Community Web Article_7.23.14

PAGE 2A July 23, 2014 •฀The฀Metter฀Advertiser฀
Bulletin฀Board
Blood drive
Masonic Lodges 435 and
438 are hosting a blood
drive on Thursday, July
31, from 1-6 p.m. at Metter Community Center,
community room. All presenting donors will receive
a Free Patriotic American
Red Cross t-shirt.
Men & women’s day
St. Luke Independent
Methodist Church will
celebrate their Men and
Women’s Day on July
27, at 11 a.m. Edna
Lawrence will be guest
speaker.
Concert
New Life Baptist
Church will have Stan
Shuman in concert on
Sun., Aug. 3, at 6 p.m.
Everyone is welcome.
Pastor’s anniversary
Piney Grove M.B.
Church will celebrate
pastor’s 19th anniversary on July 27, at
3 p.m. Pastor Victor
Brewton will bring
message.
Sunday services
Sunday services
for Sunlight Primitive Baptist Church in
Cobbtown are: Bible
study, 10 a.m.; church
services, 11 a.m. and
6 p.m. Pastor is Elder
Tommy McGee.
Historical museum hours
Candler County
Historical museum
hours will now be
Tuesday, 12 p.m.-5
p.m. and Saturday,
10 a.m.-5 p.m. These
hours will begin July
8.
Homecoming services
Lake Primitive Baptist Church will have
homecoming services on
Sunday, July 27 at 11
a.m. Everyone is invited.
Garden club sale
Metter Garden Club
has 6 ft. trees in pots
for sale for $15/ea. Call
Barbara Hunnicutt,
685-2902.
HEADLINES
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The Tattnall Journal, Reidsville
■ Local woman killed in Lyons shooting
Reidsville resident Ashley D. Sharpe, 29, died Friday
afternoon after she was reportedly shot somewhere in
Lyons. The exact time of the shooting and other details
are sketchy, but Lyons Police Chief Wesley Walker said
that two women, Ashley D. Sharpe and Barbara A. Polke, 35, both of Reidsville were said to be riding in Lyons at an unconirmed location and stopped at an intersection. Polke stated that a black male approached
and ired two shots into the vehicle. One bullet struck
Sharpe in the head. Polke said she panicked and drove
back to Reidsville where she dialed 911 and local police
and emergency medical units responded. Sharpe was
pronounced dead at the Reidsville location on Bryant
Road. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Tattnall
County Sheriff’s Ofice, and Lyons Police Department
are investigating the incident.
Archway reviews ideas
for community web portal
Dr. Elizabeth Davis
shared ideas for a new
community web portal
with the Candler County
Archway
Partnership
Executive Committee on
July 8.
Dr. Davis is the coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Writing Certiicate Program in the
Department of English at
the University of Georgia.
During the Spring 2014
Semester, students in
her “Writing for the Web”
and “Technical Writing”
classes worked with representatives from the City
of Metter, Candler County
Commissioners, Candler
County Industrial Authority and Metter-Candler
Chamber of Commerce to
help design a comprehensive online strategy for
the community.
The major recommendations included developing a new “Better in Metter” website, revising the
Candler Industrial Park
website and implementing social media throughout these main sites to
encourage active participation and a strong identity.
Both sites, she suggested, should be reorganized
for streamlined structure,
cohesive text and updated photos. Social media,
she said, offers outlets for
all the people in Metter
to answer the question,
L-r: Mayor Billy Trapnell; Archway
Committee Co-chair Steven Snell; Dr.
Elizabeth Davis of UGA; Archway Profes“What makes Everything
Better In Metter?”
Davis said the new and
revised websites would be
easier to navigate, offer
better information and
encourage more interest
in Candler County and
the City of Metter. Maintaining an active and consistent web presence will
reach a broader audience
and quickly share what
the city and county have
to offer, she added.
