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   ATLANTA – Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) celebrates its 100th birthday in 2016 with a year-long Centennial celebration that explores GDOT’s role in getting Georgia out of the mud – from the dirt roads of 1916 to the paved roads crisscrossing Georgia in 1939 to today’s modern transportation system. “While traveling through Georgia’s transportation past…

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  Tift Regional Health System (TRHS) presented Pillar Awards to six directors at its quarterly Leader Development Institute (LDI) retreat held Nov. 10-11 at the Tift Regional Community Events Center.   Each recipient was nominated and voted on by members of the TRHS executive team.   TRHS seeks to operate on six areas of focus, or “pillars,”…

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  Georgia’s regular Energy Assistance Program will open on December 1, 2015, for homebound and elderly households (all adults in household must be age 65 or over or physically homebound).  Households with individuals who have life-threatening medical conditions and who are in danger of imminent cut-off of their heating source may also apply.  The program…

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Needing models aged 55- 81 to audition for a chance to Strut on the Runway (ALBANY)  On Saturday, December 5, 2015 The Live Oak Park Organization, Inc. and Another TUT Production will host a model search for male and female senior citizens in the Albany, GA and surrounding areas.  Seniors from age 55 and up…

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TIFTON – The music program at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will usher in the holiday season with a concert on Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. in the Chapel of All Faiths as part of the First Tuesday Concert Series. Dr. Susan Roe, Head of the Department of Fine Arts and a professor of voice, said…

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5th grade students at Worth County Elementary School love BUGs now that our local Kiwanis Club has started a new program at the school called Bring Up Grades or as the student’s know it the BUG program. The principal of WCES, Dr. Steven Rouse, Mrs. Karen Rackley, Mr. Jay Crowe, and Mr. Kyle Tomlinson (all…

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