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Established 2008 Volume 7 No. 3
Features
Publisher Keith Barlow
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Pastoral Perseverance Strength to finish the race takes on new meaning for Pastor Joe Buck
N A T A L I E D AV I S L I N D E R
16 Battle of Sandersville 150th anniversary Writers
Sherman set to return to Sandersville
j o n at h a n j ac ks o n
24 A second life A dv e r t i s i n g S a l e s
Southern grace takes its place in new event space downtown
a m y b u d ry s
30 ‘A great southern lady who really C i rc u l at i o n D i r e c t o r M i c h a e l E va n s
Graphic Designer Theresa Willis
knew how to cook’
34 Serving a great need Mission-minded ministry reaches out to help aid ministry
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ust after the June edition of Sandersville Scene was shipped from the printers and about to be distributed, we, like all of Sandersville learned some tragic news. Local restaurateur Phoebe Brooker Kennedy had passed away. We’d featured Phoebe in a past issue of Sandersville Scene and visited with her again for the June edition. She shared with writer Jonathan Jackson all the changes her restaurant had undergone and what was in store. She’d talked about her love of cooking and the special connection she had with southern food and its family origins. Phoebe was more than just the subject of one of the stories that glossed our pages. She was a business owner, a community contributor and a friend to many. Her untimely death affected many and she will certainly be missed. Jonathan Jackson, who wrote the article on Phoebe Jane’s in our June issue, penned a special tribute to Phoebe in this month’s issue. He writes: “When people die young, it always seems magnified. When people with a vivacious zest for life die it always seems magnified.” Our sentiments, indeed. We hope you enjoy this edition of Sandersville Scene. More importantly, take time to enjoy the people in your life. Time is fleeting, so cherish every moment. Feel free to give us your feedback on this and every issue. We welcome your ideas and we love hearing from you. E-mail us at ndavis@unionrecorder.com to share thoughts on who and what you’d like to see grace our pages of upcoming editions. Thank you for reading.
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Pastoral Perseverance Strength to finish the race takes on new meaning for Pastor Joe Buck
BY JONATHAN JACKSON
Sandersville United Methodist’s Joe Buck turned a year of adversity into a triumph. After being hit by a car while biking, Buck’s recovery took him on a journey that led him to Boston and a personal triumph.
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n the morning of July 17, 2013 Pastor Joe Buck was riding his bicycle on the Fall Line Freeway in Sandersville. A few minutes later, he found himself on the side of the road having been involved in a terrible accident. Not long after he found himself at the finish line of the Boston Marathon — a sporting event that carries with it a fitting metaphor. It describes Buck’s journey to Sandersville and to the event that symbolized the resilience of a major American city. Before he found himself lying in that ditch, Buck found his way to Sandersville as the pastor of Sandersville United Methodist Church. Buck became a pastor following a stint in the military, deciding to pursue ministry during his pursuit of a master of business administration degree. “I entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994 and served five years on active duty,” Buck says. “I was going to school for an MBA and I felt the call to ministry.” Buck went to the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and then attended Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky. His careers in the U.S. Navy and the ministry merged as Buck served as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy Reserve. In 2003, Buck started serving as a United Methodist minister. He served in Fairburn, Savannah and Jesup, eventually being ordained in 2008. From Epworth United Methodist Church in Jesup, Buck, his wife and two small children moved to Sandersville. Buck, a runner and cyclist, was always active. He has competed in multiple triathlons and half-triathlons, including an entry in the 2010 USA Triathlon National Championships. He had considered running in high profile marathons. A domestic terror attack would contribute to his decision to run.
