tuesday, december 15, 2015 the johnson...

Johnson County’s hometowndoctor has made quite a namefor herself, not only in MiddleGeorgia, but throughout thestate and likely even fartherthan that. Dr. Jean Sumner haswon the hearts and saved thelives of many local residents.She has recently accepted a po-sition of which she is truly de-serving-Dean of the MedicalSchool at Mercer University.That’s an incredible achieve-ment and the Rotary Club ofWrightsville honored her forthis and her many accomplish-ments during their meeting onWednesday.

Jeanette Caneega introducedSumner and said that, for her,Sumner’s new position bringsmixed emotions because she

hates to see her leave the officein Wrightsville, but she is ex-tremely proud of what she hasdone and will do as Dean.

To say Sumner worked hardto get where she is now, is ahuge understatement. She beganher career in the medical field as

There are 25,000 sex of-fenders in the state of Geor-gia. Of that number, 501 re-side in Johnson County: 463are being housed in JohnsonState Prison and 38 live else-where within the county. Bylaw, the locations of these in-dividuals have to be regis-tered in the county in whichthey reside at all times. Andwhile it's not hard to monitor

sex offenders who are incar-cerated, it's not always sosimple once these inmatescomplete their sentence andare released from prison.

Once released, these of-fenders are supposed to im-mediately register in whatev-er county or state they moveto. And a majority of themdo, but the responsibility offinding those who fail to reg-ister, falls on the JohnsonCounty Sheriff's Office.That's a big responsibility as

THE JOHNSON JOURNALA newspaper that cares about the people of Johnson County

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015

$1.00Volume 18 Number 10

THiS WEEK’S

HiGHliGHTS

Mvba Choir

will prESEnt

MuSiCal on

thurSdayFifty-plus members

of the Mt. Vernon

Baptist Association

Choir will present

the musical, “When

Earth Received Her

King” on Thursday,

December 17 at 7

p.m. at Brown

Memorial Baptist

Church.

adult Ed

offErS frEE

CoMpaSS,

aSSEt ClaSSESFree GED classes, as

well as Compass or

Asset remediation

classes are available

through the Johnson

County Adult Educa-

tion Center. Call 864-

4908 or come by at

37 Georgia Ave. for

more info. Free GED

test scholarships are

also available for

students.

Countdown to Christmas ---- Only 10 more days!

Deadline to submit Letters to Santa is Wednesday, December 16 at 5 p.m.

fuMC to hold

ChriStMaS EvE

SErviCEThe First Methodist

Church will host a

Christmas Eve Ser-

vice on Thursday, De-

cember 24 at 7 p.m.

Everyone is invited.

Man arrested in Atlanta for not registering as a sex offender

By Deidre Ledford

Editor

Subscriptions

make great

Christmas

Gifts!

these individuals can liter-ally move anywhere.

Georgia Sheriff's De-partments across the state,including Johnson County,participated in OperationWatchful Eye during theweek of October 26-31.During this timeframe, acoordinated effort wasmade to conduct residenceverifications and compli-ance checks of all regis-tered sex offenders.

Two hundred and twen-

ty-one arrests were madeduring this Operationstatewide. Johnson CountySheriff Rusty Oxford re-ported one arrest in Adrianfor failure to resister butthe rest of the offenderswere where they were sup-posed to be. He did saythey were working with theGBI to locate a sex offend-er, who was recently re-leased from Johnson StatePrison, because he had notregistered at his new coun-

ty of residence. Rickey Renesco Alexan-

der, 44, was initially be-lieved to be in anotherstate. With the assistance ofthe GBI, Alexander was lo-cated in Fulton County andheld for the Johnson Coun-ty Sheriff's Office. DeputySteven Wilcher went to At-lanta to place Alexanderunder arrest and bring himback to Johnson County.

Rickey Alexander failed to comply after being released from JSP

Please see ARREST, Page 3

Photo by Deidre Ledford

Eleven-month old Kylie Dixon isn’t too sure about her first

visit with Santa Claus Thursday night. Kylie was one of many

children who got to sit and talk with Santa during the Cham-

ber’s annual Lite-A-Lite Ceremony on the Courthouse Square.

Santa on the Square

The Journal

will become

Legal Organ

in January

The Johnson Journal staff isproud to inform our readersthat, effective January 1, 2016,we will resume the legal organstatus for Johnson County.

We look forward to onceagain serving our readers andthe citizens of Johnson Countyin this capacity.

By Deidre Ledford

Editor

Kite Prayer Breakfast Club honors founder, Lucille Brantley

Saturday afternoon was aspecial day for many people.December 5 marked the sev-enth anniversary of the KitePrayer Breakfast Club; it wasthe first ever Christmas partythe Club has celebrated; and italso happened to fall on thebirthday of Club Founder,Mrs. Lucille Brantley.

The celebration, whichwas held in the Kite Churchof God Family Center, washeld in honor of Mrs. Lu-cille and the success of thePrayer Breakfast Club. Theafternoon started as many ofthe Tuesday morning Clubmeetings do…with musicalperformances from local tal-ent. Performers included:Rhonda McCranie, RossTanner, Buddy Lawson,Bailey Lawson and StanLawson, Amy Lee and Vir-ginia Wilson.

Emcee of the evening,Bonnie Rose Smith, thankedeveryone for attending andgave special recognition tolocal pastors who were pre-sent and to the members ofAngels in Flight and theApostle's House.

Following a devotion in-cluding scripture from Luke2:11 by Gene 'Bear' Cross,Mrs. Lucille spoke about thePrayer Breakfast Club, howit originated and how it hasgrown over the years. Afterbecoming a widow in thespring of 2007 with thepassing of her beloved hus-band, Hubert, she says that

God began to work on her.This was around the sametime that Debra Hooksopened CornerStone Cafe inthe center of Kite.

Brantley says she felt ledto start a Ladies' PrayerBreakfast for other woman,possibly widows, in the areato give them something en-couraging to do. She foundout that there were a fewladies who met at the Cafein the mornings for coffeeand decided to join themone day. She says that Godtold her to take her Bibleand to go and have prayerwith these ladies. She did,they had a great time ad de-cided to meet every Tuesdayto have a 'Prayer Breakfast.'

These five woman, Lu-cille Brantley, CarolynWilliams, Kay Anderson,Sue Wiggins, Dot Bryantand the late Rena MaeBoulineau, were dedicatedto their Tuesday morningmeetings and word quicklygot around, causing their at-tendance to grow. Brantleysaid that Hooks was so goodto them and even when theCafe was closed on Tuesday

mornings, he would open itup just for them to have theirbreakfast. She said that dur-ing this time, in the middleof winter, the meetings werequite cold, but they wouldbring their own breakfast

and God always providedthem with their needs.

