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                    Nov. 26, 2014
                          Tifton Georgia
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GIVING THANKS FOR ALL WE HAVE

We have much for which to be thankful here in South Georgia. As you gather around your Thanksgiving  table, please remember those among us who are undergoing hardships and need our help and our prayers.


There is no reason for anyone to be alone or without a Thanksgiving meal. An anonymous donor is quietly footing the bill for a free community lunch in Tifton on Thanksgiving Day at the Tiftarea Conference Center, 804 W. 7th St., behind Applebee's. 


BJ Smith, her crew and many volunteers will be serving a holiday meal from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. If you are alone, are a senior, are down on your luck, or just need to be with others, you are invited.

  

For information, contact Judy Shiflet at 229-353-6322 or judy.shiflet@tiftregional.com


And for those of you planning to travel during the Thanksgiving weekend, a new National Weather Service website (click here) lets you map out your route and get an idea of what kind of weather to expect.

Navigate to the "Enhanced Data Display" and click the green plus sign next to "hazards." That will show you all of the current watches and warnings. Next click on the "travel hazard forecast" button in the top right corner of the page. From there, you can enter your starting and ending locations and what day and time you're planning to start driving.

 

The tool also offers information about projected visibility, wind speeds and details about active warnings, watches or advisories. As you move along the route, you can also right click and get an up-to-date forecast.


Happy Thanksgiving!

 
TIFTON TOUR OF HOMES DEC. 4

 

The Tifton Heritage Foundation's Tour of Homes will be on Thursday, Dec. 4 from 6-9 p.m. The tour features homes of:

  • Robert Reid Goodson - 128 First St., The Myon, Apt. 323
  • Jamie Eaton and Jake Smith - 128 First St., The Myon, Apt. 328
  • A new apartment in The Union Station- 121 North Central Ave.
  • Lindsey Roberts-  220 Second St., The Kent Building, Apt. C
  • Charleston Carter-  220 Second St., The Kent Building, Apt. F
  • The Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage-  255 Love Ave.

Tickets for the Tour are $10 and may be purchased in advance at Advantage Realty, 609 Love Ave.; Annie's Place, 1019 Love Ave.; Traditions, 215 W. 12th St.; and Wisham Jellies and Marketplace, 807 N. Central Ave.

 

Tickets may be purchased the night of the tour at the Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage, 255 Love Ave. Proceeds benefit the Tifton Heritage Foundation and its neighborhood beautification efforts. For information on the foundation, email  tiftonhf@gmail.com  

 

To complete the historical evening...

 

Participating downtown merchants will be open for extended hours for their Christmas Open House. The Tift County 8th Street Middle School Jazz Band will perform live music in the Veterans Memorial Park during the Downtown Tifton Christmas Open House from 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4. Be sure to notice the storefront windows decorated for the holidays.

 

The Tift Theatre for the Performing Arts will also be open for its Christmas Open House and will feature old memorabilia and serve light refreshments. Inside the Museum of Arts and Heritage, the Wounded Warrior Wreaths, Hall of Trees,and the Exchange Club Gingerbread Houses will be displayed.

 

As a special holiday treat, dogs from the Tifton-Tift County Animal Shelter will be available for adoption. All dogs will be washed, spayed or neutered, and ready to make the perfect Christmas gift.

 

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ABAC MANNA DROP FEEDS FAMILIES

More than 100 students, faculty and staff from the Stafford School of Business and Stafford Hall at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College donated their time on Saturday, Nov. 22 for the Second Annual Manna Drop at Charles Spencer Elementary School in Tifton

The Manna Drop fed more than 500 families for the week of Thanksgiving. The first Manna Drop in 2013 was a community outreach program for Stafford Hall, ABAC's first residential community.

Annie's Place cordially invites you to our Clay Rice event on December 3. 
Clay Rice is the nation's leading silhouette artist and best-selling children's author. He can do a silhouette of your child in 15 minutes. He will only be here one day. You will need to make an appointment by calling us at Annie's Place at 229-238-2851.

