METRO GUIDE 10/30/16

A guide to Dougherty, Lee, Worth, Baker and Terrell counties

Sunday, October 30, 2016 • The Albany Herald

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Settling in: What newcomers need to know

By Mary Braswell

gia Department of Driver Services, 2062 Newton Road, Albany; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, closed Monday. Fees: Learner’s permit — $10; Regular license — $20 (five years) and $32 (eight years); Veterans — no charge; Georgia ID card — $20 (five years) and $32 (eight years); Georgia ID card for voting purposes only — no fee when qualified. Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) — $6 (three-year report) and $8 (seven-year report). Call (229) 4304258 or 1-866-754-3687.

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Whether you’re new to the metro Albany community or a longtime resident of the area, it helps to know where to go and who to contact when you need to make changes. here are locations and contact information commonly needed.

Change of Address — Dougherty: U.S. Postal Service, main office, 1501 S. Slappey Blvd. Albany; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday; 345 W. Broad Ave. downtown, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday, closed Saturday.

Lee: U.S. Postal Service, Leesburg Post Office, 152 Robert B. Lee Drive; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., MondayFriday and 9 to 11:15 a.m., Saturday; Smithville, 103 Le Conte St., 8:45 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Worth: U.S. Postal Service, Sylvester, 404 Hardy St.; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday.

Terrell: U.S. Postal Service, Dawson, 124 Stonewall St., S.E., 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday. Baker: U.S. Postal Service, Newton, 343 Sunset Blvd.; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday.

Birth Certificate — Dougherty: Probate Court, Judicial Building, 225 Pine Ave., Albany; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (229) 431-2102. Lee: Probate Court, Lee County Courthouse, 100 Leslie

Voter Registration — Dougherty: Government Center, 222 Pine Ave., 776-8202. Terrell: DawRoom 220, Albany; 8:30 son City Hall, 101 S. Main a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-FriSt., Dawson; call (229) day; call (229) 431-3247.

995-4444. Terrell County Lee: Lee County Board of Zoning and Planning, 125 Elections and Registration, Jefferson St., Dawson; call 102 Starksville Ave. N., (229) 995-5210. Baker: Suite 205, Leesburg; 8 a.m.

Newton City Hall, 146 Ga. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; Highway 91, Newton; call call (229) 759-6002.

(229) 734-5421. Baker Worth: Registrar’s Office, County Courthouse, 167 Worth County Courthouse, Baker Place, Newton; call Room 11, 201 N. Main St., (229) 734-3000.

Sylvester; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday; call (229) Property Taxes — 776-8208. Terrell: Terrell Dougherty: Tax DepartCounty Board of Elections, ment, 240 Pine Ave., Al955 Forrester Drive. S.E. bany; call (229) 431-3208.

Dawson; 8 a.m. to noon, 1 Lee: Tax Commissioner’s to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; Office, 100 Starksville call (229) 995-5066.

Ave., Leesburg; call (229) Baker: Elections Office, 759-6015. Worth: Tax 167 Baker Place, Newton; Commissioner’s Office, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayWorth County Courthouse, Friday; call (229) 734Room 15, 201 N. Main St., 3019.

Sylvester; call (229) 776Applications to register 8204. Terrell: Tax Comto vote are also available missioner’s Office, 187 E. at the following locations: Lee St., Dawson; call (229) Albany State University, 995-5151. Baker: Tax Darton College, Albany Commissioner’s Office, 167 Technical College, DepartBaker Place, Newton; call ment of Family and Chil(229) 734-3010. dren Services, high schools, Driver’s license — Geor- public libraries, Department

The Dougherty County Judicial Building is located at 225 Pine Ave. (Albany Herald file photo)

Highway, Leesburg; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (229) 759-6005.

Worth: Probate Court, Worth County Courthouse; 201 N. Main St., Sylvester; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday; call (229) 776-8207.

Terrell: Probate Court, 513 S. Main St., Dawson; call (229) 995-5515. Baker: Probate Court, 167 Baker Place, Newton; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (229) 734-3007. All Georgia birth certificates are $25 for the first copy and $5 for each additional copy.

Marriage License — Dougherty: Probate Court, Judicial Building, 225 Pine Ave., Albany; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (229) 431-2102. Lee: Probate Court, Lee County Courthouse, 100 Leslie Highway, Leesburg; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (229) 759-6005.

Worth: Probate Court, Worth County Courthouse, 201 N. Main St., Sylvester; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Monday-Friday; call (229) 776-8207. Terrell: Probate Court, 513 S. Main St., Dawson; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday; call (229) 995-5515. Baker: Probate Court, 167 Baker Place, Newton; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday; call (229) 734-3007.

Fees vary by location and whether premarital counseling is available. Call first!

All location fees include one $10 certified copy of the marriage license.

Business license — Dougherty: Treasurer’s Office, Suite 150, 240 Pine Ave., Albany; call (229) 431-2118. Lee: Lee County Administration offices, 110 Starksville Ave. N., Leesburg; call (229) 759-6003.

Worth: Sylvester City Hall, 101 N. Main St., Sylvester; call (229) 776-8505.

Warwick City Hall, 132 Washington St. S.W., Warwick; call (229) 535-6256.

Worth County Building and Zoning; 201 N. Main St., Sylvester; call (229)

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of Motor Vehicle Safety, and driver’s license posts.

Forms may also be downloaded at http://sos.georgia. gov/elections/how_to_register.htm and returned by mail.

Vehicle Tag — Dougherty: Tag Office, 240 Pine Ave., 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday; call (229) 431-3255. Lee: Tag Office, 102 Starksville Ave., Leesburg; call (229) 759-6015.

Worth: Tag Office, Worth County Courthouse, Room 15, 201 N. Main St., Sylvester; call (229) 776-8204.

Terrell: Tag Office, 187 Lee St., Dawson; call (229) 995-5151. Baker: Tag Office, 167 Baker Place, Newton; call (229) 734-3010.

Cable television — Mediacom, 1104 N. Westover Blvd., Albany; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday; 9 a.m. to noon Saturday; call 1-800-476-1163.

Newton: Blakely Cable, 65 Liberty St., Blakely; 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday; call (229) 723-3555.

Satellite television — DirecTV — 1(877) 348-0158 or 1(877) 841-8936; Dish Network — Call 1(855) 229-3693 or 1(855) 4718007.

Telephone Service — AT&T, establish service – Residential 1(800)2882020; Business — 1(866) 620-6000.

Utilities — Dougherty: Albany Utility Board, 207 Pine Ave., Albany; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; Call (229) 883-8330 to

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Economic activity in Albany, Dougherty County increase optimism

By Carlton Fletcher carlton.fletcher @albanyherald.com

quail-hunting plantations, is expected to start in the next couple of weeks.

The farmland that is part of the Pretoria Fields project has already been converted — or is in the process of being converted — into certified organic land on which crops that will be used in the brewing process of the craft brewery will be grown.

“We’ve already produced and harvested a crop on our land in Dougherty County, and much of it is under contract to companies that use organic products,” Pretoria Fields spokesman Albert Etheridge said. “We’ll continue to sell the crops we grow until the brewery is ready for production.”

As Morgan and company prepared to break ground

on the downtown brewery, another local developer — Pace Burt, who has established himself as one of the go-to designers/builders of downtown residential complexes in the Southeast — turned his attention on his hometown after creating landmark developments in cities like Greenville, Ashville, Columbus and Mobile.

At the urging of another local developer, William Hancock, Burt put together a proposal to purchase the former Albany Hotel/Albany Heights building just two blocks west of the planned brewery.

Citing his desire to positively impact “the community that has been good to me

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ALBANY — It’s a good time, it seems apparent, to invest in Albany and Dougherty County.

The on-again, off-again downtown redevelopment that city officials have teased residents with for years is closer to reality now, perhaps, than it’s been since the inner city’s retail district was decimated by the move in the 1980s to make the district the center of government.

And the county’s strengthened ties with top employers like Procter & Gamble and Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany offer assurances — or as close

Manager Latoya Cutts said of the planned inner-city renaissance. “We’ve had our hopes up, only to be disappointed over the years so many times. But when our citizens see the value of investing their own money in what we’re doing, that’s when you see real development.”

The redevelopment spark was ignited when vascular surgeon Dr. Tripp Morgan announced plans The former Art Park downtown on Pine Avenue is part of to build a craft brewery in Dr. Tripp Morgan’s Pretoria Fields operation that plans to the heart of the downtown open a craft brewery soon in downtown Albany. (Albany district along Pine Avenue.

