Committee sees possibility for Jaycee Landing nature center

By Candice McKinleySTAFF WRITER

The 2017 WayneCounty Hog Jambrought together areahunters for the finalweigh-in at the JayceeFairgrounds Sunday af-ternoon and the win-ning weight was morethan 1,000 pounds.This year’s eventbrought in 130 partici-pants, 12 youth and 11Wounded Warriors.In the Dog Team cate-gory, team Jones Creekfrom Ludowici took firstplace with a hog weigh-in of 1,023 pounds. Theteam received a $1,600prize. Greg Boatwrightof Blackshear took sec-ond place with a weigh-in of more than 900

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CANDICE MCKINLEY / StaffSongstress Tasha Cobbs brought the healing power of music to Fair Haven’ssecond annual Starry Night gala Saturday night. Wayne County native Cobbsperformed hits from her Grammy-winning album Break Every Chain. Songswere also performed by local talent. Cobbs received a key to the city from JesupMayor David Earl Keith. Above, Cobbs performs a song she has written. Below,Cobbs is joined by local family member Linda Lockely-Kelly, left, and JuliaBurch, executive director of the Fair Haven shelter for battered women and theirchildren.

Committee seespossibility forJaycee Landingnature center

By Derby WatersSTAFF WRITER

Jaycee Landing pro-vides easy access for vis-itors to the AltamahaRiver but could somedayprovide a reason to draweven more people toWayne County.For months now a com-mittee has been investi-gating possible uses ofthe river landing siteand the bluff area lead-ing up to the JayceeFairgrounds. Ever sincethe early 1960s, thecounty has owned sev-eral acres there, but todate little developmenthas taken place.Community represen-tatives, along with plan-ners from the Carl Vin-son Institute at theUniversity of Georgia,

have been involved in re-cent months in deter-mining whether there issufficient demand formore development atJaycee Landing and, ifso, what the develop-ment might look like.Ed Jeffords, who headsthe local committee, saidthis week that the groupis “just about to finishthe visionary phase ofthe project.”“Ultimately I see thisproject having two com-ponents: the lower-land-ing project associatedwith improving the expe-rience on the river, andthen the area above thelanding, which will pro-vide visitors with a cen-ter that will tell a storyof the history and impor-tance of the river,” Jef-fords said.

‘Blue Jeans & Bling’ isTaste of Wayne theme“Blue Jeans & Bling,It’s a Wayne CountyThing” will be thetheme of the WayneCounty Chamber ofCommerce’s eighth an-nual Taste of Waynegala.The gala will takeplace March 2 inCoastal Pines Techni-cal College’s C. PaulScott PolytechnicalCenter from 7 p.m. to10 p.m.The event will fea-ture live and silentauctions, a raffle, awine toss, cuisine from13 local restaurants,and live music pro-vided by Mason Wa-ters and the GrooveAllstars Band.The Chamber is raf-

fling off a Big GreenEgg valued at $1,100and donated by Arm-strong Family Den-tistry. Raffle ticketsare $10 each and canbe purchased at theChamber office or fromany committee mem-ber.The auctions willfeature hundreds ofitems that fit all typesof budgets. Items in-clude a diamond pen-dant, golf packages, afishing trip, a large-screen TV, advertisingpackages, home décor,children’s items, din-ner parties, auto pack-ages and spa packages,among other items.

Bennetteulogizedon floor ofU.S. House

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The late Stetson Ben-nett Jr. was honored onthe floorof theU.S.House ofRepre-senta-tiveslastweek.U.S.Rep.BuddyCarterread atributeto Ben-nett. Thecom-mentswere car-ried liveby C-SPAN.As the Wayne Countyclerk of court, Bennettset a record for being thelongest-serving constitu-tional officer in thestate.He died Feb. 9 at theage of 87.Carter called him “alifelong public servant”and said, “Mr. Bennetthad received a numberof honors throughout hiscareer.”Carter went on to say,“Mr. Bennett was al-ways proud of where hecame from, which wasclear from how selflesslyhe dedicated his life toWayne County. He willbe missed.”Carter will be in Jesup

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A visitors interpretive center is proposed for futuredevelopment at Jaycee Landing. The story of the his-tory of the river and the historical and biological diver-sity along the Altamaha would be provided.

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W.F. “Bud” CasonSurrency--W.F. “Bud”Cason, 80, of SurrencydiedFeb. 14,2017, inJesupHealth-careafter anex-tendedillness.TheAppling County nativewas a member of Sur-rency CommunityChurch and a retired me-chanic.Survivors include hiswife of 56 years, GenevaAdams Cason of Sur-rency; a son and daugh-ter-in-law, Dale and Vi-vian Cason of Ludowici; asister, Sandra Sikes ofSurrency; a brother,Lamar Cason of Odum;grandchildren, JoshuaCason and Katie Can-non; two great-grandchil-dren; and several niecesand nephews.Memorial service willbe held Feb. 25 at 11 a.m.at Surrency CommunityChurch with the Rev.Carlton Rowell and theRev. Martha Beecher offi-ciating.Family will receivefriends at the church.Family and friendsmay sign the onlineguestbook at www.rine-hartandsons.com.Rinehart and Sons Fu-neral Home is in charge

of arrangements.

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Grendren L. VailJesup—Grendren L.Vail, 62, of Jesup, diedFeb. 17,2017, atAl-tamahaHealth-care fol-lowing alengthyillness.He wasbornApril 19, 1954, to the lateJimmy Doomes and Beu-lah Frances Vail inJesup. He was educatedin the public school sys-tem of Pierce County andworked most of his life infarming and was em-ployed with GriffisFarms. He attendedGreater St. James Holi-ness Church in Screven,his family home church.He enjoyed fishing, hunt-ing, cooking and spend-ing time with his family. He was preceded indeath by both parentsand a sister, EloiseBrown.He is survived by twochildren and a child’sspouse, Tayneillia andTorrion Miller ofBrunswick, and RandyDoomes of Waycross; fourgrandchildren, RayleeDoomes of Blackshearand Tayvion, Torrin andTylen Miller, all ofBrunswick; three sisters,Brenda Stewart of Jesup

and Pamela Cohen andPaula Blount, both ofFlorissant, Missouri; anda host of aunts, uncles,nieces, nephews, cousinsand friends.Visitation will be heldThursday at Royal Fu-neral Home Chapel from

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.Memorial services willbe held Friday at 1 p.m.at New Bethel LifeChanging Ministries inScreven. Royal Funeral Home isin charge of arrange-ments.

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The Hunter family would like to thank everyonewho comforted and assisted us in our time of be-reavement. We are truly forever grateful for yourlove and kindness.We would like to give a special thanks to Royal Fu-neral Home and the Second Street Family for theiroutstanding service during our time of bereavement. May God bless you all.

Thanks again,Hunter Family

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The Dental Wellness Center of Jesup is Pleased to Announce the Transition and Merger of the Dental Practice of Dr. Mike Yurgalavage

into our Location at 135 Peachtree Street in Jesup.The merger will be effective as of February 17th and we ask that all patients formally of Dr Mike to please feel free to Call our of)ice at any time in order to seek the continuing dental care as desired.We at the Dental Wellness Center of Jesup are excited and look forward to providing the same exceptional dental care as provided by Dr. Mike and his team of professionalsat his former of)ice… he will be missed.Please contact either Kim, Chelsea or Donna and we will do absolutely everythingnecessary so that we can make this transition occur as smoothly & quickly as possible.912-427-2660

JESUP FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHPresents

“A Night of Renewal”Sponsored by: FBC Small Group Ministries

Date:Saturday February 25, 2017Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.

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The Georgia River Network andSatilla Riverkeeper have dialed upa two-day, 28-mile canoe/kayak/paddleboard adventure on theSatilla River set for April 1-2. Registration for the event is openat http://www.garivers.org/pad-dle_georgia/springonthesatilla.html.The statewide river-advocacygroup is hosting “Paddle Geor-gia—Spring on the Satilla,” alongwith the Satilla Riverkeeper, toraise awareness about this mean-dering Coastal Plain river and toraise funds to help protect it. Theevent will also highlight SatillaRiverkeeper’s efforts to establisha recreational boating trail on theriver. Over the course of two days, par-ticipants will cover 28 miles of theSatilla’s winding course through

lowland swamps and floodplainforests while camping at a rusticprivate getaway overlooking theriver in the Camden County com-munity of White Oak. “This will be our second Springon the Satilla trip,” said PaddleGeorgia coordinator Joe Cook. Event organizers plan cateredbreakfast and dinners at the river-side campsite along with sacklunches for the river. Interpretiveprograms on local cultural history,opportunities to become a certifiedGeorgia Adopt-A-Stream citizenwater monitor and games andother activities will also be of-fered. Registration fees are $115-$230per person and include all mealsfor the weekend, a tent campsite,shuttles to the river and all educa-tion programs. Organizers are

planning for around 100 paddlersand expect a broad range of ages. For those without their ownboats, canoe and kayak rentalswill be offered through event spon-sor Southeast Adventure Outfit-ters in St. Simons. Since the first Paddle Georgia in2005, GRN has led about 4,000paddlers on week-long adventureson more than a dozen Georgiarivers, raising more than $400,000for river protection in Georgia. Proceeds from Spring on theSatilla will support GRN andSatilla Riverkeeper. Satilla Riverkeeper’s mission isto protect and restore the riverwhile educating citizens to helpensure a Satilla River that is fish-able, swimmable and drinkablefor all to enjoy.

Satilla paddle trip is set for early April

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H. Michael Yurgalavage, DMD360 Peachtree Street , Jesup, Georgia 31545

To Our Dental Family of Patients and FriendsI would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your trust and confidence in allowing meand my staff to take care of you and your family’s dental needs over the years. It is with mixed

emotions that I am announcing my departure from my dental practice in Jesup.

I have asked Dr. William H. Trout, Jr., and his team of staff and doctors at the Dental WellnessCenter of Jesup to assist me with the transition and continuing care of our patients. I truly be-lieve he and his entire team possess the highest clinical qualifications, experience and personaltouch that will allow for a smooth transition for everyone over the next several months and feelconfident that Dr. Trout will continue to provide you and your family with the best care possible.

In addition, I have personally discussed this move with my current staff and asked that they stayon board and join with Dr. Trout and his team and allow this transition and continuing care to be

carried out at the highest and most personal level of excellence as possible.

Dr. Trout and my current staff will continue to serve you at our current location for now and willdo so for the next several months. In addition, they will be available at the Dental Wellness

Center at 135 Peachtree as well. This very positive merger will also allow the entire team to serveyou better by extending the hours and days of availability and will be of great benefit for all.

Please feel free to contact either Sandi or Donna at (912) 427-0546 and Kim or Chelsea at (912) 427-2660 with any questions and concerns that you or

other may have as well as scheduling your dental appointment and continuing care.

I ask that you welcome this new dental relationship and continue to provide Dr. Trout and histeam the continued support, loyalty and confidence that you and your family have given to me. Iam truly appreciative and will forever be grateful for the opportunity to serve such a wonderful

community and our family of patients.Sincerely… Dr. Mike

“Mico Bill” Hammond is inviting former 4-H camp counselors to a reunion.

Former 4-H summer-camp counselors fromWayne County or livingin Wayne County arebeing invited to a re-union March 20 at 6p.m. at the WayneCounty Extension Of-fice.The event will be achance for counselor

alumni to swap oldcampfire stories, sharecamp memorabilia anddiscuss ways to help cur-rent 4-H’ers enjoy sum-mer camp.The reunion will in-clude dinner and camp-type contests.Attendees are encour-aged to bring fund-rais-

ing ideas for newcampers.Former counselors areasked to RSVP at 427-5955 by March 13 at 4p.m. and to spread wordof the reunion to otherformer counselors.The Extension Office islocated at 1900 SunsetBlvd. in Jesup.

Former 4-H camp counselorsinvited to reunion on March 20

By Drew DavisSTAFF WRITER

Country legend JohnConlee is looking for-ward toperform-ing inJesupSatur-daynight.“It’ll begreat toincludeJesup onour itinerary,” he toldThe Press-Sentinel in atelephone interviewfrom Tennessee thisweek.Conlee, a 36-year vet-

eran of the Grand OleOpry, will be singing atCoastal Pines TechnicalCollege Saturday at 7p.m.His program will con-sist largely of his classichits, such as “FridayNight Blues” and “Back-side of 30,” but will alsofeature a few of his morerecent songs, including“a little preview” of ofsome songs on his nextCD.Conlee will be joinedby his band, whosenewest member hasbeen with him for 21years.“Longevity is our longsuit,” he said.

Fans can look forwardto his signature song,“Rose Colored Glasses,”which Conlee proudlydescribed as “a standardin music.”Conlee said he plans tomeet with fans and signautographs while inJesup.The visit here will bepart of a tour focusing onsmaller towns in theSoutheast.Tickets are availablelocally at Sears, onlineat www.itickets.com orby calling 1-800-965-9324.“You can’t have a partyif you don’t show up,”Conlee said.

Grand Ole Opry mainstayto perform here Saturday

CANDICE McKINLEY / StaffJeff Griffith (right), the new chair of the Wayne County Board of Tax Asses-sors, and Harry Thompson, the new vice chair, review tax records. The twowere elected last month and met with other Board members last Friday. Griffithsucceeds Howell Clements as chair, and Thompson succeeds Griffith as vicechair.