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On April 15, 2013, pressure cooker bombs detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, maiming 264 people and killing two. “The bombing sealed my determination,” Buck says. Buck started training for the 2014 marathon and even qualified with a marathon time of 2:59. Church activities were also picking up around this time. It was the second year of his ministry at the church and the congregation was working with Golden Harvest to operate as an agency of its food bank. The building committee also decided to pursue church renovations and discuss new construction. A week after those meetings, Buck’s plans for the marathon and the church’s plans were temporarily derailed. Around 8 a.m. July 17, 2013, he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. His body folded around the passenger’s side of the car that hit him. He struck the windshield and flipped multiple times through the air as he was thrown 15 feet to the ground. Riding a bicycle differs from running, Buck says. “When you run against traffic, you can see the cars coming,” he says. “Cycling involves trust that cars will obey the 3 foot law. That day I was riding the white line. I was hit by a car going 40 to 50 miles per hour.” Georgia law mandates that drivers give cyclists 3 feet of room as they pass. “I can remember the sound of getting hit,” Buck says. “I broke four bones in my left leg, had a fracture in my L1 vertebra, had a concussion, a bruised sacrum and pelvis, bruised ribs and a severely lacerated tongue.” While receiving emergency treatment, Buck remembers asking the trauma doctor if he thought that running in the marathon in 2014 might still be a possibility. The doctor estimated that running might be an option in six months or so. Buck was discharged from the hospital and spent the next 10
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weeks flat on his back. A surgery installed metal screws and plates in his badly damaged ankle. Buck began to work his way back into his life, including the ministry. Sitting was, and is still, difficult. He used a wheelchair for a time and then graduated to crutches. He was using the crutches when he returned to the pulpit in September. A benefit of his convalescence, Buck says, was the amount of time he was able to put into study and reading. Still, Buck says, the initial recovery period was dif-
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ficult. “It literally was one day at a time,” Buck says. “I had no appetite. I ate because I knew I needed to.” Buck dropped from 164 lbs. to 145 and suffered setbacks while he was recovering. Around Christmas, he convinced his surgeon to remove the hardware from his ankle. A small infection and the potential for more infection and limited mobility in the ankle led to the decision. Rehabilitation and recovery remained center stage. Buck went ahead and decided to register for the Boston Marathon. “I couldn’t even walk when I signed up,” Buck says. Eventually Buck was able to return to the pulpit. At first, with the use of crutches and a tall stool. He was able to discontinue the use of the stool. Though he still experienced pain, his recovery continued. Even now, he uses a stool as his back hurts when he sits for too long. Still, as the April date of the 2014 marathon drew closer he kept working at it. Finally, the weekend before the Monday race began. It was Easter weekend. Buck said again, the church schedule was jam packed. Easter Sunday kicked off with a sunrise service. That was followed by regular worship, a trip to the airport in Atlanta, then on to Boson. “My Easter sermon was entitled ‘Patience Grasshopper’, a quote from the old TV Show “Kung Fu”,” Buck says. After church that day, he and his family hopped on a plane and landed in Boston, ready to run. The next morning, he and thousands of other runners took their marks and proceeded to run 26.2 miles through one of America’s most historic cities. “There were 26 miles of people cheering us on,” Buck says. “When we got into Boston, the noise was deafening.” Buck says their cheers were uplifting, but the support he felt from home helped him finish. “The support during my illness came from my church, my neighborhood and other churches. They all showed just how caring this community is,” he says. “I could actually feel the support and prayers of our people while I was running in Boston.” Buck passed his family along the race route, as close as they could get to the finish line, but didn’t see them on the route. He was dealing with another setback that didn’t stop him, but slowed him down. His ankle was hurting in the first of 26 miles. He finished with a time of 3:48 minutes, a very difficult year culminating in crossing the finish line of the Boston Marathon. “I honestly felt relieved when I crossed that finish line,” he says. “Because of the setbacks, the training was tough.” In all, since coming back home, Buck has felt nothing but support. He has just one more thing to conquer to help him return to a normal life. “I do want to get back on the bike,” he says. “Maybe soon we can do that with a blinking light attached or a bright fluorescent vest. That might be best.”
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Sandersville BY JONATHAN JACKSON Sandersville was a bustling town near the geographic center of Georgia prior to the start of the Civil War in 1861. The town was founded in 1783 and had seen steady growth as an agricultural and manufacturing hub in the Deep South. Then war began to take its toll on the town as well as the rest of Washington County. The summer and fall of 1864 brought with it whispers and rumors of terrible news that a threat to the cities and towns of Georgia was on the horizon. Sherman was coming. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was charged with dividing Georgia in half, to devastate lingering Confederate forces and decisively deal with resistance that stood in the way of the end of the war. Divide the state, he did. Sherman’s infamous March to the Sea started in midNovember 1864 in Atlanta and stretched to Savannah in just more than a month. The trail of destruction and devastation left behind the campaign crippled Georgia and dealt a near-fatal blow to the Confederacy. Among the casualties of the military operation was then
