Columbus Technical College President Bob Jones with Robert Wright and John Pezold at the retirement luncheon held in Jones’ honor
Lakebottom neighbors, (standing) Gerhard Hildebrandt, Rusty Scoven, Scott McCranie, Steve Miller, Doug Martin, Mike McCrae, (seated) Callie Sprague, Shannon Croft, Kathy Lyon, Deborah McCranie, Laura Lea Martin and Angela McCrae gather on the Springer Opera House stage after seeing the play, Lakebottom Prime.
Life Goes On As much as I could rhapsodize about the
Columbus native Ken Thomas was 2013 recipient of the Georgia Historical Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Known as the John Macpherson Berrien Award, it was cre- ated to recognize a lifetime of achievement in the field of history and contributions toward the Society’s mission to collect and teach Georgia and American history.
Whitewater opening, one of the other best things about these communities is, yes, there are tons of other events, occasions and special moments to write about. One of the sweetest moments I had the privi- lege of witnessing was the marriage of Lisa Bradfield Powers and Joe Morehead. Such a lovely, meaningful ceremony, beautifully officiated by First Presbyterian minister Chuck Hasty and shared with so many family members and friends, including Mary Casey and Isabelle Powers, Cindy and Spencer Garrard, Allison and Mike Owen and Hugh and Charlotte Kennedy. A little rain didn’t damper the recep-
Howard and Barbara Ruddick joined other members of the Rivercities Model A Ford Club in a once-in-a-lifetime op- portunity to drive their Model A “Chief” on the Talladega Superspeedway.
All of our batteries for cars, trucks, boats and golf carts are MADE IN THE USA!
tion, held at Tom and Lucille Flournoy’s handsome home in Midland as the cou- ple received best wishes from dozens of friends including Cathy and Rennie Bick- erstaff, Ralph Wimberly, Rebecca Wig- gins, Catherine Harbison, Mary Howard, Ruth Anne Hasty, Abigail Hasty, Cary Alice Kendrick-Holmes and Mark and Celia Jenkins. It was great fun to see for- mer Columbusites Mitch and Toni Hunt, who now live in Jacksonville; thank good- ness for Facebook, where we can keep up with the lives of such good friends Te end of the school year means many
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things, among them the Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus’ annual spring con- cert and the accompanying (I didn’t even mean that pun!) Maestro for A Moment fundraiser. Tis year’s contest brought out some dedicated competition amongst the candidates, the self-deprecating John Pezold, Columbus’ former mayor and for- ever ambassador, Bob Poydasheff and the
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