Herald File Photo) Work on that estimated $5 million-plus project, which as a community can get to the community’s economic will be part of a Pretoria assurance in what has deengine keep it purring Fields operation that will veloped into a topsy-turvey along. also stretch into farmland national economy — that “It’s right there; you in the southwestern portion the high-paying jobs vital to can see it,” Downtown of the county among prime

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Above left, the beloved train depot in downtown Leesburg, which is a symbol of the community’s founding, is just one of the historically significant structures in Lee County that will be getting a facelift in the coming year. Above right, the Lee County Courthouse will soon be the recipient of some much-needed improvements now that the county government is moving forward with a plan to renovate the top half of the building’s exterior. (Albany Herald File Photos)

Lee County focuses on past, preps for future

By Brad McEwen brad.mcewen @albanyherald.com

LEESBURG — Lee County has come a long way since 1825 when its then 5,850 square miles were acquired through a treaty with Creek Indians and were inhabited primarily by a largely agrarian population. While what is commonly known as one of Georgia’s fastestgrowing counties is a lot smaller in the present day, it continues to expand and evolve while residents and leaders look to preserve its past.

Today Lee County encompasses 362 square miles and, according to a 2014 estimate, has a population of slightly fewer than 30,000 people.

It also continues to be one of the fastest-growing areas of the state, a trend only continued in the past year.

According to Lee County Development Authority/Lee County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Winston Oxford, the county welcomed several new businesses and expansions in the last several months, including the relocation of Flint Equipment Co. and the opening of a new Kia dealership on Ledo Road.

In all, Oxford said the Chamber hosted 16 ribbon-cuttings, and the development authority continues to field requests about commercial properties throughout the county.

“We’ve had a lot of good things happening in Lee County,” he said.

A lot of the interest in the county has centered around efforts county leaders have put into road improvements, which included the resurfacing of several important county thoroughfares, such as

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Kinchafoonee Creek Drive and Oakland Road.

Additionally, the county has nearly completed one of three major new road projects, the Marlow Lane Extension, which will give the Story Acres, North Doublegate and Calloway Lakes neighborhoods another artery to U.S. Highway 82.

Other major road projects, which Oxford and others in the county say they believe will continue to improve the community, include the Westover Boulevard Extension, which will connect Lee and Dougherty counties, and the Forrester Parkway Extension, which will serve as a connector between eastern and western parts of the county.

Perhaps the biggest news out of Lee County in recent months, however, was the announcement of a new, state-of-the-art, 50-bed hospital expected

to locate on the site of the Grand Island Golf Club.

According to Oxford, the proposed hospital will have a tremendous financial impact on the community as it represents a $50 million investment from involved parties.

That type of investment, Oxford said, will generate more than a half-million dollars in property tax revenue alone.

“The grand thing about the hospital is that it will increase our tax base,” Oxford said. “When I say increase the tax base, I mean if the investment is $50 million, that’ll bring in $640,000 a year in property tax. Not to mention the competition it will bring. Not to mention it will also be a catalyst for the area.”

Oxford envisions medical practices and other medical-related businesses locating in the general vicinity, as well as restau-

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rants and other companies looking to capture business from hospital traffic.

Currently, the hospital investment group is ironing out certain details, but a memorandum of understanding has been executed between the parties and the Lee County Commission.

The final, and most important, step toward making the hospital a reality is the acquisition of a Certificate of Need from the Georgia Department of Health. Oxford said the investment group should apply for that in the near future, and once that application is made the project will accelerate.

“It’s moving,” he said.

“It’s just complicated.

And we only get one chance to do it right.”

In the past 20 years, while Lee County and its seat have become a sought-after residential area, the community has

also become home to a great many retail establishments and restaurants.

Access to medical care has also become more prevalent in the county with numerous doctor’s offices and dental practices open throughout the community. Even so, the county has retained its focus on agricultural.

Throughout its history, agriculture has played a huge role in the growth and success of Lee County, and today there are thousands of acres of farmland producing crops such as peanuts, cotton, corn, sorghum, soybeans, berries, apples, pecans, livestock and more.

The community’s rich history also remains a source of pride. Multiple projects aimed at restoring and protecting the past have begun in the past year.

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metro guide 2017 •From Page 3 and my family” moreso than focusing on profits, Burt has come up with a unique plan for the estimated $3 million to $4 million project.

“I’m going to have (at least three) retail spaces in the building, and I’m not going to charge rent,” he said. “And I’ll ask the Albany Police Department to have one of their officers stay in the apartments at no charge to enhance security.

I’m also going to create a partnership with others in the community — one that reflects the population, both black and white — in which they’ll not be asked to invest money, only to market the development.”

The Albany City Commission was to consider

Burt’s proposal at its Oct. 25 meeting, and the developer promised that he would start work on the project within 30 days of that body’s approval.

Meanwhile, directly between these two highprofile projects, officials with Southern Community Newspapers Inc., the parent company of The Albany Herald, announced that the historic building that houses the newspaper and other properties on Pine Avenue and Washington Street owned by the company are being marketed.

SCNI officials have said they will search for a location that better fits the current staff and functions of the newspaper if the company’s downtown properties are sold. A number of

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developers have expressed interest in the properties, listed at $1.4 million.

Many followers of city goings-on point to City Manager Sharon Subadan’s decision to use up to $5 million in credits squirreled away as part of a development fund to spur downtown growth as the turning point in the current momentum. Some of that funding has been used to purchase property along Front Street and Pine Avenue and to repair those properties in preparation of expected retail development.

“I can say that there is genuine interest in downtown,” Cutts said. “There are four or five strong retailers who are very interested in that riverfront retail property.”

The county, meanwhile, is basking in the ongoing construction of a biomass energy plant on land adjacent to the Procter & Gamble campus. That $200 million-plus project not only strengthens P&G’s ties to the community, negotiations to sell energy generated by the plant to nearby MCLBAlbany could result in that base becoming the Department of Defense’s first netzero energy installation.

The base is several years into an agreement with the county landfill through which gas at that facility, a natural byproduct of the landfill operation, is converted into energy that helps run the base.

“The biomass plant is doing so much more than creating temporary

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construction jobs for our region,” Dougherty County Commission Chairman Chris Cohilas said. “It’s allowing us to strengthen our ties with two of our largest employers and also putting us on the map as one of the pioneers in biomass energy production.

“The whole country is looking at this project.”

A positive economic offshoot of the biomass plant will be the creation of businesses that will supply the wood and organic products that will be burned to create the steam that will generate the plant’s energy.

Since Dougherty County and Albany’s populations have each dropped off considerably over the past two decades, most leaders in the city and county say

the good economic — and thus, employment — picture is trending upward for Georgia’s eighth largest city (with a population of slightly less than 77,500) and 27th largest Georgia county (94,565 population), the third largest — behind Muscogee and Lowndes — in South Georgia.

And then there’s the promise offered by Burt as he talks of his planned development: “I guarantee you, within three years of the completion of (the Albany Heights project), there will be $3 million to $4 million in new development that will follow downtown.”

That’s a promise city and county leaders are counting on to put a positive spin on their community’s economic picture.

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Worth is Georgia’s 18th-largest county

By Jennifer Parks

from 1930 to 1948, when it was replaced with the next generation of machinery. In 1957, “The Little Engine That Could” was donated to the Worth County-Sylvester Chamber of Commerce Sylvester, the county seat of and the city of Sylvester by Worth County, GASC railways. It now sits is home to the under a protective awning Georgia Peanut in J.C. Jeffords Park at U.S. Festival. (AlHighway 82 and Georgia bany Herald File State Route 33.

Photo) Worth County had an estimated population of 20,940 in 2014.

For information on the county’s leadership, visit worthcountyboc.com.

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SYLVESTER — Worth County, Georgia’s 18th-largest county in land area, was created in 1853 from parts of Dooly and Irwin counties.

It was named for Maj. Gen. William Worth, a hero of the Mexican War. Worth County is a consistent Georgia leader in peanut production. Sylvester, the county seat, hosts the Georgia Peanut Festival on the third weekend in October that is sponsored in part by ConAgra Foods, whose Sylvester plant makes every jar of Peter Pan peanut butter.

Worth County farmers also make a living planting other crops, including cotton and corn. Around 50 percent of Worth County is forested, and pulpwood manufacturer

nent family.

The early town was a rail stop and center for processing wood products. As the result of a 1904 election, Sylvester wrenched the title of county seat from Isabella.