state capital Milledgeville. Just days later, Sandersville lay directly in Sherman’s path. Sherman himself visited and set up headquarters in what is now the Brown House Museum on Silk Stocking Street. After an appeal from Methodist minister the Rev. J.D. Anthony, Sherman rescinded his decision to burn the town, but did destroy the courthouse and jail. Sherman was moved by Anthony’s compassion shown to a wounded federal soldier and his connection with the Masonic Rite. As a companion to the 2014 Kaolin Festival, the Washington County Historical Society will recognize the 150th anniversary of Sherman’s occupation of Sandersville with a series of events and reenactments. Events are set to run from Saturday, Oct. 25 through Saturday, Nov. 15 and will feature multiple outings including a bus tour, cemetery tour, two reenactments, museum and art exhibits and a ball. Planning such an undertaking took months, spanning the parts of the past two years, and pulled together a wide
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range of groups and individuals, all with the goal of recognizing the pivotal point in the course of the war and the role played by Sandersville and Sherman. “Planning began in earnest in May of 2013,” organizer Layne Kitchens says. “The amount of planning and attention to detail is indescribable. With so many events being offered, our planning committee has been very busy this past 18 months. The planning committee has included representation of the Washington County Historical Society, 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Washington County Chamber of Commerce, Washington County Tourism Committee, Washington County Administration and Major Mark Newman Camp 1602 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.” On Saturday, Oct. 25 as part of the festival, a bus tour detailing the path of Sherman’s march through Washington County will be offered. The event includes lunch and will kick off from The Brown House Museum. The cost is $50. The following Saturday, Nov. 1 beginning at 7 p.m., a lantern tour of the Old City Cemetery will take place featuring Confederate soldiers. Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 3 and 4, from 4 until 7 p.m., the Civil War exhibit by local artists will be open at the Brown House museum at no charge. The exhibit will continue at various hours at The Brown House through Saturday, Nov. 15. Also on Nov. 7, the Brown House will open for school group tours. The following day on Saturday, Nov. 8, a flurry of activities will take place on the town square in downtown Sandersville. The 97th Regiment String Band will perform beginning at 9:15 a.m. At 10 a.m. Union and Confederate forces will meet for a skirmish on the courthouse square. Following the skirmish, various historical actors will take the stage for narrations and vignettes set in Civil War Sandersville. Congregants will hear from Rev. Anthony, Ella Mitchell and Gen. Sherman. There will also be a reading of letters from the frontlines and from the widow of a soldier buried in the Old City Cemetery. Closing out the courthouse square events will be a roll call of AfricanAmerican soldiers who served. “After the battle on the courthouse square, General Sherman will review his Special Field Orders No. 120 issued at the outset of the March to the Sea,” Kitchens said. “Actors will read letters and other historical accounts of events that happened during that time, a roll call of African Americans from Washington
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County who served in the Union and Confederate armies will be given, and the Emancipation Proclamation will be read.” Events will then move to The Brown House where there will be tours given by the Brown family and living history exhibits of arts and crafts plus period food. That evening from 8 until 11 p.m. the Blue/Gray Ball will be held at Forest Grove Plantation. Tickets are $10 per person and children are welcome. Children under 6 are free. Attendees should wear period costumes ranging from Sunday to formal attire. Sunday, Nov. 9 beginning at 2 p.m. a battle reenactment at Forest Grove Plantation will close out the battle action. The cost is $5 with children under 6 free. The gates open at 10 a.m. The Civil War Exhibit will continue at the Brown House through the following Saturday, Nov. 15. Also to mark the occupation of Sandersville, soldiers will “occupy” homes on N. Harris and W. Church streets. Homeowners can signal their invitation with ribbons and treat “soldiers” to period treats. “Residents of North Harris and West Church streets can elect to have the soldiers visit their homes on the day of the ‘occupation’,” Kitchens says. “They can signal for a visit by prominently displaying a royal blue ribbon, available from the local florists. Residents are encouraged to offer water, apples, or similar treats to soldiers. This will be a pleasant surprise from Washington County for the re-enactors because they rarely have an opportunity to march along the actual historical routes.” The entire experience is one Kitchens and all involved in planning hope will be remembered long after the speeches, cannon fire and rifle shots subside. Visitors are expected from all corners as the cataclysmic chapter in the history of the United States is marked in Sandersville. “Many are already talking about it,” Kitchens says. “We are also working hard to advertise the event all across the state. This truly is a once in a lifetime chance to experience the history of the March to the Sea in Washington County. It includes so many activities that will interest almost everyone.” More information about the events is available by calling The Brown House Museum at 478-552-1965 or by emailing fcveal@yahoo.com. You can also call the Washington County Chamber of Commerce at 478-552-3288. Information is available online at www.wacohistorical.org or www.150thsandersville.org.
