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Tannin salon opens in Midway
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Into the Sun Tanning Salon owner Cayla Faulk, Midway Mayor Pro Tem Curtes Roberts Sr., Councilwoman Melice Hamilton, family, friends and Liberty County Chamber of Commerce celebrate the salons grand opening Feb. 27 in Midway. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: Mar 11, 2013, 8:00 PM
Published: Mar 11, 2013, 1:44 PM

Into the Sun Tanning Salon hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting in conjunction with the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 27 at 217 Butler St. in Midway.
Owner Cayla Faulk welcomed staff, family, friends, as well as chamber staff, ambassadors and members to the event.
“We are very pleased to have you in the city of Midway,” Mayor Pro Tem Curtes Roberts Sr. said. “We hope the life of your business lasts a long time.”
The salon is open 10 a.m-6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The salon is decorated with a beach theme and has three tanning-bed rooms. Spray-tanning services and body wraps also are offered.
Opening a tanning salon was Faulk’s idea, and her father left her the money to do so when he passed away.  She considers her parents her business mentors.
“Thank you for supporting this business. I don’t know what I would have done without my clients,” Faulk said. “I also want to thank my mom and husband and especially my dad. My dad started this, and I don’t know what I would have done without him.”
“We are so happy that you’ve become part of the chamber,” chamber CEO Leah Poole said. “We are here to support you, so please let us know if there’s anything you need.”
For more information, find Into the Sun Tanning Salon on Facebook or call 884-7267.

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Record April boosts Savannah's container trade at port
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The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided
Bryan County News
Updated: May 23, 2018, 1:59 AM
Published: May 23, 2018, 2:00 AM

The Georgia Ports Authority's busiest April ever pushed its fiscal year-to-date totals to more than 3.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), an increase of 8.8 percent, or 280,000 TEUs, compared to the first 10 months of fiscal 2017.

"We're on track to move more than 300,000 TEUs in every month of the fiscal year, which will be a first for the authority," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "We're also anticipating this to be the first fiscal year for the Port of Savannah to handle more than 4 million TEUs."

April volumes reached 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units, up 7.1 percent or 23,700 units. As the fastest growing containerport in the nation, the Port of Savannah has achieved a compound annual growth rate of more than 5 percent a year over the past decade.

"As reported in the recent economic impact study by UGA's Terry College of Business, trade through Georgia's deepwater ports translates into jobs, higher incomes and greater productivity," said GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood. "In every region of Georgia, employers rely on the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to help them become more competitive on the global stage."

To strengthen the Port of Savannah's ability to support the state's future economic growth, the GPA Board approved $66 million in terminal upgrades, including $24 million for the purchase of 10 additional rubber-tired gantry cranes.  

"The authority is committed to building additional capacity ahead of demand to ensure the Port of Savannah remains a trusted link in the supply chain serving Georgia and the Southeast," Lynch said.

The crane purchase will bring the fleet at Garden City Terminal to 156 RTGs. The new cranes will support three new container rows, which the board approved in March. The additional container rows will increase annual capacity at the Port of Savannah by 150,000 TEUs.

The RTGs will work over stacks that are five containers high and six deep, with a truck lane running alongside the stacks. Capable of running on electricity, the cranes will have a lift capacity of 50 metric tons.

The cranes will arrive in two batches of five in the first and second quarters of calendar year 2019.

 Also at Monday's meeting, the GPA Board elected its officers, with Jimmy Allgood as chairman, Will McKnight taking the position of vice chairman and Joel Wooten elected as the next secretary/treasurer.

For more information, visit gaports.com, or contact GPA Senior Director of Corporate Communications Robert Morris at (912) 964-3855 or rmorris@gaports.com.

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