School officials predict more job cuts
State revenues took another drop in February and the Grady County Board of Education, like other school boards in the state, are bracing for another tough budget in the new fiscal year beginning in July.To get an early start on the process Superintendent Dr. Tommy Pharis outlined for the board members his recommended Fiscal Year…
Read MoreFriday graveside service planned for Lynette Hudson
Services for Etta Lynette Castleberry Hudson, 77, of Elloree, South Carolina, are at 3 p.m., Friday, Mar. 12, 2010, graveside in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Ga. The Rev. Thomas Knickerbocker will officiate. Mrs. Hudson passed away on Monday, Mar. 8, 2010, at Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC. Mrs. Hudson was born on Jan. 19, 1933, in Ochlocknee,…
Read MoreMiddle school soccer teams host Worth Thursday
The Grady County Middle School boys and girls soccer teams continue to play well. Thursday, the local youths took on Brooks County in an unusual match. Because Brooks Co. does not have a girls team, the match was co-ed and was played in three “halves.” The local program won one, tied one and lost one.…
Read MoreSyrupmakers pick up first win of season
The Cairo Syrupmaker soccer team picked up their first win of the season Friday night, and it was a big one. Cairo beat Peach County in a region game 2-1 at West Thomas Stadium. The Syrupmaids were beaten by Peach County 6-3 in the first game of the night.Cairo’s two goals in the win came from Lee…
Read MoreNew denture clinic is “green”
The modular building housing the Beachton Denture Clinic has been a fixture on Highway 319 south since the mid-1980s. Recently, the modular building was moved a short distance from its old location to make way for a new and modern denture clinic that is using the latest “green” architectural designs for improving energy efficiency, as well…
Read MoreCounty approves terms for JDA loan
The Grady County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning finalized its terms to loan the Grady County Joint Development Authority $588,276.18 to pay down on the debt on the former Higdon Furniture Company facility on Wight Road.According to the contract and terms approved in final form this week, the county will loan the money from its…
Read MoreHigginbotham will seek Dist. 5 school board post
A political newcomer, but certainly no stranger to civic affairs, announced this week his plans to seek the District 5 seat on the Grady County Board of Education being vacated by retiring board member Joe Porter.Scott Higginbotham, a financial advisor with Edward Jones since September 2003, plans to qualify to run for the school board…
Read MorePorter not running for re-election
District 5 Grady County Board of Education member Joe Porter has announced his plans not to seek re-election to the school board.Porter will have served on the board for six years when his term expires on Dec. 31 of this year.“I have thought long and hard about it, but I have decided not to seek…
Read MoreDrew now CEO of AgGeorgia Farm Credit
Jack C. Drew Jr., formerly of Cairo and now of Tifton, has been named President and CEO of AgGeorgia Farm Credit.He was elected by the AgGeorgia Board of Directors following the recent retirement of William H. Newberry Jr. Drew has been with AgGeorgia for 28 years. He began his career with Farm Credit in 1981…
Read MoreCairo native is subject of Atlanta TV news broadcast
Cairo native Frank Timmerman, who is now the director of performing arts at the Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, was signally honored this week on Atlanta’s WXIA 11 Alive.The NBC affiliate regularly features top educators in metro Atlanta and on Monday WXIA Reporter Donna Lowry…
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