GA-FL At a Glance

Published 2:15 pm Thursday, November 30, 2017

Living Bridge Center to hold open house

DALTON, Ga. —  The Living Bridge Center, which serves those living with HIV within North Georgia Health District 1-2, has moved and is holding an open house in observance of World AIDS Day Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new location for The Living Bridge Center (which had been housed in the Whitfield County Health Department) is 1200 W. Waugh St., at the corner of West Waugh Street and Broadrick Drive. Free HIV and Hepatitis C testing will be offered during the open house, and staff will provide tours of the new facility. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call (706) 281-2360. Everyone is invited.

State Representative Sam Watson to speak at ABAC graduation

TIFTON, Ga. – State Representative Sam Watson will be the featured speaker at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in Gressette Gym.  A total of 176 graduates are expected to receive their diplomas at the ceremony. Watson, a 1999 ABAC graduate, is the State Representative for House District 172 in the Georgia House of Representatives.  He is also a Colquitt County farmer who is the managing partner of Chill C Farms and the Moultrie Melon Company.

Norman Park to light city Christmas tree Dec. 6

NORMAN PARK, Ga. — Norman Park will host the annual lighting of the Christmas tree in the park at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6. Christmas carols will be sung by the Colquitt County High School Serenaders. Free soup and chili will be served after the tree lighting at the Norman Park Conference Center Dining Hall. Both the lighting and the food afterwards are sponsored by the City of Norman Park.

Jasper’s Allen Kennedy wins $5,000 worth of Sunoco fuel

JASPER — Allen Kennedy was one of 14 winners of the Sunoco UltraTech Free Fuel 5000 Sweepstakes and the only winner in Florida.

Kennedy has worked for the Florida Department of Corrections for the past 30 years and is planning on retiring soon. 

His vehicle sports a Sunoco decal, which is what was spotted when one of the Sunoco spotters visited the store. 

The spotters look for the Sunoco decal on the back of a loyal customer’s vehicle and will give them a $10 gift card and entered then to win the $5,000 sweepstakes. This is the 14th year of the Sunoco UltraTech Free Fuel 5000.

“It seems still so surreal that a guy from Jasper could win something like this,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy and his wife Manieca are planning to do a cross-country trip to the west coast to see new places like the Grand Canyon with the $5,000 in fuel.

“Since my wife is retired and I will be retiring in the new year, we want to travel,” he said. “We have a camper and with the $5,000, we can fill up and go wherever we want to.”