New Board of Assessors officers

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We must protect Wayne County’s good nameWhat’s something we should

want more than a winning lot-tery ticket?How about a good name?In his biblical wisdom King

Solomon advised: “A good nameis more desirable than greatriches.”You won’t find the cowboy

comic of America’s Great De-pression Era in the Old Testa-ment. But besides tickling ourfunny bones, Will Rogers doledout sage advice, too. I like hisadmonition: “You never get asecond chance to make a goodfirst impression.”As a former president of the

Wayne County Chamber ofCommerce and past chairmanof the Industrial DevelopmentAuthority, I understand the up-hill challenge rural communi-ties face when trying to telltheir story to prospective new-comers. Despite what a few for-mer governors denied, there aretwo Georgias. There’s the 100-mile circle around Atlanta’sHartsfield-Jackson Interna-tional Airport, and then there’sthe rest of us. Communities such as Savan-

nah and Brunswick with theirports, airports and tourism areexceptions. But for the most ofus, we are doing all we can topolish what we have and say,“Hey, look over here. See whatwe have to offer.”Wayne County does have

much to offer. Our geographiclocation may be 240 miles fromthe world’s busiest airport, butwe have Savannah’s,

Brunswick’sand Jack-sonville’s air-ports andports withineasy reach.Our ownWilliam A.Zorn Airportcan accom-modate cor-porate jets.We are in thecrosshairs of

two four-lane highways: U.S.341 and U.S. 84. Norfolk Soth-ern and CSX railroads serveus.Our small-business commu-

nity continues to reinvent itselfso that it can survive and pros-per. Even a mammoth firecouldn’t kill the vitality of ourdowntown. There’s a can-do,rebuilding spirit. Look at theStrand Theater coming back tolife. That’s a ditto for the re-birth of the shopping center onCherry Street. Look aroundand see the progress.Our medical community, sur-

rounding Wayne Memorial Hos-pital, is vibrant. Coastal PinesTechnical College is a splendidcomplement to our public schoolsystem. If a visitor wants toknow about what organizedrecreational opportunities exist,take them to Bill Morris Parkon a spring afternoon. And ifthey are interested in the out-doors, Wayne County is a won-

derland. The Amazon of the South,

the Altamaha River, is oneboundary, and the mirror-likeblack waters of the SatillaRiver is another boundary. Akayak ride under the canopy oftrees on Penholloway Creek ispaddling through peace onearth. Within an hour, you candip your toes into the AtlanticOcean.We are blessed in so many

ways in Wayne County. Wemust protect our good name,lest we hogtie our hopes for con-tinued progress. That is why Ihave been so adamant aboutsafeguarding our natural re-sources—especially our water.Our health is too valuable torisk.Wayne County may stand to

reap financial rewards from Re-public Services’ turning Broad-hurst into one of the largesttoxic coal-ash and garbagedumps in America, but we willbe the losers in the long run.Our Chamber of Commerce, ourIndustrial Development Author-ity and other come-see-what-we-have-to-offer ambassadorswill find Wayne County’s goodname sullied. “Home ofMountains of What OthersDon’t Want” isn’t the sign wewant hanging over CherryStreet. You don’t get a second chance

to make a good first impression.That’s why we can’t let Re-

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Jaycee Landing Center is good ideaWe commend the communitygroup that has been looking atJaycee Landing and the oppor-tunities it can afford for the fu-ture of Wayne County.Few will argue that one of thelargest calling cards to this partof Georgia is the abundance ofoutdoors and the recreation of-fered there. And here, the idea ofthe outdoors almost alwaysleads to consideration of the Al-tamaha River.Jaycee Landing and thecounty-owned land around itprovide a unique location witheasy access to learn about andenjoy the river and what itmeans to the state. The Al-tamaha of yesterday has given awealth of history, folklore, musicand literature about life alongthe river. The Altamaha of todayis a jewel of a river recognized byconservationists, environmen-talists, hunters, fishers, scien-tists and others for the wealth ofall it has to offer.The concept of a center atJaycee Landing to provide visi-tors with an opportunity to learnabout the river and its impor-tance seems a natural progres-sion of development for the loca-tion. It could become a drawingcard for Wayne County, provid-ing recreational and educationalopportunities unique in the re-gion.All sorts of opportunities pre-sent themselves, but the conceptof the interpretive center seemsto be the key to a nature-friendlydevelopment of the landing, thebluff and open areas there now.It is a concept that should betaken on first and will lead toother amenities to make theproperty there become a one-of-a-kind destination for an in-creasingly nature-attracted pop-ulace.It seems to us an idea worthy ofpursuit by this community.

PRESS POLL� � �

“This year’sOscars willbe awardedSunday

night. Whatis yourfavorite

movie, andwhy?”

Question�

“Zootopia be-cause I like all ofthe bunnies in it.”

—Alex Waldo

“Hidden Fig-ures because Ilove the actress

Taraji P. Henson.”—Wayne Shuman

“Spirit becauseit has a ton of

horses, and it in-spires me to beloving towardsother people.”

—Lily Overholt

“Dragon Ball Zbecause it has alot of action and

hype.” —CodyBrown

WORD FOR THE WEEK

FORGIVENESSBenefiting yoursellf and others by ceasing

to feel resentmnt towards others.(The Press-Sentinel publishes the “Word for the Week” in conjunction with the

Wayne County School System’s character education program.)

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DinK neSMiTHChairman

During the first weeks ofthe Trump administration,a recurring theme has beenthe president’s sinking pop-ularity in the polls.New presidents typicallyenter office with high ap-proval ratings, and thenumbers will remain highduring the president’s hon-eymoon period.That hasn’t happenedwith Donald Trump. He en-tered office with unusuallyhigh disapprovals, andthose numbers have contin-ued to increase. The latestGallup poll, for example,had Trump’s disapprovallevel at 56 percent of thosesurveyed, while only 38 per-cent approved.Trump and his supporters,of course, dismiss all thesepoll numbers as “fake,” andthey may have a point. After all, most of the poll-sters last fall said HillaryClinton would win the pres-idency–instead, she endedup losing to Trump in theElectoral College, despiteleading him by nearly 3 mil-lion popular votes.If the polls can’t betrusted, then how do you ac-curately gauge the popular-

ity of thepresi-dent?Oneway is tolook atthe re-sults ofspecialelectionswherecandi-dates whosupport or

oppose Trump are on theballot.There is just such an elec-tion is coming up on April18 in Georgia’s Sixth Con-gressional District, whereTom Price recently resignedto become the secretary ofhealth and human services.This election is what theycall a “jungle primary,” withall 18 candidates on thesame ballot regardless ofparty affiliation. With thismany candidates running,it’s all but assured therewill be a runoff election onJune 20.The Sixth CongressionalDistrict, which covers sub-urban areas in Cobb, Fulton

and DeKalb counties, is nor-mally solid Republican.Price was re-elected there inNovember with just under62 percent of the vote. Trump carried the districtby only a 48-47 percentmargin over Clinton, how-ever. That has Democratsthinking they might have ashot in the special election,which inevitably will be areferendum on Trump.There was obviously some

antipathy to Trump amonga segment of the district’sGOP voters on Nov. 8. Thespecial election should tellus whether Trump’s perfor-mance in office has bol-stered or weakened his sup-port among the party’s base.Eleven Republicans quali-fied for the special election,and the three most familiarnames are Karen Handel, aformer secretary of state,and two former state sena-tors, Judson Hill and DanMoody. These candidateshave so far been guarded intheir comments aboutTrump, so it will be inter-esting to see what they sayabout the president in theircampaign commercials andmailers.

At least two of the GOPcandidates are diehardTrump advocates who arecompeting to see which onecan attract more of the pres-ident’s supporters. They areBruce LeVell, who was thehead of Trump’s “diversitycoalition,” and businessmanBob Gray, a former JohnsCreek city councilman.Five Democrats are on theballot, but the two with themost political experienceare Jon Ossoff, a formercongressional aide, and RonSlotin, who served twoterms in the state Senateduring the 1990s beforerunning unsuccessfully forCongress. All of these De-mocrats will be making anissue of the controversiesTrump has stirred up sincehis inauguration.How do you read the re-sults of this special election?You won’t be able to do anexact calculation because ofthe presence of two inde-pendent candidates on theballot, but I think you’llcome pretty close.Add up the percentages ofthe votes that go to the 11Republican candidates. Ifthey total more than 48 per-

cent, which was the portionthat went to Trump in No-vember, then Trump proba-bly has not damaged hisstanding among the dis-trict’s GOP voters.Check to see whether ei-ther of the Trump loyalists,LeVell or Gray, make it intothe runoff. If both of themare knocked out in the firstround of voting, that’s an in-dication that Trump’s sup-port may be slipping.Add up the percentages ofthe five Democratic candi-dates. If they total morethan the 47 percent thatwent to Clinton—and if aDemocrat makes it into theJune 20 runoff—that wouldbe an indication thatTrump’s support is goingdownhill.Polls, as we’ve seen, don’talways give us an accuratereading of the political land-scape. Actual elections likethe one coming up on April18 can tell us a lot.

(Tom Crawford is editor ofThe Georgia Report, an in-ternet news service at gare-port.com that reports onstate government and poli-tics. He can be reached [email protected]. )


OPINIONThis election will be an indicator of Trump’s support

Starry Night, star-filled nightFair Haven sponsored anevent Saturday night thatwas not to be missed. Theevent was a fund-raiser forthe local women’s shelter,with the main entertainmentbeing provided by our local,multiple-award-winning tal-ent extraordinaire TashaCobbs.The evening started with alocal children’s communitychoir. The choir consisted ofyoung males and females,blacks and whites. The twosongs performed were bothinspiring and uplifting.Following the children’schoir was a performance bythe adult community choir.The introduction to the group

mentioned an upcoming showin June 2018 at CarnegieHall. Well, all I can say is,watch out, New York City,this southern-Georgia groupwill be taking a huge bite outof the Big Apple. I have notwitnessed such passion,warmth and expression froma choir in years. The multi-generational, multiracial andmulticultural choir was trulytransformative.The audience, which mir-rored the choir, was standing,swaying, praying and singing.I was in complete admirationand was also thinking howcould Ms. Cobbs possibly con-tinue the excitement felt inthe building? The answer tomy question was quickly an-swered tenfold. The presence of Ms. Cobbs

was truly that of an accom-plished megastar. Tasha wasable to elevate the love, sin-cerity and spirituality in theroom. Her energy, voice andemotion were truly infectious.She sang some of her incredi-ble hits, “Happy,” “Put aPraise on It,” “Break EveryChain” and “Fill Me Up.”As moved by her beautifulvoice, I surveyed the sanctu-ary and noticed the other nu-merous outstretched wavingarms. Some of the arms weresmooth, others wrinkled,some pale, others tanned,brown or black.What came to mind at thatmoment was the total sense ofa shared spirit in our commu-nity. We were all focused on acommon belief, despite ouroutward differences. I, along

with several hundred otherpeople, felt the love, peaceand kindred spirit in thatroom. It is truly my hope thatwe can extend the emotionsfelt in that room to our city,county, state and country.Thank you, Fair Haven, fora powerful and spiritualnight, that allowed our com-munity’s collective innerbeauty to shine brightly.

Dr. Stanley D. Jones Jesup

Physics neededat high schoolI was delighted that theWayne County Board of Edu-cation has agreed to considerreinstating physics in the cur-riculum at Wayne CountyHigh School. Like Lucy Shaw

and many others, I feel that itdefinitely should be offered,even if only a few studentstake the course.One former WCHS studentrecently described to me howwell-prepared he was in hisfreshman physics class atGeorgia Tech. And he de-scribed that the few fellowstudents who had not hadhigh school physics were to-tally lost.I do hope BOE members un-derstand we should offer ahigh standard of curriculumto ALL students. Surely wecannot deny them a qualityeducation because there are“not enough” students to takea difficult course.

Jane M. YeomansJesup

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HOG JAMContinued from page 1A

pounds and received a prize of$800. Third place went to teamSwamp Dog from Florida whichhad a weigh-in of more than 700pounds. Swamp Dog won a prizeof $400.In the gun category, Larry Wal-ter of TyTy took first place with aweigh-in of 275 pounds and won$1,000, Kim Tanner of Omegatook second place with a weigh-inof 263 pounds and a prize of $500.Third place went to Craig Noblesof Ludowici with a weigh-in of257 pounds and he received aprize of $250.In the bow category, Rex John-son of Ludowici won first placewith a weigh-in of 190 poundsand received a $1,000 prize;Everett Mitchell of Hinesville

took second place with a weigh-inof 133 pounds and received aprize of $500; and Wesley John-son of Ludowici took third placewith a weigh-in of 118 poundsand received a $250 prize.Tonya Yeomans of Jesup wasthe Friday-night big winner, tak-ing prizes for both biggest hogshot with a gun and femalehunter. Yeomans had a weigh-inof 170 pounds and received prizesworth $200.Saturday-night winners in-cluded Craig Nobles in the guncategory, with a weigh-in of 257pounds. He received a $100 prize.Everett Mitchell won in the bowcategory with 134 pounds. andreceived a $100 prize. TeamJones Creek won the dog-team

category with a weigh-in of 353pounds. and received $100.Tournament-stringer winnersincluded gun category winnerZack Dubberly of Jesup, whocaught five hogs and received$250, and bow-category winnerEverett Mitchell, who caught twohogs and received $250.Preston Nobles was the winnerin the youth category with aweigh-in of 223 pounds. He re-ceived $100.The 2016 Hog Jam was orga-nized by Heather Altman, execu-tive director of the Wayne CountyBoard of Tourism, and a host ofsponsors, volunteers and partici-pants.

The female-category winner and winner of the Friday night gun category is TonyaYeomans.

Several members of the Wounded Warriors program in Hinesville were in atten-dance again this year.

The first-place bow-category winner is Rex Johnson.

COAL ASH LEGAL FUND

Help Wayne County defend itself fromtons of coal ash being dumped into theBroadhurst Landfill. Wayne County: No Ash At All has joined forces withthe Center for a Sustainable Coast inGlynn County to raise funds to fight

against this effort.

An anonymous donor is matching $2 for every $1 contributed--tax-deductibleSend tax-deductible donations to: Center for a Sustainable Coast

221 Mallery St.St. Simons Island, GA 31522

Please mark your check Coal Ash Legal Defense Fund.

Send non-deductible donations to: Wayne County: No Ash At AllP.O. Box 448, Jesup, GA 31598

www.noashatall.org


STATE SENATE REPORT� � �

Last week in the Sen-ate we completed weeksix and legislative days17-20.Halfwaythrough myfirst ses-sion, I’vehad theprivilege ofhosting sev-eral groupsfrom Long,Wayne, Ap-pling, Tat-tnall, JeffDavis and Toombs coun-ties just last week.Of all the bills weheard on the Senatefloor last week, SenateBill 16, sponsored bySen. Ben Watson (R-Sa-vannah), received themost attention. SB 16aims to expand the con-ditions medical cannabiscan cover to includeautism; however, it re-duces the amount ofTHC in medicalcannabis oil from 5 per-cent to 3 percent. I agreewith the addition ofautism to the conditionsthat could use low-THCoil; it just doesn’t seemfair to blindside familieswho have been benefit-ing from using 5 percentTHC oil with regulations

that would change that.There was an amend-ment brought up on theSenate floor that wouldhave changed this provi-sion in the bill; however,it failed.In the end, I votedagainst the SB 16 be-cause of the reduction ofthe THC allowed in theoil. I can only imaginehow difficult it must befor families to uproottheir lives and move toanother state just toseek treatment for theirchildren so they can livea more normal life.Last, but certainly notleast, I co-sponsoredSenate Bill 165 withSen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick). The billseeks to address thetransportation and dis-posal of coal ash inGeorgia. Most people inour district are familiarwith the issue of coalash and the harm itwould pose to residentsif it were to leak into thewater supply. I under-stand it is hard forsmall, rural communi-ties to turn down themoney a landfill that ac-cepts coal ash couldbring to their local econ-omy, and we want eco-

nomic opportunity forour counties, but I be-lieve that keeping youhealthy and safe is moreimportant.The federal constitu-tion prevents us frompassing a total ban oncoal ash coming intoGeorgia, so we had toget creative. Therefore,this bill proposes thatcoal-ash originators can-not get away from liabil-ity for physical harmfrom coal-ash toxins,even if they carry theircoal ash to third-partylandfills. Entities thatdispose of the coal ashmust have at least $100million in assets inGeorgia to cover liabil-ity. As always, I am hon-ored to represent andserve you at the stateCapitol. If you have anyquestions or concernsabout bills that you feelwill affect our region,please email me [email protected]. I enjoy hearing yourfeedback and alwaystake into considerationyour thoughts and feel-ings. Thanks for the op-portunity to serve you.

