Tennis teams roll over Metter, St. Vincent’s
Jeff Davis High School Tennis played Metter at home Feb. 28. The Lady Jackets won 5-0 and the boys also won 5-0. Kalli Wilkes and Lem Miller played great matches against the Tigers. On March 1, St. Vincent’s Academy traveled to face the Lady Jackets. The Lady Jackets won 5-0. Coach Mary Katherine Kemp praised…
Read MoreJayvees win 11-1
Jeff Davis High’s jayvee baseball team rolled to an 11-1, 6-inning win over visiting Telfair County last Wednesday. Cam Williams led JD at the plate with three singles and three RBI. Hamp Hayes had a pair of singles and an RBI, Conner Rea singled in a pair of runs, Matthew Glass had a single and…
Read MoreBuy Girl Scout Cookies
Saturday I went to Wal-Mart and got a warm, fuzzy feeling watching an excited contingent of Girl Scouts and their mothers setting up a tent to sell Girl Scout cookies. They were all smiling, greeting passersby and customers, while selling S’mores, Samoas, Thin Mints, Shortbread/Trefoils, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalong, my personal favorite Do-si-dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich, and…
Read MoreActors Aren’t Experts — By John Reed
Actors Aren’t Experts Why do we give the opinions from actors more credence than experts in their fields? An actor’s job is to convince us his made-up role is believable; successful ones make for good movies….but not necessarily useful politics. It’s odd to me that many people and apparently a lot of media types follow…
Read MoreSmart Phones Carry Bacteria — By Dr. Kirk Munsayac
A recent study found that the average public toilet seat had 1700 bacteria per square inch on it. Not exactly something you’d eat off of (and a great reason why you ladies have invented a gravity-defying “hover” method that us guys will never master). Please pause and read this next sentence, I need your full…
Read MoreCity Again Didn’t Uphold Agreement
By MARY ANN ANDERSON During last Monday night’s work session of the Hazlehurst City Council, Mayor Bayne Stone and Stanley Sellers, who owns Yellow Jacket Car Wash at the intersection of North Williams Street and Highway 341, fell into a sometimes heated exchange over issues related to a 2016 drainage agreement signed by both the…
Read MoreDeputy Lacey Injured In Accident
Jeff Davis County was hit with a rash of traffic accidents last week, including one accident seriously injuring Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Deputy David Lacey. The accident injuring Lacey occurred last Friday morning on the Douglas Highway. Lacey was driving a Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Department vehicle. Details are sketchy as the Georgia State Patrol…
Read MoreMr. Ted Wayne Adams, 67
Mr. Ted Wayne Adams, 67, of Hazlehurst, died Feb. 20 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Adams was born Dec. 9, 1951, in Toombs County to the late Luther Adams and Eva Mercer Adams. He was retired from Beasley Forest Products and a member of Northgate Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his siblings,…
Read MoreMr. Daniel Crozier, 53
Mr. Daniel Crozier, age 53, of Hazlehurst died Feb. 16 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Crozier was born Sept. 27, 1965, in Coffee County to the late John L. Crozier and the late Alice Conner Crozier. He was retired, a member of Bible Baptist Church, and is preceded in death by his siblings,…
Read MoreMr. Will Dawson, 91
Mr. Will Dawson, 91, of Hazlehurst, died Feb. 24 at Lumber City Nursing Home. Mr. Dawson was born Dec. 28, 1927, in Dodge County to the late Hoke Eugene Dawson and the late Evelyn Lowery Dawson. Since 1934 he has lived in Jeff Davis County, a retired farmer and was retired from Jeff Davis County…
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