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County asks city to help keep BOE in emergency radio plan
Main funding source for new system is $6.75 million earmark in six-year SPLOST approved Nov. 6
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Ted Wynn, right, Bulloch County public safety director, speaks during Monday's meeting on the planned replacement for the multiagency radio system. (AL HACKLE/staff)
AL HACKLE
ahackle@statesboroherald.com
Updated: Nov 20, 2018, 3:55 PM
Published: Nov 20, 2018, 3:22 AM
In a multiagency meeting Monday about Bulloch County's planned new public safety radio system, county government officials called for keeping the schools involved as users of the radio system, even if the county and cities have to foot more of the bill for the shared hardware.
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Gamers trade remotes for colored pencils at Averitt summer camp
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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)
Special to the Herald
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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