BLAKeTiLLerYState Senate,District 19

Senate bill addresses coal ash in Georgia

STATE HOUSE REPORT� � �

Each year, the GeneralAssembly is constitu-tionally re-quired topass a bal-anced bud-get, and onFriday, theHouse ful-filled thisconstitu-tional dutyby passingHouse Bill44, the Fis-cal Year2018 budget that willserve as our state’sspending guide fromJuly 1, 2017, to June 30,2018.The FY 2018 budget isset by a revenue esti-mate of $24.9 billion, anincrease of $1.25 billion,making it the largestbudget in our state’s his-tory.The largest part of thebudget, $9.4 billion, isfor education. Of that,$162 million provides fora 2 percent merit pay in-crease incorporated intothe salary schedule toprovide raises to morethan 126,000 teachers,as well as a 2 percentsalary increase for busdrivers and school nutri-tion personnel. It alsoincludes $1.5 million forthe Governor’s Office ofStudent Achievement fora grant program to pro-vide low-performinghigh schools with a cer-tified schoolcounselor/graduationspecialist. The budget supportscritical programs aidingover 19,000 young peo-ple in the foster-caresystem statewidethrough the inclusion of$10.7 million for a $10per diem rate increase

for foster parents and$14.9 million for relativefoster parents caring forand raising our state’sfoster children. More-over, the budget includes$25.8 million for a 19percent salary increasefor child-welfare-ser-vices caseworkers, $2.8million for 80 new posi-tions in the Division ofFamily and ChildrenServices (DFCS) to pro-vide support services forfoster parents, and$500,000 to expand theCourt Appointed SpecialAdvocates (CASA) to ad-vocate on behalf of ourchildren.The budget includes$358,996 for four vet-eran-benefits trainingofficers who would workwith the Veterans Ac-countability Court toserve those who haveentered the criminal jus-tice system upon return-ing home from combatand war. FY 2018 designates$55.5 million to annual-ize a 20 percent salaryincreases for our law-en-forcement officers, aswell as providing fundsfor additional GBI per-sonnel, including fourscientists and two tech-nical positions, to helpexpedite rape-kit pro-cessing. This provisionwill address the backlogof untested rape kits asa result of legislationpassed last year. The House passed anumber of other impor-tant bills that will nowbe considered by theState Senate. House Bill139 would increasetransparency in Geor-gia’s public school sys-tems. It will require theGeorgia Department of

Education to create andpublish an online data-base reporting the finan-cial performance of eachlocal school system andschool in Georgia. Thiswill include the costs ofmaterials, equipment,staff salaries, profes-sional development, fa-cility maintenance, newconstruction or renova-tion, and per-student ex-penditures. It will alsoinclude the school sys-tem’s annual budget, theratio of expenditures torevenue, and the totalproperty-tax revenuethe system is authorizedto collect. This bill wouldalso require each publicschool that maintains awebsite to post a link ina prominent location tothe Department of Edu-cation’s website, wherethis valuable financialdata would be compiled,aggregated and reported In an exciting effort tobring the commercialspace industry to Geor-gia, the House also sawthe passage of HouseBill 1, the Georgia SpaceFlight Act (GSA). Thiswould define proceduresfor commercial space-flight activity, allowingGeorgia to be more com-petitive with neighbor-ing “space-friendly”states. The developmentof commercial-space-flight-friendly programsand competencies to at-tract and retain com-mercial space and re-lated businesses wouldnot only grow and diver-sify our state’s economybut would also drive ourstate into the future.This is especially excit-ing for South Georgia.

BiLLWerKHeiSerState House,District 157

New budget beefs up education funding

The Georgia Conser-vancy’s Heartland Riversof Georgia Paddle Serieswill take to the AltamahaRiver March 24-26.The group will meet atthe Altamaha RegionalPark (1605 AltamahaPark Road, Brunswick)for an introduction forfirst-time visitors to theriver and welcoming re-turning paddlers to theannual paddling andcamping adventure.On Saturday, the groupwill paddle 16 miles onthe main stem of the Al-tamaha, Stud Horse

Creek, Lewis Creek andRifle Cut. Paddlers willmake their way toDarien Creek and enterdowntown Darien to takeout at Skipper’s Landing. On Sunday, the groupwill hit the river onemore time, exploring thecypress-laden system oflakes of the Altamaha di-rectly across river fromthe Altamaha RegionalPark campground.In conjunction with thepaddle, the Conservancyis inviting visitors to joinin March 25 on the river-bank at Altamaha Re-

gional Park for a conser-vation revival and barbe-cue beginning at 6 p.m.with light refreshments,conversation and livemusic. A dinner of pulled-porkbarbecue and sides willbe served by GrassrootsFarms around 7 p.m. Thecost of the meal is cov-ered in the price for pad-dlers. It’s $5 per personfor non-paddling guests.Learn more and regis-ter at www.georgiacon-servancy.org/altamaha.

Georgia Conservancy to paddle Altamaha; visitors can join in

Tri-County CASA(Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates) Inc. is seek-ing volunteers to beginits spring volunteertraining program March6.Tri-County CASA is anonprofit organizationthat trains volunteersfrom Wayne, Applingand Jeff Davis countiesto become advocates forchildren in juvenilecourt dependency(abuse/neglect) proceed-ings.Training will be on con-secutive Mondaysthrough April 17.

Classes will be held atthe Hazlehurst/JeffDavis Historical SocietyMuseum from 6 p.m. to9:30 p.m. each trainingnight.The swearing-in cere-mony of newly trainedCASA volunteers willtake place April 24. CASA volunteers mustbe 21 years of age orolder, submit a writtenapplication which in-cludes four personal/pro-fessional references,have a criminal back-ground check and a fed-eral fingerprint check,have a personal inter-

view by local CASA staff,complete 40 hours oftraining, make a one-year commitment to theprogram, be sworn in asan officer of the court bya juvenile court judgeand complete 12 addi-tional hours of in-serviceduring the year.For more information,contact Denise Graham,director, or Billie LeeHerrington, program as-sistant, at the Tri-County CASA office at(912) 367-0064, or [email protected].

Tri-County CASA to begin spring volunteer training


St. Paul’s… Lent serviceSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church will com-memorate Lent by reciting the Rosary.This service is open to the commu-nity and anyone who wants to join therecitation.For more information call 269-0525.

Trinity Baptist… Keith PlottKeith Plott, award-winning gospelartist, will be in concert at TrinityBaptist Church Sunday at 11 a.m.This is a free concert.

The Sharing Place… Open SaturdayThe Sharing Place, a ministry ofFirst Baptist Screven, will be openSaturday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.Toys, clothes and household items willbe free to all as long a supplies last.

Family Life… Prophetic PrayerNew Covenant Family Life Centerwill host its annual Prophetic PrayerConference Feb. 23-24 with services at7 p.m.Apostle Curtis Lake III of More SureWord Ministries of Adamsville, Ten-nessee, will be the speaker.For more information, call 427-8228.

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS� � �

Church DirectoryAMERICAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

730 S. Macon St., Jesup, GA 31545Pastor, Bro. Donny RaneyCell Phone: (912) 294-3496Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m.Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m.

FLINT BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCHFlint Branch Church Rd.Pastor-Scott Hickox

Sunday School-10:00 a.m.Sunday Worship-11:00 a.m.

Church Training Union-6:00 p.m.Sunday Evening Worship-7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer meeting-7:00 p.m.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD

GRACE ASSEMBLY OF GOD2324 Rayonier Road, Jesup Rev. Dale Bange - PastorChurch Office: 427-9223

Sunday Services:Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Children’s Church 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Services:

Wednesday Night Adult Bible Study 7 p.m.Kids Church 7 p.m.

Youth 7 p.m.

CATHOLIC

ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC CHURCH1046 E. Cherry St., Jesup, GA

Office: 912-427-9239Fax: 912-427-9238

Sunday Spanish Mass 1:30 p.m.Sunday English Mass 10 a.m.

Sunday School 11 a.m.Confession upon request before Sunday Mass

Fr. Keith O'Neill, Administrator

CHRISTIAN

FIRST STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH982 South First St. Phone: 427-9921

Sunday Bible Study 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD

ALTAMAHA CHURCH OF GOD18549 Lanesbridge Rd., OdumPastor, Dickie Waters, 294-0673

Sunday School 10 amSunday Morning Worship 11 am

Evening Worship 5 pm

BLANTON GROVE CHURCH OF GODOglethorpe Road

(West of Lanesbridge Road)Pastor, Rev. Bobby PopeSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Family Training Wednesday 7 p.m.

CROSSROADS CHURCH OF GODP.O. Box 127 • 2949 Lanesbridge Rd.

Pastor, Hulet SmithSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Family Training Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

ODUM CHURCH OF GODHighway 341 North, Odum

Pastor, Justin MoriartiSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Family Training Hour 7:00 p.m.

PARKWAY CHURCH OF GOD2303 S. Hwy. 341- P.O. Box 1211, Jesup

Pastors, Bill and Rita HarperPhone: 427-9591 Fax: 427-9818e-mail: www.jesupparkway.org

Sunday Morning Bible Study 9:30 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.Sunday Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Family Night 7 p.m.Wednesday Teen Service 7 p.m.

Wednesday Boys & Girls Club 7 p.m.

PINEY GROVE CHURCH OF GODBeards Bluff Rd.

(Between Odum & Hwy. 169)Pastor, Rev. Richard DobsonSunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Family Training Hour 7:00 p.m.

SCREVEN CHURCH OF GOD333 Screven Church of God Rd., Screven

Pastor: Mike DiPietroPhone: 579-6701

Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Life Enrichment 7:00 p.m.Awanas: 6:45 All Ages

UNITY CHURCH OF GODJesup, 530-6625

Pastor George E. MoxleySunday School 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.Sunday 10:45 a.m. Lil’ Nations

Children’s Church.J-12 Middle School Service every Sunday at 6 p.m.

Family Training Hour Wednesday 7 p.m.Transportation available,

call Sharon Carter 427-9537.Clothes Closet & Food Pantry Tuesday

2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.“Alien Nation Radio” with Pastor Rob –

Sunday’s 105.5FM at 8:30 a.m.“Fresh Fire Ministries” with Bryan Davis 90.5FM

every Friday at 8:00 p.m.

VICTORY TABERNACLE CHURCH OF GOD

Highway 341 South of Jesup 427-8700

Pastor, Keith LairseySunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.Family Training Hour

Wednesday Night 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY

CHURCH OF GOD OF PHOPHECYHighway 301 South in Jesup

Pastor, Paul RhodenSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

EPISCOPAL

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH745 South Palm Street, Jesup

Rev. Dee Shaffer, [email protected]

Rev. Steve [email protected]

(912) 427-3900 officehttp://stpaulsjesup.georgiaepiscopal.org

Wednesday Covered Dish Supper 5:30 p.m.Wednesday Holy Eucharist 6:15 p.m. Centering Prayer Thursday 9:30 a.m.

Worship &Holy Eucharist Sunday 8 & 10:30

FREE WILL BAPTIST

NEW HOPE FREE WILL BAPTISTNew Hope Road, 12 miles from Jesup

off Hwy. 169Pastor, Rev. Tim HorneParsonage: 586-2098Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.

NEW HOPE FREE WILL BAPTIST398 W. Walnut Street • P.O. Box 1361Jesup, GA 31545 • Jesup, GA 31598

Rev. Eddie T. Ball, PastorSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday (2nd & 4th) Worship 11:30 a.m.

SPRING GROVE FREE WILL BAPTIST960 Spring Grove RoadPastor: Bro. Tim Brantley

Church Pastor: 912-256-8746Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.(Midweek) Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

GENERAL MISSIONARY BAPTIST

GREATER MORRIS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST

362 N. Third Street, Jesup • 427-9388Pastor, Darron M. Moore

Sunday Church School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship Service 11:15 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.

MORNING GLORY BAPTIST CHURCH277 Boston St., Jesup

Pastor: Rev. Bruce RoundtreeSunday School 10 a.m.

Morning Service 11:30 a.m.

HOLINESS

SPIRITUAL BODY HOLINESS617 Tarber Street, Screven

Pastor: Bishop Richard JacksonFirst Lady: Bertha Jackson

Pastorial Sunday 2nd & 4th @ NoonPrayer Meeting Thursday-7:30 p.m.

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST

BENNETT UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST 401 W. Pine St., Jesup • 427-4020Pastor: Rev. Brandon D. Ogden

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 12 noon & 7 p.m.

NORTHSIDE BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH155 Sycamore, Jesup • 427-2981

Pastor: Anthony HippsSunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Sunday School 10 a.m.Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

“THE CHURCH WITH A HEART”

PIONEER BAPTIST CHURCH948 Sunset Blvd.

Pastor: Shaun AllenSunday School 10:00 a.m.Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

RESURRECTION CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH

721 N. Fourth St., Jesup, GAP.O. Box 1404

530-6699 or 530-6683Pastor: Rev. Dale E. MooreSunday School 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Praise 7 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

FAITH FELLOWSHIP223 W. Plum Street/P.O. Box 789

Jesup, Georgia 31545(912) 570-0015

Pastor John AspinwallSunday Service 10:30 a.m.

Speak Life Today on Cable Channel 16Thurs. 8:00-8:30 p.m.

HOUSE OF WORSHIP AND MINISTRIES1920 Lanesbridge Rd., Jesup, GA

Pastor: Mickey W. Tomberlin530-8758

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 10:35 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m

JESUP NEW LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.512 Walker St., P.O. Box 215

Jesup, GA 31545912-588-0408, ChurchPastor Bertha Cobbs

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Services 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

(Only 1st and 3rd Sunday Night)Monday Bible Class 7 p.m.Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

MENNONITE

LAKE GRACE MENNONITE CHURCH5393 Odum-Screven Rd. • 427-2278

Pastor Gene MillerAsst. Pastors: Robert Yoder

and Marcus MillerSunday School 10 a.m.Worship 10: 45 a.m.