Halfway between Albany and Tifton on U.S. Highway 82, Sylvester is home to about 6,000 residents.

For more information, visit cityofsylvester.com.

Sumner Worth County’s easternmost municipality is also growing rapidly. The charter establishing Sumner was signed on Aug. 9, 1863. Its land area is 1.1 square miles.

It was named for John Cary Sumner.

Lake Blackshear. Its population has hovered at around 500 for more than 20 years.

Warwick has been named the Grits Capital of Georgia and in March 2003, Gov. Sonny Perdue recognized Warwick as such.

Poulan Poulan is located roughly a mile east along U.S. 82 from Sylvester. Michigan Gov. Chase S. Osbourne, who made his winter home in Poulan in the early 1900s, built the famous Big Poke and Little Poke mansions on Possum Lane — which are now tourist attractions.

Established in 1899, Poulan was settled in around 1877 along the Brunswick and Albany railroad. It was named for Judge W.A. Poulan.

For more information, visit cityofpoulan.com.

Weyerhaeuser is the county’s largest taxpayer.

Seventy-four percent of Worth’s work force commutes to other counties to work, but its largest employers include ConAgra Foods, Birdsong Peanuts, Phoebe

Worth Medical Center, WalMart, Worth County Board of Education and National Pecan.

“Ole Engine 100” is a steam locomotive that ran the rails of the Georgia-Ashburn/ Sylvester-Camilla Railways

Sylvester Incorporated in 1898, the city of Sylvester sprung up along a railroad built to connect Albany with Brunswick.

Originally known as Isabella Station, the name was changed to honor a promi-

Calhoun County. Each of the areas split from Baker one at a time over a threeyear period beginning in 1854.

The primary industry in Baker County is agriculture, with county farmers producing peanuts, cotton, corn, canola, poultry and beef.

The three largest employers, in terms of number of employees, are the Baker County School System, the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway and Pineland Plantation.

A historic marker on State Highway 37 south of Leary marks the site of the final battle of the Creek Indian War in 1836, where several Southwest Georgia militias chased a band of Creeks that had destroyed a settlement

in the area into a nearby swamp.

The county has only one school, housed in two buildings, which comprises pre-K through 12th grade.

Eleventh- and 12th-grade students attended MitchellBaker High School until the beginning of the 2007-08 school year, when they were brought back into Baker’s school system.

In 2013, Baker County’s population was estimated at 3,255, up from 3,085 recorded in the 2010 census.

The county houses several plantations, which range in size from 5,000 to 28,000 acres. The largest is Ichauway Plantation, once owned

by Coca-Cola magnate Robert Woodruff and now home to the Joseph W. Jones

the city was named for Sgt. John Newton, who, like the county’s founder, served in the Revolutionary War. The city was created to be the county seat and was located in the center of the county before large portions of the county split in the 1850s to form other counties. During its early years, several area residents attempted to get a railroad through the city, but city leaders opposed the location of a railroad and it was eventually located in Albany.

Baker County, named for Col. John Baker, is Georgia’s The Baker County 61st county. It has a population of roughly 3,200 people.

Courthouse is listed on the (Albany Herald File Photo) National Register of Historic Places, but because of the Center — which is one of Newton city’s location on the Flint the largest outdoor research The town of Newton is centers in the world where the county seat and the only River, it has been flooded three times over the last scientists study vegetation, incorporated city in Baker century. water systems and wildlife. County. Founded in 1831,

Warwick The city of Warwick is located 20 miles north of Sylvester near the shores of

Baker County has one incorporated city

By Jennifer Parks jennifer.parks @albanyherald.com

NEWTON — Baker County, Georgia’s 61st county, was formed in 1825 from part of Early County and named for Col. John Baker. It encompasses 343 square miles of land area and another six square miles of water area.

The county has one incorporated city — the county seat, Newton — and five unincorporated communities: Milford, Elmodel, Crestview, Bethany and Hoggard Mill.

Until the 1850s, Baker County encompassed all of Dougherty and Mitchell counties, a third of Miller County and two-thirds of

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metro guide 2017 Terrell County home to more than 9,000 residents

By Jennifer Parks

the census of 2010. Population density is roughly 28 people per square mile.

Nearly 66 percent of TerDAWSON — Named rell’s residents age 25 or for William Terrell, a state over are reported to have senator, congressman and obtained a high school founder of the agriculture diploma, with 8.7 percent chair position at the Uniholding a bachelor’s degree versity of Georgia, Terrell or higher. The average County is largely rural. household size is 2.66 Dawson, the county’s people. seat — along with the Median household smaller communities of income in the county was Sasser, Parrot and Bron$32,628 in 2014. During wood — make up Terrell the same period, meCounty. At 338 square dian residence value was miles, it has 2.26 square $78,800. miles of water area and is What is now Terrell bordered by Dougherty, County was the scene Lee, Randolph, Sumter, of a famous Creek InWebster and Calhoun coun- dian uprising, the Battle of ties. It was carved from Echouanotchaway Swamp, portions of Randolph and coming after the burning of Lee counties through an act Richmond in 1836. of the General Assembly in For information on the 1856. county’s leadership, go to According to a 2014 terrellcountygeorgia.com. estimate, Terrell County is home to 9,045 residents — Dawson 210 fewer than reflected in A famous Spanish peajennifer.parks @albanyherald.com

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back and start doing some work to the bottom half of Earlier this year, county it,” Sistrunk said. “But the commissioners approved big thing is to try to get the use of $400,000 in this work done to the top, SPLOST IV funding to the most critical part that begin renovations on needs to be done. the top half of the his“We’d love to have a toric county courthouse in good 100-year celebradowntown Leesburg. That tion, and we’re hoping work is currently under that this is going to really way. change the appearance of County Co-manager the courthouse and make Mike Sistrunk said the it a lot more durable, work, which is being done at least for another 100

by Masonry Restoration years.”

Services, will address the Just across the centop half of the building ter of town from the and should be completed old courthouse, another by next summer, in time historic structure is also for the structure’s 100th getting a face-lift as work anniversary. has begun to completely “Hopefully, in the next restore the old Leesburg SPLOST we can come Train Depot that played

nut market, Dawson was incorporated in December 1875. Its namesake, William C. Dawson, was a lawyer and soldier from Georgia who served in the U.S. Senate in 1849.

After Atlanta was captured and burned in the Civil War, Georgia Gov. Joseph E. Brown established a refugee camp in Dawson for 300 women and children who had fled the city.

For more information, visit cityofdawsonga.org.

Bronwood Resting near Terrell County’s border with Sumter County, the Bronwood community is located off State Highway 118. The town, which was originally called Brown’s Station, was incorporated in 1883.

Parrott Parrott is Terrell County’s northernmost munici-

Terrell County, which includes Sasser, is home to over 9,000 residents. (Albany Herald File Photo)

pality, located nine miles from Dawson. It is named for its founder, John Lawson Parrott.

According to census data, in 2010 the town’s

Sasser is Terrell County’s population was 156. More information can be found at southeasternmost community. The town was named parrottga.com. for one of its pioneering residents, Abraham Sasser Sasser.

Incorporated in 1890,

Lee an important role in the community’s history.

“A lot of people don’t know it, but there wouldn’t be a Leesburg without that depot,” said longtime resident and depot champion Opal Cannon. “Everything built up around it. A lot of things have taken place gradually, and sometimes they mushroom. If you look at the history of Lee County, you’d see in the 1940s and ’50s it was going well, and then it would drop back down. All of that was because transportation is so important.”

Named for Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), a Virginia congressman, Lee County originally

included land that is now Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell and Webster counties and parts of Schley, Chattahoochee, Macon, Clay and Marion counties.

For the first several years, the seat of the county was a community located one-half mile west of the Muckalee Creek known as Starksville, except for two years when Webster served as the seat.

Transportation became a key driver in shaping the history of the area in the 1850s when a rail line was completed connecting Americus and Albany. That line ran past a stagecoach stopover called Sneed’s Store, which had

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already become somewhat of a hub of activity.

That area developed so quickly that in 1873, the county courthouse was moved to Wooten Station on the Southwestern Railroad and was subsequently renamed Leesburg in 1874 when it became the county seat.

By 1920, the population of the county was 1,920, and Leesburg, with a population of 413, was abounding in the cotton trade and had a gin company that handled 2,000 to 3,000 bales of cotton annually.

