Wright T. Harrell, Sr. will be honored at the annual Pondtown Festival as the grand marshall for 2017 on Saturday, April 8 in Rhine.
Harrell has been married to Jerry Stuckey Harrell for 65 years. They have two children: Wright Harrell, Jr. “Wrighty” of Rhine and Cindy H. Jursick of Moultrie and five grandchildren: Tom, Kelly, Tyler Bracket, Jason and Anna Jursick and two great grandchildren.
Harrell was born and raised around Mitchell Fire Department. He attended Union School and later attended Rhine High School graduating in 1946. In January of 1955, Harrell joined the Army and less than a year later he was granted honorable discharge where he was stationed in Germany. After leave, Harrell went to work at a pulpwood yard.
Eleven years after graduating high school in 1957, Harrell and Stuckey married and made their home in Rhine. In 1962, he purchased a wood yard. His duties at the wood yard were to unload wood, book keep and measuring trucks while doing 90 percent of everything that was done. In 1991, Harrell retired from the wood yard and the doors were closed. He also delivered mail for ten years at the Rhine Post Office. Harrell is the owner and operator of W.T. Harrell Pulpwood in Rhine.
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Dodge County High School tennis team honors seniors
By Meredith Hutcheson
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Tennis team honored their seniors on Thursday, March 23rd. Senior Crosse Bearden and Madelyn Pruett have played all four years for Dodge County High School.
Dodge County High School tennis teams dominated Washington County on Tuesday, March 20. The girl’s singles players Meredith Hutcheson, Mary Beth Dopson and Jessie Thomas defeated their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Doubles players Abby Christian Manning, Madelyn Pruett, Abbey Manning and Precious Coleman also won with scores of 6-0, 6-0. [Full Story »]
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Tennis team honored their seniors on Thursday, March 23rd. Senior Crosse Bearden and Madelyn Pruett have played all four years for Dodge County High School.
Dodge County High School tennis teams dominated Washington County on Tuesday, March 20. The girl’s singles players Meredith Hutcheson, Mary Beth Dopson and Jessie Thomas defeated their opponents 6-0, 6-0. Doubles players Abby Christian Manning, Madelyn Pruett, Abbey Manning and Precious Coleman also won with scores of 6-0, 6-0. [Full Story »]
Dodge County Indians baseball team locked in three-way tie for second place in region
By Jessie Pruett
The Indians traveled to West Laurens on March 20. Tyler Pruett was the starting pitcher going five innings allowing four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. West Laurens scored four runs with some help from the Dodge County defense committing four errors. Dodge County scored three runs. Chip Burch and Chandler Davis both had singles with RBI, Deja Bursh was two for three with a double and Tyler Pruett added a single. The final score was 4-3. [Full Story »]
The Indians traveled to West Laurens on March 20. Tyler Pruett was the starting pitcher going five innings allowing four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. West Laurens scored four runs with some help from the Dodge County defense committing four errors. Dodge County scored three runs. Chip Burch and Chandler Davis both had singles with RBI, Deja Bursh was two for three with a double and Tyler Pruett added a single. The final score was 4-3. [Full Story »]
Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
Please allow me to write a few lines to your newspaper to explain an experience I encountered beginning on November 17, 2016 at your local hospital.
I was a surgical patient to have a hernia in the groin area repaired. I was taken into surgery at approximately 11:00 a.m. I was placed in recovery and later dismissed to go home at approximately 1:00 p.m. This is when my ordeal began. I believe that when whoever authorized my release from recover “dropped the ball” and allowed me to go home without being ready. I was not having proper kidney function. That dysfunction continued all evening Thursday and all night Thursday night with only a slight amount of urine being released, each kidney function not nearly enough to relieve the pressure in my bladder. Early Friday morning, after a very long and miserable night, I went approximately 18 miles to the Eastman hospital emergency room and requested they insert a catheter to relieve the pressure and pain. They obliged my request and I experienced pressure relief after a most painful momentary spout of pain. They were making the penetration of the catheter very near a sizeable incision that had been made less than 24 hours before.