Around this time, Donand Eula Kittrell moved toKite and joined the Prayer

By Deidre Ledford

Editor

Please see KITE, Page 3

Brantley is crowned “Ms. Kite” and presented keys to the City

Eula Kittrell helps adjust Mrs. Lucille’s

sash after she was crowned Ms. Kite during

Saturday’s celebration in her honor.

Dr. Sumner recognized byRotarians for achievement

By Deidre Ledford

Editor

At the commencement of theDecember 2015 Term of John-son County Superior Court,which convenes at 9:00 a.m. onMonday, January 4, 2016, amemorial service will be held inthe Courtroom of the Johnson

County Courthouse in the honorof the late Judge Joe WesleyRowland, a member of theDublin Bar Association.

The Court and Judge Row-land’s family would be honoredby your presence at the service.

Memorial Service planned

for Judge Joe W. Rowland

Dr. Jean Sumner

Please see SUMNER, Page 3

Mt. olivE

ChriStMaS

play to bE

hEld Sunday

Mt. Olive Church of

the Nazarene will

host a Children’s

Christmas Play on

Sunday, December

20 during the morn-

ing service at 10:45

a.m. and the evening

service at 6 p.m.

JoCo EMS

ChriStMaS

food drivEJohnson County

EMS-C is hosting a

Food Drive for

Christmas. A dona-

tion tree and box

has been placed at

Piggly Wiggly. Dona-

tion boxes for non-

perishable items are

also located at Dol-

lar General, Handi-

Check, Amee’s Kwik

Stop and Flash

Foods.

Dublin, two sons, Jay An-

drew Damron of Wrightsville

and Michael J. Aliff of

Wrightsville and two grand-

daughters, Abby Aliff and

Sarah Aliff.

Stanley Funeral Home and

Crematory of Dublin was in

charge of funeral arrange-

ments.

Jeanette Page BarbeeJeanette Page Barbee, 79,

of East Dublin, entered into

eternal rest, Tuesday, Decem-

ber 8 at Fairview Park Hospi-

tal. She was born December

27, 1935 in Johnson County

to the late Henry Daniel and

Betsy Ellen Kight Page.

Mrs. Barbee was a gradu-

ate of Wrightsville High

School. She was employed

for many years with Bassett

Furniture Co of Dublin,

a / Tuesday, December 15, 2015

SPIRITUAL LIVINGTHE JOHNSON JOURNAL

Are you a secret service Christian?OBITUARIESJames E. Aliff, Jr.

Funeral services for Mr.

James E. Aliff, Jr. were held

on Saturday, December 12 at

the First Church of the

Nazarene with interment fol-

lowing at Graham Memorial

Church of the Nazarene. Rev.

Don Hicks and Rev. T.

Manuel Johnson officiated.

Mr. Aliff was born January

7, 1954 in Camp Pickett, Vir-

ginia; he was preceded in

death by his parents, he late

James Edgar Aliff, Sr. and

Mary Damron Aliff. He was a

member of the Lions Club

and attended the First Church

of the Nazarene. He served in

the United States Army and

was formerly licensed as a

funeral director. Mr. Aliff

passed away Wednesday, De-

cember 9 at Fairview Park

Hospital.

He is survived by his wife,

Glenda Roberts Aliff of East

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Some folks seem ashamed

to be a Christian. They are re-

luctant to bow their head in

public to pray at a restaurant.

This fellow was walking

down the street with a raggy

looking mixed breed dog.

A man approached and

asked, "What kind of dog is

that?" "A police dog," the

man replied. "That don't look

like a police dog. How can he

be a police dog?" The owner

calmly said, "Well, he's in the

Secret Service."

So, some Christians ap-

pear to be in the Secret Ser-

vice. Reluctant to boldly pro-

claim and promote their

faith. When a miracle hap-

pens in their lives, rather than

spreading it abroad or putting

in in the newspaper, they just

sort of keep it a secret among

family, church folks and a

few friends.

I had an accident in 1981

where I did what they say is

almost impossible…I totaled

a Volvo. It was a real old

model without seat belts or

air bags and I came out with-

out a scratch. An absolute

miracle! I took a picture of

the car and wrote my own ar-

ticle entitled, "To God Be

The Glory," and had it put in

local newspapers. To this day

some folks still tell me they

have the clipping from that

story. That's what I'm talking

about!

This subject reminds me

of Norman Rockwell's paint-

ing 'Saying Grace,' which

shows a grandmother and her

grandson bowing their heads

in prayer in a cafe and song

some rough neck boys that

are swearing and smoking

cigarettes.

The Bible states in

Matthew 10:32-33, "Whoso-

ever therefore shall confess

me before men, him will I

confess also before my Fa-

ther which is in Heaven. But

whosoever shall deny me be-

fore men, him will I also de-

ny before my Father which is

in Heaven."

you can deny Him without

saying a word. I'm not in the

Secret Service. I am glad I

am a Christian and in the

Good News Service!

Can you say Amen?

Gary Toole is a freelance

writer and contributor to

many publications through-

out Georgia. He and his wife,

Carolyn, live in Uvalda,

Georgia.

•Mt. Olive Church of the

Nazarene will be hosting a

Children's Christmas Play on

Sunday, December 20 during

the morning service at 10:45

a.m. and the evening service

at 6 p.m.

•Fifty-plus members of the

Mt. Vernon Baptist Associa-

tion Choir will present the

musical, "When Earth Re-

ceived Her King," on Thurs-

day, December 17 at Brown

Memorial Baptist Church at 7

p.m. Everyone is cordially in-

vited to attend.

•The First Methodist Church

will host a Christmas Eve

Service on Thursday, Decem-

ber 24 at 7 p.m. in the Sanc-

tuary.

•Johnson County Family

Connection is working with

DFCS this year to provide

Christmas for the six foster

children in our community.

There are also other families

in the community in need this

year. Angel Trees have been

placed at both banks for any-

one wishing to pick an angel

and provide a present for

these children. Any person,

church group or organization

interested in sponsoring a

child or a group of siblings

shoudl contact Kristie Brant-

ley at the high school. Asso-

ciated Housing and Econom-

ic Development is also par-

ticipating in the Angel Trees

Project.

•Wrightsville First Methodist

Church will host a Christmas

Eve Service on Thursday,

December 24 at 7 p.m. in the

Sanctuary.

•The Johnson County Minis-

terial Association meets

every first Wednesday at 1

p.m. at the Double Tree Cof-

fee Shop in Wrightsville.