Bi-weekly Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

METHODIST

AKIN MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST

160 Sansavilla Road, Mt. PleasantRev. Rick Turner912-223-2831

Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Family Fellowship 6:30 p.m.

EMORY CHAPELUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Pastor Vicki P. ScottOffice Phone: 427-0676Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship: 4th Sunday 9 a.m. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sunday 11 a.m.Bible Study Tuesday 6 p.m.

EPWORTH UNITED METHODISTCorner of Third and TyTy StreetsSenior Pastor: Rev. Melissa Traver

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Worship 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.

A Pre-School Nursery is Provided

FAITH CHAPEL SOUTHERN CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST

CHURCHRev. James Carter

P.O. Box 1024, Waycross Hwy.Jesup

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Night Services 6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH205 East Cherry St. • Jesup

Senior Pastor:, Rev. Tucker A. LewisOffice Phone: 427-2738

Contemporary Worship 8:55 a.m.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Traditional Worship 11 a.m.Youth Fellowship 4:45 p.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.

Wednesday Kidz Time 3:30 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.

MT. MARIAH A.M.E. CHURCH100 Church Street

Pastor: Rev. Velma R. WattsSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship Service 11 a.m.Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m.

ODUM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH501 N. Church Street, Odum, GA

Pastor: Darrell Carter Phone: 912-424-6031Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

SCREVEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHPastor: Darrell Carter Phone: 912-424-6031Sunday School 9 a.m.

Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

NON-DENOMINATIONALTURNING POINT WORSHIP CENTER1810 S. Palm St. • (912) 530-7228

Senior Pastor: Justin MitchellWorship Pastor: Jordan Davis

Youth Pastor: Jonathan McCulloughChildren’s Pastor: Deborah EvorsSunday Worship 10:3 0 a.m.Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

www.turningpoint.cc

PRESBYTERIAN

JESUP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH297 S. Brunswick St.

Pastor: Pete Ullmann • 912-427-9664Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 11 a.m.Wednesday 10:30 a.m. Pastor’s Bible Study

PRIMITIVE BAPTIST

JESUP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST595 South First Street

Pastor: Elder Keith Tillman • 427-4809Bible Study 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

SALEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST303 C.W. Collins Street, Screven, GA 31560

Bible Study - Sundays 9:45 a.m.Worship Service - Sundays 11 a.m.

REFORMED BAPTIST

EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH1618 Waycross Highway

Jesup • 427-4322Pastor Thomas WatersSunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Evening Worship 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Service 7:00 p.m.

SOUTHERN BAPTIST

ALTAMAHA BAPTIST CHURCH6622 Oglethorpe Rd., Jesup 31545

912-586-6780 - Rev. Jack LeeSunday School 9:15 a.m.Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.Sunday Evening 7:00 p.m.Wednesday 6:30 p.m.

Awana - Sunday 6:00 p.m.

ANDERSON DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH260 Anderson Drive

Pastor: Rev. Josh StaffordSunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:45 p.m.

AWANA 6:30 p.m.

BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCHBethlehem Road

Sunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

Pastor: Rev. Danny Daniels“Come Grow With Us”

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH415 E. Cherry Street

Pastor: Rev. J. Vann DempseySunday School 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Night Youth 6:45 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m

*AWANA Clubs *During School Year

FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCHWaycross Hwy. 427-9349Pastor David BohannonSunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Service 6:30 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHA Caring Family of Faith

185 South Brunswick Street, JesupPastor: Dr. Michael VonMossSunday School 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.Youth Worship Sunday 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night Service 6:15 p.m.912-427-4239 • jesupfbc.org

Ask about our Special Needs Ministry

GARDI BAPTIST CHURCH981 Morning Glory Circle, Gardi, GAServices: Sunday School 10 a.m.

Morning Worship 11 a.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.

LITTLE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH5027 Little Creek RoadPastor Richard JohnsonSunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Monday Prayer Service 7 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m.

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH301 South Jacksonville Hwy.

Rev. Wayne “Rooster” Manning, Jr.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m.

ODUM BAPTIST CHURCH400 North Church StreetSunday School 10 a.m.Worship 10:30 a.m.

Church Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m.

OLD BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCHOld Holmesville Road, Jesup

Pastor Mark LedbetterSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Sun. Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.

O’QUINN BAPTIST CHURCH175 O’Quinn Church Rd, Screven

Pastor Gerald GreenleeSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.Youth Worship Sunday Night 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.

RED HILL BAPTIST CHURCHRed Hill Road, Jesup

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

RITCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH737 Ritch Church Rd., ScrevenPastor: Rev. Benji McReadySunday School 10:00 a.mDiscipleship Training 5 p.m.

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.Sunday Evening - Awana 5 p.m.*

*During School OnlyWednesday Prayer 7 p.m.

SCREVEN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHSenior Pastor: Dr. Brad Ellington

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Church Training 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCHSpring Grove & Rayonier Roads

Pastor: Dr. Ron WilcoxSunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.Members Welcome Public to Be With Us

UNITED PENECOSTAL

CORNERSTONE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

1620 Highway 301 South, JesupPastor Ray Worley

Sunday School 10 a.m. Evangelistic 5:30 p.m.Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

APOSTOLIC FAITH

GREATER ST. JAMES TEMPLE OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH INC.

White Star Road, Screven, GA 31560912-579-6724

Pastor: District Elder A.D. GreenSunday School 10 a.m.

Worship 11:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Class 7 p.m.

Prayer Daily Mon. - Fri. 5:30 a.m.Transportation provided call 427-9627

Tyre familyreunion setDescendants of John Tyre; his firstwife, Mary Jane Lightsey Tyre; and hissecond wife, Elizabeth (Betty) EasonTyre, will hold their 43rd annual re-union March 4. The reunion will take place at LongBranch Community Center, 3419 LongBranch Road in Appling County. Thecenter will open at 11 a.m. for thosewho would like to meet early and visitwith relatives. A short business meet-ing will convene at noon with lunch tofollow. Everyone is asked to take a covereddish. Plates, cups, eating utensils anddrinks will be provided. For more information, call JasonDeal at 579-6521 or LaRae Thorntonat 579-6583, or visit the Tyre FamilyReunion page on Facebook.

Overeaters tomeet TuesdaysOvereaters Anonymous meets in thecafeteria conference room at WayneMemorial Hospital each Tuesday at 6p.m. Overeaters Anonymous is a not-for-profit fellowship of individuals whoseprimary purpose is to refrain fromcompulsive food behaviors and to carrythe message to those who still suffer. For more information call 424-5959.

Paint partyis SaturdayThe Outsider Project will host apaint party Saturday at Angel’s Hid-den Room.The event begins at 7 p.m., and the$35 charge covers all materials forpainting and a glass of wine.

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WRAP-UP� � �

(The Wayne CountyHospital Authority metThursday night andvoted on and/or dis-cussed the followingitems.)

•Media blitz—TheBlackshear Times Pub-lisher Robert Williamsled with a presentationon a media blitz he hadbeen working on for sev-eral weeks.Stories featuring

WMH physicians, pa-tients, volunteers andemployees will be pub-lished for approximatelyone year in both TheBlackshear Times andThe Press-Sentinel.

•Money blues—Chief Financial OfficerGreg Jones presentedthe financial account forJanuary and stated thatthe hospital had taken aminor hit for the month,citing several factors.Patient receivables in-

creased $1 million due tohigher-than-budgetedpatient revenue. In addi-tion, Jones said healthinsurance claims were acontributing factor for aloss of revenue for Janu-ary.Deductions from rev-

enue were over budgetby $1 million and were64 percent of the revenuereported for January.The net income retaineda $16,000 surplus afterall was said and done.

•Readmissions—As-sistant Chief NursingOfficer Lisa Boatrightreported a higher num-ber of readmissions thanusual for January, specif-ically noting readmis-sions from pneumoniacases.Chief Executive Offi-

cer Joe Ierardi expressedconcern that patientswould have been read-mitted with pneumoniabecause that is an illnessthat should have beencleared before the pa-tient(s) left the hospital.Some cases were relatedto the patient having

complications with ei-ther chronic obstructivepulmonary disease orcongestive heart failure. Ierardi called for a de-

tailed analysis of thosereadmission cases forfurther review.

•Equipment pur-chases—An expenditurerequest was approved forthe purchase of four re-placement big wheelstretchers. Of the 50stretchers throughoutthe hospital, four hadbeen having brake andsteering issues. The newStryker stretchers wereapproved at a cost of ap-proximately $30,000.The remaining stretch-ers would be replacedover the course of thenext two to three years.In addition to the

stretchers, the board ap-proved a request to pur-chase an Aquamantysgenerator and generatorcart for use in the oper-ating room.The purchase would

be to support spinesurgery and promote de-creased blood loss duringspine surgery, therebyreducing transfusionrates and length of stay,decreasing surgerytimes, reducing compli-cations, and improvingvisibility within the sur-gical field. The cost for the pur-

chase was approved atapproximately $20,000for a refurbished ma-chine.

•LeadershipWayne—Ierardi in-formed the board thatthe members of the 2016Leadership Wayne classwill visit Wayne Memor-ial Hospital March 9from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.The group will be pro-

vided with an overviewof the hospital’s opera-tions, a tour of the facili-ties and lunch with vari-ous members of thehospital’s managementteam.

Jeni’s Boutique ribbon cutting

JOEY’S SMILES PHOTOGRAPHY / Scene2bseenJeni’s Boutique held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at 187 W. Plum St. in Jesup. Guests participatedin a raffle and were offered light refreshments. Wayne County Chamber of Commerce Executive DirectorChristy Carter and Jeni’s Boutique owner Jeni Schluckebier spoke at the event. The boutique carrieswomen’s and children’s clothing and offers tanning. According to Schluckebier, Jeni’s Boutique is the onlystore in Jesup to carry Fancy Duck Company apparel founded by Dustyn Sloan and Luke Graham of Jesup.“I am excited to clothe all of Jesup from little girls to plus-sized women. My hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays,” said Schluckebier. Above, Joy Burch-Meeks,left, and Jeff Chandler, right, of the Chamber hold the ribbon as Schluckebier cuts through.

Fishin for a Cure art contest winner

EMILY DEATON / StaffTracy Chen, a ninth grader at Wayne County High School, won the sixth annual Fishinfor a Cure’s T-shirt design contest. Chen’s drawing will be on the back of the 2017Fishin for a Cure tournament T-shirts. This is the fifth year in a row that a student fromWayne County has won the contest. Fishin for a Cure is a nonprofit panfish tourna-ment on the Altamaha River to benefit area children who are battling cancer or dis-ease. It is hosted by the Georgia Department of Public Safety’s Motor Carrier Compli-ance Division and the Long County Sheriff’s Office. The tournament is scheduled forMay 20, and weigh-in will be conducted at 6 p.m. by the Georgia Department on Nat-ural Resources at Nobles Cabin in Long County. Above, from left, are Wayne CountyHigh School principal Bo Adams, Capt. Tony Byrd of the Department of Public Safety,Wayne County High School art specialist Barb VonMoss, contest winner Chen with herwinning drawing and $250 in prize money, Lt. Marcus DeLoach of the Department ofPublic Safety, and Long County Sheriff Craig Nobles.

Coastal Pines Techni-cal College (CPTC) is ex-periencing unprece-dented enrollmentgrowth. The College had thehighest percentage of en-rollment increase in theTechnical College Sys-tem of Georgia (TCSG)last semester and againthis semester, accordingto a news release fromthe college.Currently, CPTC has2,928 students enrolledfor spring semester, a 28percent increase overlast spring’s enrollmentof 2,293 students. Fall2016 records show 2,778students enrolled atCoastal Pines, or 14 per-cent more students com-pared to fall 2015, whenCPTC enrolled 2,442students.

Although half of the in-stitutions in thestatewide system saw anincrease in enrollmentboth semesters, onlyCoastal Pines saw a dou-ble-digit increase. CPTCPresident Dr. GlennDeibert attributes thesignificant increase tothe faculty and staff. “Student recruitment,retention and engage-ment is something ourentire campus commu-nity is promoting,” saidDeibert. “And we couldnot have achieved theserecord milestones with-out the commitment andtireless efforts of our fac-ulty and staff.” The “Move on WhenReady” (MOWR) pro-gram is also a major fac-tor in the college’s enroll-ment growth, notedDeibert. Current MOWR

enrollment is 1,374, a92.7 percent increaseover last spring’s 713. MOWR allows highschool students to earncollege credit while earn-ing a high schooldiploma. All costs, in-cluding tuition, fees andbooks, are paid by theprogram, which meansthere is no cost to stu-dents or parents. Onceapproved for the pro-gram, students enroll ingeneral education ortechnical educationcourses. According to Dr. Deib-ert, “Parents are recog-nizing the benefits of theMove On When Readyprogram. When parentsdiscover their child canearn up to two years ofcollege credit by the timehe or she graduates fromhigh school, free of

charge, they find theprogram quite appealingand are usually moti-vated to get theirteenager enrolled.” To accommodate therapid growth, CPTC offi-cials have added classesand instructors. Addi-tional faculty and staffwill be added as needed,stated Deibert. Inter-ested educators mayvisitwww.coastalpines.eduand click employment tovisit the CPTC Job Cen-ter and apply. Prospective studentsinterested in enrolling atCoastal Pines TechnicalCollege may visitwww.coastalpines.edu orone of the campus ad-missions offices for moreinformation.

Coastal Pines sees increase in enrollment

Arbor Day memorial planting

CANDICE MCKINLEY / StaffMembers of the Wayne County Garden Club Council gathered with the familiesof the late Nadine Crosby and Sylvia Daniel for a memorial tree planting Satur-day. A holly leaf tea olive tree was planted in the memorial garden at Hospice ofSouth Georgia to honor the two women, who were members of garden clubs inWayne County.