Instructions at the emergency room were to follow up with your primary physician, since this was happening on the weekend, I waited until Monday morning and called my doctor about removing the tube and was told by the staff, “We don’t do that procedure.” A second call to the only doctor that I knew in Eastman got a similar reply, “We don’t do that.” It becomes frustrating when you have gone through what I had from Thursday until Monday to find only “no” when you ask for help. Where is the coordination for one to get help? I went back to the emergency room and they did remove the catheter. One of the doctors did come by the emergency room.
Removal of the catheter was another painful procedure. If you have not been there, you can imagine what it is like. I ponder, what can I do to help people avoid an experience like this? I talked to some and tried to some others. Not much luck, but alas, an incident in another facility happened exactly as the first part of my experience was. The man had a hernia repair and was moving toward going home when someone decided to check his kidneys. They weren’t functioning right. His going home was delayed until it was right.
A little attention to duty saved him a lot of pain and suffering. I would appreciate that extra attention. I hope my story will prevent someone from having the experience I had.
Sincerely,
Jack Purser
Please allow me to write a few lines to your newspaper to explain an experience I encountered beginning on November 17, 2016 at your local hospital.
I was a surgical patient to have a hernia in the groin area repaired. I was taken into surgery at approximately 11:00 a.m. I was placed in recovery and later dismissed to go home at approximately 1:00 p.m. This is when my ordeal began. I believe that when whoever authorized my release from recover “dropped the ball” and allowed me to go home without being ready. I was not having proper kidney function. That dysfunction continued all evening Thursday and all night Thursday night with only a slight amount of urine being released, each kidney function not nearly enough to relieve the pressure in my bladder. Early Friday morning, after a very long and miserable night, I went approximately 18 miles to the Eastman hospital emergency room and requested they insert a catheter to relieve the pressure and pain. They obliged my request and I experienced pressure relief after a most painful momentary spout of pain. They were making the penetration of the catheter very near a sizeable incision that had been made less than 24 hours before.
Instructions at the emergency room were to follow up with your primary physician, since this was happening on the weekend, I waited until Monday morning and called my doctor about removing the tube and was told by the staff, “We don’t do that procedure.” A second call to the only doctor that I knew in Eastman got a similar reply, “We don’t do that.” It becomes frustrating when you have gone through what I had from Thursday until Monday to find only “no” when you ask for help. Where is the coordination for one to get help? I went back to the emergency room and they did remove the catheter. One of the doctors did come by the emergency room.
Removal of the catheter was another painful procedure. If you have not been there, you can imagine what it is like. I ponder, what can I do to help people avoid an experience like this? I talked to some and tried to some others. Not much luck, but alas, an incident in another facility happened exactly as the first part of my experience was. The man had a hernia repair and was moving toward going home when someone decided to check his kidneys. They weren’t functioning right. His going home was delayed until it was right.
A little attention to duty saved him a lot of pain and suffering. I would appreciate that extra attention. I hope my story will prevent someone from having the experience I had.
Sincerely,
Jack Purser
Only 10 percent
The Center for Immigration Studies (cis.org) says if a border wall could cut illegal immigration by only 10 percent, it would pay for itself. Savings on Medicaid, welfare and education would more than cover the cost. For those who argue that the wall would be too expensive, immigration expert Allan Wall responds:
“I would guess that some of these people aren’t normally concerned about the government spending money, but in the defense of the illegal invasion, any argument will do.”
Allan Wall on VDare.com 2-25-17 also AllanWall.info
Allan Wall is married to a Mexican, speaks fluent Spanish and has lived in Mexico and taught school there for years before moving back to the USA. You could say Allan knows walls, in fact, he is a Wall.
You could tell something big was happening in the 2016 primaries. By July 6, 2016 Repub Primary turnout was up 62 percent, Demoleft Primary voting was down 21 percent.