•As part of a public service

project through Emergency

Medical Services for Chil-

dren (EMS-C), Johnson

County EMS is conducting a

clothing drive from now

through December 15. These

items will be distributed

through Johnson County

Family Connection. Dona-

tions are appreciated and can

be dropped off at the

Wrightsville Fire Depart-

ment, Johnson Co. (EMS),

Wrightsville Police Depart-

ment and the Johnson County

Sheriff's Office.

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County EMS is conducting a

clothing drive from now

through December 15.

Items being collected in-

clude: jackets, coats, belts,

shoes, pants, shirts and other

new or used school-sized

clothing items (ages Kinder-

garten through high school).

These items will be dis-

tributed through Johnson

Johnson Co. EMS hosts Clothes Drive

where she later retired as Di-

rector of the Human Re-

source Department. She was

an avid reader and a master at

Crossword Puzzles. She was

Catholic by faith.

She was preceded in death

by her husband, George Bar-

bee and a brother, Thomas

Edward Page.

Graveside services were

held at Northview Cemetery

in Dublin on Saturday, De-

cember 12. Father Stephen

Pontzer officiated.

Mrs. Barbee is survived by

her son, Stephen Barbee

(Brenda) of East Dublin; four

sisters, Patricia Avery of Ma-

con, Marie Sumner of

Wrightsville, Betty Pierce

(Gene) of Rentz, and Eliza-

beth Mallory of Lilburn; nu-

merous nieces and nephews.

Brantley Funeral Home of

Wrightsville was in charge of

arrangements.

By Deidre Ledford

Editor

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Final day to make donation is December 15County Family Connection.

Donations are appreciated

and can be dropped off at the

Wrightsville Fire Depart-

ment, Johnson County

Emergency Medical Ser-

vices (EMS), Wrightsville

Police Department and the

Johnson County Sheriff's

Office.

This year, we have adopt-

ed a new framework called

PBIS (Positive Behavioral

Interventions & Support).

This program was established

by the U.S. Department of

Education. PBIS is a frame-

work or approach for assist-

ing school personnel in

adopting and organizing evi-

dence-based behavioral inter-

ventions into an integrated

continuum that enhances aca-

demic and social behavior

outcomes for All students.

Importantly, it also supports

the success of JCES students.

By implementing PBIS, our

goal is to decrease office re-

ferrals and increase class-

room instructional time. Each

month, students will be rec-

ognized for meeting the re-

quirements.

Our motto for PBIS is:

Trojans know their ABC’s--

Always be Respectful; Be

Responsible; Consider Safety

Requirements: •Always

follow the ABC’s; •No MIRs

or office referrals.

Here’s a list of JCES PBIS

Superstars for the month of

November:

Pre-K:

Ms. Rosheda Darrisaw’s

Class: Kendrick Burnette,

Chat’nee Cason, Brycen De-

vero, Ryliefaith Donaldson,

Carleigh Finch, Logan Fos-

key, Zarria Graddy, Ahdi

Humphries, Jake Johnson,

Makiyah Jones, Maximiliano

Lopez, Robert Moorman,

Charles Morris, Savannah

Morris, Sakshi Patel, Jesse

Peebles, Morgan Prosser,

Ethan Rich, Ricardo Taylor,

Gracie Ward, Reannen Wim-

berly

Ms. Holly Foskey’s Class:

Terry Beasley, Katira Bivins,

Kinlee Brantley, Payton

Dolph, Brent Estes, Farron

Evans, Emerson Franklin,

Warren Glenn, Aiden Holtz-

claw, Tashayla Irwin,

McKenzie Johnson, Carsen

Jones, Samuel McClelland,

Jlynn Osborne, Bryundrick

Reese, Melvin Scott, Lita

Stoneking, Caleb Stuckey,

Zariah Tucker, Calvin

Williams, McKenzie Wood

Ms. Marla Jackson’s

Class: Colten Brantley,

Ja’Kobe Butler, Katie Carter,

Mickell Carter, Z’Miria

Flemings, Karson Guilmette,

Ayden Hall, Scottie Horton,

AnaMarie Johnson, Curtedric

Norris, Dalton Palmer, Kar-

layna Prevost, Chesnie

Roberts, Jakayla Robinson,

Raylin Stapleton, Elijah

Sumner, Harrison Tanner,

Knox Tanner, Ava Tapley,

Hailey Walker, Lamirra

Watkins

Kindergarten:Ms. Patricia Green’s

Class: Cedar Cady, Jersi Car-

swell, Bryston Claxton, Der-

rick Dixon, Natalee Dixon,

Annabelle Ellison, Sydney

Howard, Z’Koria Jones,

Charles Lewis, Joley McCoy,

Jackson Parker, Abby Wil-

son, Jamieion Wright, Xan-

der McCleod

Ms. Tammy Jordan’s

Class: James Ambrose, Ryan

Boatright, Cedric Bridges,

Bryson Carter, Josana Col-

ston, Jazmine Osborne, Cani-

la Plummer, Autumn Sumn-

er, J.C. Wynn

Ms. Lauren O’Neal’s

Class: Caleb Dolph, Addison

Garnto, Sophia Hernandez,

Channon Hooks, Zion John-

son, Talon McCoy, Gracie

McKiernan, Aliah Smith,

Layton Woods, Susie Hood

Ms. Crystal Parrish’s

Class: ZaKiya Arline, Kadyn

Copeland, Peyton Crabb,

Jalen Daniels, Vanessa

Davis, Kiera Doherty, Zanco-

rian Graddy, Ja’Corrin King,

Tailyn Norris, Aiyanna

Clark, Charles Pope,

Matthew Presley, Nathan

Ryan, Cleant Ryan, Paris

Smith

Ms. Kelli Rowland’s

Class: Alp Boone, Ali Jack-

son, Seth Lamb, Josey Row-

land, Cohen Scott, Jeremiah

Taylor, Briley Ussery,

Chance Wombles

First Grade:Ms. Andrea Brantley’s

Class: Alejandro Arreguin,

Maci Blue, Gaige Brown,

Jaydah Brown, Gunner

Clements, Albert Connell,

Jaylen Cooper, Grayson

Fincher, Glennderious Har-

ris, Fenix Hooks, Karmaria

Lincoln, Breanna Rountree,

Mackenzie Schumacher,

Seanna Stanley, Chloe

Wilkes

Ms. Carrie Jenkins’ Class:

Za’Riyia Brown, Makalyn

Claxton, Makayla Finch, Jor-

dyn Johnson, Diamond

Lewis, Lawson Martin,

Matthew McCoy, Audrey

Mixon, Daksh Patel, Will Pe-

ters, Jim Stapleton, Saliyah

Strickland

Ms. Kensy Johnson’s

Class: De’Asia Butler, Mi-

clissa Byrd, Matthew Cross,

Caleb Foskey, Lydia Garnto,

Keniya Green, Kendrick

Jenkins, Daniel Lawrence,

Amari Murray, Sam Ours,

Amy Smith, Parker Smith,

Memphis Stevens, Emma

Tharp, My’Asia Williams,

Cetajah Wright

Ms. Elicia Stanley’s Class:

