City hosts redevelopment input meeting for Phillipsburg, Unionville

TIFTON, Ga. — The City of Tifton along with consultant Bruce Greene will be hosting a Community Input & Redevelopment Strategy meeting for the Historic Phillipsburg and Unionville area, according to the meeting agenda. The meeting will include a discussion of the area located near our Matt Wilson Elementary school and the area known as New Front. The meeting is at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 21 at the Downtown Welcome Station.

 

Glenn-Mor has perfect survey

THOMASVILLE — The staff at Archbold Memorial Hospital’s Glenn-Mor Nursing Home was recently given perfect scores on a State of Georgia accreditation survey administered by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS).The CMS survey evaluated Glenn-Mor on quality of care, resident safety, nursing care and administration.According to the most recent national and state data available, the average number of healthcare deficiencies in Georgia nursing homes is 2.8. Nationally, nursing homes average seven deficiencies. Glenn-Mor had a perfect score of no deficiencies. “Receiving zero deficient and a perfect score on this survey shows the dedication we have to providing our residents with great care and service,” said Cynthia Vickers, Glenn-Mor administrator. “We applaud our staff for their commitment to our patients and their level of care.”

 

Postponed lane shift now set for Tuesday

MORVEN, Ga. – A previously-scheduled traffic shift on state Route 133 that was postponed due to Tropical Storm Irma will now happen Tuesday, weather permitting. The Georgia Department of Transportation will move state Route 133 traffic onto a portion of newly-constructed northbound lanes. The shift was originally supposed to happen Sept. 7. The shift will be from Campground Road in Morven to 4,000 feet south of Lawson Pond Road.  The stop sign on Lawson Pond Road has been moved back because traffic will be on the SR 133 northbound lanes. Traffic traveling on the side road approaching SR 133 should be prepared to stop sooner. Georgia DOT is widening/reconstructing SR 133 from Brooks to Dougherty counties. The corridor is in the Governor’s Road Improvement Program (GRIP), a system of economic development highways. The work is being done in 10 separate sections or projects. Two sections have been completed and three are under construction, all on the southern end of the corridor.

 

The Bitteroots returning to Buffington’s stage

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — The Bitteroots will perform at Buffington’s Sept. 23.The four-member band features Mike Davis on drums/percussion, Laura Dees on vocals, Bill Taylor on bass/vocals, Derron Nuhfer on saxophone and Kyle Bryant on guitar.Taylor is no stranger to Milledgeville. He’s a member of the Georgia College Class of ’93. In the early ‘90s he was a member of the Milledgeville-based band, New Found Daze.The Atlanta/Decatur-based original jam-rock band was founded in 2008. The band has a sound that’s been called a “unique brand of soulful rock.” The band has shared the stage with: The Freddy Jones Band, Allgood, Col. Bruce Hampton, Arrested Development, 7 Walkers (Bill Kreutzmann of The Grateful Dead), George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Anders Osborne, Coy Bowles (Zac Brown Band), Dead Confederate, Cigar Store Indians, Adron, The Deadfields, The Sundogs, The Shadowboxers, The District Attorneys, Lindsay Rakers Band, Nathan Beaver, Mike Killeen, Sydney Rhame, Kristen Englenz, Greco, Tedo Stone, Saint Francis, The Longshot Saints, honey honey, and many other great bands and artists. Buffington’s is located at 120 W. Hancock St. For more information on the group visit www.thebitterroots.com . 

 

Concert planned at Dalton State College

DALTON, Ga. — Music gives people a sense of nostalgia, which is why Ellie Jenkins named an upcoming concert at Dalton State College “A Time and Place.” “A Time and Place” is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Dalton State’s Goodroe Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. This recital is made possible by a grant from the Dalton State Foundation to the Dalton State’s School of Liberal Arts.

 

Pleasant weather but keep an eye on Maria 

VALDOSTA, Ga. — The good news: After taking a beating from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irma, Lowndes County can expect sunny skies and warmer temperatures this week. The bad news: there’s another hurricane looming on the horizon. High-pressure systems should keep things “pretty benign” over South Georgia through Tuesday, said Don Harrigan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Tallahassee, Fla., office. “Sea breeze circulation weakens at this time of the year,” leading to low rain chances, he said. The weather service expects sunny skies through Tuesday, with highs around 90 and rain chances picking up slightly — to the 20-30 percent range — for the rest of the week.  “It should be your typical mid-summer pattern,” said Frank Strait, senior meteorologist with the private forecasting firm AccuWeather.  He didn’t expect widespread severe weather in South Georgia this week, but said isolated “pop-up” wind damage was possible. An easterly wind flow caused by Hurricane Jose, far out in the Atlantic and expected to miss the Southeast entirely, and Hurricane Maria in the tropics will pull in increased moisture, raising rain chances, Harrigan said. Maria could have “some effect on the Southeast,” Strait said. At 5 p.m. Sunday, Maria, a Category 1 (74-110 miles per hour winds) storm, was located 140 miles east-northeast of Barbados, heading west and on track during the next five days to pass near Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, according to the National Hurricane Center. It’s too early to tell if the hurricane poses a threat to the Southeast but people “should pay attention to this storm,” Harrigan said.  The hurricane center expects Maria to become a major Category 3 storm (111-129 mph winds) in the next few days. Long-range forecast models predict Maria will take a northerly turn that would take it away from Florida, “but the models also said that early on about Irma,” Harrigan said.