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Bainbridge College Adult Education GED graduation ceremonies will take place on January 29 at the Kirbo Center at 7:00 pm. GED graduates from the Bain-bridge College Adult Educa-tion program and 2011/12 graduates from the Deca-tur County Schools Adult Education Learning Center will be honored. Graduates from Decatur, Early, Miller

and Seminole counties will take part. Each of the par-ticipants have ful� lled all of the requirements neces-sary to earn their GED and have passed the o� cial GED test with a score of 2250 or higher.

Dr. Tonya Strickland, Vice President of Academic A� airs will deliver remarks and the keynote speaker will be Bainbridge College

President Dr. Richard Car-vajal. Laura Lee Bernstein will bring greetings from the Technical College Sys-tem of Georgia. � e student speakers will be Sarah Bab-cock, Shontez Coz and Isaac Weston. Bainbridge Rotary Club will provide a recep-tion following the ceremony. For more information, call Bainbridge College Adult Education at 248-2517

www.mikekeown.com

You are invited to a Meet & Greet in support of

Mike KeownCandidate for Georgia State Senate, District 11

Hosted by

Seminole County for Keown Leadership Team

Saturday, January 26th, 2013 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

at

Spring Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentFor more info call (229) 224-4205

All welcome – Hamburgers & Hotdogs - Bring the family! -

Mike Keown is a former Republican Candidate for Congress in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2005 - 2010. Prior to that Mike served as Mayor of Coolidge, GA. and 14 years on the Thomas County School Board. Mike is currently the Pastor of Coolidge Baptist Church and is married to his wife Kathy of 40 years. They have two married children, Michael Jr. (wife Keumele) and Matthew (wife Christina), and four lovely grandchildren.

Paid for by Mike Keown for State Senate

chipped against our will or arming preachers in the pul-pit who are liable to blow a hole in the pipe organ when they get wound up, you can’t make this stu� up. Only our politicians are that creative.”

With four public school teachers in his family, Dick Yarbrough is a strong ad-vocate for public education and is known as the “school teacher’s best friend.” He has also been a persistent advocate for ethics reform in state government, includ-ing limits on gi� s to legisla-tors from lobbyists. In 2012, he received the Democracy Award from Common Cause Georgia.

“Dick Yarbrough has been a staunch supporter and ad-vocate of meaningful ethics reform for our state and has humorously and e� ectively kept the issue alive in the hearts and minds of Georgia citizens,” said William Perry, Executive Director of Com-

mon Cause GeorgiaA� er retiring as vice

president of BellSouth Cor-poration in 1993, Yarbrough joined the Atlanta Commit-tee for the Olympic Games as managing director. In recognition of his business career, PR WEEK magazine named him one of the “100 Most In� uential Public Re-lations Practitioners of the 20th Century.”

Yarbrough is a graduate of the University of Georgia and past president of the na-tional alumni association. He has been honored as the University’s Most Outstand-ing Alumnus and has a room named in his honor at the Grady College of Journalism at UGA.

Yarbrough says, “I am delighted to be a part of the Donalsonville News and look forward to a weekly dia-logue with the readers. It is going to be fun and I will try to be on my best behavior – but no promises.”

� e deadline for the reg-istrars to receive an applica-tion for an absentee ballot and to mail out an applica-tion for an absentee ballot is February 1 at 5:00 P.M. No absentee ballot may be voted on the day of the election. Any absentee ballot, which has been voted prior to the day of the election, may be

mailed to the registrars on the day of the election, but will not be counted unless it reaches the registrars’ o� ce by 7:00 P.M. on the day of the election.

For additional informa-tion call Seminole County Election Superintendent Amos She� eld or Chief Deputy Registrar Leslie Johnson at 229-524-5256.

Advance Voting Begins MondayRun-Off from Page 1

Yarbrough from Page 1

Eighteen days remain to nominate your choice for the annual Public Safety O� cer of the Year award. � e citizens of Donalson-ville and Seminole County are well served by local public safety o� cers and their profes-sional compe-tence and exem-plary service to the citizens of Seminole Coun-ty help to make this county and this community one of the safest in south Geor-gia.

To recognize and honor the service and commit-ment to this area by these individuals, the Donal-sonville News presents the

Seminole County Public Safety O� cer of the Year award at the annual Cham-ber of Commerce banquet. Last year’s inaugural pre-sentation of the award hon-ored Dell Kirkland.

