A Social Celebration

Honorees enjoyed socializing during the Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards Coffee at Pittman Park United Methodist Church Wednesday.

Celebrating spring

Children and adults alike spent the day enjoying the spring weather at the Georgia Southern Botanical Garden's annual Spring Festival and Plant Sale on Saturday, March 31.

'Annie, the Musical'

When directors Glenn Spell and Helen Rosengart began auditioning for the iconic role of Annie, they hoped to find a young girl who could live up to the part. Instead, they were lucky enough to find two.

'Ghost Out' shows high school students the dangers of driving drunk

Students at a pair of area high schools were given a sobering reminder Friday of the extreme dangers associated with driving under the influence.

It's all about water

Fourth graders learned all about water Friday during the 2012 Children's Water Festival hosted by Keep Bulloch Beautiful and Georgia Southern University.

Children learn the value of gardening

STATESBORO - Keep Bulloch Beautiful, Statesboro Bulloch County Parks and Recreation After-School Program, Georgia Southern University's Center for Sustainability, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH), and College of Health & Human Sciences join forces to create a community garden for Julia P. Bryant's After-School Program. This unique collaboration will serve as a teaching tool for the After-School Program at Julia P. Bryant.

Learning from a legend

For Jon Faddis, a then-budding, wide-eyed trumpeter, his watershed moment occurred when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presented itself on a Dallas stage in 1968.

Artist, students create a large mosaic mural

Nevils Elementary School is now home to a colorful mosaic mural created by Kindergarten through fifth-grade students under the direction of local artist and NES parent Laura Lingle. Named "Our Tree," it is the centerpiece of the school's story time area.

Musical Heir

Statesboro High sophomore Ben Lloyd is the only Bulloch County Schools instrumentalist who will be featured in the state's premiere music showcase, Georgia All-State Band.

Huling-Brister

The Reverend W. Michael and Melinda Huling of Savannah are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Monica Kyle Huling, to Christopher Matthew Brister, son of Carl G. and Jamie Brister of Statesboro.

SHS Science Quiz Bowl Teams advance to state

Statesboro High School's Science Quiz Bowl Teams competed at the regional level Jan. 28, at Armstrong Atlantic University in Savannah, where two of the three teams qualified to advance to state. This makes the tenth year in a row that a SHS team has advanced to the state competition.

One last time at Snooky’s

If walls could talk, those adorned with decades-old Statesboro memorabilia at Snooky's Restaurant would have plenty to tell.

Hard work pays off for GSU theatre students

The Georgia Southern Theatre program returned from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival last week with several awards and one individual honor that will send a student to Washington.

GSU showcases Tsvetkov art

The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) is proud to present Sergei Tsvetkov: Recent Work. The exhibition will run until Feb. 26 in the University Gallery at the Center for Art & Theatre, Georgia Southern University.

Tech’s day to shine

Robots and creativity took center stage last week at Julia P. Bryant Elementary when Bulloch County Schools held its Second Annual Regional Technology Fair.

Right on target

As she slowly, confidently stretches tight a chord on her competition-style recurve bow - which seems more an extension of her body than inanimate object - and stands poised to fire, it is difficult to know for sure the thoughts that pass through Linda Stephens' mind.

Wild West in the Boro

The Statesboro Kiwanis Second Annual Rodeo brought in a crowd of about 7,000 from April 27 to 28.

Book Review

Kiwanis Club volunteers help out at Special Olympics

The Statesboro Kiwanis Rodeo may be over, but local club members aren't slowing down.

Audio introduction of the 2012 Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards

Listen to Statesboro Herald president Joe McGlamery's introduction to the 2012 Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Award recipients.

Ray Hendley

Recipients of the Statesboro Herald Humanitarian of the Year Award are those persons who provide a wide range of service to the community. It recognizes those whose service and commitment goes above and beyond the normal standards as they make a difference in the lives of others.

Horace Harrell

This recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is both a hands-on servant leader and a man with the vision to dream of things not yet realized.

Ralph Andrews

This Lifetime Achievement Award goes to one with an exceptionally long history of serving others.

Chris Yaughn

What started out as a desire of a young family to become foster parents led to the founding of an organization named Fostering Families Bulloch. Chris Yaughn and his wife Kim realized as they began the process of becoming foster parents that there was a great need for supporting existing foster parents and for children already in the fostering system. Chris started small: cookouts for foster parents in his home, outings for foster children ...

Justin Unkel

Justin Unkel is a young man with a history of addiction. Today, he works every day to overcome many obstacles on his way to a better life. As a result of his addiction, Justin lost his driver's license and now makes his way everywhere he goes on his bike. Part of his sentence was community service at Pineland Mental Health. He was so impressive in his work there that he was offered a permanent ...

Pat Stewart

Pat Stewart is an active member of Friendship Baptist Church and she is a focal point for this church's ministry to those undergoing cancer treatment. The project is called "Friendly Blessings," and involves making colorful and attractive tote bags for those going through chemotherapy or radiation treatments. The bags are filled with items that can make the waiting time associated with long trips to the doctor's offices speed by a bit faster. Pat's group ...

James Stephens

Dr. James Stephens is the director of the Ministry for the Sick and Homebound at St. Matthew Catholic Church. In this role, he coordinates 12 Extraord-inary Ministers of the Holy Commun-ion who make weekly visits to parishioners who cannot come to mass due to sickness or physical impairment. he has been a eucharistic minister for 18 years. As more and more Americans experience the challenges and limitations of aging, outreach ministries such as this ...

Russell Rosengart

Russell Rosengart uses his business expertise and personal time as a volunteer in order to help build better futures for the children of Bulloch County. Russell is now serving his second term as president of the Boys and Girls Club of Bulloch County. Not only does he provide business leadership to the Boys and Girls Club, but also financial support and hands-on service to this very worthwhile group. Russell is a graduate of Leadership ...

Martha Ray

Tonight we honor another husband and wife team - John and Martha Ray. Both John and Martha are exceptionally committed members of States-boro's First United Methodist Church and both are heavily involved in their church's mission program, with John serving as chairman of Missions. By the time John and Martha go to Mexico in August, it will mark John's fourth mission trip and Martha's third. Upon retirement from Appalachian State University, the Rays settled ...

John Ray

Tonight we honor another husband and wife team - John and Martha Ray. Both John and Martha are exceptionally committed members of States-boro's First United Methodist Church and both are heavily involved in their church's mission program, with John serving as chairman of Missions. By the time John and Martha go to Mexico in August, it will mark John's fourth mission trip and Martha's third. Upon retirement from Appalachian State University, the Rays settled ...