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Meeks reappointed to JIA
Special to
The Sylvania Times
Governor Brian P. Kemp recently reappointed
Joy Burch-Meeks, of Screven, GA, Dr. L.C. “Buster”
Evans of Bolingbroke, GA, and Robert W. Krueger of
Hawkinsville, GA to the Jekyll Island Authority Board
of Directors for an additional four-year term.
Ruel Joyner of Savannah, GA was newly appointed
and will serve as the Legislative Committee Chair.
Joy Burch-Meeks has served on the JIA Board of
Directors since 2013 and Dr. Buster Evans has served
since 2017, both appointed by former Governor
Nathan Deal.
Robert Kruger has served on the JIA Board of
Directors since 2006 and was appointed by former
Governor Sonny Purdue. Kruger served as Chairman
from 2008-2012 and has also served the Board as
Vice-Chairman.
Ruel Joyner is the owner and Chief Operating
Officer of 24e Design company, a local, family-owned
furniture store he helped evolve into an award
winning leader in the boutique home furnishings
industry. Joyner has designed projects for INC.500
Conference in San Francisco, Chicago, and Savannah
and has done work for President Bush, President
Clinton, MSNBC, and American Express. He has also
served on Governor Brian Kemp’s Georgians First
Commission. Joyner lives in Savannah with his wife,
Delanie, and two daughters.
The Jekyll Island Authority Board of Directors is
the policy-making body for Jekyll Island and the
Jekyll Island Authority. The nine-member board
consists of eight members appointed by the Governor
to serve four-year terms, with the Commissioner of
the Department of Natural Resources as ex-officio
member. Two appointed board members must
reside in one of the six coastal counties in Georgia.
The Chairman is also appointed by the Governor to
serve a one-year term and retains this position until
replaced.
Jekyll Island, a small barrier island on Georgia’s
coast, is dedicated to maintaining the delicate
balance between nature and humankind through
conservation, education, and preservation.
Surrounded by salt marshes, expansive oceanfront,
and one of the last in-tact ancient maritime forests,
it is a peaceful coastal habitat situated within the
Golden Isles. From 22 miles of bike paths to historic
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Joy Burch-Meeks
cottages, the island is a place of discovery and
exploration for the people of Georgia and beyond.
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Russellfor Hall of Fame
Jake Gay
Reporter
Employees from Y-Delta Plumbing, in Statesboro, are
seen cutting steel pipes that will be used for the new
electrical system that is being installed at the library,
due to the recent fire. The Sylvania Times will update
you as new information is available.
(photo by Sarah Saxon)
With Georgia Southern
football less than I week
away, September 3rd, I
seem to be asking myself
the same question year
after year. Why is Erk
Russell not in the College
Football Hall of fame?
And is there any warrant
to him being in the HOF
in the first place. In this
article I will answer both
questions and show you
how, without a shadow
of a doubt, Erk SHOULD
be in the Hall of fame!
First let’s start off with
him being a 4 Sport
Letterman at Auburn,
not only is was he a 4
sport letter winner there
but he was the FINAL 4
Sport letterman at the
university and had 10
letters that he won in
total. That is also were
Erk started his coaching
journey at. From 1958-
1962 Russell was an
assistant at Auburn
before leaving for
Nashville and Vanderbilt
University where he
spent one season
After his work as an
assistant he got the call
to head to Athens and
the University of Georgia
where for 17 years he
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larger scraps and a comer
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the ground just to get that
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the county wouldn't get rich
on the transfer fees then, but
seriously, my property taxes
have basically doubled here
since 2011. That should pay
for something. I basically
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from the government about
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same and focus on the core
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Erskine “Erk” Russell
worked as the defensive
coordinator under Vince
Dooley. During the 17
years that Erk served
as Georgia Bulldogs'
defensive coordinator,
the Dawgs played 192
games and held the
opposition to 17 or fewer
points in 135 of them.
In 74 of those contests,
the defense kept the
other team's scoring
in the single digits,
including 27 shutouts.
Coach Russell's Georgia
defenses allowed more
than 28 points just 18
times in 17 seasons. His
final season at Georgia
was 1980 which was
also, up until the 2021
National championship
game, was Georgia’s last
national championship
led by 2 factors Herschel
Walker and the
Junkyard Dawg Defense
which had Erk Russell at
the helm.
In 1981 Russell
was hired by Georgia
Southern University in
Statesboro Georgia. Erk,
out of his own pocket,
resurrected the Eagles
which culminated in the
1982 season that saw a
kickoff for the blue and
white for the first time in
40 years. You read that
right, a program that
was dormant for FORTY
YEARS was resurrected
in part because of one
man Erskine Russell.
From kickoff in 1982
Russell led the mighty
Georgia Southern
Eagles up until the
1989 season amassing
in that time an 83-22-1
record. Think about that
folks Erk resurrected
a deceased Georgia
Southern football
program that had been
dormant for 40 years
and the success of the
team was FANTASTIC!
In those 7 season
Russell also brought 3
National Champions to
Statesboro!
The argument by
the CFB Hall of Fame
committee to this point
was the criteria of 10
years coached or too
wins but folks it would
take a total lack of
situational awareness
and total disregard
for history for them to
continue to keep Erk
Russell out of the HOF.
Any Eagles fans
reading this will enjoy
what I will end with.
“I’m gonna say it one
more time. We are
Georgia Southern. Our
colors are blue and
white. We call ourselves
the Bald Eagles. We call
our offense the Georgia
Power Company...and
that’s a terrific name
for an offense. Our
snap count is 'rate,
hike.' We practice on
the banks of Beautiful
Eagle Creek and that’s in
Statesboro, Georgia-the
gnat capital of America.
Our weekends begin on
Thursday. The co-eds
outnumber the men
3-to-2. They’re all good
looking and they’re all
rich. And folks, you just
can’t beat that...and you
just can’t beat Georgia
Southern. And you ain’t
seen nothin yet.”
HAIL SOUTHERN!
Preserve your past!
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