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LANDINGContinued from page 1A

The center wouldserve as a visitor’s cen-ter and would providestories of the river andits history as well as theecology of the river andits floodplain. The cen-ter would give visitorsinformation about thewildlife managementareas along the riverand the recreationalpossibilities for theseareas and other thingsto do along the river.The boat-landing facil-ities would also be im-proved to accommodatemotorized and non-mo-torized craft on theriver.The Jaycee LandingSteering Committee in-cludes representativesfrom Wayne County,Jesup, the WayneCounty Board ofTourism, the Board ofEducation, the countyParks and RecreationDepartment, the Indus-trial Development Au-thority, and a variety ofcommunity leaders.Garden clubs, theWayne County Chamberof Commerce, the JesupDowntown Develop-ment Authority, envi-ronmental groups andyoung people were allinvolved in providinginput to the committee.Surveys have beentaken to determine thelocal interest in furtherdeveloping the location.Among the most fre-quent recommended

changes that might beadded to the JayceeLanding, the bluffs andfairgrounds were thefollowing,•1. Improvements tothe landing—the areathat presently includesthe boat ramp, boatbasin, bait shop andparking area.•2. Improvements andadditions to the bluffand the open space usedfor tractor pulls, RVcamping and the old ballfield.

RecommendationsSeveral recommenda-tions have been studiedfor the landing and arelisted in the most recentreport for the project.Among them is the needfor truck and trailerparking for fishers,along with improve-ments to the bait shop.A kayak/canoe storageand rental facility and alaunch area opposite theboat ramp are seen as away to increase non-mo-torized access to theriver.A gas dock and fish-cleaning area have alsobeen recommended forthe boat basin.Improvements abovethe bluff could includeshort-term rental cab-ins, tent platforms ortreehouse campsites.Bird-watching plat-forms, hiking trails andboardwalks to the sand-bar beneath the U.S.

Highway 301 bridge arealso among the possibil-ities for amenities forthe area.But the major attrac-tion would be an Al-tamaha Nature andHistory Center. Theidea would be to attractvisitors to the center,where they would be in-troduced to the historyand ecology of the Al-tamaha. A nature-inter-pretive program couldprovide a look into thewildlife along the river,the unique plants andanimals that call theriver corridor theirhome, and the impor-tance of the river floodplain.Included could be aprogram on the historyof Wayne County andother communitiesalong the river and theuse and value of theriver through its history.The folklore of the riverand the literature thatsurrounds life along theriver would be includedin such a program.“There will be atremendous amount ofwork still ahead of us torealize the vision for theJaycee landing,” Jef-fords said this week.“But if we stay vigi-lant to this vision, theJewel of the State thatwe call the AltamahaRiver has seeminglyendless potential for ourcounty and region’s fu-ture.”

BENNETTContinued from page 1A

today (Wednesday) for atown-hall meeting from10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.at the Coastal Pines

Technical College audi-torium.Afterward, he will bejoining the Wayne

County Exchange Clubfor lunch at noon atSybil’s.

CHAMBERContinued from page 1A

Mary KatelynWilliams is chairing theTaste of Wayne Commit-tee.“Mary Katelyn andthe Taste of Wayne com-mittee are doing a greatjob preparing for thisbig event. They did anawesome job last yearand are working hard tobuild on last year’s suc-cessful event,” saidRandy Teston, theChamber’s vice chair ofspecial events.Participating restau-rants include Angel’sFine Dining, Alec’s Subsand Sports Bar, Callie’sWraps, Café Euro,Gooey’s Pizza, Ha-banero’s MexicanRestaurant, One LoveIsland & Soul Food,JaJe’s Place, Marco’sPizza, Nang’s, Sybil’sFamily Restaurant,Wayne Memorial Hospi-tal Café, and Water-melon Creek Vineyard.“We are so excitedabout the new additionsto Taste of Wayne thisyear, “ Williams said.

“We are extremelygrateful to all of ourmembers and commu-nity for their donationsand support. This eventwould not be possiblewithout the generosityand support of our com-munity.”The gala is presentedby Woody Folsom AutoGroup.Sponsors include Al-tamaha Federal CreditUnion for the live auc-tion, Peachtree PestControl for the silentauction, Chemours forthe entertainment,Country Financial(Shaun O’Quinn) for theentertainment, andMurphy Builders Sup-ply for the wine.Corporate sponsors in-clude Coastal PinesTechnical College, Dom-tar Personal Care,Georgia Dermatology &Skin Cancer Center,Healthy Pet, RayonierAdvanced Materials,Republic Services,Southeast GeorgiaHealth System, South-

eastern Gin & Peanut,State Farm Insurance(Robyn Brockington andDavid Earl Keith), andWalmart. The WayneCounty Industrial De-velopment Authority isthe Chamber’s strategicpartner.The Taste of Wayneevent is the Chamber’ssignature event andhelps raise money tofund programming thatsupports local busi-nesses in the commu-nity. According to theChamber, this fund-raiser allows it to keepmembership dues mini-mal while maintaininga wide array of pro-grams.Tickets to the eventare $50 for membersand $75 for non-mem-bers. Tickets can be pur-chased from the Cham-ber office or at the door.For more informationabout the event or toRSVP, call the Chamberat 427-2028 or visit itsevent calendar atwaynechamber.com.

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This artist’s rendering shows one idea of how a visitors center would sit atop thebluff above Jaycee Landing. Additional parking would be provided for those at thecenter to learn more about the Altamaha River.

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Jesup to seek medical care and you’ll get a quick answer.

“Our hospital is a model for ‘hometown care,’ says Dr. Harris. “When you get sick, you want your family around. Here in Jesup, our hospital is an extension of your family.”

The veteran obstetrician and gynecologist knows the hospital business — and not just from the medical staff ’s perspective. Two decades spent in the army as a physician and hospital administrator helped give the popular doctor a keen perspective on what patients look for when illness or injury strike. After an additional 15 years spent delivering hundreds of babies and tending to their mothers in Jesup, Harris breaks into a broad smile when asked to describe what keeps him working in this small town.

“I had to have some specialty work done a few years ago in

he exclaims. “It takes all day just to get a follow up done.”

Dr. Harris explains it’s Jesup’s size, location, demographics and more that has helped him see

those factors that have allowed Wayne Memorial Hospital to blossom into a true regional medical facility.

“I love it when I go to Wal-Mart or Sybil’s Restaurant and I run into babies I’ve delivered,” says

the soft-spoken doctor. “Jesup and Wayne Memorial are a good match — large enough to offer what we need to have, but small enough we can still know each other and treat each other with the level of care we’d offer our family.”

With hundreds on the payroll, many of whom have been at their jobs for decades, Dr. Harris sees the close-knit, family atmosphere that permeates Wayne Memorial as an incentive for many good things, like job growth and satisfaction as well as good medicine.

Where larger institutions can get bogged down in bureaucratic entanglements or corporate politics, Dr. Harris believes the camaraderie that unites Wayne Memorial’s medical staff is another key to quality patient care.

“I came here myself due to the quality of the medical staff and the fact everyone is always

he recalls.

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has continued. Each sings the

other’s praises. Together, they help WMH play host to more than 500 births annually.

Harris points out what he calls two keystones to Wayne Memorial’s success, both locally, and being recognized statewide as a two-time winner of Georgia’s Small Hospital of the Year Award: Credit must go to Jesup and Wayne County. residents, says Dr. Harris.

“For our size, our hospital has many, many phenomenal volunteers,” he says, holding

work hard to make our patients comfortable and they are absolutely a huge part of our success.”

Then he mentions the fact that, when asked to reach for their pocketbooks a few years ago, Wayne Countians didn’t hesitate.

“We had to have new facilities — a new hospital, just a few years ago. It was a big, expensive deal for a community this size. They approved it.”

“The community put its faith in our hospital and it hasn’t let them down.”

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Feb.17•Burglary was re-ported on TecumsehStreet.•Theft by shopliftingwas reported on NorthFirst Street.•Leondra NicoleBrisendine, 21, andBrent Nolan Brisendine,24, both of 20770 Hwy.80 E., Statesboro, werearrested and chargedwith theft by shoplifting.

Feb. 18•Financial transac-tion-card fraud was re-ported on North FirstStreet.•Burglary was re-ported on BuckboardTrail.•An officer was re-quested on North Bam-boo Street.

Feb. 19•Theft by taking wasreported on South FirstStreet.•Criminal trespasswas reported on U.S.Highway 84.

Feb. 20•Simple battery wasreported on East OakStreet.

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Feb. 16•Child molestationwas reported on the Sa-vannah Highway.•Theft by taking wasreported on AngelaDrive.•Theft by taking was

reported on Barn RoadCircle.•Criminal trespasswas reported on Mohi-can Trail South.•Lashae DeniseUlmer, 33, of 1340 BriarPatch Road, Townsend,was arrested andcharged with drivingwhile license sus-pended/revoked, posses-sion of less than anounce of marijuana, pos-session of drug-relatedobjects and speeding.

Feb. 17•Battery was reportedon Plantation Road.•Harassment was re-ported on Old RiverRoad.•Burglary was re-ported on Linden BluffRoad.•Theft of lost or mis-laid property was re-ported on Poppell BreakRoad.•Aggravated assaultwas reported on AmandaDrive.

•A civil disturbancewas reported on LindaLane.•A domestic disputewas reported on MaineRoad.•Thadius Jones, 37, of367 Ridge Road, was ar-rested and charged withobstruction of an officerand a seat-belt violation.•Brittany Stossmeis-ter, 28, of 455 AmandaDrive, was arrested andcharged with aggravatedassault.

Feb 18•Harassing phonecalls were reported onMill Creek Circle.•A domestic disputewas reported on TillmanStreet.•Burglary was re-ported on KillingsworthRoad.•Tylor Moxley, 17, of520 Clark Road, was ar-rested and charged withcriminal trespass. •Dominique JonquailThomas, 25, of 300 RidgeRoad, was arrested andcharged with obstructionof an officer, criminaltrespass and theft bytaking.•Yancess MartikiaHicks, 27, of 546Carteret Road,Brunswick, was arrestedand charged with speed-ing and driving with asuspended license.

Feb. 19•Aggravated assaultwas reported on River-side Drive.•Criminal trespasswas reported onHolmesville Road.•Harassing phonecalls were reported onthe Savannah Highway.

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By John EdenSTAFF WRITER

The Wayne County girlscage team pulled off an-other heart-stopping one-point win last Friday andare set to play in the secondround of the state basket-ball playoffs tonight(Wednesday) at 6 p.m.

In what Lady Jackethead coach Kala Hobbscalled their best game ofthe season, the Lady Jacketgirls took a first-roundupset win over DutchtownFriday, downing the sec-ond-seed team 48-47.

The Wayne girls actuallyhad the game won at 48-44with seconds to go, but theLady Bulldogs hit a threeat the buzzer to make thefinal 48-47.

“We let them drive downand shoot because we kneweven if they hit, they could-n’t win, and we didn’t wantto risk fouling them on athree-pointer,” coach Hobbssaid.

It was the Wayne team’sseventh win with a one-bas-ket-or-less margin and thethird one-point victory.

Alex Thomas was theleading Jacket scorer in thegame with 17 points, andTerren Ward followed with15 points.

Jada Ballsinger addedseven points, and guardsAmani Trice and ChandlerHenderson scored foureach. Divine White added a

point.“It was a huge night on

the defensive end. We heldtheir two best players, whoare averaging 14 points agame, to six points and twopoints,” coach Hobbs said.

“Our guards did an out-standing job keeping pres-sure on the ball and hus-tling to every loosepossession. And our biggirls did a great job keepingtheir 6-foot-3 center out ofscoring range and of re-bounding. It was probablythe best game we haveplayed all season.”

The two teams playednearly neck-and-neckthrough the first half, withDutchtown taking a one-point lead in the first andholding on into the halftimebreak for a 24-23 score. TheLady Jacket defense cameout strong in the third,though, holding theJaguars to only five pointsand taking a two-point leadinto the final period.

The Jackets held onthrough an intense fourthperiod, outscoring the Jags17-15 until the three on thefinal buzzer.

According to team stats,the Lady Bulldogs averageover 49 points per gameand posted a 12-5 regionrecord in Region 4, winningsecond seed in the playoffs.The Lady Jackets--who fin-ished first in Region 2 be-fore an opposing coachraised a technical issueover quarters played (based

on an error in the JV score-book), and caused them toforfeit to Ware County inthe final region game--ended up seeded third inthe state tourney.

Coach Hobbs, in her thirdseason as coach of the LadyJackets, is making herthird visit to the state play-offs this year. The teamtook a second seed to the2015 playoffs but lost in thefirst round to Mount ZionHigh.

Last year, as regionchamps, the girls took afirstseed into the tourneyand made an astoundingrun to the semifinals, losingto Veterans High by fourpoints in the final minute.

In the second-round con-test in Atlanta tonight, theJackets will face one of thestate’s powerhouse teams,Maynard Jackson HighSchool, from southeast At-lanta. The Jaguars, led by6-foot-7 center DominiqueBanks, posted a 13-1 regionrecord in Region 6 and a 22-2 overall record.

Jackson beat Clarke Cen-tral 62-50 in round-oneplay Friday. The Jaguars’only losses are to region op-ponent Decatur (47-44) onJan. 28, and to 12-0 teamSouthwest DeKalb in De-cember.

Center Banks ranks firstin the class in blocks, with6.7 per game, and averages9.4 rebounds along with 8.7points.

Lady Jackets upset Dutchtown, meet Jackson in ‘Sweet 16’

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Poor weather delayedone game and postponedanother for the Jacketsthis past Saturday inGray.

The varsity baseballteam traveled to the At-lanta area, expecting toplay a double headeragainst Jones County andJeff Davis County. TheJackets were able to get inthe Jones County gamebut lost 7-6. The JeffDavis game will be madeup at another time.

“We didn’t play very wellthis weekend,” said coachJustin McDonald. “We hadmultiple opportunities toseparate ourselves, but wejust couldn’t get it done.We have to get better of-fensively in all aspects.There were a few positivesfrom the weekend. Proudof the way our kids battledback after being downthree in the bottom of theseventh and had a chanceto win at the end. Also, weplayed about as poorly aswe could and still had achance to win, so movingforward, we are going tobe fine. We have a greatgroup of guys in thatlocker room that will growand get better from thisloss.”

At the plate, CooperMartin led the team withtwo hits and an RBI. FordTownsend added a hit andthree RBIs, and MasonRobertson, Corey Todd,Cade Lambert andGrayson Kicklighter eachhad a hit.

The Jackets used threepitchers in the game withGant Starling beingtagged with the loss.Townsend started thegame on the mound andlasted only two innings.He gave up two runs off nohits, but he walked six.Jasper Dubberly pitchedthree innings and allowedthree runs off three hitsand two walks. He struckout three. Starling pitcheda third of an inning and

gave up two runs off a hit.Two of the team’s six er-rors were committed be-hind him as well.

The Jackets were set tohost Camden County onTuesday and will also hostLong County on Thursday.The first pitch is at 6 p.m.The team will then playanother doubled header onSaturday against LassiterHigh at 12:30 p.m. at EdoMiller Field and Savan-nah Christian at 3:45 p.m.at Brunswick High.

