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THE ISLANDER, DECEMBER 1, 2008, PAGE 3
Concord, GA resident wins
’Race for the Coast’ vacation
Michael Johnson, General Manager of the King and
Prince Beach & Golf Resort and chairman of the
Brunswick-Golden Isles CVB, drew the winning entry
for the "Race for the Coast" vacation giveaway.
Photo courtesy of Brunswick-Golden Isles CVB
A middle Geor
gia family will enjoy
a vacation on St.
Simons Island, com
pliments of the King
and Prince Beach
& Golf Resort and
other local business
es. Dawn Jones, of
Concord, GA, won
the “Race for the
Coast” promotion,
which was spon
sored by the Bruns
wick-Golden Isles
Convention & Visi
tors Bureau.
Jones’ card was
drawn on Nov. 20
from more than 300
entries received as
part of the promo
tion, by Michael
Johnson, Gener
al Manager of the King and Prince
Beach & Golf Resort and chairman
of the Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The prize package includes two nights
accommodations for a family of four at
King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort,
breakfasts and dinners for four, area
tours and more.
Postcards advertising the promotion
were at the Atlanta Motor Speedway
during the Pep Boys Auto 500 race on
Oct. 26. Recipients were asked to com
plete the mail-in card and send it to
the CVB. The postcards were included
in special “goodie bags” given to 50,000
fans at the Atlanta race. The drawing
was the culmination of an advertis
ing program targeted toward NASCAR
fans. Brunswick & The Golden Isles
were featured in a full-page advertise
ment in a magazine distributed during
10 “Chase for the Cup” races, which
ended Nov. 16 at Homestead-Miami
Speedway in Florida.
“We congratulate the Jones family
and look forward to their visit,” said
Bill Tipton, executive director of the
CVB. ‘We are especially grateful to the
King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort
and our other industry partners who
have so generously contributed to the
prize package. They really help us to
put our best foot forward for our visi
tors.” □
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New partnership to broadcast emergency
information along
(Atlanta, GA) — Lt. Governor Casey
Cagle, the Georgia Emergency Man
agement Agency (GEMA), the Geor
gia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and
the Outdoor Advertising Association of
Georgia (OAAG) have announced a new
public-private partnership that will use
digital billboards to quickly post emer
gency information along Georgia road
ways. Under the partnership, GEMA
and GBI will be able to communicate
with drivers through OAAG’s member
network, which operates more than 75
digital billboards across the state.
“These digital billboards are an
excellent addition to our response tool
belt,” says Lt. Governor Cagle. “This
innovate partnership provides a new
way to provide timely and accurate
information in an emergency and help
protect lives and property in Georgia.
We welcome this opportunity to use
this versatile real-time technology to
deliver critical emergency information
to hundreds of thousands of motorists
quickly and efficiently.”
State emergency management and
law enforcement officials may use
the digital billboards to post urgent
messages such as weather warnings,
evacuations, shelter information and
missing person alerts. Specifically
the boards will run Kimberly’s Call,
Mattie’s Call, Hurricane, Evacuation,
Georgia roadways
Homeland Security, Extreme Weather,
Nuclear-Chemical and Wildfire Alerts.
They will be activated at the request
of emergency management and law
enforcement officials. Because digital
billboards are changed electronically,
they can be updated instantly.
OAAG’s coverage area includes
metro Atlanta, Albany, Augusta,
Brunswick, Macon, Rome, Savannah
and Valdosta. Georgia is the second
state to sign such an agreement with
an outdoor advertising association.
To learn more about OAAG, visit
www.oaag.net. To learn about the
potential hazards that may impact
Georgia and to create a custom Ready
kit and emergency plan, visit www.
ready.ga.gov. □
CAC schedules fall meeting
The Georgia Coastal Management
Program’s (GCMP) Coastal Advisory
Council’s fall quarterly meeting will be
held Wednesday, December 17 from
10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the
Coastal EMC in Midway, Georgia.
All Council meetings are open to
the public. The Coastal EMC is located
on Highway 17 about two miles south
of Midway (off exit 76, west of 1-95).
Traveling south, the EMC building is
on the right side of the highway. (912)
264-7218. □
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