“Voters who live off the taxpayers are the Democrats’ ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.”
Joseph Sobran Sobran.com
Maybe this was where the Ice Age theory of 1970 began, with predictions of freezing in July: Milton, Florida, located in the panhandle, had four inches of snow on March 6, 1964, the most snow ever recorded in Florida. Time and News “Weak” magazines had cover stories on the coming Ice Age – not global warming. Stay tuned for the next hysterical cause for us to fear.
“Jeb has been body-snatched,” says Sid Dinerstein, former Palm Beach County, Florida Republican chairman. Sid backed Jeb Bush both times he ran for governor, and switched early to Donald Trump in 2016 for president, a good move. Jeb began to sound like Democrat Lite and it cost him. Jeb bought in to the media’s advice on how to win in November.
“You remember the movie ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers?’ One of them went in and got Jeb Bush and made this guy a supporter of Common Core and amnesty.”
Sid Dinerstein 11-15-15
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“I would guess that some of these people aren’t normally concerned about the government spending money, but in the defense of the illegal invasion, any argument will do.”
Allan Wall on VDare.com 2-25-17 also AllanWall.info
Allan Wall is married to a Mexican, speaks fluent Spanish and has lived in Mexico and taught school there for years before moving back to the USA. You could say Allan knows walls, in fact, he is a Wall.
You could tell something big was happening in the 2016 primaries. By July 6, 2016 Repub Primary turnout was up 62 percent, Demoleft Primary voting was down 21 percent.
“Voters who live off the taxpayers are the Democrats’ ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.”
Joseph Sobran Sobran.com
Maybe this was where the Ice Age theory of 1970 began, with predictions of freezing in July: Milton, Florida, located in the panhandle, had four inches of snow on March 6, 1964, the most snow ever recorded in Florida. Time and News “Weak” magazines had cover stories on the coming Ice Age – not global warming. Stay tuned for the next hysterical cause for us to fear.
“Jeb has been body-snatched,” says Sid Dinerstein, former Palm Beach County, Florida Republican chairman. Sid backed Jeb Bush both times he ran for governor, and switched early to Donald Trump in 2016 for president, a good move. Jeb began to sound like Democrat Lite and it cost him. Jeb bought in to the media’s advice on how to win in November.
“You remember the movie ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers?’ One of them went in and got Jeb Bush and made this guy a supporter of Common Core and amnesty.”
Sid Dinerstein 11-15-15
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Eastman YDC requests community involvement
By Taelor Rye
Misty Winter, director of the Eastman Youth Development Campus (YDC), and Kiwarren Reese, regional volunteer coordinator from the central office in Atlanta, visited the Eastman City Council at its March 27 meeting to discuss updates to the program and to request community involvement.
Winter began by discussing the changes that have taken and continue to take place at the YDC, stating that, over the past three to four months, the center has been transitioning into more of a vocational and educational building “geared toward reentry services.” Specifically, Winter noted that the center is adding programs for culinary arts, medical coding and billing, horticulture and Microsoft Office suite, among others.
Barbering is set to start April 1, and the YDC is looking into partnering with the aviation school for other options. In the meantime, Winter added that the center is looking for instructors for auto tech and construction.
The YDC also holds soft-skill group sessions concerning topics such as tying a tie and holding mock interviews “to better prepare them for the outside world,” according to Winter.
Winter also stated, “It’s a pleasure to see them grasping the things that we instill in them.”
The current population of the YDC is 64 “lower-risk youth,” often in their first time at the YDC.
In addition, the YDC is looking to hold more community service learning projects, allowing the youth to give back to the community. Winter said, “This is a great community that I would like to see more involved with Eastman YDC.”
Reese noted that the YDC took some of the young men in the YDC to volunteer at the food bank in Macon.
Reese said, “My plea to the council and to the community… is to really show some support by soliciting volunteers to go out… and talk with the kids that are looked for [in the real world]… because, at some point, they’re coming home.”