In 1922, Leesburg High School was completed, and the county had a total enrollment of 2,988 in

grades 1-11. Total school enrollment increased almost 100 students per year for approximately 15 years.

Today, the school system has an enrollment of roughly 6,300 students in grades K-12, and has a faculty of 330.

Data also show that Lee County has 10,698 housing units with a home ownership rate of 76.2 percent. The median value of owner-occupied housing units is $159,000.

Lee has a median household income of $60,104.

People living below the poverty level are 11.2 percent, compared with the statewide average of 18.2 percent.

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By Terry Lewis

terry.lewis@albanyherald.com Dougherty County schools Enrollment: Nearly 15,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Schools: Dougherty has 23 schools and four additional learning centers, including 14 elementary schools, five middle schools and four high schools. The district also has This sign marks the entrance to the Dougherty County School System Administration Building. (Albany Herald File an early college, a charter Photo) school, an alternative school and a pre-K center.

431-1264. alternative school and a pre-K Personnel: The district has Lee County schools program.

2,458 employees with 1,294 Enrollment: More than Personnel: The school active certified and 1,164 6,000 students in kindergarsystem has more than 825 classified. ten through 12th grade. employees.

Officials: Seven Board Schools: Lee has seven Officials: Five Board of of Education members are schools and three additional Education members are electelected to four-year terms. ed to four-year terms. The The chairperson is Velvet Rig- learning centers, including a high school, two middle chairwoman is Sylvia Vann. gins. The Dougherty County schools, two elementary The Lee County School suSchool superintendent is schools and two primary perintendent is Jason Miller.

Butch Mosely.

Contact number: (229) schools. Also included is an Contact number: (229)

903-2260.

Terrell County schools Enrollment: Nearly 1,500 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Schools: Terrell has four schools, including a high school/middle school, two elementary schools and a primary school.

Personnel: The school system has more than 220 employees.

Officials: Five Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms. The Terrell County school superintendent is Robert Aaron.

Contact number: (229) 995-4425.

Worth County schools Enrollment: Nearly 3,400 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Schools: Worth has six schools including a high school, middle school, two

elementary schools, a primary school and an alternative school.

Personnel: The school system has more than 400 employees.

Officials: Five Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms.

The Worth County school superintendent is Kay Matthews.

Contact number: (229) 776-8600 Mitchell County schools Enrollment: More than 2,800 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Schools: Mitchell County has five schools, including a high school, a charter school, a middle school and two elementary schools.

Officials: Seven Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms.

Contact number: (229) 336-4543

Calhoun County schools Enrollment: Nearly 700 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Schools: Calhoun County has three schools, including a high school, a middle school and an elementary school.

Officials: Seven Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms.

The Calhoun County School Superintendent is Yolanda Turner.

Contact number: (229) 213-0189 Baker County schools Enrollment: Just more than 350 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Schools: Baker County has one school.

Officials: Five Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms. The Superintendent is Rob Brooks.

Contact number: (229) 734-5346

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Affiliations: Sherwood Baptist Church and Georgia Independent School Association.

Enrollment requirements: Payment of registration fee after being accepted based on entrance exams, prior grades and entrance interview.

Headmaster: Brian Dougherty. The school opened in 1985.

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St. Teresa’s Catholic School Principal Susie Hatcher and former Westover High counselor Terry McKay are among school officials preparing to add high school classes in the 2017-18 school year. (Staff Photo: Terry Lewis) Headmaster: Dave Davies. The school opened in 1964.

Sherwood Christian Academy Grades: Pre-K-12. Elementary and high school is located at 1418 Old Pretoria

Road, Albany.

Phone: (229) 883-5677.

Website: www.scaeagles. com Accreditation: Association of Christian Schools International, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Georgia Inde-

St. Teresa’s Catholic School Grades: Pre-K-8. 417 Edgewood Lane, Albany.

Phone: (229) 436-0134.

Website: www.stteresas. org Affiliations: Florida Catholic Conference, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, St. Teresa Catholic Church.

Enrollment require-

Byne Christian School Grades: 1-12. 2832 Ledo Road, Albany.

Phone: (229) 436-5712.

Website: bcssaints.org Affiliation: Accredited by the Georgia Association of Christian Schools.

Headmaster: Jim Wagenschutz. The school opened in 1982.

Terrell Academy

Grades: Pre-K-12. 602 Academy Drive, Dawson.

Phone: (229) 995-4242.

Website: www.terrellacademyeagles.com Affiliations: Georgia Accreditation Commission, Georgia Independent School Association.

Enrollment requirements: Transcript and good disciplinary record.

Headmaster: William T. Murdock. The school opened in 1970.

Westwood Schools Grades: K-3-12. 255 Fuller Street, Camilla.

Phone: (229) 336-7992.

Website: www.westwoodschools.org Affiliations: Georgia Accreditation Commission, Georgia Independent School Association.

Headmaster: Ross Worsham. The school opened in 1971.

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Phone: (229) 435-1301.

Website: www.deerfieldwindsor.com Accreditation and memberships: National Association of Independent Schools, Southern Association of Independent Schools, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Georgia Accrediting Commission.

Memberships: College Board, the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, Georgia Independent School Association.

Enrollment requirements: Grades, character and entrance exam

ments: Registration and family information forms, two recommendation forms, interview with principal, latest report card with complete school address and phone number.

Principal: Susie Hatcher.

The school opened in 1945.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The school will add high school classes for the 2017-18 school year, starting with ninth and 10th grade curricula. 11th and 12th grades will be added the following year.

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POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

BY TERRY LEWIS

terry.lewis@albanyherald.com ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY Albany State University was established in 1903.

The university offers undergraduate majors in supply chain and logistics management, computer information systems, technology management, art, English, history, mass communication, mathematics, music, political science, psychology, sociology, Spanish, speech and theater, accounting, biology, business information systems, chemistry, computer science, forensic science, health and physical education, health, physical education and recreation, management, marketing, social work, business administration, early childhood

Albany State University’s Student Center is pictured above. (Albany Herald File Photo) education, mathematics education, middle grades education, music education, school counseling, science education, special education, public adminis-

tration, criminal justice and nursing.

ASU’s graduate offerings are education specialist (Ed.S.) with a major in education administration

and supervision, education (M.Ed.) with a choice of major (early childhood education, educational administration and supervision, middle grades education, school

counseling, special education), education (M.Ed.) in teaching field (English, health and physical education, mathematics, music, science), public administration (M.P.A.), criminal justice (M.S.), business administration (M.B.A.) and nursing (M.S.N.).

ASU has 85 student organizations and 11 athletic programs (six women’s and five men’s).

Affiliation: Historically black state college affiliated with the University System of Georgia and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It’s also affiliated with the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, Council on Social Work Accreditation, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission,

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By Jennifer Parks jennifer.parks @albanyherald.com

Metro Albany residents can have their health needs cared for at the following area hospitals: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital: 417 W. Third Ave.; phone (229) 312-1000; Joel Wernick, president and CEO; 691bed capacity; owned by the Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County; leased to Phoebe Putney Health System.

Phoebe North Campus: 2000 Palmyra Road; phone (229) 434-2000.

Phoebe Worth Medical Center: 807 S. Isabella St., Sylvester; phone (229) 776-6961, emergency room open 24 hours a day/seven days a week; Kim Gilman, CEO; 25-bed capacity; owned by Phoebe Putney Health System.

Medical Clinics AAPHC Behavioral Wellness Center: 1712B E. Broad Ave.; phone (229) 639-3135; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Specializing in behavioral health and substance abuse services.

AAPHC Glover Dental Center: 2607 Gillionville Road; phone (229) 8839001, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday-Thursday.

Albany Regional Plastic Surgery: 2101 Palmyra Road; phone (229) 8891021; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday.

Albany Vascular Specialist Center: 2300 Dawson Road; phone (229) 436-8535; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday.

Baker County Health Department: 327 Sunset Ave. S.W., No. 1, Newton; phone (229) 734-5226; 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. MondayThursday, 8 a.m-5 p.m.

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is the main campus of the Phoebe Putney Health System. (Albany Herald File Photos)

Friday. Appointments and walk-ins accepted.

Baker County Primary Health Care: 327 Sunset Ave. S.W., No. 3, Newton; phone (229) 734-5250; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MondayFriday.

