SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County Senior Center has achieved distinction by reaching the highest membership level of any Senior Center in the state of Georgia. Senior Center Supervisor Jo Ellis said that translates to just under 1,500 individual registered members. “I had predicted we’d hit 1,500 to 2,000,” Ellis said. “Some didn’t believe […]
NAACP: Senior programs at two facilities replicates Jim Crow days
November 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: After being addressed by Griffin-Spalding County NAACP President Jewel Walker-Harps, the Spalding County Commission on Monday tabled the matter of a lease agreement with the McIntosh Trail Council on Aging, an organization dedicated to serving those who are economically, physically, or socially disadvantaged. Walker-Harps previously appeared before the board regarding this issue, […]
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