Social media strategies presented by Davis
include creating a cohesive Facebook account
that links Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest posts
and using key words and
phrases and hashtags
The Advance, Vidalia
■ Child dies after underage vehicle driver strikes tree
A ive-year-old child died Saturday after the pickup truck in which he was riding struck a tree on
Four Acre Road in south Toombs County. According
to Toombs County Sheriff Alvie Kight, a 14-year-old
male child was driving the truck when the accident
occurred. Four passengers ranging in ages from 3-10
were riding in the back of the truck when it hit the
tree. The ive-year-old was thrown from the truck. He
was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. The
other occupants of the vehicle were all taken to Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia.
The Millen News, Millen
■ Tax sale: county and city to auction properties
Approximately 55 property owners in Jenkins
County and 30 owners in the City of Millen will have
their properties sold on August 5 if they fail to pay
their delinquent property taxes. The sale will take
place on the Jenkins County Courthouse lawn from
10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
■ JCHS/JCMS combine and prepare for 2014-15
The Jenkins County Middle School and Jenkins
County High School will be combined this year under one leadership team and has been renamed Jenkins County Middle/High School. Rob Gray will serve
as principal with Assistant Principals Josh Fleming,
John Paul Hearn and Kimberly Dasher.
The Claxton Enterprise, Claxton
■ Schools say bye to CRCT, preparing for new GA Milestones
Out with the old and in with the new. Georgia Dept.
of Education announced a new testing system would
be implemented during the coming 2014-15 academic
year, and Evans County Schools have been steadily
preparing for the new test while still ensuring students were ready to take the Criterion-Referenced
Competency Tests for the last time. In Evans County,
ifth grade scores relect the most overall improvement on the last CRCT while fourth grade scores were
the lowest. Evans County third graders also excelled
in math scores this year with an 80 percent pass rate.
like #BetterInMetter.
“Activity expands exponentially through those
who post comments and
view and share photos
and videos,” Davis said.
“This web strategy will
increase interest and
could possibly promote a
stronger inlux of visitors
to the websites and town
itself.”
The inal report included mock-ups of suggested
web page layouts and images as well as details for
how to implement the social media strategy.
Using these recommendations and designs, the
community organizations
can contract with a web
designer/developer to cre-
ate the new website and
conduct search engine optimization and user testing.
When asked her opinion on working in Metter
through Archway, Davis
said, “My students frequently asked ‘Will they
(the community) really do
what we recommend?’
“Their interactions with
community members and
the ability to produce a
product that would soon
be available on the web
offered these students a
unique experience.
“We believe that if Candler County adheres to
the
recommendations
in this report, economic
growth will follow.”
Back to school
Phones, email available at new school
All phone lines are now
available at the new PreK-8 Educational Complex.
Staff members are also
available at all schools to
assist with student registration.
Visit www.metter.org,
the school system website
for additional school information.
If there are any questions, contact any of the
individual schools as follows:
The Glennville Sentinel, Glennville
■ Liberty Co. high-speed chase ends near Tattnall Co. line
A high-speed chase that began in Liberty County
ended in Long County near the Tattnall County line,
with the pursued driver facing multiple charges. According to GSP Patrol Sergeant John Snipe, a little
before 5 p.m. on Saturday, deputies from the Liberty
County Sheriff’s Ofice began chasing a white van
near Groover Road in a routine trafic stop. The highspeed chase led across the county line, and units from
the Long County Sheriff’s Ofice also became involved.
Snipe said that Sergeant Gary Eason who is with the
Liberty County ofice, hit the van in its rear, attempting a pit maneuver to stop the driver. He said at this
point, the van crossed over the road, hitting a ditch.
Snipe said when the van hit the ditch, it then became
airborne, lying over the driveway and coming to rest
on its side, colliding with a mailbox. Upon arrival, the
driver was out of the vehicle.
sional Betsy McGriff; Archway Committee Co-chair Dustin Durden; and Chamber Executive Director Jaime Riggs.
