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Mrs. Cecelia Maxine Martsching Deen, age 72, of Douglas passed away February 16, 2016, at the Coffee Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. She was born December 31, 1943 to the late James Martsching and the late Lola Carnes Martsching. Mrs. Deen, a native of Ottumwa, Iowa, was a retired employee of Elixer Industries. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Newton Deen. Survivors include: 1 Son, Duwayne (Emily) Foret of Douglas, GA; 2 Brothers, Jim Martsching of Sylvester, GA and Larry Martsching of Vallejo, California; 2 Grandchildren, Kyle Roberts of Valdosta, GA, and Kayla Clemmons of…

Love was in the air for Coffee Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society recently as they created and delivered Valentine cards for the residents of Shady Acres. – Submitted

Over 440 students from area schools convened on South Georgia State College’s Douglas Campus on Friday, Feb. 5 for the Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Participants from Appling, Atkinson, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Echols, Pierce, and Ware counties brought in their best science fair projects to be judged using several criteria, including thoroughness, proper source citation and adherence to the scientific method. Science projects are important components of the curriculum in many elementary, middle and high schools. Students choose a particular problem they would like to investigate. Then, using the scientific method, they conduct their experiments and write a report of…

The South Georgia State College (SGSC) Lady Hawks swept University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie, 5-2 and 13-3 in a softball doubleheader Saturday, Feb. 6 in Allendale, S.C. Chelsea Lyons led the offensive attack by going 5-for-8 on the weekend with one RBI and four stolen bases. Summer Lee and Makayla Clark accompanied her with Lee going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and one home run and Clark contributing at 3-for-4 with five RBIs. Whitney Oliver got the win in the first game throwing a complete seven innings, giving up only one earned run with three strikeouts. Samantha Hays and Kimberley Gentry combined…

The City of Douglas and Transwaste are offering a Junk Drop-Off Day on Saturday, February 20 to help citizens get rid of the excess trash. It will be held at Wheeler Park, located on W. Gordon Street, from 8 a.m to noon. A dumpster will be placed to offer residents a way to dispose of large, non-hazardous items and electronic items at no cost. Acceptable brown and white good items include furniture, washing machines, refrigerators, dryers, stoves, microwaves, television, etc. Please drain all chemicals from appliances. This does not apply to hazardous chemicals such as paints/solvents, household cleaners, pesticides/herbicides, motor…

The Douglas Police Department is offering a Citizen Police Academy course that will begin Thursday, March 3 at the Douglas Police Department located at 225 W. Bryan Street. The course will last eight (8) weeks, and a light meal and refreshments are provided. The course covers numerous areas and is designed to introduce and inform citizens of the role of law enforcement in the community and familiarize them with some of the applications of law. The class hours will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday night beginning March 3 through April 23. The last day of the Academy will…

SGSC’s swim teams soared this past weekend at the Small College Championship Meet held at the SGSC Wellness Center on the Douglas Campus. Both the women’s and men’s teams captured first followed by Thomas University winning second place and Point University in third. Carolyn Ives and Caitlyn Meece both earned three first place individual finishes, while Kiana Ocasio-Molina secured two, and Nikki Daley from Warner Robins won first in the 100 freestyle. In the 400 freestyle relay, the women’s team of Daley, Morris, Meece, and Ives earned first. On the men’s side, Mitchell Graham from Columbus and Ryan Davis from…

Pitcher Gayden Hatcher held up his end of the bargain, but the SGSC Hawks baseball team couldn’t use Hatcher’s strong showing against the University of South Carolina (USC)-Salkehatchie to pull out a win. SGSC lost 2-1 in seven innings in the opening game of the doubleheader Feb. 13 in Allendale, S.C. USC-Salkehatchie had no answer for Hatcher, who kept runners off the base paths during his appearance. USC-Salkehatchie managed just three hits off of the Hawks’ pitcher who allowed one earned run, walked none and struck out four during his five innings of work. Brett Wilcox couldn’t get it done…

Leon Roberts, age 79, of Douglas, GA passed away on Friday, February 12, 2016, at Coffee Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Roberts was born on December 28, 1936, in Nicholls, GA to the late Walter Roberts and Ethel Gilliard Roberts. Survivors include: his wife, Mary Darlene Roberts of Douglas, GA; daughter, Marsha (Edward) Roepe of Dunwoody, GA; son, Jerome (Nan) Roberts of Tifton, GA; two stepsons, Fritz (Sherri) Alletag of Birmingham, AL and Stephen (Shelly) Alletag of McCall, ID; brother, Billy (Fern) Roberts of Dublin, GA; four grandchildren, Lindsey Roberts, Jordan Roberts, Lauren Roberts and Brent Roepe;…