Junior varsityThe junior varsity lost to

Richmond Hill 5-3 on

Monday.“We pitched good

enough to win, but we did-n’t give enough run sup-port to finish them offafter jumping to a 3-0lead,” said coach JesseBarfield. “We had three er-rors that led to three un-earned runs as well. Thatstuff is on me. Playersneed more reps in prac-tice, and I need to do a bet-ter job with that.”

David Moseley led theteam with two hits.

Jackets fall to Greyhounds 7-6

First pitchThe Wayne County High varsity baseball team is havingvarious people from the community to throw out the firstpitch at home games this season. James Boykin threw outthe first pitch of the season this past week in the Jackets’13-1 win over Brantley County. Boykin has been a longtimesupporter of Yellow Jacket baseball and other sports teamsin the community. His grandson, Griffin, is a member of theteam and caught the pitch.


Wayne County High soc-cer teams split with theteams from Coffee Countylast Friday in their firsthome matches, as theWayne girls won 2-0 andthe Jacket boys took theirfirst loss 2-1.

Callie Franklin and ChloeLyons scored the two goalsfor the Lady Jackets, bothcoming in the second half.Keeper Gracie Yoder hadthree saves in goal to securethe shutout.

Jasmine Hochstetlermade the assist onFranklin’s goal, and SylviaAvila got the assist onLyons’ goal.

“We controlled the gamebut couldn’t find the netuntil the second half of thegame,” Lady Jacket headcoach Jenny Fulton said.“We are still trying to figureout our [new] formation andwhat’s going to work forus.”

Boys’ matchJuan Flores scored the

Yellow Jacket boys’ onlygoal in the match, beatingthe Trojan keeper in thesecond half to put theWayne boys in the lead.

“The lead was short-lived,” boys head coach Dar-rell Mosley said, “as Coffeeequalized the match 1-1 afew minutes later.”

Mosley said both teamswere very fast and playedgreat defense, with very fewshots on goal in the firsthalf, which featured a lot ofphysical defense.

Coach Mosley praised histeam’s play and said that

Cody Bennett, Jonny Gar-cia, Tucker Yoder, BrianAguilar and Tyler Danielplayed really well on the de-fensive line. “We also hadgreat defensive play fromThomas Smith, LamontTrent, Jack Reyna andWade Johnson,” he said.

Then, with only five min-utes left on the clock, Coffeebroke through the Waynedefense to score the win-ning goal, handing theJackets their first loss ofthe season. They now standat 3-1, while the girls are 2-2.

The Jackets were sched-uled to meet Southeast Bul-lock in a second homematch last night (Tuesday)

and meet Brunswick Highat home Feb. 28, beginningat 5 p.m.

They are set to begin re-gion play March 7.

Junior varsityThe junior varsity boys

soccer team lost to States-boro 5-1.

The Jackets started slow,giving up five goals in thefirst half, but settled in andplayed much better the sec-ond half. The Jackets didnot allow another goal andscored on a Dylan Hargroveassist to Jacob Lyle.

Chelo Vaquerano andGraham Welch combinedfor 13 saves on goal.

Wayne soccer teams splitwith Coffee as girls win 2-0

ALEXIS SCARBOROUGH / SpecialLady Jacket Jasmine Hochstetler, No. 10, works forposition on the ball.


The Wayne Countyboys basketball team’strip to the state playoffsdidn’t go beyond thefirst round, but it stillranks as a big win forthe program.“We won 11 games

this season,” boys headcoach Lemetrice Raysaid following the gamelast Friday. “These se-niors have been amaz-ing. They have broughtback Wayne Countybasketball and set astandard for ouryounger kids.”The Yellow Jacket

boys lost 61-41 to Ea-gles Landing, the first-seed team from Region4, in a tough game thatlooked as though itmight go WayneCounty’s way at half-time.The team’s six seniors

—Royal Wyatt, WillieReynolds, Mike Swint,DeShawn James, AjayWebster and TafariThomas, most of whomhave played togethersince freshman year—have struggled throughseveral difficult sea-sons, including onewhich saw the loss ofstar player and team

leader Shaquille Mor-gan to a tragic death in2013.Last year’s 3-23

record had the seniorswanting to finish theirhigh school career on awinning note, and thetourney bid—the first infive years for a Jacketboys team— capped theseason for them.“These boys played

hard all season--everycoach I’ve talked to thisseason said that samething about these kids,”coach Ray said. “Theyhad a mission this year,and they accomplishedit. I am so proud ofthem. Job well done!”The coach thanked

the community for sup-porting the teamthrough the toughcomeback season.“Their support meant

so much to us this sea-son, and we’re lookingforward to the years tocome,” he said.Reynolds scored 10

points in the EaglesLanding game andbagged five rebounds.Wyatt had eight pointsand Thomas scoredseven points.The Jackets went into

the tournament asfourth seed after beat-ing out South Effing-ham in the play-in

game to get in the re-gion tourney, whichplaced them at fourthfor the state tourneyafter losses to States-boro and Ware.The big Eagles Land-

ing team got the jumpon the Jackets from thestart, taking a 10-pointlead in the first period,but a strong second pe-riod saw the Jacketscome back to within fiveat halftime, taking a 35-30 score into the lockerrooms.Another slow third pe-

riod, which has plaguedthe team often throughthe season, stopped thecomeback attempt,however, and the Jack-ets went into the finalperiod trailing 55-35.An even 6-6 fourth al-lowed the Eagles tohang onto the 20-pointmargin of victory.The Eagles were set to

play Riverwood inround two this week.In other play featur-

ing Region 2-AAAAAteams, first-seed States-boro beat Jones County,and faces Cedar Shoalsin round two, and NewHampstead beat UnionGrove and faces Buford.Ware County lost to

Dutchtown in roundone.

Wayne boys fall in first roundof state basketball tournament

2B Wednesday, February 22, 2017 The Press-Sentinel

SPORTS

The Georgia Hunting andFishing Federation (GHFF)held its 11th annual pheas-ant shoot recently on theOwen Farm in Alapaha.

It was the first of threefund-raising shoots plannedfor the year. The next shoot ison March 4. All shoots takeplace on the Owen Farm andbegin at 9 a.m.

Each shoot is available to20 shooters who reserve aspot and pay their $225shooting fee. Payment in-cludes a one-year member-ship to GHFF plus a cap orshirt and a delicious cateredlunch on the day of the shoot.Reserve your spot on the nextshoot by calling Ronnie Gask-ins at (229) 445-0804 oremailing [email protected]. The first event was asell-out.

Continental pheasantshoots are exciting and safeand produce take-home meatfor the sportsman’s table. Thelayout is a harvested fieldwhere 10 round hay bales(two shooters per bale) arepositioned 70 yards apart and110 yards from the peanutwagon in the center of a circlewhere the pheasants were re-leased. After the release of 20birds, shooters rotate to thenext hay bale.

On the day of the firstshoot, we had a brisk windwhich caused the birds, whenreleased, to gain altitude fastand achieve a high rate ofspeed. These shoots “sepa-rate the men from the boys”and will test your aim/lead,your shells and your shotgun.The pick-up tally at the endof the shoot produced 166hens and roosters, and only36 pheasants successfullyreached the wood line safely.An 82 percent percentage isrespectable under prevailingconditions. Danny Roberson,

owner of Roberson FarmKennels, a South Georgialabrador retriever breederand trainer and GHFF part-ner, provided handlers andpick-up dogs that showed usenergetic and obedient dogwork all morning.

The GHFF was founded in2003 and is a solid grassrootsorganization dedicated toprotecting our hunting her-itage, introducing youth tohunting and fishing, andsafeguarding our interests inthe halls of the Georgia Leg-islature and the Department

of Natural Resources. I havebeen a member for severalyears, and I fully support andapplaud GHFF for its pro-grams and activities. Istrongly urge all Georgiasportsmen to go to their web-site, www.gh-ff.org, and seewhat they do and also join theorganization. An annualmembership is only $25.

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Martha Puckett MiddleSchools downed WareMiddle 9-2 and ArthurWilliams fell to BaconMiddle 10-4 on the dia-mond late last week.Zack Thomas picked up

the win on the mound.He pitched four scorelessinnings, striking outthree and walking onlyone. Blake Wood,Matthew Suttles andRay Townsend pitched inrelief.Jacob Brewer led the

team at the plate going3-3. Thomas, Townsendand Wood had two hitseach. Blake Brockington,Codey Eicher, Trey Pieceand Matthew Suttleseach had a hit.“For the first time this

year, we were finally ableto wake the bats and getsrunners on,” said coachJames Hobbs. “We wereable to do a lot more of-fensively to get runnersmoving and make theirdefense make plays.Pitching has done agreat job all year, so itwas good to get them alead to work with it. Weare still missing signsand made some little

mistakes, but we aregoing to continue to ironthem out.”AWMS coach Jason

O’Steen said that he waspleased with his team’seffort but that it hassome work to do.“We are making way

too many mistakes inpretty much all aspectsof the game,” he said.

“We are just going to con-tinue to keep workingand try to improve.Maybe we will get hotand things start clickingwhen it matters themost. We have a greatgroup of kids, and I enjoyworking with them. Theyput a lot of time into it,and maybe it will pay offat the right time.”

MPMS baseball team beats Ware Middle

MPMS’s Codey Eicher takes a lead at second againstWare Middle.

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The Martha Puckett Mid-dle School soccer teamsearned county braggingrights over Arthur Williamson the pitch this past weekwith the boys winning 5-1and the girls winning 2-0 inovertime.

For the MPMS boys,Abraham Vasquez andDavid Twilley each scoredtwo goals, and Gage Orvinadded one.

“Our defense played greatagain, shutting down theArthur Williams attack,”said MPMS coach StuartWest. “Off to a great start!”

In girls’ play, it was a de-

fensive battle until over-time, when MPMS pulledout the 2-0 win. In over-time, Jazmin Mendez andPresley Moore each scored.

“Whaley Moody, OliviaMullis and Madyson Dom-browski were also key play-ers in this game,” saidMPMS coach Naomi Col-lipp. “Their passing was onpoint, and they ran throughevery ball! Ashley Johnsonis improving with everypractice and every game. Iam extremely proud of theway my team kept pushingthemselves to the last whis-tle!”

Despite the loss, AWMScoach Jean Adams was alsopleased with the play of her

team.“The girls came out with

the usual first-game jit-ters,” said Adams. “Theyplayed a hard game butstruggled to pull it together.In the first half we took sev-eral shots on MPMS butcould not make it connect.The second half saw MPMSon our side of the field a lotmore, and they took moreshots on goal than we did.The girls played a hardgame and gave it every-thing they had. They didnot stop fighting, and I ampleased with their play. Wehave a lot of work to do, butI look forward to the girlsimproving as the seasongoes on.”

MPMS soccer teams sweep AWMS

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The Wayne CountyHigh tennis teams sweptBrunswick High thispast week.

The teams will next bein action at homeagainst Pierce CountyHigh on Thursday.Matches will start at 4p.m.

“I am very proud of theteam today,” said coachWindy Dolan. “Witheach match we are get-

ting better and learningskills that will help us aswe approach regionmatches.”

Taking wins for theLady Jackets wereMadison Moxley, No. 1singles, 6-2, 6-2; AlexisScarborough, No. 2 sin-gles, 6-1, 6-3; KadieMoxley, No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-0; Mia Popkin andMorgan Courson, No. 1doubles, 6-0, 6-1; Ty-maya Jones and NashaliBonilla, No. 2 doubles;and Maura Popkin and

Kiara Green, an extramatch.

Recording wins for theJackets were JoshPrince, No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-1; Bowen Riddle,No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-0;Andrew Howard, No. 3singles, 6-1, 6-0; DylanLeach and BarrettMiller, No. 1 doubles, 6-1, 6-0; Dawson Danielsand Tim Mocker, No. 2doubles, 6-0, 6-1; andDylan Collett and Jor-dan Boulineau, an extramatch.

WCHS tennis teamssweep Brunswick High

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In middle school ten-nis late last week, theArthur Williams boysgarnered the only win, a3-2 victory over Way-cross Middle. TheAWMS girls lost to Way-cross, and the MarthaPuckett teams wereswept by Pierce Middle5-0 in both matches.

“Marking the halfwaypoint in our regular sea-son, the boys were ableto steal a victory,” saidAWMS coach Rob Youngof his 3-1 team. “With

definitive wins in first-and second-seed singlesby Austin Brown andConner Swanson, wehad a harder time find-ing our third win to sealthe match victory. JarenSchrum and OrlandVazquez took their set toan 8-8 tie but fell 2-7 inthe tiebreak. With ourhopes slipping away,Tyler Bridges saved theday when he stopped hisopponent’s comeback inits tracks with a 9-7 setvictory.”

The girls had a strongshowing from TessLeggett as she domi-

nated her opponent 8-2.“We had a total of

seven other game winsby the girls, but we wereunable to capitalize onsome close scores early,”Young said.

Other players seeingtime on the court wereCa’Markus McGriff, JoeVazquez, Haley Chas-tain, Makayla Crews,Anna Costley, AmaliaRobinson, Ari McGriff,Jessica Doane, TanariaEllis, Madison Mallette,Lauren Tanner, HannahEvors, Katy Bishop andJournee Jordan.

AWMS boys beat Waycross on the court

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The Arthur WilliamsMiddle School girls’ golfteam won its match thispast week over MarthaPuckett and Bacon Middle,while the BMS boys bestedAWMS and MPMS.

In girls’ play, AWMS shota 137, followed by MPMS160. BMS was disqualified.In boys’ play, BMS shot a199, followed by AWMS,

214 and MPMS, 264.For AWMS, Finley Burke

shot a 49. He was followedby Antonio Juarbe, 51;Dylan Smith, 55; and TreyKnight, 59.

For MPMS, Tyler Yawnshot a 61. He was followedby Kade Wheeler, 65; JackTrapnell, 67; and TateCarter, 73.

“Both MPMS and AWMSteams continue to improveon different aspects of theirgolf game,” said coach

Jason Brown. “They con-tinue to learn and improveeach time theycompete, not only on thefundamentals of theirswing, but the experienceson the courses are allowingthem to practice the manyrules and the etiquette ofthe game.”

The teams will be back inaction on Thursday atLakeview Golf Course inPierce County.

AWMS girls win Bacon golf match

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Flea championsThe Bulls won Wayne County Recreation Department’s 2017 flea basketball division. Teammembers of the Bulls include Ametrius Everett, Sariah Fuller, Chelsea Lopez, Braxton Parks,Braylon Williams, Cyler Curtis, Antione Golden and De’Nair Houston. The coaches areShonda Lopez and Coby Parks.

