. Douglas linemen have helped electricity be restored in Albany three times, Thomasville two times, and Ellaville once following storm disasters this year for approximately a total of 23 days. “We are very proud of the work that our City of Douglas Linemen perform each day,” says Mayor Tony Paulk.…

First Academy will be offering a half day Pre-K program and a full day Pre-K program for the 2017-18 school year. Doug Wasden, headmaster at First Academy, said, “We have had a huge interest in our Pre-K program this year. Most parents are looking for a full day program, but we have many who are not quite ready for their child to attend a full day of school so the half day option will be available.” First Academy only has eight available spots left in its full day program. Wasden commented, “We only had one Pre-K class this school year,…

Coffee Middle School students are challenged to earn 50 points by reading for the months of March and April. Gift cards are given each week to motivate students to read. Winners of the gift cards for Reading Counts for the week of April 3rd of the competition are: 6th grade – Aaliyah Coronado, 7th grade – Nash Harper and 8th grade – Andrea Garcia. Congratulations to this week’s winners.

Kevin D. Tatum, County Extension Coordinator, Coffee County 4-H Honors Night Each year, Coffee County 4-H holds a program to recognize our 4-H members who have been active in 4-H competitions and community service projects. Competitions include District Project Achievement (DPA), poultry judging, livestock shows (cattle, goats, hogs, and horses), and target sports contests (archery, air pistol, air rifle, .22 rifle, BB rifle, and shotgun). We also recognize students for their participation in community service projects like the Adopt-A-Highway workdays, Pet Therapy visitation days, and bell ringing for the Salvation Army, just to name a few. This year’s honors night…

The CCA boys and girls tennis teams had a dominant performance at this year’s region tournament. The boy’s doubles team of Drew Roberson and Tyler Corsa placed 1st. First year player Payton Bradshaw came in a surprising 2nd, upsetting Robert Toombs 2nd seed Tim Waller to advance to the finals. The CCA girls continued their dominance, winning their 3rd region tournament in a row. Sara Walker and Graceanna Griffis placed 1st and 2nd in singles for the second consecutive year. Ivy Roberts also placed 3rd. Hanna Dunn and Madelyn Tanner placed 1st in girls doubles, and Lori Lott and Jessa…