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EGSC Foundation receives grant
The East Georgia State College Foundation recently received two grants from
the Mill Creek Foundation to supply honeybees for the EGSC Bobcat Apiary and
to establish a wildflower pollinator garden at the main campus.
The EGSC Bobcat Apiary was established in 2015 on the college's campus to
help educate local school groups, visitors, and EGSC students, faculty, and staff
about the importance of pollinators. In 2016, the college was designated as the 14 th
Bee Campus USA affiliate in the nation. The current project involves expanding
the apiary by purchasing honeybees to set up eight honeybee hives. Five hives
will be setup in the apiary on the main campus and the other three hives will be
installed at the college's second apiary located off campus. The installation of the
honeybees will expand upon the college's efforts to educate the community and
the college of the importance of bees in the environment and promote pollinator
awareness and habitat protection.
The hives will be installed by EGSC students who are interested in working
with honeybees and members of the Bobcat Beekeeping Club which was estab
lished in the Fall of 2019. This project is hoped to establish self-sustaining apiaries
so the stronger hives can be used to boost colonies that have been weakened due
to disease, pests, or queen loss. It's also a goal of the project to increase outreach,
student involvement, and the interest of beekeeping to the point that more people
become beekeepers.
The second project receiving a grant involves the purchase of a tiller, topsoil,
and wildflower seed to grow a wildflower garden on the EGSC campus. As a Bee
Campus affiliate, EGSC committed itself to promote pollinator education and the
establishment of and protection of pollinator habitats, both on campus and in the
community. The goal for this project is to finish establishing an approximately
200 square foot wildflower garden and the establishment of additional gardens.
The pollinator gardens will also help pollinators by providing them with healthy
habitats.
Each project costs approximately $1,200 and is planned to be completed in the
Spring. East Georgia State College, the Bobcat Beekeeping Club, staff, and stu
dents would like to thank the Mill Creek Foundation for the opportunity to ob
tain these grants to further just one of the many missions of EGSC.
for honeybees, pollinator garden
HONEYBEES ON EGSC CAMPUS
"I would personally like to thank the Mill Creek Foundation's Board of Direc
tors for funding these projects," said Dr. Paul Cerpovicz, EGSC professor. "The
Foundation has been absolutely wonderful over the years in providing support
to EGSC in its efforts to increase the educational and cultural opportunities avail
able for its students, faculty and staff, as well as the local community. I am very
grateful for their support in helping us to fulfill our Bee Campus USA goals to
help promote educational awareness and appreciation of honeybees and other
pollinators, and the establishment and protection of their habitats."
To learn more about the Bobcat Apiary, visit http:/ / www.ega.edu/bobcat-api
ary
Summertown
Food Pantry
announces
upcoming
date for
distribution
Summertown Food
Pantry will open for
February distribution
on Thursday, Feb. 25,
from 1 p.m. until 4
p.m. Please bring con
tainers for distribu
tion items.
Commissioners opt for...
(From front page)
and February 11,
2021 workshop meet
ing were approved as
presented. Casting first
motion for approval
was Commissioners
Foskey who was sec
onded by Commission
er Davis.
In reference to new
business:
• 10 vehicles were ap
proved for surplus by
board members. They
included old county
work trucks that have
recently been replaced,
as well as vehicles from
the Emanuel County
Sheriff's Office.
• Commissioners ap
proved the purchase of
motor graders, a dis
cussion / action held on
a regular basis every
five years. Having re
ceived two bids: John
Deere ($367,124.68)
and CAT ($375,267.94),
commissioners opted
for the lowest bid, John
Deere. The submitted
price includes 10 ma
chines with equipment.
The prices submitted
were annual quotes.
The annual difference
of submitted quotes
was $8,143.26 and the
five year difference was
$40,716.30.
• Board members
approved three munic
ipal election intergov
ernmental agreements
submitted by Stillmore,
Twin City, and Swains
boro for the upcoming
election year.
• Board members ap
proved the purchase
of a transfer station
truck. County Admin
istrator Guy Singletary
advised that the semi
truck, also referred to
as a "spot truck", in
mind for purchase is a
used truck that fits the
needs of the county,
with a quote price of
$18,000. He further ad
vised that the county is
currently using a truck
loaned by the Sullivans
at no charge until a
county purchase could
be made. Making mo
tion for approval was
Commissioner Keith
Thompson. Commis
sioner Desse Davis sec
onded and all remain
ing board members
voted in favor.
• Singletary told
board members that
two bids for a service
truck have been re
ceived. He explained
that the service truck is
a critical piece of equip
ment used by the coun
ty and suggested the ap
proval of the lowest bid.
Of the two bids, Beck
Ford quoted a bid price
of $157,000 and Peach
State Ford bid $143,876.
The bids are for a Ford
F550 featuring a service
body, crane, and other
functions. Board mem
bers opted to accept the
lowest bid from Peach
State Ford. Making first
motion was Commis
sioner Davis, who was
seconded by Commis
sioner Canady.
• Board members
then held a discussion
on chairman term for
the Board of Commis
sioners. In favor that
a two-year term will
better serve the com
missioners than having
a one-year term limit
for chairman, Commis
sioner Thompson made
first motion of approv
al. Commissioner Fos
key seconded this mo
tion and all remaining
board members voted
in favor, except Com
missioner Canady who
opposed.
• Singletary dis
cussed an expired term
and need for the ap
pointment for the tax
assessors board. The
expired term being
Moscoe Dawkins, who
has served more than
40 years on the board
and is one of the coun
ty's longest serving em
ployees. Commissioner
Thompson commended
Dawkins for his com
mitment and work per
formed for the county.
A motion to reappoint
Dawkins to his current
position was made by
Commissioner Davis
and seconded by Com
missioner Canady, with
all remaining board
members voting in fa
vor.
Prior to adjournment
of the night's session,
Chairman Sherrod read
the following letter
on behalf of Emanuel
County Sheriff Jeffrey
Brewer:
"On Thursday, Feb.
11, investigators with
Emanuel County Sher
iff's Office arrested
Ethan Chase Strickland
in connection with the
theft of two stop signs
with solar power lights.
Cody Shane Williams
has outstanding war
rants for the same theft.
These are the stop signs
stolen from Lehman
Road on December 22,
2020. The victims in this
case are the tax pay
ing citizens of Emanu
el County. Contrary to
an early statement re
leased to a news outlet
which stated, "We're no
closer today finding out
who did this than back
in late December," is not
accurate. Investigator
Matt Lamb and Inves
tigator Ashley Denney
were hot on their trail.
Sheriff Brewer states
that criminal cases have
to be proven and this
takes time. With some
cases, periodic updates
are not given because
it could jeopardize the
outcome. Investigator
Lamb and Investigator
Denney discovered the
names of these indi
viduals in mid-January.
Lhey began building
their case which led to
arrest warrants being
issued. Sheriff Brewer
commended Lamb and
Denney for their inves
tigative skills and for
those who gave infor
mation to begin with."
With no other busi
ness to discuss, the
meeting was adjourned.
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