Entries by Staff Writer

The Appling County Board of Commissioners met on March 4 for a regular monthly meeting. During the meeting a motion was made by Commissioner Theodore Wilkerson, seconded by Commissioner Sarah Boatright, to approve the widening and resurfacing of Lennox Road. Funding for the project will come from the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG). The motion passed unanimously (Commissioner Ronnie Rentz was not present at the meeting). [Full Story »] 

By Renee O’Quinn

The Baxley City Council discussed the consideration of authorizing Mayor Steve Rigdon to enter into a five-year agreement for engineering services at the Baxley Municipal Airport at the regular city council meeting held on March 11. Following discussions the council unanimously approved the “Master Agreement” between the City of Baxley and Croy Engineering to contract for engineering services for the Baxley Municipal Airport under a five-year general engineering consultant contract. City Manager Jeff Baxley reported that Croy Engineering was the only company to submit a proposal. [Full Story »] 

Surely you noticed or were curious of why there were so many yard sales and traffic this past weekend. The 10th annual Peaches to the Beaches Yard Sale was held Friday and Saturday along Highway 341. The sale stretched 200-plus miles from the peach country of middle Georgia to the Jesup area. Baxley had 152 official vendors, more than just a little over 100 vendors in 2013. [Full Story »] 

The Appling County Pirates (6-2 Overall, 3-1 Region 1-AAA) hosted their non-region rivals from up the road this past Tuesday, March 10. Connor Simmons started the game against the Jeff Davis Yellow Jackets (8-2, 4-1 2-AA) and completed 3.1 innings. [Full Story »] 

The annual J. D. Black family reunion will be held Saturday, March 29, at Red Oak Baptist Church Social Hall beginning at 11:00 a.m. [Full Story »] 

Anyone who would like to support the efforts of the Appling Community Connection please meet the council at 10:30 a.m. on April 9, for the Pinwheels for Prevention Photo at the display beside First National Bank in Baxley. [Full Story »] 

Applications are now being accepted for (two) $250 scholarships from the Pine Forest Garden Club. [Full Story »] 

The families of David Lee Clark and his daughter Elisha Marie Smith, would like to take this time to say THANK YOU, to all who responded to them on February 17, and days following the tragic train/car crash that took their lives, and injured three of Elisha’s children.   [Full Story »] 

HeritageBank of the South is pleased to offer scholarship opportunities for students living within the bank’s service areas. A total of six scholarships valued at $1,000 each will be awarded – one per region (Southeast GA Region- Appling, Jeff Davis, Tattnall and surrounding counties) and one to a dependent of a HeritageBank of the South team member. [Full Story »] 

There will be a dinner sale on Friday, March 21 at 11:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Parker-Harrell Building on Junior High Drive across from the Northside Park. [Full Story »] 

The varsity girls (19-5) went 2-1 in the NACA Division IV Tournament this past week. The Lady Eagles defeated a team from Chattanooga in the quarter finals, 44-32. In the semi-finals, the Lady Eagles were triumphant over Tri City Christian from Conover, NC, 65-39. In the championship game, the girls played and lost to Central Park of Birmingham 52-38. Victoria Cox (45 points), Sarah Dhaliwal (33 points), and Deanna Johnson (27 points) led the Lady Eagles in scoring. Three Lady Eagles were selected to the ALL Tournament Team: Victoria Cox, Deanna Johnson, and Lauren Beasley. The NACA Most Valuable Player in offense for Division IV was Victoria Cox. Victoria had eleven three point shots. [Full Story »]