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WHERE WE WORSHIP Harrison Springs Baptist Church 127 Mills St. Harrison, GA 31035 (478) 552-8967 Bay Springs Baptist Church 319 Bay Springs Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-3545 Bold Spring Baptist Church 3177 Poole Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-0464 Camp Spring Baptist Church 9919 Old Savannah Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-8511 Church Of Christ 101 E 2nd Ave. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-0356 Church Of The Nazarene 619 S Harris St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-5300 Deepstep United Methodist Church 9744 Deepstep Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-6825 Deliverance Center Of Jesus Christ 401 Hall St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-1030 Faith Temple Holiness Church 334 Railroad Ave. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-8965 First Baptist Church 316 Mathis Lane Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-2371 First Christian Church of Sandersville 166 E Church St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-3495
First Presbyterian Church Of Sandersville 521 N Harris St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-1842 First Southern Methodist Church 5998 Ga. Highway 24 West Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-5442 Gardner Church of God & Christ 450 Grand St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 553-0331 Gideons International 118 S Smith St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-5075 Gordy Grove Church of God In Christ 10466 Ga. Highway 272 Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 240-0092 Grace Episcopal Church 114 E 2nd Ave. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-5295 Green Grove Baptist Church 5030 Highway 242 Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-0260 Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall of Sandersville 1567 Ridge Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-6789 Kendall Heights Church Of God 829 Jordan Mill Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-5483 Mount Zion A.M.E. Church 379 Suburban Drive Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 348-6514
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New Baptist Church 941 Yank Brown Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 553-0515 Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church 45 Oak Grove Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-0330 Pine Hill Baptist Church P.O. Box 6014 Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 348-5223 Poplar Springs Baptist Church 14139 Ga. Highway 24 West Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-7450 Poplar Springs Christian Church 13580 Ga. Highway 24 West Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-4747 Ridgeland Heights Baptist Church 305 Ridgeland Drive Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-3171 Robin Springs Baptist Church 3178 Deepstep Road Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-5612 Saint Galilee Holy Felowship Church 613 Temple Drive Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-8280 Sandersville United Methodist Church 202 W Church St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-3374 Second Community Baptist Church 511 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-7738
Second Washington Baptist Association 402 Evans St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-1313 Sisters Baptist Church 1807 E McCarty St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-2473 Springfield Baptist Church 415 W Church St. Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-5317 Saint Galilee Baptist Church 316 Augusta Ally Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 553-9220 Saint Williams Catholic Church Sandersville, GA 31082 (478) 552-3352 Bethany Baptist Church 1132 Hartsford Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-7563 Bethesda Christian Church 2740 Buckeye Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-4166 Bethesda Christian Church 720 Hurst Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-0063 Burnett Grove A.M.E. Church 157 Hurst Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 553-0510
Georgia Grove Baptist Church 4574 Old Savannah Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-1605
Swint Spring Baptist Church 6623 Tennille Oconee Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 553-9811
Good Shepherd Church of the Nazarene 316 E South Central Ave Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-2424
Tennille Baptist Church SBC 203 N Main St Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-7350
Hubbard Chapel Church 22 Old Watermelon Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 864-2015 Mount Gilead Primitive Baptist Church 154 Mount Gilead Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-1013 Mount Moriah Baptist Church 1183 Mount Moriah Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-1942 Piney Mount United Methodist Church 3065 Old Savannah Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-5394 Samuel Grove Baptist Church 11651 Ga. Highway 68 South Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 553-9955 Smith Grove Baptist Church 3659 Tennille Harrison Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 553-1990
Faith Apostolic 140 Knight Lane Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-8911
Saint James Christian Fellowship Church 210 Chaloux Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-3451
Genesis New Life Apostolic Faith Church 4573 Grady Mertz Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 553-9555
Saint John Church of God And Christ 320 E. 3rd Ave. Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 240-9713
Tennille Christian Church 402 N Main St Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-5557 Tennille Grove Baptist Church Greta St Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-0083 Tennille United Methodist Church 297 W Adams St Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-7883 Union Hill Baptist Church 2389 Deepcut Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-9578 Victory Central Church 320 N Main St Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 553-0891 Zion Hope Baptist Church 4507 Watermelon Road Tennille, GA 31089 (478) 552-5838
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Southern grace takes its place in new event space downtown BY JONATHAN JACKSON
One walk up the grand staircase instantly transports you from the Sandersville you thought you knew, into a space that holds its own against the likes of turn of the century Savannah of Charleston.