Ridge Ferrell (r) with PCA Headnmaster Harold Roach
Metter Elementary School
Metter Intermediate School
Grades 3-5
(912) 685-7400
•฀ Gwenda฀ Rotton,฀ principal
฀ grotton@metter.org
Metter Middle School
Grades 6-8
(912) 685-5580
• Ralph฀Carlyle,฀principal
฀ rcarlyle@metter.org฀
•฀ Monicca฀ Bohannon,฀ assistant฀principal
mbohannon@metter.org฀
Metter High School
Grades 9-12
Grades PreK-2
(912) 685-2134฀
(912) 685-2058
•฀John฀Jordan,฀Principal
•฀Lesa฀Brown,฀principal฀
฀ jjordan@metter.org฀
฀ lbrown@metter.org
their scholarship based on •฀Lori฀McGowan,฀assistant฀ •฀Ellis฀Strobridge,฀assistant฀
academic success, leader- principal฀
principal
ship, community involve- ฀ lmcgowan@metter.org
฀ estrobridge@metter.org
ment, extra curricular
involvement as well as
an essay and an interview with a panel of three
adults from the community.
Ridge is a 2014 graduate of PCA where he was
co-captain of the varsity
football team, Student
Council president for two
years, member of the 1100
Club, FCA vice-president
for three years and the
HOBY leadership award
recipient his sophomore
year as well as a member
of the varsity basketball
team.
He is the son of Robert
H. and Dr. Susan D. Ferrell and the grandson of
Marlene Daughtry. He
James Jones was the guest speaker at the July 15
will be attending Georgia
meeting
of Metter Rotary Club, giving a brief hisSouthern University this
fall with a major in politi- tory of the club in celebration of History Day, which
coincided with the county’s Centennial Celebration.
cal science.
Jones, one of four living charter members of the club,
and his wife Martha revived an old club tradition -beginning the meeting with the singing of a song -as the two performed duets, accompanied by Cheryl
Williams at the piano. Martha Jones was also a longtime pianist for the club. The songs were performed
in tribute to Dr. Henry Sparks and Ben Bennett, who
served as long-time song leaders of the club. Pictured,
l-r: Cheryl Williams with James and Martha Jones.
Ferrell receives scholarships
Ridge Daughtry Ferrell
was recently awarded two
scholarships by Pinewood
Christian Academy Headmaster Harold Roach.
Ridge was the recipient
of the Pinewood Christian
Academy Faculty Scholarship and the Clydes
Market Scholarship. Each
scholarship is $1,000.
The PCA Faculty Scholarship is voted on by all
faculty members of PCA
from the 3 year old class
to senior teachers. Teachers and administrators
are asked to vote for one
male and one female student that they feel represent integrity, academic
success, respect, friendliness, dedication, patriotism and leadership both
at school and off campus.
Students are required
to submit an essay and
undergo an interview process as well.
Clydes Markets award
Local ‘historian’ speaks
at Rotary Club
Mosley elected to GMA board
Metter City Manager Joseph Mosley was
elected to the Board of
Directors for the Georgia
Municipal
Association
during the association’s
annual meeting in Savannah June 23.
Mosley will serve on the
board as president of the
City Manager Section.
“We are pleased to have
Mr. Mosley taking on this
leadership position,” said
GMA Executive Director Lamar Norton. “He’s
well respected by his colleagues and I’m sure he’ll
provide great leadership
to cities across Georgia.”
Supporters to sell $2 tickets
Joseph Mosley
The Candler County
Community Supporters
will be selling tickets on
$100 worth of groceries from Bi-Lo and $250
worth of gas from Shell
Oil Co.
Tickets are $2 each and
can be purchased from
any Candler County Supporter. The drawing will
be Dec. 4 at the Lighting
of Metter ceremony.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to support
the Candler Co. Physicians Scholarship Fund
at the Georgia Health
Sciences Foundation in
Augusta.
More information on
this fundraiser can be obtained by calling Barbara
Hunnicutt, 685-2902.