BLT serving community for 38 years

Posted on 03 November 2011

Community theater is just what the name implies. It is built by the hard work of volunteers, maintained by the loyal support of patrons and benefactors through donations of money, goods and services, staffed by volunteer actors, musicians, set-builders, sound and light technicians, costumers and makeup artists, and anyone else it takes to cooperatively put [...]

Briles’ ships reach homeport in Bainbridge

Posted on 03 November 2011

Moving Larry Briles’ fleet of ships is not an easy task, even though no water or wind is required. Larry and his wife, Dee, moved to Bainbridge this summer after selling their home in Sarasota, Fla., and found they needed to bring their model ships a few at a time in their automobile, rather than [...]

Cox’s Christmas ornaments are popular

Posted on 03 November 2011

Talented local artist Mary Barber Cox is the mother of four successful daughters and an art instructor who has taught many, but perhaps one of her longest-running legacies is her drawings that adorn the annual Bainbridge Christmas ornaments. Since 1991, the Bainbridge Downtown Development Authority has commissioned Cox to do one of her detailed line-art [...]

Pickin’ & Stompin’ at the Clarks

Posted on 03 November 2011

A group in Decatur County has a grape-stomping, wine-making, good time get-together each year on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. That is when some St. John’s Episcopal Church members, and relatives and friends of Joe and Deborah Clark, gather at the Clarks’ Booster Club Road vineyard to pick and stomp the fall harvest of [...]

Things are hopping at the Henrys

Posted on 03 November 2011

Little did Jerry Henry know what he was starting when he surprised his wife, Patsy, with the gift of a live, white pet rabbit in March 2003. They named it, appropriately, “Bunny Rabbit.” What started out as one rabbit, soon became two. The Henrys were both so taken with Bunny Rabbit, whom they believed to [...]

Events

Chamberfest 2011

Chamberfest 2011

Posted on 03 November 2011

Members of the Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce enjoyed fun and fellowship at the annual “Chamberfest” event at Dan and Bonnie Provence’s Spring Hill Christmas Tree Farm on Thursday, Oct. 20. Provence entertained the members with the farm’s “pumpkin chucker”

Food and Recipes

Tasty tailgating treats

Tasty tailgating treats

Posted on 03 November 2011

Fall has finally come to southwest Georgia, and for many that means football games and tailgating parties. That is especially true for Stephen and Christy Poitevint, avid Auburn fans, who attend every game they can — and always all the home games. There is a long history of Auburn grads in Stephen’s family. It goes [...]

Outdoors

RODEO REINS IN THE FANS

RODEO REINS IN THE FANS

Posted on 03 November 2011

Organizers of the Third Annual Port City Rodeo in September said the event was well attended and helped raise much needed funds for a variety of community projects.

Youth

Bearcats on Parade

Bearcats on Parade

Posted on 03 November 2011