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The last few years have seen a resurgence of sorts in downtown Sandersville. Some new retail spaces have taken shape among the dozens of historic shops, offices and restaurants that populate the downtown business district. One of the newest is among the oldest and has found a second life, housing an interior décor and event planning destination as well as one of the area’s most unique gift shops. Now Geo.’s Quarters and Warthen Lane Interiors are joined — and in many ways completed — with the addition of the Pringle Building’s new event space. One walk up the grand staircase instantly transports you from the Sandersville you thought you knew, into a space that holds its own against the likes of turn of the century Savannah or Charleston. The new event space, complete and opened earlier this year, is dazzling with an open and airy floor plan that welcomes any visitor home to the genteel deep south. “It certainly is an interesting space,” proprietor Joey Giddens says. Giddens, owner of downstairs tenant Geo.’s Quarters, is owner of the building and the push behind the creation of the new space. The building was nearly taken by a fire in the early 1900s but survived. Giddens says the flames came close. “When we were renovating the space, we found charred wood on the second floor near the back stairwell,” he says. “Four other buildings nearby burned but this one survived.” The Pringle Building, downtown on Haynes Street, is located in a section of the downtown commerce district that has always been a busy area. “The old cotton exchange was just across the street,” Giddens says. “There has historically always been a lot of trade on this street.” Formerly known as Cotton Avenue, the street has historically been an early indicator of improving economic conditions. Following the most recent economic recession, once empty storefronts are now filled with vibrant businesses.
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Among them, the Pringle Building. Built sometime between 1888 and 1890 by architect Coleman Robert Pringle, the building has housed many former tenants. “As I understand it, Mr. Pringle was a former mayor of Sandersville and is credited with helping bring the town back economically from the devastation of the Civil War,” Giddens says. “He was also a leader of prohibition in Georgia and built the stone house just a couple of blocks over on West Church Street.” Pringle used his wealth to help Sandersville grow and regain solid footing while much of the state and surrounding areas lay in ruin at the hands of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his infamous March to the Sea. The Pringle Building is again part of a rebounding downtown Sandersville. “Haynes Street has been and is still a vibrant and happening street,” Giddens says. Former tenants in the building and nearby include the Palace Market, The Sandersville Progress, a jewelry store, furniture store, Sears, an appliances store and a farm and mercantile store. The building was vacant when Giddens spotted it and first thought about the potential use of the space. “It sat empty for at least seven years,” he says. “When we got in here and got a good look at it, we saw that some additional support was going to be needed.” Giddens got a design team started and work got underway. The upstairs was divided into multiple rooms, many with no windows and bearing darkly stained wood and darkly painted walls. Giddens says the small, dark rooms had to go. “We started taking out walls,” he says. “We took a look and discovered we had to add more steel and concrete supports.” Supports were incorporated into the ceiling design on the second floor as well as on the first floor. The staircase was rebuilt as close to the original footprint as possible. Six original fireplaces were refurbished in the large open area. The event space began taking shape. “We had our first event in June,” Giddens says. “We’ve had nothing but positive response.” A row of bright, open windows placed in an authentic brick wall are a focal point of the finished space. Chandeliers from a local lighting company brighten the rest of the space. The room is hard to date. Giddens says as much as he could, original material and existing fixtures were used.
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Pringle Building “We tried our best to stay true to the period and as close to the original as we could,” he says. “Even when we reconstructed the front stairwell, we added it back in as close as we could get to the original footprint.” Since opening, almost 1,000 guests have come through for different events. Giddens says the space really seems to work well for rehearsal dinners. “In just six weeks, we have had more than 900 guests here,” he says. “When it is decorated out, it really has the feel of The Cloister or Capitol Club.” One of the advantages of booking an event at The Pringle Building, Giddens says, is the price tag. Affordability, plus the location of an event space in downtown Sandersville, makes logistics easy. Ease of use is also a factor for the second floor space. A chair lift makes the space usable for those who cannot climb stairs or use a wheelchair. Just off the main space is a small caterer’s kitchen with yet another surprise that makes the hardest working caterers’ day. So far, a wide variety of florists and insured caterers have used the lift and the kitchen for different events, all with positive results. “We’ve got a working freight elevator in the caterer’s kitchen,” Giddens says. A new wall helps protect the old and functioning freight elevator. That ease of access helps accommodate the needs of caterers for a wide variety of events. There is also a service entrance that makes unloading a breeze. “We foresee a lot of different uses for this event space,” Giddens says. “We can host business Christmas parties, rehearsal dinners, smaller receptions, milestone birthday parties and anything in between.” Giddens says he expects that between him and Warthen Lane Interiors owner and designer Al Woods, the possibilities are limitless. In the meantime, Giddens has drawn nothing but rave reviews from the locals most interested in historic preservation. “People seem to be really happy that we have been able to preserve the space while maintaining historical integrity,” he says. “This space has just completed us as a building.” Being in the downtown business district also has advantages when it comes to parking. Large lots are located in front of and behind the building to accommodate hundreds of vehicles. As more people have attended events, retail business at both Geo.’s Quarters and Warthen Lane Interiors has picked up on Saturdays. More feet in the shops results in more sales. More information is available at Geo.’s Quarters and on the Pringle Building’s Facbook page at www.facebook.com/thepringlebuilding. A forthcoming website will also detail information about the event space and the building. For now, Giddens is happy with the renovated space and the salvage of the once crumbling building. “Structurally, the building was just about past the point of rescue,” Giddens says. “I feel like we were able to save it from the brink. We’ve had a tremendous amount of thanks from people who were just glad we were able to preserve the space and its integrity.”