Flea runners-upThe Heat came in second in the WCRD’s 2017 flea division. Team members of the Heat in-clude Artavious Jones, Keioni Kearney, Jha’Quree Keyhea, David Reddish, Jessiah Wilkins,Keith McCray, Haddy Peel, Kilon Reddish and Jamirah Shipman. The coach is Rick Peel.

Mite championsThe Knicks won WCRD’s 2017 mite basketball division. Team members of the Knicks in-clude Jacob All, Aaron Fullmore, Elijah Kelly, Sedreon McGriff, Edrick Mendez, Kion Nelson,Jason Richards, Dominique Williams and Tavion Wallace. The coach is Trevor Wallace.

Mite runners-upThe Warriors came in second in the WCRD’s 2017 mite division. Team members of the War-riors include Nicholas Bynes, Kellen Echols, Zyquez Shaw, Nicholas Thomas, Jaxon Kruger,Li’Trez Millett, Andy Peel, Jamichael Pittman and JaSaun Vail. The coach is Rick Peel.

Jacket girls championsThe Heat won WCRD’s 2017 Jacket girls basketball division. Team members of the Heat in-clude Jakeliah Fullmore, Zainab Giles, Tailin Ward, Takiyah Stevens, Marchelle Williams,Airyon Anderson, Jada Reddish, Victoria Thompson and Ariana Morris. The coach is AlvinFoster.

Jacket girls runners-upThe Cavaliers came in second in the WCRD’s 2017 Jacket girls division. Team members ofthe Cavaliers include Rania Towns, Aria Woodcock, Kaylee Mixon, Qurin Rawlison, SerenaFullmore, Jaivia Fullmore, TyKeonna Guyton and Summer Pummell. The coach is SiearraBryant.

Midget championsThe Knicks won WCRD’s 2017 midget basketball division. Team members of the Knicks in-clude Tyree Baker, Austin Laycock, Felix Paulk, Malik Tillman, Demetrius Everett, Daniel Fos-ter, Jordan Harris and Elijah Jones. The coach is Keith Hayes. The Warriors came in secondin the WCRD’s 2017 midget division. Team members of the Warriors include HaydenHollingsworth, Palmer Lamb, Grayson Spell, Jayson Tomberlin, Jameson Johnson, BrandonJones, Hunter King, Christopher Moger, Preston Wilkerson and Amarrion Williams. The coachis Jason Tomberlin. No picture available for the midget runner-up team.

Junior championsThe Warriors won WCRD’s 2017 junior basketball division. Team members of the Warriorsinclude Tanner Dewitt, Luis Flores, Daniel Gray, Ashton Howard, Samuel Hutcheson, Garri-son Keith, Carez Kincade, Reginald Eric Lee, Tyler Denison, Conner Swanson and JariusTomberlin. The coach is Jason Tomberlin.

Junior runners-upThe Bulls came in second inthe WCRD’s 2017 junior divi-sion. Team members of theBulls include Steven Blake,Najji Hayes, HollisHollingsworth, Antonio Jack-son, Ricky Merritt, QuranRawlison, Caleb Robertson,Camden Townsend, YaseenAbsul-Kareem, Noah Brand-hurst, Zion Jackson andBryan Pinkney. The coach isSteven Blake.

MPMS to holdawards ceremony

Martha Puckett MiddleSchool will hold its fall andwinter sports awards cere-mony on Feb. 24 at 9 a.m. torecognize student athleteswho participated in crosscountry, football, softball,cheerleading, basketball,color guard or majorette.

Blue Jay Bingoset for March 3

Blue Jay Bingo is set forMarch 3 at the OdumRecreation Center at 7 p.m.

Proceeds will go towardthe Blue Jay Bingo pro-gram.

The event will include fiverounds of bingo that will beplayed for various prizes.The cost is $5 for fiverounds. Additional cardscan be bought for $1 each.Paper cards are now beingused, and so daubers areneeded. If you don’t have adauber, they will be avail-able for $2 each.

Prizes this month will in-clude gift cards to Gooey’sPizza, Angel’s Fine Diningand Walmart. Also, a 32-inch television set will be inplay. Door prizes includeEmerald Princess tickets,The Strike Zone bowlingpasses and others.

Tea, lemonade and water,along with snacks, will beprovided.

Soccer boostersto sell pancakes

The Wayne County SchoolSoccer Boosters will host apancake supper Feb. 28, be-ginning at 5 p.m. in the so-cial hall at Unity Church ofGod.

The meal will includepancakes, bacon and a bev-erage for $5 each. It is eat-in or carry-out, and all pro-ceeds benefit the schoolsoccer student-athletes.

The public is invited.

WCRD sportsregistration open

The Wayne County Recre-ation Department hasopened registration for itsspring and summer sportsprograms.

•For baseball and soft-ball. The cost is $25 with alate-registration fee of $15extra.

The department will holddivisions for youth 3 yearsold through 17 years old.For the boys, the age-con-trol date is May 1, and forgirls the age-control date isJan. 1.

•For track, registrationwill run through Feb. 24.The cost is $10 and the pro-gram is open to youth ages7 years old to 14 years old.

The age-control date isDec. 31. Track participantswill be competing in areacommunities against otheryouth in their age group.The plan is to hold practiceson weekdays between 3:30p.m. and 5 p.m.

•Summer golf and tennisregistration will runthrough May 5. The cost is$25.

The programs are open toall youth 7 years oldthrough 17 years old.

The age-control date fortennis is Sept. 1, and theage-control date for golf isAug. 1

The golf and tennis pro-grams are not instructionalleagues. The players willcompete in area communi-ties against youth in theirown age group.

For more information con-tact the WCRD at 427-5915.The WCRD is located at 244Peachtree St.

Yellow Jacket Runset for Feb. 25

� Corporate challengepart of this year’s raceThe Wayne County High

cross country team is hold-ing its 11th annual YellowJacket Run on Feb. 25 atJaycee Stadium.

Funds raised will be usedto help send Wayne Countycross country runners tosummer camp.

There will be a 12K run, a5K run and a one-mile Buzzrun for various age groups.Also this year, a Corporate

Challenge is being held.Local businesses can entera team and the top five run-ners from the team will bescored against other teams.Trophies will be awarded tothe winning teams.

Sponsorships are alsoavailable, ranging from $50to $500.

For more information con-tact Kathy Broadhead [email protected] or call 427-4707.


The non-points Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway, run on Sunday morning after being rained out on Saturday night, turned into a battle among manu-facturers with Ford wrestling the lead — and the win — from Toyota on the final lap.

After Denny Hamlin dominated much of the race, leading 48 of 75 laps with help from fellow Toyota drivers from Joe Gibbs Racing, Ford driver Joey Logano used drafting help from Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski and from Kevin Harvick, his one-time nemesis but now a fellow Ford driver, to get the win. (The Clash was the first race since Harvick and his Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch and Danica Patrick switched from Chevrolet to Ford.) On the final lap, Hamlin led, as he had for the previous 47 consecutive laps, but the Ford trio of Keselowski, Logano and Harvick were coming on strong thanks to the aerodynamic forces that allow multiple drivers working together to outrun a driver on his own. As the drivers entered Turn One for the final time, Keselowski, leading the Ford trio, ducked low to pass Hamlin. Hamlin then moved low to block, and the two drivers collided and spun out of contention. That allowed Logano to motor away unchallenged for the rest of the final lap to score his first Clash win in nine career tries. At the finish line, Kyle Busch came out the victor in a three-way battle for the runner-up spot over third-finishing Alex Bowman, making his only scheduled start of the season, and Danica Patrick, who surged ahead in the chaos of the final lap to take fourth place over Harvick. Logano has become one of the sport’s best drivers on the restric-tor-plate tracks at Daytona and Talladega, and was the 2015 Daytona 500 winner. But he acknowledged in his winner’s inter-view that he spent the first few laps of the Clash, a race for pole winners from the previous season and select others, getting re-acclimated to the practice of racing in packs on a superspeedway. “Five laps into the race, I made three mistakes already,” Logano

said. “Definitely, I was a little rusty from the last time I went superspeedway racing, and to have myself [and] my spotter ... able to kind of clean up our mistakes for later on in the race was good.” Logano said the Gibbs drivers — Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and the rookie Daniel Suarez — showed from the start that they were planning to work together to keep their competi-tors at bay. And for much of the race they held the top four spots. “The Gibbs cars were down there on the bottom [lane], and they were so committed to each other, doing such a good job at being able to stick together,” Logano said. “They’re able to just say, ‘Hey, as long as one of us wins.’ “They don’t try to pass each other. They don’t try to make the block to do anything. They just stay committed.” So, Logano explained, the only way to break up the Gibbs quar-tet was to do the same thing, only do it better. “Brad [Keselowski], myself and Kevin [Harvick], we were able to kind of talk a little bit over the caution through our spotters and said, ‘Hey, we’re going to be committed to each other, and we’re just going to figure it out as we go.’ “Once we got in line ... we kind of grabbed one [position] at a time, one at a time.” That cooperation continued until Keselowski and Hamlin tan-gled on the final lap. “Denny had to make the block, but I was able to see that the block was coming way too late and it wasn’t going to work, so I immediately went to the top because I saw that they were going to crash, and we were basically in the right place at the right time and were able to drive our Shell-Pennzoil Ford into Victory Lane at the Clash,” Logano said. Logano said he wasn’t surprised at the help from Harvick, even though the two had some high-profile run-ins years ago. “Kevin and I, actually we are friends now,” Logano said. “We get along good, actually. Believe it or not, I know that’s probably surprising to everyone ... but there have been multiple times throughout speedway racing that we’ve ended up working together.” Hamlin, who wound up finish-ing 13th of the 17 starters, said that once the three Ford driv-ers hooked up and began split-ting up the Toyota drivers, he was at a major disadvantage. “We lined up so well as Toyota teammates throughout the race that once those guys started breaking that up and leap-frog-ging, [Keselowski] had commit-ment from the 22 [Logano] and the 4 [Harvick] and when they were able to get back up there that really put us at a speed differential.”

The Clash provides strong dose of late-race drama

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Race: PowerShares QQQ 300Where: Daytona International SpeedwayWhen: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. (ET)TV: FS12016 Winner: Chase Elliott

Race: NextEra Energy 250Where: Daytona International SpeedwayWhen: Friday, 7:30 p.m. (ET)TV: FS12016 Winner: Johnny Sauter

Race: Daytona 500Where: Daytona International SpeedwayWhen: Sunday, 2 p.m. (ET)TV: FOX2016 Winner: Denny Hamlin (right)

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Brendan Gaughan in the Beard Motorsports No. 75 Chevrolet and Elliott Sadler in Tommy Baldwin’s No. 7 Chevy were big winners in Sunday’s pole qualifying. Neither team has a charter, which would guarantee them a starting spot in the Daytona 500, but their qualifying speeds assure them of being in Sunday’s race no matter how they fare in Thursday’s Can-AM Duel qualifying races, which will set starting positions No. 3 through No. 40 for the Daytona 500. Four other drivers for non-charter, or open teams, will vie in the Duels for the final two starting spots. They are Reed Sorenson, Timmy Hill, Corey LaJoie and D.J. Kennington.

Chase Elliott will run all three races at AMS Home-state driver Chase Elliott, the 2016 Cup rookie of the year, will be running two races at his home track, Atlanta Motor Speedway, when NASCAR’s top three series head to Georgia the first weekend in March. In addition to driving his No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the Cup Series on March 5, Elliott will drive the No. 23 truck for GMS Racing in the Camping World Truck Series on March 4. The Dawsonville native and son of Hall of Famer Bill Elliott has 10 career starts in the Truck Series with one win, six top-five and eight top-10 finishes, and two poles.

Aspen Dental steps up With Nature’s Bakery no longer the primary sponsor of Danica Patrick’s No. 10 Ford, one of her other sponsors, Aspen Dental, has increased its spon-sorship of Patrick from a planned four races to “a double-digit slate,” accord-ing to a release from Patrick’s team, Stewart-Haas Racing. Aspen Dental is set to be on the No. 10 for this week’s Daytona 500. Also, Sports Business Daily is report-ing that Nature’s Bakery plans to coun-tersue Stewart-Haas Racing, which ear-lier filed suit against Nature’s Bakery for breach of contract after the company that sells fig bars abruptly ended its three-year sponsorship of Patrick and her team.

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Sophomore driver Chase Elliott turned a lap at 192.872 miles per hour on Sunday to win his second-straight Daytona 500 pole. His Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., on his return to the Monster Energy Cup Series, was close behind Elliott, earning the outside pole with a lap at 192.864 mph. It was the third straight pole for Elliott’s No. 24 team and crew chief Alan Gustafson, who becomes the first crew chief since Ernie Elliott, Chase’s uncle, to win three straight Daytona 500 poles. Chase Elliott, who wrecked in the 500 after starting from the pole last year, said his main goal this time around is to be run-ning at the finish. “Obviously, we’d love to have a shot to win this thing,” he said. “So, it would be great, and I think we have a car that can do it. So we’ll find out.” Earnhardt said he was hoping to deliver a pole to his hard- working crew. “I think the guys are a little bit disappointed,” he said.

“They really wanted to get the pole. I’m disappointed too, but am absolutely thrilled to have an all-Hendrick Motorsports front row. “And we’ll work on the balance practice a lot this week and make sure it’s a good- handling car for the race. But it’s a good way to start the week.”

Elliott claims back-to-back poles for Daytona 500

In a NASCAR world where rookies often get great rides in top cars, Daniel Suarez is getting one of the rarest of opportunities. The 25-year-old Monterrey, Mexico, native and NASCAR’s reign-ing Xfinity Series champion, is moving to the Monster Energy Cup Series as a raw rookie, but will be driving for one of the best teams in the business. He’ll take over the No. 19 Toyota team at Joe Gibbs Racing, the team that Carl Edwards left at the end of last season. Edwards was in position to win the 2016 championship with 10 laps remaining in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but lost his chance at the title when he collided with Joey Logano on a late restart. Now that team, led by veteran crew chief Dave Rogers, will pre-

pare the No. 19 for Suarez. Despite never having run a Cup race, Suarez has tallied 68 Xfinity races and 27 more in the Camping World Truck Series over the past three seasons, with three Xfinity wins and one in trucks. He joins a team headed by Rogers, who has led his drivers to 18 Cup wins, 85 top-five and 132 top-10 finishes and 20 poles. Saurez said that while there is pressure in moving to a proven team like the No. 19, it also takes a lot of pressure off of him. “It does give me a lot of confidence to know that I’m with a team that is capable of winning races and championships,” Suarez said. “Hopefully we can improve throughout the year and get to a point where we can be competitive to win races.” Suarez has three veteran teammates — Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin — to help him as well as Edwards. “I think we have the potential to work together more once the season starts,” Suarez said of his Gibbs teammates. “They have been very helpful. Carl, even though he’s not going to be racing, I will be talking with him pretty often.” In his move from racing in the NASCAR Mexico Series, where he had 10 wins in 58 starts, to racing in the U.S., Suarez has been backed by ARRIS, a company based in Suwanee, Georgia, that manufacturers the equipment used by cable operators to provide services to homes and businesses. Last week, ARRIS, which also sponsored Edwards, announced that it was increasing its primary sponsorship of the No. 19 team from 17 to 22 races this year. “Daniel represents the future of racing, and we’re looking for-ward to joining him on the podium in his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season,” Ron Coppock, executive vice presi-dent of global marketing and customer operations at ARRIS, said in a team release.