Janiyah Brooks, Chris Clan-

ton, Aidon Claxton, Seth Do-

herty, Randy Eastwood,

Shakiyah Graddy, Kylie

Hopkins, Craig Kirkpatrick,

Lily Mason, Reagan Reese,

De’Kajah Strickland, Lak-

endon Walker, Kemorya

Watkins

Second Grade:Ms. LaSonya Evans’s

Class: Charity Butler, Ava

Grant, Kailey Johnson, My-

tus Lanier, Samiya Linder,

James Pope, Jackston Scar-

boro, Riley Wilson

Ms. Montana Josey’s

Class: Giselle Banos, Alyssa

Boatright, Ty’rihanna

Brown, Landon Carter, Ta’-

Nasajah Dixon, Iris Foskey,

Alison Fuller, Jaylon Harris,

Aravia Johnson, Za’Kiya

King, William Parr, Eli Self

Ms. Anna Palmer’s Class:

Ayden Botette, Steven

Deatherage, Charlee Harvey,

Ty’Rua Irwin, Jerone Mon-

roe, Nazyria Smith

Ms. Carol Williams’

Class: Toye Bounlineau,

Kendia Dixon, Noah Garner,

Jeremiah Jenkins, Taylor Mc-

Clendon, Lillian McLemore,

Alex Smith, Michenzie

Soles, Cameron Sumner, Zi-

By Teresa Snead

JCES Counselor

Please see PBIS, Page 7

Elementary School recognizes PBISSuperstars for the month of November

The Johnson Journal / Tuesday, December 15, 2015 / a

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From Page 1aSanta

The Courthouse

Square was packed

Thursday night during

the Chamber’s

Lite-A-Lite Ceremony.

Shown at left:

Roxana Guzman, 2,

thanks the State Farm

Bear for her compli-

mentary hot choco-

late. Wrightsville

Family Dentistry also

handed out free

cookies to visitors;

Middle-Georgia’s

Dance Explosion per-

forms during the

Ceremony. The

Johnson County High

School Trojan Band

also performed.

Santa tries to

get one-year

old Payton

Scott to tell him

what he wants

for Christmas,

but Payton

hasn’t quite

warmed up to

Santa yet. He

is, however,

enjoying the

candy cane

he gave him.

Breakfast Club, as did Bonnie

Rose Smith, all three of

whom Brantley says do so

many things for the Club.

In July 2014, Bear and

Rose Cross purchased Cor-

nerStone Cafe and renamed it

Rosie's Country Kitchen. She

says the Cross' were also very

good to them, and allowed

them to continue with their

Tuesday morning meetings.

She recalls one morning when

they had finished their meet-

ing and went to pay for their

meals, the cashier told them it

had been paid for. Lucille says

that when she asked 'by who?'

the cashier sold her 'Bear

Cross.'

Lucille says she prays that

God will continue to work

through them and that others

will come to Jesus, because

that is what the Prayer Break-

fast is all about.

"We have to let people see

Jesus in us, in our lives and

our actions," said Lucille.

"Please continue to support us

with your prayers and pres-

ence. So many of our prayers

have been answered. We've

even seen miracles happen at

our breakfasts. We thank God

for everything."

She thanked everyone for

making the breakfast a suc-

cess.

"I never dreamed it would

turn out like this," she said.

"God has been so good to us.

We can't praise Him enough.

Put Christ first in everything

you do and he'll do the same

for you."

She closed by saying she

hoped everyone has a Merry

Christmas, saying it's not

about Santa Claus, it's about

Jesus.

Several members got up

and spoke about the Club and

how they became involved.

Ann Lawson said that she and

her husband, Buddy, were in-

vited to a breakfast in 2008

and have been coming ever

since. The Prayer Breakfast

Club has grown to 30-40

members, now including

men, and more than 27

churches are represented.

Many have their own special

duties: Eula Kittrell finds peo-

ple to present the weekly pro-

grams, Don Kittrell keeps up

with the prayer list, Carolyn

Williams handles the

cashier/clerical duties, Bonnie

Rose works to get performers

together, Lucille Brantley pre-

Councilman Bear Cross and

crowned Miss Kite by Mayor

Don Kittrell. But that wasn't

the only surprise she got. She

was speechless when her four

sons, three of whom live out

of town, had hidden in the

back of the building, came out

to congratulate her with a sur-

prise visit.

The Brantley boys, along

with their wives, Jerry (Sally)

Brantley of Suwannee, Terry

(Ann) Brantley of Atlanta,

Gary (Donna) Brantley of

McDonough and Larry Brant-

ley of Kite, all thanked the

crowd for the kind words to-

ward their mother and de-

scribed her as a wonderful

mother, grandmother and

great-grandmother.

Thank you Mrs. Lucille for

everything you have done for

the Kite Community and con-

gratulations to the Kite Prayer

Breakfast Club for seven suc-

cessful years!

pares a devotion to share each

week, and several others add

their own special touch to the

Club.

The group participates in

several community projects

including providing Bibles,

etc. to Angels in Flight and

the Apostle House, making

contributions to projects and

needs in the community and

even hosting a quarterly

gospel sing. The first sing was

held in May of 2013 and

through the generosity of

Brother Allen Meeks and the

Kite Church of God, the sings

are held in the KCOG Family

Center.

Judy Norris, who regularly

makes the trip from Gray to

attend the Prayer Breakfasts,

says the testimonies she has

heard from the Angels in

Flight have been so inspira-

tional to her. She also de-

scribed Mrs. Lucille from the

eyes of a teenaged girl. She

said Brantley has always

loved the town of Kite and

has done many things to make

it look good, including fixing

up the area in front of the old

school with flowers, etc. She

said the verse from Proverbs

31 about a virtuous woman

comes to mind when she

thinks of Mrs. Lucille.

"She loves Kite and she

loves the Lord," said Norris.

Following a few more

comments, Mrs. Lucille was

asked to go back to center

stage where she was present-

ed a key to the City of Kite by

From Page 1aKite

a nurse at the VA in Dublin.

Once she decided to pursue a

degree in medicine, she com-

mitted herself to driving 58.7

miles (one way) to and from

the Mercer School of Medi-

cine every day. Doing this

for several years, while hav-

ing to leave a husband and

two small children at home,

was definitely not easy.

