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Savannah, GA
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December 30, 2020 - January 05,2021
Vol. 50 No. 53
Tel: 912-233-6128 • Fax; 912-233-614fl
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Vote In The January 5,2021 - Runoff Election
The Savannah Tribune Recommends - Turn In Your Absentee Ballot
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son Voting
continues
December 30 & 31, 2020 at
Early Voting Locations, and
the last opportunity to Vote
is on Election Day - Janu
ary 5, 2021.
The Absentee Ballot
For your Official
Absentee Ballot to counted,
it must be received at the
County Elections Office be
fore the 7:00 pm Deadline
on Jan 5th.
Please hand-de-
liver your Absentee Bal
lot to a Secure Drop Box
NOW, or no later than the
7:00 PM Deadline on Jan
uary 5, 2021. It is too late
to mail it!
Secure Drop Box
Locations include Chatham
County Board of Elections
(1117 Eisenhower Dr.); WW
Law Center (900 E. Bolton
St.); Chatham County PD
(54 Johnny Mercer Blvd.);
Liberty City Community
Center (1401 Mills B Lane
Blvd.); Carver Village Com
munity Center (905 Collat
Ave.); and UGA Extension
(17 Minus Ave., Garden
City).
If you have re
ceived your ballot, please
follow these instructions:
1. Use a blue or
black ballpoint pen and com
pletely fill in the oval next to
the name of the person for
whom you wish to vote (Do
not use a felt tip pen).
Continued on Page 9
Ribbon Cutting Held At Savannah
Chatham Manufacturing Center
Roland Martin To
Speak At Chatham
County Voters Rally
On Wednesday,
December 30, 2020 from
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM at Beth
el AME Church, 1814 East
38th Street, a Chatham
County “Get Out and Vote”
Rally will be held.
The guest speaker
for the event will be for
mer CNN Analyst Roland
Martin. The event will be
held in conjunction with the
Freedom Creek Foundation
and Sen. Lester Jackson (D
- Savannah) will co-host the
nonpartisan rally.”
The event will en
courage voters in the Cha
tham County area to partic
ipate in the upcoming 2020
Runoff Election.
Roland Martin
The Savannah
Economic Development
Authority, City of Savannah
and Chatham County cut
the ribbon on the Savannah
Chatham Manufacturing
Center on Wednesday, Dec.
8. The 744-acre property
will accommodate advanced
manufacturing with parcels
ranging from nine to 100
acres.
The Savannah
Economic Development
Authority’s Savannah Cha
tham Manufacturing Center
is located 1.8 miles from
Interstate 16 and just nine
miles west of Interstate 95.
At only three miles from the
Jimmy DeLoach Connector
to Interstate 16 (front door
to the Port of Savannah), the
Savannah Chatham Manu
facturing Center’s proximity
to the Interstates and Port of
Savannah make it an ideal
location to do business. In
addition to access to the Port
of Savannah, the industri
al manufacturing park is a
mere 14 miles from Geor
gia’s Quick Start Advanced
Manufacturing Training
Center and 17 miles from
Gulfstream Aerospace Cor
poration - one of Georgia’s
largest manufacturers.
Freeport Exemp
tion is at 100 percent for the
City of Savannah and Cha
tham County manufacturing
with an annual application.
Continued on Page 4
Mayor Johnson Named Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc. Citizen of the Year
L-R: Wil Jones, Kever Conyers, Randy Houston, Thaddeus Hodges - Basileus, James Melvin -
Vice-Basileus, Mayor Van Johnson, Anthony Fulton, Andre Wright, Tomorris Robinson, McRae Mangum
Mayor Van R.
Johnson, II, received the
2020 Citizen of the Year
award from the Mu Phi
Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc.
Mayor Johnson
was selected for his contri
butions locally, regionally
and nationally to combat
COVID-19 through city or
dinances and being outspo
ken about the effectiveness
of mask requirements.
“I am humbled to
be honored by such great
men in our community,”
said Mayor Johnson. “I ap
preciate that they recognize
my efforts to make Savan
nah safer, equitable and ac
cessible for all people.”
The fraternity’s
Citizen of the Year rep
resents a person of local, re
gional and international rec
ognition who is acclaimed
by a significant segment of
society for the outstanding
contributions to the welfare
of humankind who made the
most significant contribu
tions to humanity.
J.C. Lewis Primary
Announces Rena M.
Douse As New CEO
J.C. Lewis Pri
mary Health Care Center
and its board of directors
are pleased to announce Dr.
Rena M. Douse has accept
ed the position of CEO. In
her new role. Dr. Douse will
provide detailed oversight,
strategy, and vision for the
nonprofit organization’s fu
ture growth and successful
execution of its founding
mission to provide afford
able health care services to
individuals in the Savannah
community.
Dr. Douse who
will assume her new role
on January 1, 2021; cur
rently serves Chief Op
erations Officer for J.C.
Lewis Primary Health Care
Center. As Chief Opera
tions Officer Dr. Douse has
provided oversight of the
day to day operations. Dr.
Douse’s background in pol
icy development, policy
improvement, procedure
development, the expansion
of services, corporate com
pliance, Risk Management,
and Quality assurance has
been very instrumental in the
health centers growth and
operation. While evaluat
ing and overseeing program
outcomes and practices, Dr.
Douse also functioned as
the Health Center’s infor
mation technology manager,
serving as the administrator
for the agency’s Practice
Management and Electronic
Medical Records systems.
“We are confident
that Dr. Douse will be an
excellent match for this po
sition and a strong asset to
our organization,” said J.C.
Lewis Board Chair Laura
N. Wiggins. “She brings a
wealth of community health
center knowledge and expe
rience to this position along
with a proven track record
of success.”
Dr. Rena M.
Douse earned a Doctor of
Nursing Practice from Troy
University, a Master of Sci
ence in Nursing from Geor
gia Southern University, and
a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing from Armstrong At
lantic State University (now
Georgia Southern Universi
ty)-
Dr. Douse and her
husband, Marlon Douse, are
the proud parents of 4 young
men. Dr. Douse and her
family reside in Savannah,
Georgia.
The Savannah Tribune endorses
Rev. Raphael Warnock and
Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senators,
and Daniel Blackman for
Public Service Commissioner
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