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The Tifton Grapevine
WEEKENDER
Local News, Views & Previews
This Week in Tifton, Georgia -- April 26, 2013
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HOW 'BOUT THEM DAWGS!
UGA DAY Brings Coach Richt, Fox to Tifton
 Tifton turns Red and Black as "UGA Day" is celebrated on Wednesday, April 24
on the UGA Tifton Campus. Head Football Mark Richt and Head Basketball Coach Mark Fox give alumni and friends the latest scoop on the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Click the video above to get the scoop!
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TIFT COUNTY'S BIG
RELAY FOR LIFE
Annual Celebration of Life Opens Tonight, April 26
Tift County consistently has one of the largest -- if not the largest -- Relay for Life event for any community of its size.
Once again, beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, April 26, the journey to end cancer starts with a single step. The American Cancer Society and the Tift County Relay for Life committee invite you to take that step by joining the global Relay For Life movement at Friendly City Park at the E.B. Hamilton Complex in Tifton.
When you walk to end cancer at the Relay, it's your opportunity to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost and to raise awareness about what we can do to stay well and to raise money for research toward ending cancer.
This year's theme is "Dream Big, Hope Big, Relay Big." The Relay is scheduled 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes numerous activities, prizes, competitions, food, music and the always moving luminary ceremony.
More than 40 teams are participating and many decorate their campsites creatively.
For information, call Charles Hutton at 229-206-1903.
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 Jarrod Brogdon Acoustic Guitar 7-10 p.m. Half Price Appetizers until 7 p.m. 401 N. Love Ave., Tifton
Dinner Special: Molasses-Braised Flat Iron with whipped potatoes 229.238.2534
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HEALTHY KIDS DAY
Free Family Event at the Tiftarea YMCA Pool Complex
NOON-2 P.M.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Try Out Our Pool! Enjoy Family Activities!
Jump in a Bouncy House!
No joining fee if you join the YMCA at the event!
TIFTAREA YMCA at 1823 Westover Road, Tifton Call 229.391.9622
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Tifton Rotary Hosts International Guests
The Rotary Club of Tifton on April 17 and 18 hosted four members of a Rotary Group Study Exchange team from Bolivia.
In photo at right are Rotarians Leon Benefield, left, and Dean Hilliard, right, with Ruth Anivarro, an information technology professional specializing in geographic information systems for the Foundation for the Conservation of the Chiquitano Forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. As a Non-Profit Foundation, FCBC dedicates its efforts to the conservation and sustainable development of the Chiquitano forest eco region.
The purpose of the Group Study Exchange is to promote international understanding and goodwill through person-to-person contact. While visiting, team members stay in the home of host Rotarians.
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This Saturday, April 27: Music by Brandt Sandifer, 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m.
Join Us for Dinner!
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Local Dancing Stars Raise $$$ for Alzheimer's
There is still time to get reserved tickets for the "Dancing Stars of South Georgia," a glittering evening of cocktails, fine food and dancing by some of South Georgia's "stars."
This special event benefitting the Alzheimer's Association, Georgia Chapter, begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4 at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center.
Local stars are paired with dancing pros, and their routines are judged by a celebrity panel, including Miss Georgia, Tifton Mayor Jamie Cater, Carolyn Ellis and Jeani Synyard.
Local star dancers and pros include Melissa Chevers & Aubrey Taylor, Keri Jones & Van Jackson, Jay Lacy & Kevin Bailey, Chip Morris & Amanda Johnson, Ginger Sterling Nelson & Angel Aguilar, and Carrie Ann Turner & Alvaro Leyva. Votes determine the People's Choice winner.
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 YOUR WEEKENDAt a Glance....
FRIDAY, April 26
- Concert at Veteran's Park:, "Listen 249," noon, Downtown Tifton.
- Tift County Relay for Life, 6 p.m., Friendly City Park, Tifton.
- Jarrod Brogdon performs on the patio, 7 p.m.,Three Graces Manor, Love Avenue, Tifton.
- Tifton Truck & Tractor Pull, 7 p.m., American Legion Fairgrounds, Tifton.
SATURDAY, April 27
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Spring Fling, for children of military personnel in Southwest Georgia, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., National Guard C Co., 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 620 8th Ave. E., Cordele.
- Healthy Kids Day, Noon-2 p.m., Tiftarea YMCA pool, Westover Road, Tifton.
- Brandt Sandifer performs, 6:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Tifton.
- Tifton Truck & Tractor Pull, 7 p.m., American Legion Fairgrounds, Tifton.
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April 18
Sarah Loretta Dooley Arnold, 79, Tifton
Cecil E. Walters, 94, Waterloo
April 19
Frank Harris, 65, Tifton
April 20
William Felton "Dub" Pate Sr., 71, Ashburn
Earnest Reese Sr., 82, Tifton
April 21
Mary Virginia Cason Butler, 90, Tifton
Dorothy Rowan Drake, 89, Nashville
April 22
Sam Bates, 84,
Dorothy "Miss Dot" Marchant Carper, 90, Tifton
April 23Ozella Crawley Hobbs, 86, Tifton Carolyn Hollis Spampinato, 76, Tifton
April 24
Margaret Perry Beard, 92, Sycamore
April 25
Rose Marie Prewitt, 74, Tifton
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