TRAVIS PRATT & 'TIFTON'S CHRISTMAS CAROL' COMING TO THE TIFT


Travis Pratt, whose show-stopping performance on NBC-TV's "America's Got Talent" wowed the judges last year, is returning to his hometown of Tifton for a Christmas Concert at the Tift Theatre for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20.
 
Pratt is headlining a star-studded line-up of performers for his show, "Travis Pratt Presents Tifton's Christmas Carol," to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Tifton-Tift County, which provides tutoring and
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 scholarships, assisting Tift County students wanting to improve their educational and employment opportunities by obtaining General Education Diplomas.


Travis Pratt is an opera singer living in Houston, Texas, who grew up singing gospel music in Tifton. In June 2013, he made big splash in his "America's Got Talent" audition when he sang a soprano aria in its actual high range. The 90-second appearance of the unassuming Albany State University alumnus left judges Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Mel B "stunned." They all voted Yes," sending him to the Vegas Round.


Pratt is putting together the singers for the event in Tifton, and more information will be announced. Singers already committed include Dr. Susan Roe, Kyle Dean and Eric Gonzales, as well as local pianist Greg Millette.

 

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door and are available through board members and by calling Literacy Volunteers at 229-391-2527 or emailing tiftlv@gmail.com. Sponsors may attend a VIP after party with Pratt and the other performers. Sponsorship opportunities are available at levels from $100 to $250, $500 and $1,000.


 

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2 CHRISTMAS AUCTIONS!
Dec. 4 & Dec. 11

Starting at 6:30 p.m.
at the Auction House
117 Magnolia Drive, Tifton

Open for Public Sale!

All New Toys, Tools, Gifts, Wrapping Paper, Christmas Decorations and more!
229-890-6821



'TIS THE SEASON ... FOR THE VICTORIAN VILLAGE 

BY CANDLELIGHT

 

Experience the Christmas season in the 1880s with Victorian Village by Candlelight from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

 

The evening is limited to 125 visitors with 25 people in each of five groups for the Victorian Village tours. Groups will meet at the Country Store to leave on the museum train every 30 minutes beginning at 5:30 p.m., with the last group leaving the train station at 7:30 p.m.

 

Guests will learn about two of the Victorian traditions that have become a part of the legend of Santa Claus during this lantern-lit event. Visitors will get a taste of the community's celebratory spirit as they stop in for a Christmas Eve visit in a Victorian-era village in South Georgia back when electricity was a luxury, humble gifts were made by hand, and Christmas Eve was spent cooking delicious treats on the open hearth of the fireplace.

 

 For information, contact the Country Store at 229-391-5205.

 

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Saturday: 10 a.m. - Dark
Sunday: 1 p.m. - Dark
We're Open Thanksgiving Day ~ 2 p.m. - Dark

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(1/2 mile east of Highway 125 / Tift Ave. or 3.5 miles east of I-75 Exit 69)
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YOUR WEEKEND
                          At a Glance....
 

FRIDAY, NOV. 28:

  • Black Friday ~ All right, holiday shoppers: Ready, Set, Go! 

SATURDAY, NOV. 29:

  • Small Business Saturday ~ Shop Locally Owned Businesses


In Memoriam
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Nov. 21

John A. Harrell, 75, Sycamore

 

Nov. 22

Morris Eugene "Mo" Fall, 60, Tifton

Adeline Bradford Underwood, 91, Madison, Miss.

 

Nov. 23

Willie Brooks, 92, Tifton

Edward F. "Ed" Knecht, 80, Fitzgerald

 

Nov. 24

Tommy B. Massey, 70, Omega

William Dewey Smith Jr., 90, Fitzgerald

Phillip Gammage, Sylvester

Jimmy Lee Cox, 56, Ocilla 

 

Nov. 25
 Margaret Culpepper Bergeron, 91, Tifton

Victoria Garrick, 80, Thomasville

 

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