Carlton Breast Health Center: Phone (229) 3124012. Two locations: 427 W. Third Ave., Tower II fourth floor, offers 3-D tomosynthesis screening and diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds and ultrasoundguided biopsies, prone and upright stereotactic biopsies, needle localization, ductograms and cyst aspiration. 2709 Meredyth Drive, One Meredyth Place, Offers screening mammograms and bone density scans. To schedule an appointment call (229) 312-4800.

Dawson Medical Center: 420 Johnson St. Southeast, Dawson; phone (229) 995-2990; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Albany Area Primary Health Care Behavioral Wellness Center is located at 1712-B E. Broad Ave.

Dialysis Clinic Inc.: 337 Fifth Ave. (6 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Monday-Saturday), 1210 N. Jefferson St. (8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. MondayFriday); phone (229) 888-3996. 1314 Radium Springs Road (7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday); phone (229) 4341175. 1921 W. Oakridge

Drive (6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Thursday and Saturday); phone (229) 435-9295. 102 Pineview Drive, Sylvester (5 a.m.-4 p.m. MondaySaturday); phone (229) 776-0250. 806 Forrester Drive, Dawson (5:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday); phone (229) 995-2433.

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Health Department: 1710 S. Slappey Blvd.; phone (229) 430-6200; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday. Walk-ins and appointments accepted.

East Albany Medical Center: 1712-A E. Broad Ave.; phone (229) 6393100; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday.

East Albany Pediatric and Adolescent Center: 1712-C E. Broad Ave.; phone (229) 639-3103; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Healthy Kids and Families Wellness Center: 707 N. Jefferson St.; phone (229) 431-2030; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

Hotz Scoggins Family Medical Center: 401 S. Madison St.; phone (229) 405-6959; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Hughston Clinic: 117 Oakland Parkway, Leesburg; phone (229) 4830055; 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday.

Lee County Health Department: 112 Park St., Leesburg; phone (229) 759-3014; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Walk-ins accepted until 4 p.m. except for Wednesday, when walk-ins are accepted until 3 p.m.

Appointments accepted.

Lee Medical Arts Center: 235 Walnut St., Leesburg; phone (229) 7596508; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday.

Mirian Worthy Women’s Health Center: 2100 Palmyra Road; phone (229) 888-3636; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Phoebe Community Care Clinic: 417 Fourth Ave.; phone (229) 3128990. Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends and holidays. Walk-ins accepted.

Phoebe Corporate Health Services: Phoebe East, 2410 Sylvester Road; phone (229) 312-9220; 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Walk-ins accepted for drug screens and workrelated acute treatment.

Services by appointment

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metro guide 2017 Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany commissioned in 1952

By Jennifer Parks jennifer.parks @albanyherald.com

MCLB-ALBANY — Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany was commissioned on March 1, 1952, as the Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, at which time Brig. Gen. Raymond P. Coffman assumed command and a group of Marines established a presence at the installation. The base got its current name in 1978 after it had been changed twice.

On Jan. 17, 1990, the commandant of the Marine Corps directed the base’s commanding general to also take on the responsibilities of commander for Marine Corps Logistics Bases, which placed MCLB-Albany, MCLBBarstow in California and Blount Island Command in Jacksonville, Fla., under a single commander.

On Oct. 4, 2005, the Marine Corps regionalized all installations, and the organization was divided into a base command with a colonel as its commanding officer, and Marine Corps Logistics Command headed by a command-

Col. James Carroll is the commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany.

ing general, the base’s historical overview states.

MCLB-Albany became one of six regional installations reporting to Marine Corps Installations East.

Logistics Command, or LOGCOM, became a separate tenant with its headquarters in Albany and subordinate maintenance centers, now known as production plants, in Albany and Barstow, Calif., under Marine Depot Maintenance Command.

Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s primary mission is to ensure the equipment being used by

Marines overseas is in excellent working condition.

The Mobile Trauma Bay unit, used in combat in Afghanistan, and a landfill gas generator that helps power Production Plant Albany, are considered significant steps in the base’s efforts to meet energy efficiency mandates.

MCLB-Albany is on track to be the Department of Defense’s first net-zero energy installation in 2018, ahead of the DoD mandate of 2020. Net-zero refers to the installation generating the same amount of energy it consumes.

Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw is currently the commanding general of Marine Corps Logistics Command. (Albany Herald File Photos)

On May 5, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recognized MCLB-Albany officials for superior excellence in health and worker safety, and awarded the base Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star Status; designating the base as a Star site within DoD. The VPP Star worksite designation is OSHA’s high-

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Phoebe Diabetes Resource Center: 425 W. Third Ave., Suite 350 in Medical Tower One of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital; phone (229) 3121392. Referrals only.

Phoebe Diagnostics and Imaging Services: 2709 Meredyth Drive, Suite 100, One Meredyth Place; phone (229) 312-0200. Services include CT Scans, digital X-ray, fluoroscopy, MRI scans and PET/CT scans.

By appointment only.

Walk-ins accepted for Xrays and labs.

Phoebe Digestive Health Center: 2740 Ray Knight Way, Two Meredyth Place; phone (229) 312-0698. Home to Phoebe Gastroenterology Associates and Phoebe Endoscopy Center. By appointment only.

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Phoebe Neurodiagnostics Center: 2709 Meredyth Drive, Suite 310, One Meredyth Place; phone (229) 312-1215. Outpatient diagnostic center equipped to perform EEG, NCV, EMG and VEP testing. By appointment only.

Phoebe Orthopaedic Specialty Group: 2709 Meredyth Drive, Suite 450, One Meredyth Place; phone (229) 312-5000. Offers a full range of orthopaedic services, including arthritis, sports injuries, fractures, concussions and tendinitis.

Phoebe Primary Care at Dawson Road: 2201 Dawson Road; phone (229) 312-7780. Hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed for lunch 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. By appointment only.

Phoebe Primary Care at Laurel Place: 1390 U.S. Highway 19 South, Leesburg; phone (229) 312-7490. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Walk-ins accepted.

Phoebe Primary Care at Medical Tower I: 425 W. Third Ave, Suite 330;

(229) 312-9150. Hours are Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to noon. Closed for lunch noon-2 p.m. By appointment only.

Phoebe Primary Care at Northwest: 2336 Dawson Road; phone (229) 312-8800. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. By appointment only.

Phoebe Primary Care of Albany: 901 N. Madison St.; phone (229) 312-7800.

Hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. By appointment only.

Phoebe Sleep Disorders Center: 2709 Meredyth Drive, Suite 310, One Meredyth Place; phone (229) 312-1220. Outpatient diagnostic center equipped to perform polysomnography to diagnosis and treat all sleep disorders. Home Sleep Testing is also available when certain criteria are met. By appointment only.

Phoebe Urgent Care: Two locations: Phoebe East, 2410 Sylvester Road; phone (229) 312-9200, and Phoebe Northwest, 2336

Dawson Road; phone (229) 312-8750. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends and holidays. Walk-ins accepted.

Phoebe Primary Care at Meredyth: 2709 Meredyth Drive, Suite 310, One Meredyth Place; phone (229) 312-9651. Offers family medicine.

Phoebe Worth Family Medicine — Sylvester: 1014 W. Franklin St., Sylvester; phone (229) 776-2965; Mondays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Friday 8 a.m to 7 p.m. Walk-ins welcome.

Rural Model Clinic: 2202 E. Oglethorpe Blvd; phone (229) 431-1423; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Primary care

and specific care services available to HIV/AIDS patients.

South Albany Medical Center: 1300 Newton Road; phone (229) 4313120; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Terrell County Health Department: 969 Forrester Drive Southeast, Dawson; phone (229) 352-4277; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Walk-ins until 4 p.m. and appointments accepted.

Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic: Co-located inside Naval Branch Health Clinic at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Primary care and mental health services for veterans

in the metro Albany area.

Specialty services include podiatry, audiology and optometry. Eligible veterans can call 800-595-5229, ext. 2711, to make appointments. Those without military identification cards can call the MCLB-Albany Pass and ID Office at (229) 639-5100 for base access.

West Albany Dental and Medical Center: 1412 W. Oakridge Drive; phone (229) 435-2424; 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.

Dentistry and podiatry services offered.

Worth County Health Department: 1012 W. Franklin St., Sylvester; phone (229) 777-2150; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Walk-ins and appointments accepted.

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Albany Museum of Art home to exhibits, entertainment ALBANY — For 50 years, the Albany Museum of Art has featured artwork from local, regional and national artists and has stood as one of the city’s crown cultural jewels.

