Antique model train donated to North Florida museum

LIVE OAK, Fla. — The family of the late Scott Stephens, former Executive Director of the Live Oak Housing Authority, has made a unique donation to the Suwannee Valley Heritage Museum at the Live Oak Railroad Depot.

The donation, given in Scott’s name by his mother, Joyce Stephens, is a large train set, complete with a locomotive engine, a coal car, two passenger cars, one livestock car and a caboose.

The train was a loved relic from Scott’s childhood.

The train, circa 1950’s, was discovered in an old garage behind their family home on Pine Avenue in Live Oak. Scott’s mother was cleaning out a shed, when she discovered parts of the

train sticking up out a piles of sawdust. She dug through and found six pieces — a real treasure.

Scott immediately laid claim to it and loved it for almost 50 years.

After Scott’s passing in early February 2018, the train was returned to his mother once more.

Joyce Stephens believed these pieces should be shared where all could enjoy.

It is the hope of the Stephens family, that people will visit the Museum, view the train, and for those that knew Scott, they can smile while remembering days gone by and of a young boy with a happy heart and a beloved train.

2018 Tift County season football tickets now available for purchase

TIFTON, Ga. — Tickets are now on sale for Tift County High football games. Season tickets are $60 and include five home games against Valdosta, Crisp County, Parkview, Miller Grove and Colquitt County. Tickets are available for purchase at Tift County High, Monday-Friday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3 p.m. The ticket office will be closed for the first two weeks of July, but will reopen July 16. Tift reached the state quarterfinals in Class 7A last season with an 11-2 record.