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A look back at 2007
This final glimpse of 2007 will appear in four installments, covering three months in each segment. JULY Ann R. Addison, PhD, MSN, FNP-C, was recently appoint- ed Chief Executive Officerof Primary Care of Southwest Georgia, Inc. (PCSG) in Blakely. - - - - May-Haw, Colquitt's own musical variety show, is returning to Cotton Hall for two weekends in July. The show will feature brand new live music performed by local musicians and local volunteers from Colquitt and the surrounding communities coming together to bring you a show you won't soon forget. With performers located on all four stages, you will feel like you too are a part of the show. - - - - On June 12, Tarah Sloan and Chelsea Freeman departed for three weeks going on the trip of a lifetime! These two young ladies from Colquitt were among 43 teens chosen from the Southwest Georgia area to participate in the People to People Student Ambassador Program. This organization was founded by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 in an effort to promote world peace and understanding.
- - - - Friday, July 29, 2007, the members of the Miller County Board of Education, along with Supt. Robbie Phillips, Mayor Jerry Chapman, Councilman Jimmy Phillips and Principal Ginger Webster, broke ground on the new K-12 school site on Phillipsburg Road. Supt. Robbie Phillips welcomed those attending and thanked those who have helped make this building project possible to educate the youth of this area. - - - - Birth Announcements: Jordan Phillip Byrd, Mason Taylor Musgrove, Jacob Bo Miller, Cecil Brantley Lewis, Madelyn Grace Ard Deaths: Henry Clifton Daniels, Dorothy Lousie Wells, Addis W. Crowe, Marjorie Jane Pyles Harrell, Doris Inga Davis, Allee B. Duncan, John Schwartz, Joan Widner, Joseph Guy Boyd, Richard Arlen Williams, Juanita Hunt Harper, Geraldine Williams Jackson, Dorothy Dekle Fix
Although Southwind Ford has been in business for almost a year, the Grand Opening and officialribbon cutting was held Saturday, August 4, 2007, to celebrate with a host of loyal family, friends and customers. Everyone enjoyed lunch, fellowship and door prizes. - - - - Will Raines, son of Caroline Raines of Colquitt and Bill Raines of Smithville, was recently named the Most Valuable Player of The USSSA 17-U World Series. Will is also the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Billy G. Roland and a senior at Lee County High School in Leesburg. - - - - The Crooked Oak Golf Association held its annual Member-Guest Golf Tournament this past weekend. Sixty seven two-person teams competed during the two day event. Fletcher Thompson and William Rambo won the overall championship with a score of 127. With golf course receiving many compliments on its condition, Crooked Oak Golf Club was the biggest winner on this weekend. Many of the out-of-town guests were talking well about the golf course. Winston Trively, the PGA professional running the club, said, "The golf course conditions were a credit to this community. The grounds' crew at the Club, member volunteers and donated labor all worked together to create excellent playing conditions. The groundwork had been laid during the summer by Pap Richardson and his crew, but it took the community to pitch in to get the course in the tournament condition we saw this weekend. It takes a lot of people to put on a tournament this big. We appreciated all of the help the course received this week. It was a great weekend for Crooked Oak."
The Southwest Georgia Lady Warriors' softball team brought home the Silver Division 1st place trophy Saturday, August 25, (or really Sunday, August 26). The final game did not end until after midnight with the Lady Warriors defeating the Citizens' Christian Academy, 11-5. - - - - Birth Announcements: Jack Mercer Hall, Laurel Chyanne Ussery, Madison Makenzie Little, Landon Trace Ogletree, Ashton Kade Beamon
September Celebrating Film Southern Style was really the headliner this Labor Day weekend as the second annual Jokara- Micheaux Film Festival got underway here in Southwest Georgia August 31-September 2. Ralph Wilcox, the Southwest Georgia Film Commission director and founder of the Jokara-Micheaux Film Festival, is making good on his promise of using the filmand television industry as a vehicle for economic development. One way to achieve this goal is to attract productions companies and industry professionals to the region by giving them a glimpse of all of the wonderful locations and attractions here in Southwest Georgia.
The Colquitt/Miller County Chamber of Commerce held its annual Mayhaw Pageant Saturday night, September 8, 2007, at the Miller County Elementary School Auditorium. The pageant featured 27 lovely young ladies vying for the titles of Tiny Miss, Little Miss, Young Junior Miss, Junior Miss, Teen Miss, and Miss National Mayhaw. - - - - At a recent meeting, Jack Wingate, also known as the "Sage of Seminole," spoke to the Colquitt Lions Club members and guests without talking about fishing or Indians, of which he is an expert on both. He is also one of the best speakers and storytellers anywhere. There's some question as to which came first-Lake Seminole's big bass legend or Jack Wingate's angling lore. As to fact, Wingate arrived first. His family settled on the land, and Jack was born and lived his many years on the very ground the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers claimed and constructed the George Woodruff Dam to flood the Georgia piney woods. Having prowled and hunted the very land where Lake Seminole was spawned, it was little wonder that Wingate would grow up to be the lake's best known angler and guide.
- - - - The overflow crowd at the Colquitt Lions Club not only received a great lunch, but was entertained with a "smidgin" of things to come as Swamp Gravy opens for the 15th year of telling our stories to the world. Lion President Ben Clenney welcomed the group and after a blessing and meal, introduced actor and director, Richard Geer, from Swamp Gravy. - - - - Birth Announcements: Brayden Rex Hudgins, Laney Cynthia ZiQian Daniel, Colin Ryder Williams
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