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•The Lady Jacket varsity basketballteam is in “Sweet 16” play today (Wednes-day) against Maynard Jackson HighSchool in Atlanta. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.

•The Wayne County High baseball teamwill Long County on Thursday at 6 p.m.The team will then play a doubleheader onSaturday in Brunswick. The Jackets willface Lassiter at 12:30 p.m. at Edo MiddleField and then Savannah Christian at 3:45p.m. at Brunswick High. The junior varsitywill host Glynn Academy today (Wednes-day) and then play Camden County on theroad on Thursday. All game times are at5:30 p.m.

•The AWMS baseball team will playBrantley Middle on the road on Thursdayat 4 p.m. The MPMS baseball team willplay Pierce County on the road on Thurs-day at 4 p.m.

•The WCHS junior varsity soccer teamwill play Glynn Academy on the road onThursday. The girls will play at 5:30 p.m.,followed by the boys.

•The AWMS soccer teams will play JeffDavis today (Wednesday) and Long Countyon Friday on the road. MPMS will hostLong County today (Wednesday). The girlswill play at 4 p.m., followed by the boys.

•The WCHS tennis teams will hostPierce High on Thursday. The matches willbegin at 4 p.m. The junior varsity will playCamden High on the road (today) Wednes-day. They will also host Pierce High onThursday. Matches will start at 4 p.m.

•The AWMS tennis team will host WareMiddle on Friday at 4 p.m.

•The AWMS track teams will compete inPierce County on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.,and MPMS will compete in Ware County.

•The WCHS track season will compete inCamden County on Thursday at 4 p.m.

•The WCHS varsity golf team will playin the Camden Classic in Kingsland on Sat-urday. The tee time is 8 a.m.

•AWMS and MPMS golf teams will playin Pierce County on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

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I may be a little late onthis article because car-penter bees have been ac-tive for a couple of weeks

now,but I’mstillgettinga lot ofcalls.Soherewe go. Car-

penterbeesare

common this time of year,often found hovering andbuzzing around homesand heads. They caneven appear to be mean,hovering right in front ofsomeone or even dive-bombing on occasion.However, these bees arenot aggressive as far asstinging is concerned; asa matter of fact, themales do not even havestingers. The females dohave the ability to stingbut really have to be pro-voked. Their biggestthreat comes from struc-tural damage that occursfrom boring into exposedwood of buildings. Carpenter bees resem-

ble bumblebees but havea couple of noticeable dif-ferences. The upper sur-face of the bee is bare,shiny and black, whilebumblebees have a hairyabdomen with at least

some yellow markings.The other difference iswhere they nest. Bum-blebees usually nest inthe ground. Carpenterbees build their nests intunnels they create inwood. They chew a per-fectly round hole aboutthe size of a dime andsometimes larger than anickel. The females arethe ones that do all theexcavating and then layeggs in a series of smallcells. The larvae feed ona ball of pollen providedby the mother bee andemerge in late summer.The male’s job is to pro-tect the nest while the fe-male does all the work.This is somewhat ironicsince the males are notcapable of stinging, butthey certainly do a goodjob of bluffing. These bees prefer bare,

unpainted or weatheredsoftwoods, especially red-wood, cedar, cypress andpine. Painted or pres-sure-treated wood is lesslikely to be attacked. Themost common attackzones on houses areeaves, window trim andfacial boards. Otherstructures that are com-monly damaged arebarns, shops and decks.Sawdust associated withthese buzzing bees is themost recognizable sign ofattack.So how do we control

the pesky little buzzbombs? First, these beesdo help pollinate manyimportant fruits, vegeta-bles and flowers, so if pos-sible, let’s try to run themoff before we kill them. Afresh coat of oil-basedpaint is very effective.Wood stains and preserv-atives are less reliablebut are better than barewood. If none of these ispractical for your situa-tion, pesticides contain-ing permethrin orbifinthrin will repel theseinsects for about twoweeks per application. If holes are already pre-

sent, an aerosol spray forwasp and bee controlshould be sprayed intothe hole. It’s best to sprayat night to kill the adultand the brood. If youspray during the day, theadults may be gone. Beecareful; the females cansting! After a couple ofdays, go back and plugthe hole with a piece ofwood dowel coated withcarpenter’s glue or usewood putty. This last stepprotects against futureuse of the old tunnel andreduces the chance ofwood decay. If you have any more

questions about carpen-ter bees, give us a call atthe UGA Extension Officehere in Wayne County(427-5965).

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Garden of Month

The Lily Garden Club of Screven chose the Al Harris home at 133 SycamoreSt. as the Garden of the Month for December. The porch across the front of thehome holds an array of hanging baskets. Boxwoods, cedars and roses line thefront of the home. The backyard is dotted with a variety of trees.

ESOL Student of the Month

James E. Bacon Elementary School’s English for Speakers of Other Lan-guages (ESOL) program recently named Carmen Lopez-Vasquez its Student ofthe Month for February. Carmen is a fourth grade student at James E. Bacon El-ementary. Each month teachers nominate an ESOL student who goes aboveand beyond in the classroom. Teachers look for someone who is a role model forother students and offers positive contributions to their classroom and school.Above from left, Carmen Lopez-Vasquez is recognized by Kathy Carter, JamesE. Bacon Principal.

JEB Good Citizens

James E. Bacon Elementary School’s PrimeSouth Good Citizens in grades K-3 for January are, front row, from left, Makayla Kapp, Christain Jackson, RyderHighsmith, Franis Romo, Jashua Kriens, Greyson Manning, Ethan Maldonado,Trinity Pittman, Wyitni Brooker, Brody Parker and J.J. Rowell; back row, fromleft, Annette Stout, Logan Himes, Sasha Jackson, Malia Keyhea, Ty Bates, Dy-moni Myers, Kiley Tippins, Drayton Holloway, Olivia Smith, Madalyn Sanderlinand Marina Howard.

James E. Bacon Elementary School’s PrimeSouth Good Citizens in grades 4and 5 for January include, front row, from left, Audrey Murphy, Jennifer Hernan-dez Lopez, Adrian Romo, Cameron Hudson, Kaidence Cox, Emree Mattingly andDennis Murphy; back row, from left, Haddon Mixon, Emma Blanton, IsabelaPerez, Haley Kapp, David Jahuey and Teresa Linderman. Not pictured are AhmirSpears and Jaxon Stephens.

Prince receives SAR awardJoshua Prince of Wayne County HighSchool has been recognized as thegood citizenship award recipient forWayne County High School for 2016-2017. Prince was recognized by the Al-tamaha Chapter of the Sons of theAmerican Revolution (SAR) during anawards luncheon held at Captain Joe’sRestaurant. Prince was recognized forhis service to his community, school andchurch and for his patriotism. Prince,right, receives a certificate and medalfrom Jason Deal of SAR.


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LEGALS:8B Wednesday, February 22, 2017 The Press-Sentinel

Gpn18IN THE PROBATE

COURT OF WAYNECOUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIAIN RE: ESTATE OF

LINDA S. CARLSONWHITE, DECEASED

NOTICE IN RE: The Petition to

Probate Will in SolemnForm in the above-refer-enced estate having beenduly filed,

TO: Jason Davis & ToWhom It May Concern:

This is to notify you tofile objection, if there isany, to the Petition to Pro-bate Will in Solemn Form,in this Court on or beforeFebruary 23, 2017.

BE NOTIFIED FUR-THER: All objections tothe Petition must be inwriting, setting forth thegrounds of any such ob-jections. All objectionsshould be sworn to beforea notary public or beforea Probate Court Clerk,and filing fees must betendered with your objec-tions, unless you qualifyto file as an indigentparty. Contact ProbateCourt personnel for therequired amount of filingfees. If any objections arefiled, a hearing will bescheduled at a later date.If no objections are filed,the Petition may begranted without a hear-ing.

Tammy K. ThorntonJudge of the Probate

CourtBy: Hope S. Cunning-

hamDep. Clerk of the Pro-

bate Court359 E. Walnut St.Jesup, GA 31546912-427-5940Run dates: February 1,

8, 15, 22, 2017.No. 102

Gpn07NOTICE TO

DEBTORS AND CREDI-TORS

GEORGIA, WAYNECOUNTY

All persons holdingclaims against the estateof Nadine L. Crosby, de-ceased, of WayneCounty, Georgia arehereby notified to renderin their demands on theundersigned according tolaw, and all persons in-debted to said estate arerequired to make immedi-ate payment to me.

This 25th day of Janu-ary, 2017.

Deborah C. Pumpelly353 Chase DriveJesup, GA 31546Groover C. Crosby, Jr. 117 Park LaneJesup, GA 31546Leah L JonesAttorney at Law347 East Cherry StreetJesup,Georgia 31546Run dates: February 1,

8, 15, 22, 2017.NO. 103

Gpn07NOTICE TO

DEBTORS AND CREDI-TORS

GEORGIA, WAYNECOUNTY

All persons holdingclaims against the estateof Richard Allan Malone,deceased, of WayneCounty, Georgia arehereby notified to renderin their demands of theundersigned according tolaw, and all persons in-debted to said estate arerequired to make immedi-ate payment to me.

This 2nd day of Febru-ary, 2017.

Diana Meadows Mal-one

115 Clearwater Drive Jesup, GA 31545Run dates: February 8,

15, 22, and March 1,2017.

No. 112

Gpn01IN THE SUPERIOR


STATE OF GEORGIAIN RE:

Z.D.K.(DOB: XX-XX-2012)Adoption No. 16-AD-

0012Adoption by: Manuel &

Denise KingTO: AMANDA GRACE

KING & UNKNOWN FA-THER

NOTICE OF PUBLI-CATION

By order of the courtfor service by publicationdated the 7th day of Feb-ruary, 2017, you arehereby notified that onthe 22nd day of Decem-ber, 2016, MANUEL andDENISE KING, filed a Pe-tition for the Adoption ofZ.D.K., a Minor. You arerequired to file with theClerk of Superior Court,and to serve upon Plain-tiff’s attorney, JOHN E.PIRKLE, whose addressis Post Office Box 44, Lu-dowici, Georgia, 31316,an answer in writingwithin sixty (60) days ofthe date of the order forpublication or appear atthe hearing on April 5,2017 at 9:30 a.m. at theWayne County Court-

house in Jesup, Georgiaand show cause why theprayers of the Petitionersshould not be granted.

TO: THE UNKNOWNFATHER Pursuant toO.C.G.A. 19-8-12 you areentitled to Notice of thisproceeding as the biolog-ical father not the legal fa-ther of Z.D.K.

Pursuant to O.C.G.A.19-8-12(e) you will loseall rights to Z.D.K., aminor and will neither re-ceive notice nor be enti-tled to object to the adop-tion of the child Z.D.K.,unless within thirty (30)days of the receipt of thisnotice you file;

(1) A Petition to Legiti-mate the Child pursuantto O.C.G.A. 19-7-22 or anAcknowledgment of Le-gitimation pursuant toO.C.G.A. 19-7-21.1 and

(2) Notice of the filingof the Petition to Legiti-mate or Acknowledgmentof the Legitimation withthe Court with the actionunder this Code Sectionis pending and to the per-son who provided suchnotice to you.

WITNESS, the Honor-able Roger B. Lane,Judge of Wayne CountySuperior Court.

This 13 day of Febru-ary, 2017.

/s/ Frances B. YearganCLERK OF SUPE-

RIOR COURTWAYNE COUNTY,

GEORGIARun dates: February

15, 22, and March 1, 8,2017.

No. 128

Gpn14NOTICEWayne County is ac-

cepting applications for aPart timeCustodian/GroundsKeeper. This position in-volves cleaning andmaintaining all outsidegrounds and Administra-tive buildings. The appli-cant selected must havea valid Georgia Driver’sLicense. Applications areavailable at the WayneCounty Administratorsfrom 8:00 a.m. and 5:00p.m. All applicationsshould be returned to theWayne County Adminis-trators Office no later thanMay 1, 2017. WayneCounty is an Equal Op-portunity Employer.

Run dates: February18, 22, 25, 2017.

No. 130

N O T I C EThe City of Jesup is

accepting applications fora part-time secretary at

City Hall.Applications will be

available at City Hall fromFebruary 20th, 2017–March 6th, 2017. Thestarting salary is $9.00per hour. Job opening,along with requirements,may be viewed on ourwebsite at www.je-supga.gov. The City ofJesup is an equal oppor-tunity employer.

Rose Marcus-Jack-son/s/

Rose Marcus-JacksonCity Clerk/TreasurerRun dates: February

18, 22, 25 and March 1,4, 2017.

No. 132

Gpn18IN THE PROBATE


STATE OF GEORGIAIN RE: ESTATE OF

GERALD T. BUCHAN,DECEASED

NOTICE IN RE: Petition for Dis-

charge of Personal Rep-resentative

TO: Whom It May Con-cern:

This is to notify you tofile objection, if there isany, to the Petition forDischarge of PersonalRepresentative, in thisCourt on or before March

3, 2017.BE NOTIFIED FUR-

THER: All objections tothe Petition must be inwriting, setting forth thegrounds of any such ob-jections. All objectionsshould be sworn to beforea notary public or beforea Probate Court Clerk,and filing fees must betendered with your objec-tions, unless you qualifyto file as an indigentparty. Contact ProbateCourt personnel for therequired amount of filingfees. If any objections arefiled, a hearing will bescheduled at a later date.If no objections are filed,the Petition may begranted without a hear-ing.

Tammy K. ThorntonJudge of the Probate

CourtBy: Hope S. Cunning-

hamDep. Clerk of the Pro-

bate Court359 East Walnut StreetJesup, GA 31546912-427-5940Run dates: February

22, 2017.No. 137

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