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hen I picked up a copy of the last issue of Sandersville Scene Magazine, I reread the story about Phoebe Jane’s. When I wrote it, none of us had any idea that when the magazine dropped Phoebe would not still be here with us. When people die young, it always seems magnified. When people with a vivacious zest for life die it always seems magnified. Her loss hit a lot of people very hard. I’d hoped that we could somehow get an insert into the magazine explaining the publishing process that saw the story completed and before everyone even heard the terrible news. That insert would have said something along the lines of “Read this story about Phoebe Jane’s as a tribute to the larger than life woman Phoebe was.” It would have been in the middle of the magazine, in the centerfold, which I imagine would have tickled Phoebe’s funny bone. Some of her friends told me she was excited about the article coming out. I can tell you that I did something I rarely do — I let her read it before it published. She said she was happy with it. It took her a while to sit down and talk to me. She was a busy woman. I tried to interview her multiple times and something always came up taking her attention, so I offered to email her questions and let her work on them at her own pace. What she said, that I didn’t print, was that sitting down and putting words to what she was doing was difficult – that she had just kind of fallen into it without a lot of forethought. I tried to get her started and she worried about sounding silly. I told her that people wanted to hear her voice, not mine; that her personality was what made Phoebe Jane’s such an experience, and made Phoebe more of a friend than an interview subject. So, she answered all of my questions in a way that I have come to realize was typical Phoebe. She sent the answers to my questions via text messages. Thirty-two text messages. She sent them while she was at a baseball tournament. I groaned then laughed as I forwarded each one to my email and began constructing her answers. If I had it my way, I would have pulled all the magazines and ordered a reprint with a different tone and focus that concentrated on Phoebe’s presence and how much it would be missed. If I really had it my way, I’d go down to Phoebe Jane’s tomorrow and place my regular order – a monster wrap on a spinach tortilla with ranch pasta salad (she always put chicken in my salad) and Phoebe would give it to me and say “You’re not paying for that.” So, by now you have probably read the article in the last issue about Phoebe Jane’s, but if you read it again, please do so as a tribute to a great southern lady who really knew how to cook.
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Early this year, Michelle Mimbs recognized that WACO Care and Share, so accustomed to helping those in need, was itself in need of a new facility. Given the problems with water creeping into the building, the lack of heating, cooling and bathroom facilities, she had an idea. Mimbs, wife of Sandersville First Church of the Nazarene senior pastor Gary Mimbs, had been planning a mission trip to the Dominican Republic for church members initially set for summer 2014. That trip fell through due to some unforeseen circumstances, but Mimbs felt the need to give church members and others the opportunity to serve. She turned the focus on the home mission field, and the idea to help WACO Care and Share started taking shape. Throughout 2011 and 2012, there were 20 to 30 families helped with visits to the ministry every month. Hundreds of people were helped with food, clothing and household goods. The surprise that the need was as large as it is was met with the logistic challenge of maintaining the current space for the everenlarging number of people in need. That number is now 10 times larger. “We have been averaging 250 families per month,� Paula
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Johnson says. “In July we had 266 families. Most families consist of an average of four people so, we estimate we have been reaching 1,000 individuals every month.” In March, Reach Out WACO held an organizational meeting. After discussions about possibilities for a new space for the ministry, the group prayerfully decided that a new building would work best. The daunting task of building from scratch diminished as more and more people started stepping forward with offers to help with donations, materials and labor. One of the first groups to step forward was another ministry featured in an earlier issue of Sandersville Scene: Trees of Hope Sawmill Ministry donated all the lumber for the new building. Rough winter storms felled lots of hearty pine trees in Washington County. Those trees found their way to Larry Avant and Al Denton, who cut hundreds of pieces of rough-cut lumber for the project. Avant and Denton are finishing up their own project, building a home for a family who needs it, but still offered their services to take the building for WACO Care and Share one step closer to reality. Project leader Marion Anderson says the project seemed to take on a life of its own. “When we started talking about pouring a
foundation instead of footers, things just started happening,” Anderson says. “We went from talking about it one day to a finished slab in just a few days. The project needed multiple truckloads of dirt. It showed up. They needed the plumbing in place. It happened quickly. They needed the slab poured and it was done in the space of a week. Once an action plan was in place and the concrete foundation was poured, the wood started arriving. So did the volunteers. Dozens of people over three months volunteered time, equipment and expertise to start building. One by one they came, bringing their own tools to help WACO Care and Share with a new space to help those in need. When the money for the project started running short, supplies and donations mysteriously rolled in. One anonymous donor told Anderson he felt impressed by God to donate the roof. "Things just fell into place one right after another," Anderson says. Organizer Michelle Mimbs says the outpouring of support was encouraging. “To see all of these people come together from different walks of life to help bolster WACO Care and Share was incredible,” she says. “It truly exemplifies the work of missions, this time in our own backyard.”
