City set to celebrate veterans

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City set to celebrate veterans

Averitt will host annual ceremony Monday

In this November 2011 file photo, World War II veteran Burt "Hawkey" Higgins, 92, recalls some of his experiences while delivering the keynote address during the Veterans Day observance at the Emma Kelly Theater in the Averitt Center for the Arts. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

111111 VETERANS DAY 03 — In this November 2011 file photo, World War II veteran Burt "Hawkey" Higgins, 92, recalls some of his experiences while delivering the keynote address during the Veterans Day observance at the Emma Kelly Theater in the Averitt Center for the Arts. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

JEFF HARRISON

Updated: Nov 11, 2012, 5:01 AM

Published: Nov 11, 2012, 5:04 AM

While Memorial Day in America is a time for solemn commemoration, Veterans Day is an occasion to celebrate. So Dan Foglio, the past commander for the American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 will celebrate. The American Legion’s Statesboro post will continue its tradition, more than a decade old, of honoring veterans and their families Monday, with a 2012 Veterans Day Community Observance Program.

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Gamers trade remotes for colored pencils at Averitt summer camp

Camp instructor Cheyenne Smith looks over the work of Hudson Mathews, left, a first grader at Bulloch Academy, and Memphis Butts, a second grader at Portal Elementary, on Monday, July 14, during the first day of Gaming & Art: Turning Video Games into Crafts summer arts camp at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts in downtown Statesboro. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Camp 1.jpg — Camp instructor Cheyenne Smith looks over the work of Hudson Mathews, left, a first grader at Bulloch Academy, and Memphis Butts, a second grader at Portal Elementary, on Monday, July 14, during the first day of Gaming & Art: Turning Video Games into Crafts summer arts camp at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts in downtown Statesboro. (JASON MARTIN/special)

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Published: Jul 15, 2025, 2:27 AM

The Averitt Center has taken popular video game stories and characters like Mario and Minecraft as inspiration for its summer arts camp, Gaming & Art: Turning Video Games into Crafts. Each day this week, campers are using their own gaming inspirations along with paint, clay and other mediums to create works of art. Lead instructor Cheyenne Smith is assisted by Guarionex Cruz in helping campers with their projects.

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