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Coffee Middle School’s Teacher of the Year is Mrs. Denise Steptoe. She has been teaching for 34 years and is very deserving of this honor. Congratulations! – Submitted

Coffee Middle School has luminaries and torches available to purchase for Relay for Life again this year. These lights will line the track at the event on April 29, and the names of your loved ones who have fought or are still fighting the cancer battle will be called out one by one to give them honor and respect. There are white bags for $5, gold bags for $25, and torches for $50. You get to keep the torch as a keepsake, and it will be delivered to you during the first week in May. Please email Jill Pruitt (jill.pruitt…

Elizabeth Renee Douglas, age 47, of Alma, GA passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Douglas was born on June 14, 1968, in Augusta, GA to Florine Revis Mercer and the late Wilson Mercer. Survivors include: her husband, Michael Douglas of Alma, GA; mother, Florine Mercer of Ocilla, GA; son, Channing Dilling of Douglas, GA; two brothers, Henry Mercer of Ocilla, GA and Ronald Mercer of Ocilla, GA; two sisters, Susan (Bennie) Evans of Ocilla, GA and Rose (Glen) Christy of Snellville, GA; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives. The family…

Gene Edward Cauley, age 77, of Ambrose, GA passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2016, at Coffee Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Cauley was born on December 17, 1938, in Douglas, GA to the late Nead Cauley and Ethel Merritt Cauley. Survivors include: his wife, Nellie Cauley of Ambrose, GA; son, Gene “Buster” Cauley of Ambrose, GA; three sisters, Geneva Carter of Douglas, GA, Geraldine Veal of Ambrose, GA and Garon (Jimmy) Smith of Broxton, GA; two grandsons, Matt (Donna) Cauley of Broxton, GA and Tyler Cauley of Ambrose, GA; two granddaughters, Candi (Brandon) Musgrove of Broxton,…

After two successful seasons playing for the South Georgia State College (SGSC) Lady Hawks, Amy Latner has signed a letter of intent to continue her softball career with Warner University in Lake Mary, Fla. Latner is from Thomasville, Ga., where she attended Thomasville High School and played for the Bulldogs softball team. Latner has been the starting catcher for both her freshman and sophomore seasons at SGSC. She has been a standout on the field as well as in the classroom. Latner is a member of SGSC’s Kappa Sigma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and was selected as a 2015…

Coffee Middle School thanks the Douglas Lions Club for supporting our reading incentive program. Mrs.Brandi Sturgis and students Brook Griffin and Lindsey Perkins are picture above accepting a donation from Lions Club president Phillip Smith. – Submitted

Eastside Elementary School is proud to announce Mrs. Angelina Brown Koster as their 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Koster was selected by her peers to receive this honor in recognition of her dedication to the entire school as the media specialist at Eastside. She has worked for the Coffee County School System for twenty-two years. Mrs. Koster has gone above and beyond her job description in an effort to make Eastside the best. Congratulations, Mrs. Koster! – Submitted

The Douglas City Cemetery Advisory Board recently received approval from the mayor and commissioners to establish an area in which to scatter cremains. Prior to now, the cemetery had no area established for cremains scattering, and the board will now move forward to create a scatter garden, which will be known as the Olive Garden. Other cemeteries throughout Georgia in recent years have opened areas to scatter cremated remains. These areas are called scattering gardens, and they provide choices for personal memorization within this dedicated area. At the Douglas City Cemetery Information Station, a record will be kept of the…

Mrs. Donna Drew has been selected as the Indian Creek Elementary School Teacher of the Year for 2016-2017. Currently, Mrs. Drew teaches kindergarten. Way to go, Mrs. Drew! We are proud of the hard work you do for the students at ICE. You are truly a “Flight Above!” – Submitted