Sumner was a member of

the first graduating class of

the Medical School and re-

ceived a degree with distinc-

tions in 1986. She has now

come full circle as she will

head the same school from

which she attended. Sumner

says she realized there was a

need for doctors in small,

rural towns and decided to

do something about it. And

she certainly has.

She will begin her duties

as Dean on January 2, but

will not assume the title of

Dean until July 1. She ex-

plained that she wouldn’t

even consider leaving here

until she knew she had some-

one who could take care of

the people who mean so

much to her. And she feels

that she has found that in Dr.

Caitlin Collier.

As for taking the new po-

sition as Dean, Sumner has

big plans.

“If I can help positively

change other communities

and sustain this community,

I’m going to do it,” she said.

“Because these are my peo-

ple. I am where I’m at today

because of you. It’s been a

great honor to serve this

community.”

From Page 1aSumner

Community Bank President Paul Turner speaks to guests duringThursday night’s Business After Hours. Guests enjoyed delicious food,drinks and door prizes from local businesses.

CBJC hosts Business After hours

December 15, 1917From "Somewhere In

France," a letter home writ-

ten by Emmett E. Martin,

Battery K, 7th Regt. Ameri-

can Expeditionary Force,

France, November 8, 1917:

"There may be someonein Johnson County whowould like to hear from onewho is in France. I guessthat I am the only one inFrance from dear old John-son County. If there is any-one else here from there, Idon't know it. I will beginmy trip from Fort Adams,R.I. on the morn of Aug.16th. We had orders to beginpacking our barrack's bagsand get ready to leave forsome place but we did notknow where. Well we goteverything packed up buttwo bed comforts whichwere left out to sleep on thatnight, so the next morningthey were also packed. Thebarracks bags were takendown stairs and piled infront of the company office

to be moved to the New Portharbor which is just acrossthe bay from the fort.

Everything was moved tothe harbor and by 2pm wewere ready to march to theharbor but from cause theregiment did not leave thefort until 5. We marchedthrough the city of New Portamid cheers and jeers. Therewere thousands of people atthe harbor to see us off. Fa-thers and mothers to saygoodbye to sons, sisters tobrothers and sweethearts tosweethearts, and of course Ihad one there to say good-bye to me, one whom I didnot delight in parting from

but I had to part from her.There were a lot of sad part-ings.

After all the goodbyes weboarded at 9:30 and pulledfrom the harbor. The nextday we arrived at anotherharbor which I will notname, for fear the censorwill not let my letter passand I will not name anyplace at which we stopped.We went ashore at the har-bor mentioned above for anhour then we went aboardanother ship for parts un-known, but on Monday the20th, about 12 we sightedland and about 4pm that daythe boat pulled in at another

but we were not allowed togo ashore. There the 8th reg-iment which left Fort Adamsa few days ahead of us waswaiting for us and also twoother regiments from someother place. About 4 the 21stthe boat pulled away with aconvoy of four destroyersfor the voyage across the At-lantic.

We had been sailingabout eight days when wesighted a squad of boatsmeeting us. Well, we did notknow what kind of boatsthey were; They looked tosmall for battleships and webegun to think we had run ina nest of U-boats, but thankthe Lord it was not, it was aconvoy of U boat chaserscome to convoy us the restof the way. The next day, Idon't remember the date, butany way we sighted landagain and that afternoonsometime the boat pulled inthe harbor but never learned


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I don’t know why Marymade the trip with Joseph toBethlehem. Luke tells us inhis gospel that Joseph was theone who was required to reg-ister in his home town to betaxed. Maybe Mary did nothave anyone to stay with herat home. She was looking forher baby, Jesus, to arrive atany time. It seems the gov-ernment could have grantedJoseph some family leave. Itwould have been even moreconsiderate if they had al-lowed him to fill out the cen-sus information and send it inby camel express.

Mary did not have a sono-gram, but she already knewshe was going to have a boy.An angel told her ahead oftime. The angel told her thename of the baby also. Theangel told Mary her babywould have a special purposein life. He would save Hispeople from their sins. It is agood thing to know that Godwants to save us from oursins. After Jesus was an adult,He preached and taught thepeople about God’s love forthem. God’s love reachesacross 2015 years to us also.If we want to get into somedeep thinking about reallylong-term love, God loved useven before He made the

worlds!Maybe Mary’s family gave

her a baby shower atNazareth before she made thetrip to Bethlehem. Some babypowder and other goodsmelling stuff might havecome in handy in the stablewhere she laid her cuddly lit-tle newborn to sleep in a feedtrough. I used to think the ba-by Jesus was born in the sta-ble, but the gospel story doesnot say that. Maybe he wasborn in the countryside on theway to Bethlehem. It reallydoes not matter. I’m just gladHe was born and that He gaveHis life to us in the living of itand in dying on the cross.

Jesus grew up to be acountry preacher. I think itwas fitting that the birth an-nouncement was made to abunch of livestock farmersoutside Bethlehem.

We remember those famil-iar words we have heard atChristmas programs--“Therewere in the same countryshepherds abiding in thefield, keeping watch overtheir flock by night.” Thesheep men were makingovertime after sundown.

They did not want the sheepto get spooked and run off orget slashed by the long teethof some wild animal.

An angel told the shep-herds about Jesus’ birth in the“city of David,” (Bethlehem).Then a heavenly choir sangabout glory to God, peace andgood will. Maybe the sheepwere used to hearing theshepherds sing to them.

Otherwise, the sheepmight have bolted and keptthe shepherds busy all nightrounding them up again. Theshepherds are the ones whogot spooked, but God’s angelhelped them to stay calm. Theangel told the shepherds howto find the baby in the stablenursery in Bethlehem. Theydid not even need a GPS.

After the shepherds foundthe baby Jesus, they left andtold other folks what hap-pened and what the baby’sbirth was all about. Maybewhen we find Jesus, we cantell others the real meaning ofChristmas too.

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the breath it takes to say them un-

less the old sayings become new

doings!"

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Cell phones bring you closer

to people far from you, but they

take you away from the ones sit-

ting right next to you. Adults and

teenagers alike...Just look at any

restaurant table for proof.

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God found Gideon in a hole,

Joseph in a prison and Daniel in a

lion’s den. He has a curious habit

of showing up in the midst of

trouble, not the absence. Where

the world sees failure, God sees

future. Next time you feel un-

qualified to be used by God, re-

member this: He tends to recruit

from the pit, not the pedestal.

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“We must ban all assault

weapons because federal back-

ground checks simply don’t

work,” Barack Obama. A little

later: “Don’t worry about

100,000 Muslim refugees,

they’re all getting federal back-

ground checks.” Hmmm.

