The Oglethorpe Echo
The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office finished third in Category 2 (11-25 officers) of the 25th annual Governor’s Challenge Awards.
Oglethorpe County finished behind the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office, which won the division, and the Tybee Island Police Department.
The Governor’s Challenge program honors law enforcement agencies for their work to prevent crashes, injuries and deaths in their communities, college campuses and military installations.
The program, which was held Friday in Macon, featured awards in eight categories based on size, as well as campus and university police, military police, traffic enforcement network of the year, coordinator and assistant coordinator of the year, HEAT Team of the year and several specialty program area awards.
Agencies are evaluated for enforcement initiatives, unique problem-solving in their communities, using public information activities and creating departmental policies that support their traffic enforcement campaign efforts.
Seasonal events scheduled for county
Seasonal marketplaces and events have been planned for the next two months.
The annual Christmas Marketplace will be held Nov. 22-24 at The Depot in Crawford. Email oglethoprechamber@gmail.com for a vendor application.
Small Business Saturday, featuring pop-up shops in Lexington, will be held on Nov. 30. Email lindaparish1012@gmail.com for an application.
Christmas in Oglethorpe will be held Dec. 14 at the Lexington Community Center. For vendor applications, email lindaparish1012@gmail.com or request one on the Facebook page: Lexington Downtown Development Authority.
Firefly series adds two races for 2025
The Firefly Trail race series has added two races to its 2025 lineup.
The Pounding for Paws 5K is scheduled for March 8 at and the Fleet Feet Five-Miler is scheduled for Aug. 24. Both races will be held at Dudley Park in Athens.
They join the previous four races:
- The Winterville Snowflake 10K, scheduled for Jan. 11.
- The Maxeys Model Mile 5K, scheduled for May 17.
- The Restoration Run 5K, scheduled for Sept. 1.
- The Union Point Junction Jamboree, scheduled for Sept. 27.
For more info, or to register for the three spring races, the three fall races, or all six races, go to runsignup.com/Race/Info/GA/Winterville/FireflyTrailRaceSeries.