Located at 311 Meadowlark Drive off Gillionville Road next to Darton State College, the museum features six galleries — the Haley, East, Evans, Hodges, MillerCoors and McCormack — showcasing a growing permanent collection comprising African, European and American art. Among the galleries is the AMAzing Space, an interactive space designed with children in mind.

The museum’s collection includes more than 2,100 original works of art, with more than 200 works on display at any given time. In addition to the permanent galleries, the museum also features two rotating exhibits showcasing a variety of different works, usually by widely known artists.

Currently, the museum is hosting an exhibition titled “Ralph Harvey Retrospective: A History of Studio Glass Education in the Rural South.” This exhibition covers the

ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART ESSENTIALS

This year,the Albany Museum of Art is celebrating its 50th year of operation. Since 1983, the museum has occupied its current location at 311 Meadowlark Drive beside Darton State College.

(Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

• Location: 311 Meadowlark Drive • Executive Director: Paula Williams • Marketing and Public Relations Manager: Amanda Morris • Membership and Finance Manager: Veronica Parrish • Interim Curator of Collections and Exhibitions: Katie Dillard • Museum Services Coordinator: Yvonne Jones For more information about the museum and events, call (229) 439-8400 or visit www.albanymuseum.com.

entire bottom floor and is spread throughout three of the galleries.

It will remain on display until Jan. 23. There are also exhibitions being held in the upstairs galleries titled “Full Spectrum Wildlife,” “Landscapes from the 19th and 20th Century” and “From African Hands.”

The museum also offers a fully renovated auditorium and full catering kitchen available for the public to rent. The auditorium features

a large movie screen and projection equipment, as well as everything that might be needed for a special event or function. The space is also used to host parties, anniversaries, dinners, receptions and weddings.

The museum itself relies on the donations of patrons, members and other benefactors, including the late Eloise Haley, the late Jane and Harry Willson, the Goodyear family, the McCormack family and others.

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IN FULL SWING

By Jim Hendricks

Performing arts’ seasons underway

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Costello, the curtain goes Theatre Albany’s second up at 7:30 p.m. for all play of the season, the Thursday, Friday and world premiere of the Saturday performances drama “The Curse of the and at 2 p.m. for Sunday Blue Monkey,” is in progmatinees. Each play usuress; the Albany Chorale ally includes seven dates has opened its season, and over two weekends. Perthe Albany Symphony will formances are at Theatre have its first full orchestra Albany, 514 Pine Ave. performance in two weeks.

Tickets and informaHere are capsules of the tion can be obtained by seasons ahead for the Alcontacting the box office bany Symphony Orchesat (229) 439-7141 or by tra, Theatre Albany, the visiting www.theatrealbany.org. Ticket prices are Albany Chorale and Ballet $20, adult; $15, seniors; Theatre South. $10, students and active Symphony military. The theater, for The Albany Symphony the first time, is also sellOrchestra will launch its The Kazakh Quartet, the National String Quartet of Kazakhstan, will perform at the Nov. 12 “Salute to America” open- ing season tickets in flex subscription season on packs — six tickets that ing concert of the Albany Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 season. (Photo: BuMi Photos courtesy of the ASO) can be used at any time for Nov. 12 with “A Salute admission, while the $150 the Kazakh String Quartet, Excursion” will have the any show. to America.” It will be The Peachtree String The schedule for the rest VIP tickets include seats followed by two more the national string quartet symphony joined by a Quartet opened the short in the reserved seating performances scheduled of Kazakhstan, who will combined chorus made series Oct. 23 at St. Paul’s of the season is: • “The Best Christmas areas and admission to the appear in Albany before for the symphony’s home up of Southwest Georgia Episcopal Church.

Pageant Ever,” a holiday post-concert Conductor’s stage at the Albany Mutheir Carnegie Hall debut. college choruses and comThe second concert is nicipal Auditorium, 201 N. Circle reception, where comedy involving some In recognition of Veterans munity choirs performset for 4 p.m. April 30 at Jackson St., which marked concertgoers can mingle “rotten kids” who get Day, the ASO will perform ing Durufle’s “Requiem” First United Methodist its centennial this year. corralled into a Christmas with the musicians at the a salute to U.S. armed and the impressionistic Church of Albany, 306 The concerts are on Albany Area Arts Council forces. This concert will masterpiece “La Mer,” by Flint Ave., and will feature pageant, starts Dec. 9; Saturdays and start at 7:30 next door to the audito• “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a be followed Nov. 13 with a Claude Debussy, depictthe percussionist group p.m., preceded at 6:30 “sassy, sultry revue” of the rium. Admission to the Sunday afternoon matinee ing the moods of the sea.

Chix with Stix. Tickets p.m. with pre-concert life and talent of jazz great Conductor’s Circle for an performance at Bainbridge This concert also will be are $20 for adults, $10 notes by Music Director Fats Waller, opens Feb. 10; individual concert is $20.

State College in Bainfollowed March 26 with a students, with tickets and • “Other Desert CitClaire Fox Hillard. The Ticket information can bridge.

Sunday afternoon matiinformation available by conductor will be joined be obtained by contacting • Feb. 11: “A Romantic nee performance at Tift calling (229) 430-8933 or ies,” which Costello says for the informal sessions (229) 430-8933 or vising Evening” will be a conCounty High School in visiting www.albanysym- is one of the most highly acclaimed plays in the past with the audience by the www.albanysymphony.org. cert of German RomanTifton. phony.org. decade, opens March 24; evening’s guest performer Concerts are scheduled tics favorites, including Stained Glass series: • “The Addams Family,” or performers. for: Schumann’s “Concertpiece Formerly performed at the Theater Ticket prices for in• Nov. 12: “A Salute for 4 Horns and OrchesAlbany Museum of Art, Theatre Albany opened complete with the famildividual concerts range iar characters, including to America” will feature tra” and German Romantic the symphony’s Sunday its subscription season from $10 for students and Copland’s “Appalachian disembodied hand Thing, classics by Mendelssohn afternoon chamber music Sept. 16 with the musical $25 for general admisSpring” and Gershwin’s and others. Guest artists series has moved to church “Ring of Fire.” Remaining created in the New Yorker sion. Season tickets for by cartoonist Charles “Rhapsody in Blue.” Guest will be the Transatlantic settings this season and performances of its prothe three major concerts artists will be pianist French Horn Quartet. has been retitled “Symduction of “Blue Monkey,” See arts, Page 21 are $70 for adult general Kadisha Onalbayeva and • March 25: “A French phony in Stained Glass.” a new play by Ed Salas jim.hendricks @albanyherald.com

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WILD FUN Chehaw park offers entertainment for the whole family

By Brad McEwen

Chehaw Park Essentials

brad.mcewen @albanyherald.com

ALBANY — Since opening in 1937 as Chehaw State Park, Chehaw has grown and evolved into a “natural attraction,” not only one of Albany and Dougherty County, but for Southwest Georgia.

Boasting almost 800 acres of pristine conservation land and a 200-acre zoo, Chehaw is a unique destination that attracts visitors and locals year-round.

In the 1970s, the state of Georgia donated the park to the city of Albany, and in 1977 the city moved its zoo from Tift Park to Chehaw, where it has since thrived and become an Association of Zoos and Aquariums accredited zoo — one of two in the state — that showcases a variety of both indigenous and exotic wildlife.

Chehaw prides itself on having diverse exhibits that

• Located at 105 Chehaw Park Road, Albany • Park hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays-Sundays • Zoo hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily • Admission: Park admission, $3 adults and $2 children; zoo admission, $7.50 adults and $5.10 for children. Senior, military and educator discounts are also available.

• Membership packages: Packages begin at $35, and family memberships for two adults and four children are $75. Packages allow members to enjoy the park and the zoo all year. Military discounts are also available.

• Executive Director: Don Meeks • Director of Community Engagement: Morgan Burnette • Director of Education: Jackie Entz • Director of Animal Care: Ben Roberts • Director of Guest Services: Salinda Owens • Natural Resources Manager: Ben Kirkland Upcoming events • The Festival of Lights, Dec. 2-4, 8-24 • The Frontier Festival, Jan. 14 • The Native American Festival, April 8-10 • Website: www.chehaw.org

showcase many animals that call the United States home. Creatures such as gopher tortoises, American alligators, red wolves,

bobcats, bald eagles, black bears, and a host of reptiles and amphibians all call

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At top, since his arrival over a year ago, Bogart, one of two Bactrain camels that call Chehaw home, remains one of the zoo’s most popular residents. Middle, Diamond Brown’s Touch the Earth Dancers consistently wow the crowds at Chehaw’s annual Native American Festival. Above, Chehaw’s annual Festival of Lights holiday light show is one of the park’s most popular events. (Staff Photos: Brad McEwen)

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Civil Rights Institute an important connection to past

By Jon Gosa

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ALBANY — In addition to serving a museum that curates the history of Albany’s role in the Civil Rights Movement, the Albany Civil Rights Institute also hosts a variety of other activities that celebrate the community’s legacy, such as performances by the Freedom Singers and lectures.

