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The City of Douglas and TransWaste are offering residential junk drop-off days once a month to help citizens get rid of the excess trash. The upcoming date will be Saturday, April 1, 2017 at the City Pole Yard located at Pearl Avenue from 8:00 am-12 noon. Remaining drop-off dates for 2017 are as follows: May 6, June 3, July 1, August 5, September 2, October 7, November 4, and December 2, 2017. Each month, a dumpster will be placed the pole yard located on Pearl Avenue to offer residents a way to dispose of large, non-hazardous items and electronic items…

Coffee Middle School students are challenged to read for 50 points 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 first two weeks of the competition are: 6th graders Andy Carrillo, Victor Espinoza, 7th graders Harmone Merritt, Mystic Wilkes , 8th graders (not shown) Elizabeth Hunt, and Emily Merritt.

Deadline Extended for Cloverleaf Day Camps Each summer, in addition to providing the traditional week of summer camp at one of the five 4-H camping facilities, we offer a few local day camps for Cloverleaf (4th-6th graders) 4-H members. This year, we are offering three activities for these students. The first one is called “Fun and Games” and will be held on Monday, June 5th. Cost for the activity is $20 and will include lunch. 4-H members will enjoy playing games, making crafts, cooking and eating delicious recipes, learning how to make and play their own musical instruments, and challenging themselves…

Hank Eugene Crews, age 44, of Nicholls, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017, at University of Florida Shands Hospital, in Jacksonville, FL from injuries received in an automobile accident. Mr. Crews was born on May 25, 1972, in Douglas, GA to Ellis Eugene Crews and Patricia Mae Stone Crews. Survivors include: his wife, Heather Crews of Nicholls, GA; daughter, Carsyn Crews of Nicholls, GA; son, Cody Crews of Nicholls, GA; mother, Patricia Crews of Douglas, GA; father, Ellis E. Crews of Douglas, GA; sister, Jennifer (Francisco) Diliegros of Douglas, GA; niece, Dayla Diliegros of Douglas, GA; nephew, Daniel Diliegros…

By Ishika Sadarangani, Coffee County 4-H Club Member The 4-H Club encourages its members to be contributing members of society through leadership and community service. As a 4-H member I strive to live up to those 4-H goals. My name is Ishika Sadarangani and I am a 7th grade student at Coffee Middle School. I was elected to serve as Vice President of the 4-H Southeast District Junior Board of Directors for the 2017-18 school year and recently started a community service project called Clean Teeth for Life. I chose the dental hygiene project because I want every child to have a…

There were several special recognitions at the Coffee County Board of Education’s March 23rd School Board Meeting. Recognitions included three teams from Coffee High and several schools for their recent achievements. Under the direction of Coffee High School teacher Rodney Ragsdale, two groups have recently advanced to national and world competitions. The VEX robotics team, Team 1253, advanced to the World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky on April 18-22, 2017. This is the second time CHS robots have made it to the World Championships; the last time was 2012. There are 540 robots competing in this year’s tournament, nineteen of which are from Georgia.…

South Georgia State College will hold its annual honors ceremonies on both the Douglas and Waycross Campuses this spring to recognize students for a variety of academic, service, and leadership achievements during the 2016-2017 academic year. The Douglas Campus ceremony will be held on Monday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. in Engram Hall 220. A light reception will be held following the ceremony for honorees and their guests. The Waycross Campus ceremony will be held on Tuesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium located in the Educational Building. A light reception will be held following the ceremony for honorees…

At Westside Elementary, perfect attendance is highly celebrated! Not only do we reward students with monthly perfect attendance, but we also reward two lucky students who have had perfect attendance each nine weeks. During our Nine Week’s Celebration Assemblies, a name of a student who has had perfect attendance for the nine weeks is drawn in grades K-2 and in 3-5 for a special prize. One lucky student in grades K-2 wins a bicycle donated by local community members. One lucky student in grades 3-5 wins an ipod donated by Wendy’s Restaurant. Our Third Nine Weeks Celebration Assembly was held…

Friday evening, March 24, the Alma Police Department located a runaway juvenile from Nebraska during a vehicle stop at Flash Foods at the intersection of Highway 32 and U.S. 1. The juvenile was traveling with David A. Murcia Gouzalez, 18 of Omaha, Nebraska. Gouzalez was charged with several traffic violations, to include driving with a suspended driver’s license, and possession of methamphetamine. Alma police contacted the Division of Family and Children Services for assistance with returning the juvenile to her parents in Nebraska.

An anonymous tip to the Coffee County Sheriff’s office Friday afternoon led to the arrest of a convicted drug dealer wanted for a probation violation. Kevin Bernard Landers, 31, was convicted in Coffee County in 2007 for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and again in 2010 for sale/distribution of cocaine. He was released from his last prison stint in 2013. Probation officers obtained a warrant for Landers in July 2016 for a probation violation. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous tip early Friday afternoon providing information that Landers was currently located at a business in the…