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Wednesday, July 17,2013
Tribune & Georgian
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Crew linking
Kingsland road
to Highway 40
Alumni to hear from Williams
Johna Strickland Rush
johna@tribune-georgian.com
Though rain has caused
delays, a Kingsland road
project is expected to be
completed by September.
Crews started work ear
lier this year to connect
Middle School Road in
Kingsland with Garfunkel
Road off Georgia Highway
40 by the Camden Woods
Shopping Center.
“The intent is to improve
traffic flow and provide
traffic relief at the Gross
Road/Middle School Road
intersection and the High-
way40/Gross Road inter
section,” Kingsland interim
city manager Quentin
McPhatter said.
When the portion of
Gross Road that is north of
Middle School Road is
widened, the new road will
help re-route traffic,
McPhatter said.
The Georgia Depart
ment of Transportation is
paying $500,000 to Black
jack Asphalt and Kudzue 3
Trucking for the project
with Kingsland paying the
remaining $277,403 from
Special Purpose Local Op
tion Sales Tax VI.
Following construction, a
traffic signal may be in
stalled at the new intersec
tion if a traffic count
warrants it, McPhatter said.
GDOT has agreed to pay
the installation portion of
the signal while the city
would pay for the light.
“We are still discussing
the timing and placement
of the traffic signal,”
McPhatter said.
State representative of
House District 168 A1
Williams will address alumni
members and friends on Sat
urday, July 27, at the Ralph J.
Bunche/Camden County
Training School Annual Bi
ennial Convention Banquet.
The event will be held at 7
p.m. at the Camden Conven
tion Center, Springfield
Hotel & Suites, located at
1215 E. King St., Highway
40 East.
Williams can be described
as a devoted family man,
dedicated church leader, mil
itary veteran, businessman
and state representative of
House District 168.
Williams was sworn in on
Jan. 13, 2003. He became the
first African-American from
his home county to be
elected state representative
since reconstruction and
only the second to hold a
legislative seat from the tri
county area of Glynn, Lib
erty and McIntosh since that
time.
Williams is former chair
man of the Georgia Legisla
tive Black Caucus, the largest
state black legislative caucus
in the nation.
His House of Representa
tives committee appoint
ments include Economic
Development and Tourism,
Game, Fish and Parks (for
which he formerly served as
secretary), Rules, and Trans
portation.
Williams serves as chair of
the GLBC Faith/Religion
Roundtable. His active
memberships also include
the National Association of
$tate Legislators, the Na
tional Association of Black
$tate Legislators, the Geor
gia Association of Black
Elected Officials and the
Southern Legislative Coun
cil.
Williams is deeply rooted
in the community that he
represents. Born in Liberty
County to the late Alexander
and Carrie Williams, he was
reared along with three sib
lings, including a twin sister,
in Midway, in a family with
strong church and commu
nity ties.
His father was employed
as a laborer while his mother
taught in the Liberty County
school system.
His grandfather, the late
Rev. W.C. Shipman, was the
first black registered voter
and first member of the
NAACP in Liberty County.
Following in his grandfa
ther’s footsteps, Williams be
came involved in politics at
an early age. He helped or
ganize the Young Democrats
of Georgia, serving as its first
black national committee
man.
He served as a political ad
visor and session aide to Zell
Miller and to the late Sen.
Glenn Bryant.
He has served on the
board of directors for the
Liberty County United Way
and on the Citizens Advisory
Committee for Georgia
Power. He currently serves
on the Liberty County De
velopment Authority and the
Dorchester Improvement
Association.
He is a member of the
Georgia Historical Society,
Liberty County Chamber of
Commerce and the NAACP
A lifelong Democrat with
extensive experience in na
tional, state and local cam
paigns, Williams is a
member of the Liberty
County Democratic Com
mittee and five-time dele
gate to the Democratic
National Convention start
ing in 1972.
A dedicated Christian,
Williams serves as chairman
of the Deacons Ministry of
the Calvary Baptist Church
of Richmond Hill and presi
dent of the Laymen, Zion
Missionary Baptist Associa
tion. He is past president of
Laymen of the New Era
Baptist Convention.