Freedom Singers The renowned Freedom Singers, who first put their talent on display during the national Civil Rights Movement and included Albany native Rutha Harris, perform at the museum from 1 to 3 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. The performance is part of that day’s admission cost.

Monthly community night On the fourth Thursday of each month, the institute hosts its Community Night at 6:30 p.m., during which speakers who have had an impact on civil rights share their experiences with visitors. Past speakers include Judge Herbert E. Phipps, Elder William Harris, Evelyn Moore-Cookley, the Rev. Gloria Wright and Lucious Holloway.

Albany Civil Rights Institute Essentials • Located at 236 Whitney Ave., Albany • The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the fourth Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. for Community Night. Check the institute’s website at www.albanycivilrightsinstitute.org for special events and announcements.

• Admission to the museum is $2 for preschoolers; $3 for first- through fourth-graders; $5 for students, military and seniors; $6 for adults; free for members and children under the age of 4.

• Memberships are available and include: Individual for $45; Family for $65; Senior/Student for $25 with valid identification; Corporate/Business for $625; and Nonprofit for $325. For more detailed information about memberships, visit www. albanycivilrightsinstitute.org.

• Executive Director: Frank Wilson • Museum Administrator: Irene L. Turner • Receptionist/Tour Guide: Emma Richardson • Receptionist/Tour Guide: Doris Carr • Tour Guide: Ron Butts • For more information about the Albany Civil Rights Institute, contact the office at (229) 432-1698 or visit www.albanycivilrightsinstitute.org.

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Thronateeska Heritage Center and Wetherbee Planetarium

Community treasure

By Jon Gosa

Thronateeska essentials

ALBANY — Located in downtown Albany at the site of the city’s historic train depot, the Thronateeska Heritage Center is a community treasure. Founded in 1974 for the purposes of historic preservation and science education, Thronateeska has continued to inspire wonder and stimulate exploration of science and south Georgia’s history.

Housing the high-definition Wetherbee Planetarium, museums of science and history, the Georgia Museum of Surveying & Mapping, and the South Georgia Archives, Thronateeska has evolved into a key destination for residents and tourists alike.

One of Thronateeska’s most widely enjoyed features is the Wetherbee Planetarium, a 40-foot full-dome theater offering seating for up to 80 guests. It was the first of its kind in the nation when installed. Shows and presentations take place several days a week for all ages, and bring astronomy down to earth in an immersive environment. The adjacent Science Museum provides hands-on and visually engaging exhibits in hydrology, archaeology, paleontology, physical science and more.

The historic train depot is home to the History Museum and to the Georgia Museum of Surveying & Mapping. Exhibits in the History Museum offer information about different people, themes and topics in Southwest Georgia’s history, and the Georgia Museum of Surveying & Mapping demonstrates how surveying and mapping shaped our region and the world.

Thronateeska is also home to the South Georgia Archives. At 7,000 square feet, the climate-controlled archive facility is used to store historic documents, manuscripts, photographs, videotapes and letters, as well as important governmental documents such as ordinances, meeting minutes, and resolu-

• Located at 100 W. Roosevelt Ave., Albany • The Wetherbee Planetarium and museums are open to the public Thursday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and the Research Center is open for public research Thursdays and Fridays from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment.

• Admission to the museums and research center is free of charge, and planetarium shows are $3.50 plus tax for ages 4-up, per show.

There is no charge for children 3-under.

• Planetarium shows run ThursdaySaturday at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

• Schools and other groups of 10 or more may reserve a special, discounted, private planetarium show or other educational program for any time between 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Friday, or 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays.

• Thronateeska also offers rental space for events and gatherings.

The Science Museum is a popular destination for children’s birthday parties, with private shows in the planetarium.

• Thronateeska offers several annual membership packages: Senior/ student, $25; individual, $35; family, $60; patron, $100; contributor, $250; conservator, $500; and benefactor, $1,000. All memberships include year-round admission to the planetarium, members-only communications with advance notice of exhibitions, programs, events and bonus offers, as well as discount pricing for special programs and 10 percent off in the gift shop.

• Executive Director: Tommy Gregors.

• Contact: (229) 432-6955, museum@heritagecenter.org.

• Website: www.heritagecenter.org.

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Visitors enjoy a full dome show about the universe at Albany’s Thronateeska Heritage Center Wetherbee Planetarium. The planetarium is one of several attractions that draws crowds to Thronateeska. (Special Photo)

tions from the city of Albany and Dougherty County. The facility also features a Research Center, where members of the public are invited to conduct their historic research.

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Thronateeska Heritage Center is located at 100 W. Roosevelt Ave. Wetherbee Planetarium and museums are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. (Albany Herald File Photo)

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It’s alive RiverQuarium tells story of Flint River ecosystems

By Jon Gosa

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Kids take in the sights at the Flint RiverQuarium. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

The Flint RiverQuarium is located at 101 Pine Ave. in downtown Albany. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

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ALBANY — The Flint RiverQuarium, located at 101 Pine Ave., tells the story of the Flint River and the blue hole springs that helped create it. Visitors can experience the unique ecosystems of the Flint watershed through a variety of interactive exhibits featuring more than 100 species of native aquatic life.

The facility’s aviary gives visitors a close-up look at a wide variety of birds found in the surrounding wetland habitat.

The RiverQuarium’s Imagination Theater is located next door and presents nature-based educational films on a screen three stories tall. Other ongoing programming includes dive shows, alligator feedings and animal presentations.

The aquarium also presents a number of educational programs such as Tadpole Time and Discovery Days, along

RiverQuarium essentials

• Chief Operating Officer: Tommy Gregors • Location: 101 Pine Ave. • Hours: Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays.

• Admission: $6.50, youth, $9, adult for aquarium; $4.50, youth, $6 adult for theater; $10 youth, $14 adult combined aquarium and theater. Children 3 and younger are free.

Group, senior and student rates are available.

• Annual memberships: Range from $49, individual, and $89, family, to $349, contributor.

• Info: (229) 639-2650 or 1 (877) GO-FLINT. • Website: www.flintriverquarium.com

with camps throughout the year aimed at children, and has several programs that tie in with holidays such as Christmas and Halloween.

The RiverQuarium also has sponsored regular canoe trips down the Flint River.

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•From Page 16 Chehaw home.

In addition, the Zoo at Chehaw also features exotic animals such as cheetahs, two southern black rhinoceroses, various types of lemurs, meerkats, two Bactrain camels and others.

While the zoo is likely Chehaw’s most widely known draw, the park also features 44 RV sites with 30- and 40-amp hookups, 14 pull-through sites, 18 tent sites with 15-amp hookups, a comfort station with laundry, bathhouse, dump station and a group shelter. All the campsites have a picnic table and a fire ring with flip top grills for gatherings.

Public Wi-Fi access is also provided.

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pavilions available for rent at $35 each per day and a screened-in pavilion with bathrooms and a kitchen for $140 a day. Visitors to the park can also enjoy hundreds of acres of open

new features all the time. In recent years, the park built the Creekside Center, which is used to host meetings, Chehaw dinners, weddings, receppark’s antions and other events. It nual Frontier Festival also added a stage area where it hosts concerts and draws other events each month. significant Additionally, the park crowds to the park hosts various activities orgaeach winnized by area groups, such ter. (Staff as bike rides, horse rides, Photo: Brad Frisbee golf tournaments, McEwen) walks and runs, that bring folks into the park every weekend.

“It seems like there’s always something gopublic space for picnics and trails, a large playground ing on week after week other gatherings, river and for kids of all ages, a BMX after week,” said Chehaw creek frontage for fishing track, an RC car track, Executive Director Don (free with park admission, kayak portages and an 18Meeks. “The park is rapidly limit five per person per hole Frisbee golf course. becoming the go-to place for day), over 12 miles of biking The park continues to fundraising, group activities and walking and equestrian change and evolve, adding and outdoor events. We are

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a full-service community organization. If you think we can help you, call us, ‘Yes,’ is probably the answer.”

