http://www.tiftongazette.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 13 May 2008 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134222122.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134222122.html Christian Contemporary and Gospel singer Linda Hurdle of Ty Ty will perform at noon Friday in Tifton Gardens downtown in the Concert in the Garden series. The free Friday performances are sponsored by The Tifton Gazette and Main Street Tifton. Tue, 13 May 2008 22:19:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134221959.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134221959.html “We have a skatepark,” was the declaration after the Tift County Board of Commissioners voted to allow members of a local skatepark initiative to use land owned by the county to build the recreational facility. Tue, 13 May 2008 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134221713.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134221713.html Tift County Commissioners denied Glenn Green’s request to re-zone agricultural property in the area of Old Ocilla and New River roads to single family residential by a vote of 4-2 Monday. At least 50 people who live in the area and who have opposed the rezoning since 2006 were present at the meeting, which was held in the courtroom of the Charles Kent Administrative Building. Tue, 13 May 2008 21:19:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134221326.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_134221326.html At a special called meeting of the City Council on Monday afternoon, council members voted to approve the alcohol beverage license for Veoliver “Cadillac” Curry’s What’s Next ???? Billiards establishment on South Tift Avenue. Councilman Roosevelt Russell was the only council member who voted not to approve the license. Mon, 12 May 2008 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133212514.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133212514.html Brad Day, the new president and CEO of the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce, plans to add some spice to the chamber. As Day explained it, he will be integrating his ideas with those of the community at large and with the development authority and chamber members. Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133211911.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133211911.html Mon, 12 May 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133211556.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133211556.html In a special called meeting on Monday afternoon, the Tifton City Council agreed to extend the city’s natural gas line to the Eldorado community. The council members voted unanimously to accept a bid of $210,000 from Little River Utilities of Omega to install the line. Mon, 12 May 2008 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133211241.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133211241.html Vandals at Fulwood Park caused an estimated $1,500 in damage over the weekend when they wrecked a bathroom and spray-painted graffiti in several areas of the park. Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133210515.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_133210515.html Sat, 10 May 2008 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_131222721.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_131222721.html As Mother’s Day approached, local artist Cynthia Strozier Jordan began to miss her mother. She took pen and pencil to paper and sketched, as she often does, and the pictures that resulted are a tribute to her mother. Sat, 10 May 2008 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_131222911.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_131222911.html Five local law enforcement officers were honored Friday by the Tifton Optimist Club with the Raymond B. Merritt Officer of the Year Awards as part of an annual observance of Respect for Law Week. The banquet was held at the Georgia Agrirama’s Conference Center. Fri, 09 May 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_130211713.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_130211713.html The parapro who was fired by the Tift County Board of Education, the man who was accused of shooting TPD officer Eddie Bailey and the man who was charged with the murder of Alisha Carol Lewis were all indicted during the March term of the Tift County Grand Jury. On Monday, the Grand Jury handed down 98 true bills of indictment. Fri, 09 May 2008 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_130204743.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_130204743.html The Tift County Sheriff’s Office was honored Friday in the courtroom of the Tift County Law Enforcement Center with a third place 2007 National law Enforcement Challenge Award. The International Association Chiefs of Police (IACP) sponsors the awards and the director of the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) presented the award Friday. Fri, 09 May 2008 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_130210800.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_130210800.html The team who wins this year’s Newspapers in Education Executive Spelling Bee scheduled to begin to begin at 6 p.m. May 19 at Grace United Methodist Church will win a stay for two at the Windsor Hotel in Americus. Thu, 08 May 2008 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_129202326.html http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_129202326.html