The ministry’s reach to touch thousands of people has expanded now, thanks to more space in a more comfortable and stable building. More stability means more hours to be open, more space and more opportunity. Throughout the building experience, needs continued to be met with just the right donation and just the right time. Once when lumber was running short, a fresh load showed up the following morning without even a call placed to ask for it. Carpenters, plumbers, electrical workers and roofers all were bound to show up on organized workdays, and even on days when they weren’t scheduled to work. The building, preparing and finishing stretched on longer than anticipated, but seldom reached a standstill. "I just feel like God is behind this thing all the way,” Anderson says. In August, the project inched near completion. Electrical and finishing work was all that stood in the way of occupation of the new building. Mid-month found the building complete and open for the business of helping clients. It was a long process, but one that Paula Johnson says was worth the wait. Upon finishing, Mimbs and other organizers of the event met for a dinner to celebrate the work of the community in coming together for the project. Hosted by Brotherhood and LIFT (Ladies in Fellowship Together) groups at Sandersville First Church of the Nazarene,
the dinner celebrated those who gave their time in order to enable WACO Care and Share to be able to give to people who need it. Mighty Man Ministries and Broken Shackles Ranch were among the honorees at the dinner, which served as a way to say thanks to everyone who put forth effort to make the building a reality. Pastor Gary Mimbs also recognized Charlton Boyd, Rick Jones, Ron Griffin, Keith McDonald Plumbing, Mel Daniel Heating Cooling and Electrical, Dean Ennis, Mark Hodges, Susan Francis, Bonnie Frazier, Casilda Pinkston and Samille Jackson at the dinner. Planning committee members include: Frances Veal, Mel Daniel, Stacey Williford, Shaun Veal, Tiana Marynell, Ray Irwin, Elaine Bussell, Chris Hutchins, Daryl Lanier, Karen Daniel, Donna Williford, Glenda Johnson and Jo Lynn Johnson. “I know we have probably left some out, but I just want to say thanks to this building team,” Mimbs says. “I also would like to thank God. Every time we had a need, God came through.” Paula Johnson echoed Mimbs’ gratitude at the dinner. “You all just don't know how much you have done to help us help others.” Now, WACO Care and Share is open in the new location, just behind the old building at 108 Third Street in Tennille. The phone
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Arts & Entertainment OCTOBER October 4 Kaolin Festival Century Ride. Brentwood School. 725 Linton Road Sandersville. Walk in registration available the day of the ride from 7 to 8 a.m. Registration: $35 (before Sept. 19), $45 (after Sept. 19). Fee includes T-shirt, grilled chicken and fixings, rest stops, first aid, and SAG vehicles available. Showers will be available. Helmets are required. Contact Tony Lewis: t.lewis@imerys.com, 478-232-9511 or Amber Veal, 478-552-3288 for more information. October 11 Annual Kaolin Festival. Parade begins at 9:30 a.m. October 25-November 15 150th anniversary commemoration of Sherman’s March to the Sea. Visit www.wacohistorical.org, www.150thsandersville.org or call 478-552-3288 for details. October 25 Bus Tour of Sherman’s March through Washington County. 9 a.m. Brown House Museum. $50. Lunch included.
