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GATHERING FOR HISTORIC OCCASION —L-R: Trent Fountain, IT Technician, Altamaha EMC/Fiber; Jay Coursey, Service
Lineman, Altamaha EMC/Fiber; Chip Proctor, Design Engineer, Altamaha Fiber; Gavin Jordan, Supervisor for Instal
lations, Altamaha Fiber; George McLendon, Assistant Manager, Altamaha EMC/Fiber; Romanous Dotson, General
Manager, Altamaha EMC/Fiber; Dr. Steve Echols, President, Brewton Parker College; Leland Adams, Montgomery
County Chairman; Tim Williamson, Montgomery County Commissioner; Ginger Morris, Montgomery County Commis
sioner; Chad Kenney, Montgomery County Commissioner; Joey Fountain, Mayor, City of Mount Vernon; Clarence
Thomas, Montgomery County Commissioner; Leesa Hagan, State Representative, Georgia General Assembly; and
Brandon Braddy, Montgomery County Manager.
Altamaha Fiber, Brewton-Parker
Celebrate Broadband Access
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Solution, page 12A
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8. They bum in a grill
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Area officials gathered
August 8 on the campus
of Brewton Parker College
(BPC) to celebrate a mile
stone that was achieved in
providing broadband ac
cess for the College, Mont
gomery County and the
cities of Mount Vernon and
Ailey.
At the request of
BPC, Altamaha EMC, also
known as Altamaha Fiber,
installed a 10-gigabyte
broadband connection to
the college’s campus. Ac
cording to representatives
with Altamaha Fiber, the
broadband connection will
provide more than enough
capacity for the students,
faculty, administration, and
staff of the college where
the fall semester is under
way
This past February,
Governor Kemp and state
leaders awarded Altamaha
EMC $5,973,474 in grant
funds from the American
Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
to provide Montgomery
and Toombs counties with
faster and more reliable
broadband. Montgomery
and Toombs Counties and
the cities of Mount Vernon,
Uvalda, Alston and Ailey
provided over $3,800,000
from their local ARPA
funds as matching funds.
The broadband ser
vice being provided to
BPC’s campus is one of the
many underserved areas
in Montgomery County
within the city limits of
Mount Vernon and Ailey
that will benefit from these
grant funds.The college is
located along U.S. Highway
280 with the campus being
located inside the city lim
its of both Mount Vernon
and Ailey.
“I would like to ex
press my appreciation to
Romanous Dotson, Gen
eral Manager, and Gavin
Jordan, Supervisor for In
stallations (at Altamaha
EMC) for going above and
beyond to provide broad
band for the fall semester
students at BPC,” said Dr.
Steve Echols, President
of the College. Dr. Echols
also expressed gratitude
to Brandon Braddy, Mont
gomery County Manager,
for initiating the upgrade
and coordinating all as
pects that made comple
tion possible.
Echols noted that
the BPC campus student
population has experi
enced 50% growth in the
last seven years and the
increased bandwidth was a
tremendous improvement
to provide on campus ser
vice that is 10 times the
previous capacity. Echols
emphasized that the up
grade will allow the college
to continue to grow its resi
dency programs, but also
will allow synchronous and
asynchronous broadcasts
of all of its classes to an
online platform that he be
lieves is a great opportunity
for the college.
“The board of direc
tors, manager and staff of
Altamaha EMC appreciate
the opportunity to serve
Brewton-Parker College
and the students,” said
Dotson. “We believe that
providing fiber/broadband
services to our communi
ties is a continuation of the
cooperative process. Our
community is fortunate to
have such forward think
ing and innovative leaders.
We would like to thank ev
eryone for allowing the co
operative to participate in
the process that brings the
world to our communities.”
Montgomery County
Commission Chairman
Leland Adams, other mem
bers of the Commission,
Mayor Joey Fountain, and
State Representative Leesa
Hagan were on campus to
celebrate the event, as well.
“This is a historic moment
for Montgomery County
and Brewton-Parker Col
lege,” said Adams.
“Altamaha EMC, along
with our state and local
leaders worked together as
a team to make this broad
band access possible. The
Board of Commissioners
and I would like to thank
Senator Blake Tillery (R-
19) and Representative
Leesa Hagan (R-156) for
their leadership in advo
cating for our community
and making this broad
band access a reality. Also,
the commissioners and I
would like to thank Alta
maha EMC for accepting
the responsibility for pro
viding broadband service
Lyons Citizen of the Year
Tickets on Sale Now
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
The Lyons Lions Club
has received nominations
for the Lyons Citizen of
the Year award and has of
ficially begun selling tickets
to the event.
The Lyons Citizen of
the Year event will occur
Thursday, September 22, at
6:30 p.m. at the Calloway
Community Center at Par-
tin Park. Lyons Lions Club
Service Chairman Joseph
Akins said this year’s event
will focus more on the hon-
oree, rather than also trying
to entertain the audience.
“Last year, we had some en
tertainment performances
before the award, but this
year, we really wanted to fo
cus on the community and
the honoree,” he explained.
According to Akins,
the event will feature a
meal and small entertain
ment portion with a saxo
phonist but will primarily
discuss this year’s award re
cipient and past recipients
of the award. The Oaks
Baptist Church Pastor
Christian Burton will em
cee the event and will lead
attendees through a night
of celebrating excellence
within the community.
Ticket sales are go
ing on now and will end
Monday, September 12.
Tickets must be purchased
in advance and can be pur
chased for $25 each at the
Lyons City Hall or through
a Lyons Lions Club mem
ber.
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in our community.”
“This investment in
broadband infrastructure
is critical to a local com
munity our size,” said
Mayor Joey Fountain. “I
am thankful that Governor
Kemp and our state leaders
recognize how important
reliable broadband service
is for Mount Vernon. Also,
I appreciate Brewton Park
er College’s investment in
technology upgrades to
prepare for this moment.”
“One of our top priori
ties in the General Assem
bly is supporting higher
education in Georgia,”
said State Representative
Hagan. “An important way
we’re doing that, especially
in rural areas like ours, is to
make sure the best possible
broadband service is avail
able. Brewton-Parker Col
lege is an important part of
the community. With the
significant growth it’s seen
over the past several years,
it was vital to provide the
higher capacity that they
needed.”
Tammye Vaughn,
Manager of Marketing &
Communications at Alta
maha Fiber encourages the
public to visit Altamaha
Fiber’s website at https://
join.altamahafiber.com/
to check for updates as to
when service will be pro
vided in their areas.
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