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Coffee Middle School’s February Prayer Breakfast welcomed speaker Sammy Smith. He is a lay speaker, Gideon, and attends Christian Fellowship Church in Osierfield. Mr. Smith spoke about the importance of praying for our leaders, pastors, and each other. The devil’s goal is to divide and destroy. Constant, fervent prayer, along with encouraging words for each other, should be our daily defense against the enemy! Thank you for the message! – Submitted

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College President Dr. Tina K. Anderson is pleased to announce the fall semester President’s List. The list includes outstanding students who were enrolled full-time for 12 credit hours or more and achieved a grade point average of 3.8 or higher on a 4.0 scale during the spring semester. The following students are on the President’s List for fall semester 2015 and are listed by county: (Appling) Amanda DeFlitch (Atkinson) Yurida Atkinson (Ben Hill) Deidre Baldwin, Dairus Gatewood, James Harden, Ricki Rawls, Melisa Sandiford, Patrick Skaggs, Victoria Slacks, Linda Smith, Rachel Thompson, and Michelle Warren (Berrien) John Bales,…

John Butler, Associate Pastor, or First Baptist Church in Douglas, was the speaker at the Douglas Kiwanis Club meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the Flyin’ Cowboy restaurant. Pastor Butler spoke about community issues that need attention and what the local religious groups can do to help. The Kiwanis Club members enjoyed and appreciated his talk. – Submitted

Students in Mrs. Bell’s World History class at George Washington Carver Freshman Campus recently participated in a candy demonstration to learn the order of societal rank and loyalties within feudal Europe during the Middle Ages. Many, depending on their ranking, observed how hard it would have been to survive in Medieval Europe. “Nobles”, Emory Moorman and Taylor Justice, pay their dues to the “King”, Irian Tatum in the above photo. – Submitted

Several citizens have raised concerns about rumored City of Douglas plans to build a roundabout at the Touchton Drive and Red Bird Drive intersection of Touchton Woods subdivision. A roundabout is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic flows almost continuously in one direction around a central island. The City meet with the Georgia Department of Transportation two or three years ago regarding placing roundabouts in certain areas of Douglas as traffic calming devices. At that time, due to motorists using the Touchton Drive area as a “cut through” to and from Highway 32 to Bowens…

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…