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NOVEMBER November 1 Lantern Tour of Old City CemeteryConfederate Soldiers. 7 p.m. November 3 Grand opening of Civil War exhibit by local artists. Brown House Museum. 4 to 7 p.m. Free admission. November 4 Brown House Museum art exhibit. 2 to 5 p.m. November 6 Brown House Museum art exhibit. 2 to 5 p.m. November 7 Tours of Brown House by school groups. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Brown House Museum art exhibit. 2 to 5 p.m. November 8 97th Regimental String Band performs on courthouse square. 9:15 a.m. Skirmish on courthouse square. 10 a.m. Narrations/vignettes. 10:30 a.m. Events at Brown House Museum. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Blue/Gray Ball at Forest Grove Plantation. $10 per person. Children welcome, under 6 admitted free. Featuring period costumes, Sunday to formal attire. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
November 9 Reenactment at Forest Grove Plantation. 2 p.m. $5, children under 6 admitted free. Gates open at 10 a.m. November 11 Brown House Museum art exhibit. 2 to 5 p.m. November 13 Brown House Museum art exhibit. 2 to 5 p.m. November 14 Brown House Museum art exhibit. 2 to 5 p.m. November 15 Brown House Museum art exhibit. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ongoing Sandersville Farmer’s Market. Downtown Sandersville on the square. Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Attractions Old City Cemetery First documented burial in 1831. Located on the corner of West Church Street and Virginia Avenue in Sandersville, the site is on the National Register of Historic Places for its significant Civil War history. Features federal era, Greek Revival and Victorian grave markings.
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Old Cemetery continued Historical figures buried at the site include former Ga. Lt. Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick, world-renowned surgeon William Rawlings, Central of Georgia Railroad president Benjamin James Tarbutton, the Rev. J.D. Anthony and Coleman R. Pringle, known as the Father of Prohibition in Georgia. For more information, visit www.sandersville.net or call (478) 552-6965.
Brown House Museum A private residence during the Civil War where Gen. Sherman spent the night of Nov. 26, 1864, 268 N. Harris Street in Sandersville. For more information, call (478) 552-3288. Revolutionary War Park Visit the Revolutionary War Park on state Route 15 South of Tennille. For more information, call (478) 552-3288.
Old Jail Museum and Genealogy Research Center Visit the Genealogy Research Center, 129 Jones Street, Sandersville. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (478) 552-6965.
Hamburg State Park With modern-day facilities amidst reminders of days gone by, Hamburg State Park offers a mix of history and outdoor recreation. Anglers can enjoy lake fishing for largemouth bass, crappie and bream, as well as boat ramps and a fishing pier. Campers will find shaded campsites along the edge of quiet Hamburg Lake fed by the Little Ogeechee River. Old Warthen Jail Visit Georgia’s Oldest Jail on state Route 15 North in Warthen. For more information, call (478) 552-3288. Charles E. Choate Exhibit A look at the life and work of the architect and builder and the official Georgia Historical Plates Display. Washington County Chamber of Commerce, 131 W. Haynes St., Sandersville. For more information call (478) 552-3288.
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Sightings New Washington County High School Photos by Jonathan Jackson Washington County Schools launched a new chapter in July with the unveiling of the new Washington County High School. Construction began in May 2012 and was completed in phases. Funding for the facility came from capital outlay (state funds), bonds and the E-SPLOST (Education Special Local Option Sales Tax) tax, as well as the money left over from the last E-SPLOST. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the new facility in July. Classes began Aug. 4.
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Sightings UGA president visit Government, business and community leaders in Washington County, Ga, recently welcomed UGA President Jere W. Morehead to Sandersville, sharing highlights of the ways the university has helped them address critical issues in the community. Through the Archway Partnership, which was launched in Washington County in 2007, UGA has provided resources to help establish an afterschool and summer program for teens, launch collaborations with nearby colleges and universities to improve health care in the community, and lay the ground work for building a tourism industry. Faculty, staff and students from a number of UGA colleges and schools, including the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, the College of Environment and Design, and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources have provided services to the county since the partnership was established. “We have a true partnership, we feel,” Chris Hutchings, Washington County Board of Commissioners administrator, told Morehead. “We really (benefit from) the students of UGA who come down here and do the projects. Students value real world experience and we are real world down here in Washington County.” The Archway Partnership is a unit of the UGA Office of Public Service and Outreach, which helps create jobs, develops leaders and addresses the state’s most critical challenges. UGA representatives are based in eight Archway counties across the state, helping connect the communities to resources at the university.
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UGA President Jere W. Morehead listens as Dr. Jean Sumner, an internist in Sandersville, talks about the Georgia Rural Medical School Program, which places medical students from Mercer University in Macon into medical offices in Washington County for some of their required rotations. From left, Morehead, Joy Norris, chairman of the board of the Boys and Girls Club in Sandersville, Jennifer Tatum, director of technology for the Washington County Board of Education, and Sumner.
Government, business and community leaders meet with UGA President Jere W. Morehead in a conference room at the Kaolin Airport in Sandersville to talk about the Archway Partnership in Washington County.
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