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Anyone who thinks Trump’s

idea to ban Muslims from enter-

ing the US is crazy, check out the

1798 Alien and Sedation Acts

that were signed into law by Pres-

ident John Adams and is STILL

on the books today. This law was

passed to stop immigrants from

coming into the US who might be

a threat to our safety.

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Sorry, but I don’t listen to an-

ti-gun lectures from people who

think it’s okay to kill an innocent,

unborn baby.

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I love these old classic Christ-

mas shows like Rudolph, Frosty

the Snowman, the Christmas Sto-

ry. Classics are always the best.

Last week is one that Iwill never get back.

I’m ready to admit itwas a wasted effort. Between online postings atPeachPundit.com and fartoo many phone, email andin-person conversations –as well as a radio and TVnews appearance – muchof the week was dedicatedto Donald Trump’s call fora “total and complete shut-down” of Muslims enteringthe country.

Before he walked backhis position to mean onlyimmigrants and thoseseeking temporary visas,his spokesperson had clar-ified that Trump’s position– issued in writing andthus not a verbal gaffe –was for “everyone” includ-ing American citizens liv-ing abroad.

At its crux, using reli-gion as the determiningfactor is the problem ofTrump’s original state-ment.

The U.S. of course hasthe right to alter immigra-tion patterns as a matterof national security. It’squite debatable to deter-mine how and whatscreening measuresshould be used.

It’s a bigger problem forthe federal government toimplement a religious test.It’s blatantly unconstitu-tional to do so to Americancitizens.

Religious freedom,above all our constitution-al protections, is one ourcountry was founded upon.

It includes the freedomof all religious people.This means the freedom tonot practice religion aswell. When the govern-ment sets the precedentthat it can regulate ourtravel or anything elsebased on our religion,we’ve given up these rightsfor all.

I stand by this withoutequivocation.

What follows is no at-tempt at that, but insteadshould demonstrate thatthis is part of a wider prob-lem.

One of the reasons Icontinue to be frustratedwith Mr. Trump is that healways seems to makethese statements whensomeone else is dominat-ing the headlines.

Just days before thePresident was speaking ofan act of terrorism in SanBernardino, California, hesuggested that to curbthese acts of terrorism weshould be able to stop peo-ple on the “no-fly list” frombuying guns.

This list has no dueprocess.

It has been riddled witherrors and has includedprominent politicians whohave taken weeks ormonths to get their namesremoved.

How is an ordinary citi-zen to believe his secondamendment rights are be-ing protected when anynumber of unknown bu-reaucrats may simply addnames at will in a secre-tive process with no expla-nation …from the samegovernment that hasweaponized the IRSagainst partisan opposi-tion with no recourse to-ward those who did so?

The President’s Attor-ney General Loretta Lynchalso suggested she wouldprosecute “hate speech” di-rected at Muslims in thewake of the Californiashootings - because one ofthe casualties of terrorismis the first amendment ap-parently.

For bonus points, Demo-cratic Presidential Candi-date Martin O’Malley de-cided that the best way notto be ignored from the leftwas to call for gun confis-cation by executive order.

Instead of Republicansspending the week talkingabout the constitutionaloverreaches of Democratsin the name of public safe-ty, we allowed DonaldTrump to “begin negotia-tions” by trampling a dif-ferent part of the constitu-tion.

In summary, our nation-al Presidential debate lastweek was over which in-alienable rights we shouldgive up to protect our citi-zens in a world that fright-ens us.

Any American who val-ues our Constitutionshould not look at this sit-uation for partisan advan-tage, absolution or comfortwith the party with whichthey currently align.

Our Constitution doesnot work if we only chooseto abide by the parts withwhich we agree, that areconvenient, or are enforcedmost of the time. The Con-stitution is an “all of theabove” proposition.

We don’t pick up theparts we like as we movethrough a buffet line ofrights.

Those who read this andonly see the problem with-in the confines of a presi-dential election are miss-ing the point that largeportions of both politicalparties believe that our ba-sic rights are now subjectto majority whim.

I continue to hope thatthis week was truly wast-ed - one where most non-political types were fo-cused on Hanukkah,Christmas, final exams orwhatever.

If the debate for Presi-dent really is over whichrights it’s time to give up,then we’ve lost a lot morethan a week.

We’re on the verge oflosing who we are as acountry.

Beware of Cafeteria

Constitutionalism

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days

were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped

him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger,

because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:6-7

THE GOOD WORD

If you think gun control or something like that is

going to change the terrorists’ point of view,

I think you’re, like, out of your mind...

I think it’s absolutely insane.

Kurt Russell

“WORTH REPEATING“

A letter sent home from ‘somewhere in France’

Please see SMITH, Page 7

CharlieHarper’s

PoliticsGA

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JCRD’s District Runner-Up Champs

The 2015 Football season

was an excited one. The 10-

U Mite team had 33 players

and was coached by Charles

Greenway and Dustin Carter.

The Mites have been practic-

ing together every day for

the last couple of months.

They played intersquad

games here at JCRD and

traveled and played other

counties as well.

This year JCRD’s 10-U

played nine games against

other counties, with a record

of 8-1. After winning the

Soperton Jamboree for the

second year in a row, the

team prepared to travel to

Metter for the District Tour-

nament. Coach Greenway

and Carter worked really

hard to make sure the team

was ready for the first Dis-

trict Tournament that JCRD

has participated in.

In the first game on

Thursday, JCRD played a

much bigger Screven Coun-

ty. As the game seemed to be

going back in forth, with

JCRD starting out slow, the

Trojans were able to pull off

the victory with a score of

13-0. This win put JCRD in

the Final Four with the next

opponent being a fast and

very well coached

Hawkinsville.

Again, as the Saturday

morning game began, it took

JCRD a little while to be run-

ning on all cylinders. As

they started delivering their

great offensive and defensive

schemes, JCRD came out

victorious with a final score

of 26-8. The Trojans made it

to the GRPA District Cham-

pionship. After waiting sev-

eral hours for the final game,

a very talented Metter

outscored the Trojans by 3

touchdowns. Although

JCRD fought very hard, the

10-U Mites became the GR-

PA District Runner Up.

The JCRD administration

is very proud of this team for

their hard work and dedica-

tion. We had many on this

team never miss a practice

and that says a lot in recre-

ation sports. At the begin-

ning of the year, JCRD made

it clear that this team is one

of the best teams we have

seen in a long time, and they

made it clear with a record of

8-1 and the Soperton Jam-

boree Champion and The

GRPA District Runner-up.

Coach Greenway stated “I

hope the players have

learned as much this year as

I have. This is a great group

of athletes and I look for-

ward to continue to see them

improve.”

