First Pirate Mascot wins local contest As the year 2010 begins, the news of 2009 is now history. To recap last year, here is summary of the articles found in the Miller County Liberal.

This final glimpse of 2009 will appear in four installments, covering three months in each segment. Here is the second quarter.

April

First Pirate Mascot wins local contest

The City of Colquitt recently held a logo design contest for the new water tower in the city at the site of the new school facility.

The winning logo was drawn and painted by Jason Neal Sheffield. Jason will receive a $100 cash prize as well as having his painting on the water tower.

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26th National Mayhaw Festival was fun

If you missed any or all of the 26th National Mayhaw Festival last Friday and Saturday, you missed one fun time and one great festival!

26th National Mayhaw Festival was fun Even though the morning started off with a chill in the air, by mid-day the sun was shining bright, and the temperature was nearly perfect for the day’s festivities.

May

Miller County FFA member, Brooke Widner, was named the 2009 State Star Farmer of the Georgia FFA Association on Friday, April 24, 2009, at the 81st Georgia FFA Convention.

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After checking his web site, we find that Daniel Seddipui is already quite a celebrity since he started his trip of having 50 jobs in 50 states in 50 weeks.

The 26-year-old Daniel Seddiqui has a bachelor of languages, arts and sciences in economics degree from the University of Southern California but had no luck finding a job in his chosen profession. He stated that he had at least 2000 rejections.

Instead of giving up, he came up with about as creative a solution as I’ve heard.

“I’ve created my own job, for at least for 50 weeks. After I finish the trip, I plan to write a book about ‘Living the Map.’ I’ve already had some good job offers.” Seddipui stated.

– – – – Educator/coach and friend to our youth, Renza Israel, was recently named region baseball Coach of the Year.

Coach Israel said, “Anytime you are presented with an award such as this it is an honor. I assure you that I am very honored because this was voted on by my fellow coaches, only. This also proves that your record doesn’t necessarily reflect the job you did as a coach.”

June

It was a special day, Monday, May 25, as members of American Legion Post #165 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6046 gathered at the northeast corner of the square in recognition of Memorial Day.

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Things in Colquitt will become “curiouser and curiouser” this summer. Cotton Hall Theater will be filled with wacky Wonderlanders the last weekend of June. Audiences will wonder how they found themselves amidst such crazy characters, including a riddle-filled caterpillar, giant talking flowers, and even a creepy and colorful Cheshire cat.

Having previously staged Peter Pan, Bridge to Terabithia, Willy Wonka, and his very own script Christmastime at the Circus Marvello, Murdock thinks that Alice in Wonderland will be his most whimsical show yet.

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“Down at the Depot” is now underway. It is being painted on the side of the old Fudge building on the corner of Cuthbert Street. Chris Moore with MooreArt Studios in Hampton has been contracted by the arts council to design and paint this mural. The actual painting of the mural began on Tuesday, June 16, and will take approximately six to eight weeks, depending on the weather, to complete.

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Fabulous Fourth on the Third

The Colquitt/Miller County Chamber of Commerce has had extensive planning to make this one of the best Fourth of July celebrations ever on Friday, July 3, at Spring Creek Recreation Park.

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Miller County Elementary School students enjoyed fun days on May 6-8, 2009.

The fun days were sponsored by the Miller County Elementary Parent Teacher Organization. The fourth and fifth grade students took part in a basketball tournament with the Pre-K through third grades participating in sack races, tug-a-wars, 3-legged races, and sponge throws with the highlight of each of the fun days being the water fun provided by the Colquitt-Miller County Volunteer Fire Department.