Public hearing planned on detour route
COOLIDGE, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Transportation will hold a public information open house detour meeting to discuss the detour route for the SR 188 at CR 124/Rocky Ford Road intersection improvement project. The open house is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 22.
This open house format meeting will be held at the Coolidge Municipal Building in Coolidge, located at 3065 Pine St. Georgia DOT Engineers will be available to discuss the detour routes. There will be no formal presentation.
Anyone unable to attend the public information open house detour meeting may send comments on the detour and project to Glenn Bowman, Georgia DOT, 3993 Aviation Circle, Atlanta, GA, 30336. All comments will be considered and must be received by Oct. 2. After the open house, detour route plans can be viewed at the Georgia DOT Area Office located at 120 Veterans Pkwy. North in Moultrie or at the Georgia DOT District Office located at 710 West 2nd St. in Tifton, GA.
After the meeting, the plans will be available on the DOT website at www.dot.ga.gov. On the home page choose “Information Center” then Public Outreach” and select the project’s county and choose “Go.”
Churches give to crime victims
MOULTRIE — Two Moultrie churches recently donated supplies to child victims of crime.
The youth group with First United Methodist Church collected a bag of fun stuff to entertain the children while they wait to testify in court.
“Having games and snacks sure helps when a child is nervous and waiting to testify,” said Karen Ambrose, victim advocate with the Colquitt County District Attorney’s Office.
The Rev. Galen Mirate and the church family at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church bought new school clothes and supplies for the children.
“There were cards enclosed with little messages,” Ambrose said. “The children read each card aloud.
“They came over yesterday and went through all their new things. They hugged and thanked me as our eyes filled with tears. I told them these gifts were not from me, but from people who love God and want to extend this love to them.”