JCRD would like to thank

Coach Greenway, Coach

Carter, and assistants for

their many hours of dedica-

tion to this program. JCRD

has one of the best football

programs around. With

around 150 athletes partici-

pating in the football pro-

gram year after year, JCRD’s

football has grown and con-

tinues to outgrow other

counties our size.

Thank you to the parents

for keeping the youth of this

county active in sports at

JCRD. Please support your

athlete and keep them posi-

tive through all their endeav-

ors.

By Daniel Tanner

JCRD Director

By Sondra Fortner

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where and were not allowed

to go ashore. Pulled out next

day and we were looking for

submarines night and day but

saw none.

The afternoon of Sept. 2nd

we dock in an English harbor

but did not go ashore till

10:30pm where we marched

to the train station, boarded

for parts unknown. The next

day we stopped at some little

station with orders to get off.

We fell out like goats jump-

ing a fence and marched

about a mile to an English

camp where we stayed a

week then back to the train

and loaded up in the little ba-

by carriages. The next day

we boarded another ship. The

next day we arrived at a

French harbor marched to an

English training camp. We

stayed there a week, and

packed up again. Marched

back to the station and loaded

onto little boxcars, 60 men to

the car, we were alittle

crowded but the cars soon

pulled out and we were hap-

py on the way flying the

American flag.

This time we were 4 days

on the cars when it stopped

with orders to get off. This

time it was a French camp.

Soon after we got off there

must have been 1000 French

soldiers there to see us and

from the way they acted I

don't think there had been

any American soldiers there

before.

We stayed there till Oct

30th when we left for the

American camp so at this

writing I'm at the end of my

journey.

Before closing I will say

to all my people and to my

friends in Johnson County if

they see this in print to pray

that I may return home some-

day, and I would also like to

hear from anyone who cares

to write me; the address giv-

en here will find me all o.k."

From Page 4aSmith

The JCRD team cheers following a win at the District Tournament

LETTER TO THE EDITORDear Editor,

We all have childhood

memories, some we cherish

and some we'd like to forget.

It is the bad and unpleasant

as well as the good and joy-

ful that makes us who we are

and makes our lives com-

plete. Wouldn't life be boring

and uneventful if we had no

challenges?

Once we get past the diffi-

cult times, we are usually

better because of them. God

will build us into what He

wants us to be. Is it any won-

der that Jesus was a 'carpen-

ter'? What does a carpenter

do? He builds things, puts

them together and constructs

something where there was

nothing. Christ builds our

character and shapes us until

we are an acceptable prod-

uct.

Back to the original topic

of a child's Christmas. This

is a true story, I was that

child. My family was poor,

even more destitute than

most in my hometown. My

brothers and I didn't receive

gifts of have a Christmas

tree.

But, I made the most of

the season. I participated in

the church and school plays.

I was almost always the an-

gel who wore a crepe paper

gown which was white

trimmed with glittering gold

tinsel. I felt like a poor little

rich girl for sure!

With the manger scene

displayed, I was in Bethle-

hem in my heart and mind.

Baby Jesus was so real to

me! In my small hometown a

farmer lived just on the out-

skirts and he had cows,

sheep and horses and where

they slept and took shelter

looked like the place in

which Christ was born.

I could visualize the sta-

ble, animals, and manger of

Bethlehem as I visited this

humble shed with bales of

hay all around.

I would walk to the

farmer's pasture on Christ-

mas Eve and I would sing the

song, "Away In a Manger." I

was singing to Baby Jesus

and wishing him a happy

birthday and actually the an-

imals were pretty attentive!

I had a captive audience

for sure. While singing and

talking to God I would often

cry and I now realize it was

the spirit of the Lord that

made me weep, not tears of

self pity or sorrow for my

poverty. I truly believe that

of all the residents who lived

in that little town on the

Wabash River, that I had the

best Christmas' of anyone!

I believe this because I

had Christ in my heart. I

wasn't pre-occupied with lots

of presents or a big Christ-

mas dinner, I had learned not

to expect these things but I

knew how I could celebrate

the birth of Jesus Christ that

I had been introduced to by

my mother and in Sunday

School. I loved Him and I

had been told that He loved

me and this thought brought

a little girl happiness. He

was my Christmas!

Had I not been what some

called 'poor,' I may not have

known the joy that crude

shed and farm animals sur-

rounded by hay on a cold

night in December had given

me. God works in mysteri-

ous ways!

Don't let the commercial-

ism and Santa Claus rob you

of the real meaning of

Christmas. He is Christmas!

Sincerely,

Rosemary Duvall

Georgia State Patrol Trooper Stan Powell,along with local emergency personnel and San-ta, teamed up on December 5 at Dollar Generalto promote the annual Toys for Tots campaign.

Santa visits

DG to help

promote

Toys for Tots

campaign FBLA members Cade Hall, Caitlyn Mayo, Advi-sor Rosalind Abrams and Gina Heuett with Santa.

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4-H’ers learn to spend money wisely:Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging

Johnson County 4-H Junior and Senior Cotton Boll teams both placedsecond in the November 3 contest in Lyons. The top scoring Senior 4-H’ers, Sammy Glover, Nathan Holley, Bethany Knowles and GeneveParker will participate at the State Contest this month.

Congratulations to the

Johnson County 4-H Junior

and Senior Cotton Boll

teams! Both teams placed

second at the contest in

Lyons on November 3rd.

Team members are: Lucas

Fields, Nathaniel Fields,

Braylon Jackson, Sam Jack-

son, Catilyn Joiner, Katlyn

Knowles, Om Patel, Jersey

Scott, Allie White, Mary

Grace Winfrey, Sammy

Glover, Nathan Holley, Kate-

lyn Jackson, Kaleigh Jordan,

Bethany Knowles, Geneve

Parker and Charley Price.

The top four scores on the

Junior team were earned by:

Lucas Fields, Nathaniel

Fields, Sam Jackson and Al-

lie White. The top four scores

on the Senior team were

earned by Sammy Glover,

Nathan Holley, Bethany

Knowles and Geneve Parker.

These four Seniors will com-

pete in the State contest at

Rock Eagle in December.

Cotton Boll and Consumer

Judging is a Georgia 4-H

judging event where youth

practice important “learn by

doing” decision making

skills. They learn to become

smart consumers or ‘shop-

pers’!

Today’s children and

teenagers have more access

to money and greater pur-

chasing power than children

did just five or ten years ago.

Their purchase decisions

have a huge impact on what

becomes popular. They are

important to the economy as

they have many opportuni-

ties to shop but little educa-

tion about comparing prices

or the quality of the goods

they buy. The TV, internet,

magazines and peers all in-

fluence youth purchasing.

