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Pigskin Preview: Fort Valley State

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013, 8:03pm

Last year saw Fort Valley State reach the SIAC Championship game and the Division II playoffs while finishing at 8-4. The Wildcats are hoping to build on that success in 2013.

FVSU will be leaning on its defense this year, which returns seven starters, not including players like linebacker Stephon Harper who saw significant playing time as a back-up.

The offense must rebuild without the All-SIAC duo of quarterback Antonio Henton and wide receiver Chris Slaughter, who played together at Peach County.

Coach Donald Pittmann says this year's team motto is: "One team, one mission: Division II National Championship."

The blue and gold will be tested early when they meet Valdosta State in Macon for a neutral site game.

That game is set for September 7 at 2:00 p.m. at Henderson Stadium.

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Byron Quilters Raise Funds for Newtown Victims

Submitted by Robin Folsom on Sunday, June 16th, 12:58 am

A group of quilters is stitching together a project to help victims of the shootings in Newtown last December.

Comforting Quilters are planning to present 26 quilts to families affected by the Sandy Hook school deaths.

Recently, the Byron-based group raised more than 200 dollars by selling raffle tickets.

The winner of the drawing won a quilt of their own and a picnic set.

Organizer Julie Love says the money raised will help them complete the project and publish books that will be presented along with the quilts.

Love says donations are helping with gas, lodging, and meals for the trip.

The quilters will travel to Newtown around the end of October.

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Battle of Byron "Raises Moore" Money for Oklahoma

Submitted by Robin Folsom on Sunday, June 16th, 12:44 am

Local bands are tuning up a benefit concert that will help support tornado relief efforts in Moore, Oklahoma.

The "Battle of Byron Raises Moore" Music Fest will take place in North Peach Park next weekend.

Organizers say seven bands are set to play.

Food, a silent auction, and raffles will also take place during the day.

Admission to the music fest will cost 5 dollars.

Tony Elmore said, "What we do is going to be a drop in the bucket as far as what finances, and everything is going to be needed to bring the community back together, but I really believe that this is going on all over the nation."

The concert is scheduled for next Saturday at North Peach Park in Byron.

Festivities begin at 10 a.m.

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Richard Petty Coming to Byron

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff

Monday, June 10th, 2013, 7:53pm

BYRON, GA-- NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty is coming to Middle Georgia Raceway for a charity event on August 31.

The track is hosting the 3rd Annual Middle Georgia Raceway Racers Reunion Festival, which will have entertainment for kids of all ages, including monster truck rides, crafts, a moonshine still and an autograph session.

A portion of the proceeds will go to the Victory Junction, a camp founded in honor of Petty's late grandson, Adam. The camp, located in North Carolina, serves children who are chronically or terminally ill.

Middle Georgia Raceway is located off Highway 41 in Byron.

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World's Largest Peach Cobbler in Peach County

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff

Sunday, June 9th, 2013, 11:14am

People got busy in Peach County early Saturday morning at around 3:00 am preparing the world's largest peach cobbler.

The recipe called for 150 lbs of sugar, 150 lbs of flour, 32 gallons of milk, 70 lbs of butter and 75 gallons of peaches.

The cobbler will be served Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM as part of the Peach festival activities.

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Ga. Peach Festival Boosts Local Businesses

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff

Sunday, June 9th, 2013, 10:38am

The 2013 Georgia Peach Festival brings in a lot of visitors each year.

Festival officials are expecting crowds of about 10,000 visitors.

That also means it's good for local businesses.

The festival was held in Fort Valley this week.

Streets were closed off around downtown and vendors set up shop on the sidewalks.

Some of the local businesses noticed an increase in foot traffic meant an increase in sales.

Glennice Dugger, owner of Brooklyn's Unlimited in downtown Fort Valley, took advantage of the festival and marked her entire store down 50-percent.

"The Peach Festival is the perfect opportunity for all of the vendors and especially myself to bring in the local residents to see what we have to offer because we have everything for every woman," she says.

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Peach County Says Goodbye to Old Medical Center

Submitted by Tom George on Friday, June 7th, 2:33 am

Medical and hospital staff gathered Thursday to say goodbye to the Peach Regional Medical Center in Fort Valley.

The small hospital, which has served the community for decades, is making way for a brand new, state-of-the-art facility in Byron, the new Medical Center of Peach County.

The new facility will allow for a larger emergency center and operating room suite, more outpatient service and 25 hospital beds.

The ribbon cutting for the new facility will be Thursday, June 13th at 9 a.m.

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