� e quali� cations for nomination are: 1) Nominee must be an o� -cer or member of the Seminole County Sher-i� ’s depart-ment, Donal-sonville Police or Fire depart-ment, Seminole

County Volunteer Fire Departments, EMS, State Patrol, GBI or a Game Warden. (2) � e nominee does NOT have to be a county resident, but must

be one whose duty area in-cludes regular patrol and/or service within the county.

Nominate your choice for this award by submit-ting a name and a brief statement of why you feel your nominee is deserving of the Public Safety O� cer of the Year award. Submit your nominations to: David Maxwell, Donalsonville News, P.O. Box 338, Donal-sonville, Georgia 39845 or drop it o� at the Donalson-ville News o� ce located at 216 Cherry Street or at the Chamber of Commerce on Second Street. Email sub-missions can be directed to david@donalsonvillenews.com

� e deadline for nomi-nation submission is Mon-day, February 11.

Public Safety Offi cer of the Yearnomination deadline nearsDonalsonville News annual award honorsexemplary service and professional competence

NominationdeadlineMonday,February

11

January 28 through February 5th

Bainbridge College To Host GED Graduation

Bainbridge College Mission StatementBainbridge College, a two-year institution of the University System of Geor-

gia, promotes an accessible, a� ordable, and excellent education for the diverse population of southwest Georgia and beyond through transfer degrees, tech-nical degrees, diplomas and certi� cates, continuing education courses, public service opportunities, and collaboration with other educational providers, re-sulting in life-long learning, economic development, and graduates empowered for success in a global society.

For more information, please visit www.bainbridge.edu. Follow us on Face-book at www.facebook.com/bainbridgecollege

Political HumoristJoins the Family

Join us for the Agribusiness Tour of Senate District 11Come meet Dean for ameal and fellowship!

January 23rd from noon until 1:00 p.m. at the Barn on U.S. 19 in Pelham

January 26th from 4:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Toby and Brandi Warr’s Cabin -

1 mile East of Blakely on Hwy 200January 28th from 6:45 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Seminole County Middle/High School (RSVP ONLY!)January 30th from noon until 1:00 p.m.

Market BBQ Restaurant at The Farmers Market, Moultrie

Join us!VOTE Run Off February 5th!

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COLQUITTCOUNTYVictor BeadlesTerry ClarkBart DavisMark MobleyLouie PerryJon SchwallsDenny SellarsTom Stallings

DECATURCOUNTYBobby Barber, Jr.Donald BarberAndy BellGreg BrockSteve BrockMills BrockPerry Clements, IIIRob CohenRobert CohenLawson ConolyMark DavisRoger DayHugh DollarTommy DollarJackie FleetwoodWalter HatchetTimmy HiersRichard HornPaul JohnsonPhil LongJerry LongRonnie MartinGreg MurrayKim RentzDuane WatsonRoger WhitworthDavid Conoly

EARLY COUNTYHal HaddockHank JesterMike NewberryRonny ShinglerToby Warr

GRADY COUNTYJohnny BellEric CohenStevie DavisSpencer DuncanMason FerrellRussell FowlerCecil GibbsKen GodwinColeman HarrisonDavid HarrisonDixon HarrisonJohn HarrisonJenny HarrisonRon HarrisonLofley HinsonTommy HopkinsCarol HopkinsCary HumphriesJeremy HuskyDan JonesJulian KnightGerry JonesCaylor OuztsConna OuztsSammy PerkinsCole PrinceRay PrinceDian PylesDusty SheffieldBuddy SnipesDanny VaughnBobby WilliamsCole WhighamJeremy Faircloth

MILLER COUNTYKeith BowenKen RobertsJeff WilliamsTerry PickleJerry Pickle

MITCHELLCOUNTYLucius AdkinsJoe CampbellMurray CampbellHarrell GrooverBubba JohnsonPaul ShirahRobin SingletaryMike McLean

SEMINOLECOUNTYCalvin AtkinsonMitchell BurkeGene CookJudson HornsbyVan HornsbyTodd MasseyGreg MimsClent MimsWillard MimsTerry ShamblinMark SpoonerBrad TrawickDelane TrawickJohn WilliamsJohn Williams, Jr.Paul Shattles

THOMASCOUNTYJames GrooverRandall MooreMitchell Suber

FARMERS FOR DEAN BURKE

...and many more!

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