Through the 4-H Cotton

Boll and Consumer Judging

event, youth have a good

foundation for a lifetime of

smart spending.

Johnson County 4-H’er

Brett Allen recently said:

“Cotton Boll not only af-

fected my 4-H career, but my

day-to-day life. The skills I

gained through this experi-

ence have made me a smart

consumer. Now, living away

from home in a college dorm

at UGA, I am faced with

many decisions: Where

should I eat? Which books do

I really need to buy? How

can I spend my money wise-

ly? With the skills I learned

through 4-H Consumer Judg-

ing, I am better prepared to

make these decisions. The

opportunity to develop these

skills is extremely benefi-

cial!”

-Submitted by Sondra

Fortner, Johnson Co. 4-H

ion Wesley, Kassidi Wright

Ms. Rana Winfrey’s Class:

Sa’Nasajah Dixon, Ava

Johnson, Lexis McClelland,

Tarazja Walker, Natalie Wal-

ters, Shy’Mir Wiley, CJ

Wombles

Third Grade:

Ms. Jenny Brantley’s

Class: Jacob Abbott, Gauge

Ambrose, Chloe Bray, A.J.

Demmons, Emily Ellison,

Jada Hall, Mekhi Jones,

Kinsley Price, Dale Purvis,

Amber Rountree, Yasmine

Smith, Carollyn Stanley,

Trojan Stapleton, De’Nasja

Strickland, Kane Tanner, Dy-

lan Tucker, MyDestiny Tuck-

er, Callie Winfrey, Sam

Young

Ms. Meagan Page’s Class:

Elena Bravo, Dawson

Brown, Olivia Fisher, Lailani

Gonzalez, Jose Hernandez,

Christopher Hilson, Kamber

Purvis, Yasmere Ricks, Can-

don Scott, Colton Scott,

Charlee Self, William Tan-

ner, Olarte Wilcher

Ms. Brandi Rowland’s

Class: Anna Marie Abbott,

Zariah Bivins, Kamryn Cum-

mings, Addison Guinup,

Gracie Hopkins, Antonio

Johnson, Austin Joiner, Ja-

natic Martin, Jessie Mar-

tinez, Christopher Monreal,

Takasia Murray, Ryleigh

Peebles, Jesse Perez, Tanijah

Pullen, Nathan Rich, Kolby

Roberts, Da’Marion Sharber,

Dallas Taylor, Alisa wilcher

Ms. Macy Tanner’s Class:

S’Riyah Bostick, Maleigha

Brooks, Allie Caneega, Chel-

by Clark, Gage Clements,

Luke Cross, Recardo De-

vero, Garrett Hadden, Selena

Hernandez, Zyiah Lewis,

Mia Nelson, Aniya Pullen,

Lukas Tharp, Makeil Waters,

Carly Wilkes

Ms. Starlet Taylor’s Class:

Shaquan Appling, Angelica

Arreguin, JaDarrian Car-

swell, Robert Copeland,

Kandance Cummings, Myra

Deatherage, Doriah Graddy,

Jayla Irwin, Chloe Ivey,

Makinney Jackson, Shariah

King, Kerra Mixon, D’-

Nariya Moorman, Sage Sta-

pleton, Eric Stephens

Fourth Grade:

Ms. Haley Blackwell’s

Class: Leyunna Armstrong,

Chrissy Carter, Carmen Hor-

ton

Ms. Sara Collins’ Class:

Clay Brantley, Ke’Trelvious

Cannon, Jada Claxton,

Makaysia Devero, Cadah

Drew, Gracie Ann Foskey,

Kendell Greenway, Shamya

Hall, Nicholas Jackson, De’-

Calvion Johnson, Sarah Join-

er, Priscilla Mendez, Hunter

Milton, Journey Scott, Gra-

cie Stapleton, William Sum-

ner, Joshua Taylor

Ms. Kerri Sumner’s Class:

Caleb Belk, Maci Tanner,

Sanaya Davis, Josey Scott,

Lindsay Tapley, Jobe Thigen,

Shelby Thigin, Kerianna

Carlson, Timothy Wells, Isa-

iah Moorman

Ms. Sue Webb’s Class:

Jeral Hall, Jada Lane, Yanet

Lopez, Miketavious Marion,

Brantley Martin, Hannah

Mason, Lasanti McClendon,

Emily Norris, Antontio

Roberson, Hannah Thigen,

Hallie Willis, Barett

Wombles

Fifth Grade:

Ms. Brittany Lord’s Class:

Fred Butler, Landon Gilbert,

Tristan Gillespie, David

Hammock, Matthew Holley,

Mekhai Moses, Lilly Vinson

Mr. Kent Foskey’s Class:

Ella Atkinson, Ashanti

Brown, Carson Carter, Kyn-

lee Drew, Ayden Mcleod,

Madison Tucker, Alex Wig-

gins, BJ Young, Lucas

Fields, Ivey Price, Mary

Grace Winfrey

Ms. Liz Ridgeway’s

Class: Tamaria Lewis, Dako-

tah Deatherage, Audrey

Sanchez, Cody Reese, Eliza-

beth Tanner, Haylie Wilson,

Walker Johnson, Darez

Jones, Katie Ledford,

Tyreionna Scott, Stephanie

Cabrera, Tony Cannon

Ms. Angela Tanner’s

Class: Demario Blair, Caylin

Braswell, Isiah Byrd,

Kayleigh Depace, Alyssa

Jones, Chase Lindsey,

Kileigh Mixon, Karlee Pow-

ell, Sh’kayla Smith

From Page 2PBIS

First class

of graduates

honored at

ceremony

The first class of graduates

of Southeastern Technical

College’s Associate of Sci-

ence in Nursing program were

honored during a pinning cer-

emony on Thursday, Decem-

ber 10 in Vidalia.

Honorees pictured in the

photo above are: Front row

left to right: Karen Tootle,

Glennville; Kelly Henderson,

Vidalia; Jodi Phillips, Clax-

ton; Carol Anne Conley,

Lyons; Caleb Burton, Vidalia;

Courtney Johnson, Metter;

Jaymie Beth Perry, Hazle-

hurst; Candace Stephens,

Collins; Dana Barnhisel, Vi-

dalia; Back row left to right:

Lucain Taylor, Lyons; Jacey

Ware, Swainsboro; Bessie

Pittman, Vidalia; Brittany

Grey, Swainsboro; Tabatha

Cameron, Claxton; Elizabeth

Ranew, Portal; Brooke Peters,

Vidalia; Paris Harrelson,

Dublin; Beth Martin, Twin

City; Kelly Brannen, States-

boro; John Wilder Page, Kite

Special to the

Johnson Journal

Students honored during pinning ceremony

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