Stepping Out 5K benefits cardiovascular services

TIFTON, Ga. — The Tift Regional Medical Center Foundation (TRMCF) will be holding the annual Stepping Out for Your Heart 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Run & Walk on Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Northeast Campus of Tift County High School in Tifton. All proceeds benefit the TRMCF Heart Safe Community program, which provides community organizations with automatic external defibrillators and area paramedics with 12-lead EKG machines. The program also financially aids the families of Tift Regional Medical Center cardiopulmonary rehabilitation patients with special needs. The 5K run begins at 8:00 a.m. and the 1 Mile Fun Run and Walk starts at 9:00 a.m. There will be a special Champion’s Fun Walk at 8:45 a.m. to honor all heart disease and/or stroke survivors. An early registration fee is available for $20.00 if received before October 4.  A late registration fee or day-of-registration fee is $25.00. All donations are tax-deductible.   Participation in the Champion’s Fun Walk is free.  All champions, 5K and 1 Mile participants will receive an official 2017 Stepping Out T-shirt. To register or for more information, call 229-391-3310 or visit www.trmcf.com or www.active.com.  The TCHS Northeast Campus is located in Tifton at 3021 Fulwood Road.

 

Allied Arts to present Gospel Fest

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Allied Arts will host a First Friday festival Oct. 6, with four local gospel groups. The performance will begin at 5:30 in the Black Heritage Plaza, next to the police station on McIntosh Street. There is no admission charge for this event.As part of October’s First Friday festivities, Allied Arts will host GospelFest, a program of four local gospel groups. The program will feature the talents of local favorites: the Baldwin Hancock County Community Mass Choir, The Brown Connection, Flagg Chapel Senior and Male Choirs and Pastor James Harris’ Praise Team. Each group will perform multiple songs.Friends of Allied Arts will be selling water bottles for $1 during this event. In the event of rain, the performance will be moved inside Allen’s Market. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.The free performance will begin at 5:30 in The Black Heritage Plaza behind Allen’s Market on McIntosh Street in downtown Milledgeville.

 

One candidate qualifies for Doerun City Council post

DOERUN, Ga. — A single candidate has qualified for an open city council seat in Doerun. Mike Blair will be sworn in at the next council meeting, a city spokeswoman said. He was the only person who sought to replace Councilman Michael Campbell. Campbell resigned last month to run for the mayor’s post that was vacated upon the death of Mayor George Saunders in June.

Campbell, who had served on Doerun’s council more than 20 years, is running against Larry Brady. The city election will take place Nov. 3, but it will be separate from the county vote on the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax that will be held the same day.

 

Dolls on display at historic home

DALTON, Ga. — More than 400 dolls are on display at the Blunt House, a historical home built in 1848 in Dalton, through Friday, Dec. 29. The collection can be viewed every Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by request and during the Whitfield–Murray Historical Society’s Christmas tour of all the Whitfield properties Dec. 1-3. There are dolls for everyone’s taste: Madame Alexander dolls; Dixie dolls; Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls; Shirley Temple dolls; infant and baby dolls; Bradley dolls; Korean, Japanese and Chinese dolls; dolls from India, Europe and the Middle East; Hawaiian dolls; porcelain dolls; antique dolls and modern dolls; black, white and brown dolls.

 

Taylor finalist for Georgia superintendent of the year 

VALDOSTA — Superintendent of Lowndes County Schools Wes Taylor is one of four finalists for the 2018 Superintendent of the Year award in Georgia, according to an announcement by the Georgia School Superintendents Association.  Each year, the GSSA takes Superintendent of the Year nominations from local school boards, regional education service agencies, business organizations, communities and education colleagues throughout the state. Twenty nominations were received this year, according to the GSSA  release. Georgia’s four finalists are Superintendent of Coweta County Schools Dr. Steve Barker, Superintendent of Newton County Schools Samantha Fuhrey, Superintendent of Pike County Schools Dr. Michael Duncan and Taylor. “I am certainly humbled to be considered as a finalist for Superintendent of the Year,” Taylor said in a statement. “I am fortunate to be a part of a great school system where I get to work with dedicated professionals every day. I look forward to the continued success of our school system and I truly appreciate this recognition! I am also honored to be named among such an esteemed group of superintendents.” In November, the 2018 Georgia Superintendent of the Year recipient will be named and will compete in the national competition, the release stated. In February 2018, the national Superintendent of the Year will be announced at the American Association of School Administrators’ National Conference on Education in Nashville, Tenn.   “(The finalists) have been singled out for their leadership abilities and their excellent skillset in working with their boards, staff and local communities,” according to the GSSA announcement. “Having outstanding communication skills seems to be a theme amongst this distinguished group of experienced educational leaders. They all face challenges and do so with high integrity and dynamic and supportive leadership styles.”