Winter closed by stating that the YDC is looking for members for its advisory council, which meets quarterly, as well as correctional officers for the center.
Concerning a speed limit reduction request, Eastman City manager Jason Cobb stated that he is in talks with Eastman Police Chief Becky Sheffield and Dodge County Sheriff Lynn Sheffield to figure out a plan of action, with an expectation to finalize the plan by the next city council meeting.
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Misty Winter, director of the Eastman Youth Development Campus (YDC), and Kiwarren Reese, regional volunteer coordinator from the central office in Atlanta, visited the Eastman City Council at its March 27 meeting to discuss updates to the program and to request community involvement.
Winter began by discussing the changes that have taken and continue to take place at the YDC, stating that, over the past three to four months, the center has been transitioning into more of a vocational and educational building “geared toward reentry services.” Specifically, Winter noted that the center is adding programs for culinary arts, medical coding and billing, horticulture and Microsoft Office suite, among others.
Barbering is set to start April 1, and the YDC is looking into partnering with the aviation school for other options. In the meantime, Winter added that the center is looking for instructors for auto tech and construction.
The YDC also holds soft-skill group sessions concerning topics such as tying a tie and holding mock interviews “to better prepare them for the outside world,” according to Winter.
Winter also stated, “It’s a pleasure to see them grasping the things that we instill in them.”
The current population of the YDC is 64 “lower-risk youth,” often in their first time at the YDC.
In addition, the YDC is looking to hold more community service learning projects, allowing the youth to give back to the community. Winter said, “This is a great community that I would like to see more involved with Eastman YDC.”
Reese noted that the YDC took some of the young men in the YDC to volunteer at the food bank in Macon.
Reese said, “My plea to the council and to the community… is to really show some support by soliciting volunteers to go out… and talk with the kids that are looked for [in the real world]… because, at some point, they’re coming home.”
Winter closed by stating that the YDC is looking for members for its advisory council, which meets quarterly, as well as correctional officers for the center.
Concerning a speed limit reduction request, Eastman City manager Jason Cobb stated that he is in talks with Eastman Police Chief Becky Sheffield and Dodge County Sheriff Lynn Sheffield to figure out a plan of action, with an expectation to finalize the plan by the next city council meeting.
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Warriors baseball team boasts recent region wins
By Russ Ragan
The Dodge County Middle School Warriors baseball team opened their new field with a pair of region wins. Dodge defeated Swainsboro 8-2 in the opening game and they whipped Dublin 15-0 in the second. [Full Story »]
The Dodge County Middle School Warriors baseball team opened their new field with a pair of region wins. Dodge defeated Swainsboro 8-2 in the opening game and they whipped Dublin 15-0 in the second. [Full Story »]
Indians are 8-4 after four wins
By Jessie Pruett
On March 10, the Indians traveled to Northeast High School in Macon for a region matchup. The Indians came out scoring early and often. Tyler Pruett led off with a home run with Chandler Davis and Ethan Rice both hitting a homer later in the game. Dodge County scored 19 runs in three innings. Tyler Pruett was three for three, Ethan Rice was three for four, Chandler Davis was three for four, Gary Pittman was two for three and Chip Burch was three for four. Chip Burch was the starting pitcher going the entire three innings and only allowing two hits and one with two walks and two strikeouts. The final score was 19-1 in three innings. [Full Story »]
On March 10, the Indians traveled to Northeast High School in Macon for a region matchup. The Indians came out scoring early and often. Tyler Pruett led off with a home run with Chandler Davis and Ethan Rice both hitting a homer later in the game. Dodge County scored 19 runs in three innings. Tyler Pruett was three for three, Ethan Rice was three for four, Chandler Davis was three for four, Gary Pittman was two for three and Chip Burch was three for four. Chip Burch was the starting pitcher going the entire three innings and only allowing two hits and one with two walks and two strikeouts. The final score was 19-1 in three innings. [Full Story »]
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