Archive for January 2011

The Suwannee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association Meeting Set

January 24, 2011 Outdoors Comments Off

The Suwannee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, February 7, at the Suwannee River Water Management District Office from 7-9 p.m., on US 90 and CR 49, 2 miles east of Live Oak. The Public is welcome!

The program will feature Kitty Tolson Carroll of  Accipiter Enterprises. Learn more about birds of prey and watch a falconry demonstration. Check out their website at www.birdsofprey.net. For details on the program, contact Donna Ellis at ellistrek@windstream.net or 386-362-6874.

After the program stay for a discussion about the Suwannee Chapter’s upcoming local hikes and camping trips, many of which are open to the public.

The Suwannee Chapter maintains many miles of the Florida National Scenic Trail along the banks of the Suwannee River in Madison, Hamilton and Suwannee Counties for the hiking public.

Contact: Chapter Chair, Sylvia Dunnam, (386) 362-3256, dunnams@windstream.net.

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Cowgirls Helping Raise Money For Cancer Research

January 24, 2011 Sports Comments Off

Due to scheduling issues, the Madison County High School Cowgirls Hoops for Help game has been moved to Friday, Jan 28.

The tip-off for the first game is still at 5 p.m. Remember: $1 from every ticket goes to cancer research.

Go out and support your Cowgirls in this wonderful effort.

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Faith Baptist To Show Letters To God Free

January 24, 2011 Church Comments Off

Faith Baptist To Show Free Movie Letters To God

            Faith Baptist Church would like to invite you to watch the movie entitled Letters to God –, a must see for all families. Admission to the movie is free.

            Letters to God is a story of hope and inspiration. Tyler Doherty is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy, armed with strong faith and courage as he battles cancers.

            The church invites you to join them for this absolutely amazing and beautiful movie.

            The movie will be shown at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30, at Faith Baptist Church, located at 1135 East US Highway 90 in Madison.

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Public Service Announcement: Update on water services at South Georgia Medical Center

January 24, 2011 Uncategorized Comments Off

Water services and usage have been restored at SGMC. Other than redirecting requests to transfer patients from other hospitals, SGMC handled the water outage with no interruption or compromise to patient care. Significant action was taken to maintain sanitation, which was the greatest challenge. This required restricting visitation to emergencies only. 

 “We appreciate the community’s understanding and cooperation as we worked through this situation and we apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused our patients and their families,” stated Ken Kiser, Assistant Administrator of Patient Care Services. “Water is vital, especially during the flu season, to allow for adequate hand washing, sanitation and infection prevention and we did not want to compromise the care environment of our patients.”

SGMC will continue providing bottled drinking water to patients and staff until the city water supply is safe for consumption

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Florida Gas Prices Drop Slightly

January 24, 2011 Editorials Comments Off

Source: FloridaStateGasPrices.com

Florida, January 24- Average retail gasoline prices in Florida have fallen 0.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.12/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.09/g, according to gasoline price website FloridaStateGasPrices.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Florida during the past week, prices yesterday were 36.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 8.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 8.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 39.3 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.

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