Williams considers his pil
grimage to the Holy Land in
2000 as one of the most re
warding experiences in his
life.
His numerous awards and
honors include a 2008 Trum
pet Award, the Liberty
County NAACP Ralph
Quarterman Award and the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Award
presented at a national con
vention in Chicago. His
many accomplishments have
earned him recognition in
the nationally acclaimed
magazine, Black Enterprise,
as well as in the Atlanta Trib
une. In 2006, he was be
stowed an honorary doctor
of humanities degree from
Trinity Bible College.
Williams was educated in
the Liberty County public
school system, later studying
at $aint Leo University in
Florida and John Marshall
Law School. He also served
his country in Vietnam. He
and his wife, Olivia, reside in
Midway with the youngest of
their children.
Everyone is invited to
come celebrate at the third
homecoming in Camden
County. The most recent
was 2011. Featured will be a
glamorous and fashionable
night, to include meeting
Rep. Williams, eating dinner,
then ending the night with
door prizes.
This event is a scholarship
fundraiser. In 2011, 28 stu
dents received scholarships.
For tickets, contact
RJB/CCT8 Shrine & Mu
seum at (912) 576-7131,
Adell James at (912) 409-
7559 or Jacqueline Moses at
(912) 552-4243.
St. Marys resident
asks about goal
updates, status
Johna Strickland Rush
johna@tribune-georgian.com
Though 10 residents
gathered for a quarterly St.
Marys town hall meeting,
only a few had questions for
the city council.
Tom Canning said he
would like to see periodic
updates on the goals the
city identified earlier this
year and the status of those
goals.
“Maybe even invite the
public to participate in pur
suing those goals,” he said.
There had been discus
sion about putting the goals
on the city’s website, but
council will follow up about
how to share the goals,
council member John Mor
rissey.
The quarterly town hall
meetings could be a venue
for discussing the goals, city
manager $teve Crowell
said.
In answer to the only
other questions, Crowell
gave an update on two on
going projects.
Maybe even invite the
public to participate in
pursuing those goals.
— Tom Canning
St. Marys resident
• City staff have submit
ted a revised dock permit
application to the Georgia
Department of Natural Re
sources — in hopes of the
document being considered
at its August meeting — for
the Gilman dockhouse
property that the city pur
chased in 2010.
• $taff have also received
positive feedback from
property owners on all but
four easements needed for
the Gaines Davis sewer
project. If three of the re
maining four cannot be ob
tained, another re-design
will be necessary.
• Work to repair and
paint Orange Hall contin
ues. Crowell did not have
an estimated date of com
pletion.
Legion to sell raffle
tickets at festival
Habitat ReStore accepting donations
The Habitat for Humanity
ReStore is a unique year-
round fundraiser where one
can purchase quality new and
used items at excellent prices
and help Habitat for Hu
manity in its mission of
stamping out substandard
housing.
One hundred percent of
the profits from ReStore are
put back into Habitat for
Humanity of Camden
County. With this money,
help is provided to build
more safe, decent and afford
able homes for struggling
families in the community.
Habitat for Humanity of
Camden County accepts new
and slightly used tax-de
ductible donations Tuesday
through Saturday from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Habitat accepts household
items such as books, linens,
kitchenware and home deco
rating items. Also accepted
are furniture, building mate
rials, appliances, tools, lawn
equipment and many more
items.
Items may be dropped off
at the north end of the build
ing, located at 302 S. Lee St.
in Kingsland during business
hours, or call (912) 729-3633
and Habitat will pick up
items at no charge.
Tribune & Georgian file photo
The Habitat for Humanity ReStore accepts new and slightly used household items such as
books, linens, kitchenware and home decorating items.Also accepted are furniture, building
materials, appliances, tools, lawn equipment and many more items.
American Legion Post
511 will hold its first Labor
Day benefit raffle at 4 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 2, at the
post’s booth at the Kings
land Labor Day Catfish
Festival. The cash prize is
$2,000. Tickets are $5
apiece and may be pur
chased at the Kingsland
Welcome Center and An
gelo’s restaurant. For more
information, call (912) 322-
9565 or (912) 674-3725.
St. Marys Newest Culinary Star!
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