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RHFD says farewell to longtime volunteers
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Retiring firefighters Kelvin Dixon, second from left, and Lewis Skip Tuttle, second from right, with their wives, Debra Dixon, left, and Dale Tuttle and RHFD Chief Vernon Rushing. (Caitlyn Boza)

Surrounded by more than 60 of their closest friends and family members, volunteer firefighters Kelvin Dixon and Lewis “Skip” Tuttle bade a fond farewell to the Richmond Hill Fire Department at its first ever retirement banquet on Monday night at the John W. Stephens Wetlands Education Center in J.F. Gregory Park.

“My service has really been a joy,” said Dixon, the department’s now former rescue captain. “When I moved here 24 years ago, I wanted to do something for the community. This was it, and I loved doing it.”

Tuttle, who was appointed to assistant fire chief in 1997, joined the RHFD as a volunteer firefighter in 1982 after moving to Bryan County from New York.

“I’ve been a firefighter since 1975,” he said. “I thought with my experience I could help.”

Read more in the May 25 edition of the News.

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Nuclear plant's safety discussed at meeting
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Plant Hatch is near Baxley and north Bryan County is in its evacuation zone. - photo by File photo
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2017 safety performance of the Hatch Nuclear Power Plant during an open house from 4-6 p.m. April 24 in Room 171 of the Southeastern Technical College, 3001 East First St., Vidalia. The two-unit Hatch plant is located near Baxley, about 20 miles south of Vidalia, and is operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. NRC employees responsible for plant inspections, including the resident inspectors based full-time at the site, will be available to discuss its performance.
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