Meeks added that in the coming years the park will continue to expand, adding a zip line, a splash park, and new areas in the zoo as well as further developing the waterfront area on Lake Chehaw to include restrooms, improve dock areas and additional campgrounds.

To that end the park is expecting to receive additional SPLOST funding from the city of Albany in the coming months, and if passed this November by area voters, a new SPLOST referendum calls for an additional $1 million to be collected for the park during the coming years.

metro guide 2017 •From Page 15 Addams and later portrayed on TV and the big screen, opens May 12.

Chorale The Albany Chorale began its season Oct. 13 with “Faure Requiem” at Porterfield United Methodist Church in Albany.

In its second year under the direction of Marc F. Boensel, Chorale officials say they have double the number of vocalists who are participating over a single season.

The Chorale has three performances remaining this season. Tickets to the December and February concerts are $15 for adults, $10 for students.

Ticket prices for the season finale fundraiser in April have not been set yet. Contact the Chorale by emailing info@albanychorale.org or visiting www.albanychorale.org.

Concerts are scheduled for: • Dec. 15: 7 p.m., “Holiday With the Chorale” holiday concert, Walden Chapel, First United

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Methodist Church, 306 Flint Ave.; • Feb. 16: 7 p.m., “The High Renaissance,” First Presbyterian Church of Albany, 220 N. Jackson St.; • April 22: 8 p.m., “A Night at the Movies,” Creekside Center, 105 Chehaw Park Road, Chehaw, Albany. Doors open at 7 p.m. This is the chorale’s annual fundraiser.

In addition, the Chorale will join other area choral groups to perform with the Albany Symphony Orchestra at its presentations of “Durufle Requiem” on March 25 at the Albany Municipal Auditorium and March 26 at Tift County High School in Tifton.

Ballet Ballet Theatre South, which started in 1980, has a Christmas show scheduled for the Albany Municipal Auditorium.

The Ballet features more than 60 local school-age dancers, as well as guest artists in feature roles.

The Ballet will perform “The Nutcracker” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2, with 2:30

The Albany Chorale will perform its “Holidays With the Chorale” concert in December at the Walden Chapel of First United Methodist Church of Albany. (Photo: Joe Clift courtesy of the Albany Chorale)

p.m. performances set for Dec. 3 and 4. All tickets are reserved seating. Tickets are $10 for the Dec. 2 show, and $15 for the Dec. 3-4 shows. For information or tickets, contact Ballet Theatre South at (229) 364-1034 or visit www.ballettheatresouth. org.”

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Performing a scene from Theatre Albany’s production of “Ring of Fire” are, from left, Charlie Meyer, Kelly Walton, Anthony Johnson and Delaney Taylor Bourlakov. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

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metro guide 2017 •From Page 10 Darton has more than 30 student organizations and six athletic programs.

Student-to-faculty ratio: 19:1 Updates: The college features a new student center and a campus bookstore.

Affiliation: University System of Georgia Accreditation Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools President: Richard Carvajal Contact Info: Admissions, (229) 317-6740 or toll-free (866) 775-1214 Degrees offered: Bachelor’s in nursing, associate of science, associate of applied science, associate of arts, certificates Library: Overall catalog contains about 100,000 titles, including about 27,400 e-books. Community patrons

are welcome to use resources with the understanding that Darton students have priority.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: On Jan. 1, Albany State and Darton will officially consolidate into the new Albany State University) Albany Technical College Albany Tech was founded in 1961.

Programs offered at ATC include more than 25 associate’s degrees, 40 diplomas and 92 technical certificate programs.

Number of student organizations: 12 (Alumni Association, Student Ambassadors, American Criminal Justice Association Club, Collegiate DECA, Engineering “E” Club, Foundation Setters for Future Minds, Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), National

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Technical Honor Society, Phi Beta Lambda, SkillsUSA, Student Fellowship for Christians, and Student Government Association).

Number of athletic programs: Two (men’s and women’s basketball) Student-to-faculty ratio:

28:1 Affiliation: ATC is a unit of The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG).

Accreditation Agency: The Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

President: Anthony O. Parker Contact Info: Dougherty County/main campus located at 1704 S. Slappey Blvd., Albany; (229) 4303500; Albany Technical College offers Adult Education services on its main

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campus in Albany, as well as in Calhoun, Baker, Clay, Lee, Randolph and Terrell counties. Toll free number: (877) 261-3113; website: www.albanytech.edu.

Frequency of classes: Semester system Degree programs: Accounting, culinary arts, marketing management, computer information systems and others. Diploma programs include dental assisting, drafting technology, fire science technology, among others Library: More than 12,000 full-text periodicals through the Serial Holdings List (EBSCO A-to-Z); More than 2,000 journal titles provided in full-text through the WWW virtual library, GALILEO, as well as access to more than 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals

metro guide 2017 •From Page 2 establish service; Drivethru window — 401 Pine Ave., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday. Georgia Power Company, 704 N. Westover Blvd., Albany; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday; night box available.

Call (229) 436-0336 or (888) 660-5890 to establish service. Lee, Dougherty, Terrell: Sumter EMC, 133 W. Century Road, Leesburg; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; must provide government-issued ID to establish service; drive-in window for bill payment at same address; call (229) 759-2291 or 1-800-342-6978. Lee: Lee County Utilities Authority, 111 Main St., Leesburg; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-

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Friday; Call (229) 7596056; Garbage service, 115 Main St., Leesburg — call (229) 759-6048. Leesburg: City Hall, 107 Walnut St.; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday; call (229) 759-6465.

Smithville: City Hall, 116 Main St., 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday; call (229) 846-2101. Worth, Baker: Mitchell EMC, 312 W. Kelly St., Sylvester; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; drive-in window for payment at same address; call (229) 336-5221. Sylvester: Sylvester Water, Gas & Light, 105 East King Street; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondayFriday; call (229) 776-8505.

Dawson: City Hall, 101 S. Main St.; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; call (229) 995-4444. All utilities require a deposit. Amounts

vary by location and credit background. Call to get specifics.

on Wednesdays, call (229) 776-3991.

Saturday 10 a.m to 5 p.m.; call (229) 420-3250; Westtown — Monday, Tuesday, Libraries — Dougherty: Wednesday 10 a.m. to Job search — DoughCentral Library (down6 p.m., Thursday 3 to 6 erty, Lee, Terrell, Baker, town) — Monday-Wednes- p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 Worth: Georgia Departday 10 a.m to 8 p.m, p.m.; call (229) 420-3280. ment of Labor, 1608 S. Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.

Baker: 100 Main Street , Slappey Blvd.; 7:30 a.m. to to 6 p.m., Saturday 2 to 6 Newton; call (229) 7344:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; p.m.; call (229) 420-3200 3025, Monday-Friday 2 to call (229) 430-5010.

Northwest (Dawson Road) 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m — Monday and Thursday to noon. Terrell: KinchaNewspapers — Dough10 a.m until 8 p.m., Tuesfoonee Regional Library erty: The Albany Herald, day, Wednesday and Friday (Dawson) Monday - Friday publishes seven days a 10 a.m to 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; call (229) week, 126 N. Washington 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; call 995-6331; Lee: Leesburg St., call (229) 438-3230; (229) 420-3270; Southside (229) 759-2369; Monday, Lee: The Lee County Led- (Habersham Road) — Wednesday Friday and ger, 126 4th Street, pubMonday-Wednesday 10 Saturday 9 a.m to 6 p.m., lishes weekly on Wednesa.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday Tuesday and Thursday 9 days, call (229) 759-2413; 3:00-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday 2 to Terrell: The Dawson News, a.m.-2 p.m., Closed Friday 6 p.m.; Oakland (229-889publishes weekly on Thurs- and Sunday; call (229) 420- 0300); same hours as Leesdays, call (229-995-2175); 3209; Tallulah Massey burg; Redbone (229) 903Worth: The Sylvester Local (East Albany) — Monday- 8871 Monday-Thursday News, publishes weekly Friday 10 a.m to 6 p.m., 2 to 8 p.m., Friday 2 to 6

p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Smithville (229) 8466625 Monday, Wednesday 3 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Worth: Margaret Jones Public Library Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m, Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

How to get a library card: Proof of residence is required; photo ID with current address, photo ID and one item from the list or two items from the list; The list: valid driver’s license, valid voter ID registration card, checks with printed address, a utility bill or other piece of mail showing current address; Children under 18 must be registered by parent or guardian.

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