Georgia Peace Officer Magazine - Winter 2024

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STATE OFFICERS

President

Dennis Baker

Chief Special Investigator

Clayton Co. D.A. Office

Vice President

Dennis Bell, Chief Comer Police Department

Second Vice President

Hal Braswell

Division Director, Instuctional Services

GPSTC

Third Vice President

James McLaughlin, Lt. Colonel Dept. of Natural Resources

Executive Director

John Edwards

GBI, retired

Legislative Liaison

Harlan Proveaux

Dir. of Law Enforcement and Inspector General

GA Dept. of Agriculture

Past President

Scott Andrews

Retired, Georgia State Patrol

DISTRICT DIRECTORS

North Georgia

Wesley Wellborn

Metro Atlanta

Vacant

West Georgia

Vacant

North Central

Willie Bolton

Northeast

Matt Miles

Middle Georgia

Dottie Harden and Guy Fussell

Southeast

Cyrus Purdiman

Southwest

Jason Anthony

South Central

James Waters

Coastal Georgia

Ronnie Lynn and Bob Lynn

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ACCOUNTANTS Dabbs, Hickman, Hill & Cannon, LLP Statesboro The Georgia Peace Officer (ISSN No. 0016-8343) is published quarterly for the Peace Officers Association of Georgia by Public Safety Services, LLC. 763-559-8075 subscription rates on application. Copyright © 2024. All rights reserved. Known office of publication: P.O. Box 1040, Reidsville, Georgia 30453. Periodicals-class postage paid at Reidsville, Georgia, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to POAG, Box 1040, Reidsville, GA 30453. Business Address: 2221 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite D-294, Atlanta, GA 30309. Secretary’s Office: 133 Tattnall Street, P.O. Box 1040, Reidsville, GA 30453, Phone: 912/557-4793. Web: www.poag.org. E-mail: poag@g-net.net. Winter 2024• Volume 74 Number 1 ‘Swinging for Cops’ Charity Golf/Training Event POAG Executive Committee Minutes Update From POAG Executive Board Members New GBI Director Sworn In Heads-Up Guidance Services (HUGS) 2023 Conference Snapshots Legacy of Service GBI Celebrates New Graduates The Automobile Metaphor: A Framework for Contemporary Police Leadership and Management On the Cover A scenic view of the Georgia State Capitol. In Unity There Is Strength The association that includes members from all law enforcement agencies... large and small Sheriffs • State Patrol • Rangers City Police • County Police Wardens • Correctional Officers GBI and Revenue Agents Probation, Parole, DOT, and other law enforcement agencies 7 9 13 33 45 47 53 59 61
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Swinging for Cops Charity Golf Tournament and Peace Officer Training Opportunity

Hosted by the Peace Officers’ Association of Georgia Foundation a 501 (c) 3 non-profit.

Dedicated to the professional growth and development of peace officers.

Golf is on Wednesday April 3rd, 2024: Four-person scramble 10 am T time at Sea Palms resort and golf club on St. Simons Ga. Registration $500.00 per team ($125,00 per person) Lunch provided.

The training is on Thursday April 4th and Friday 5th 2024: held at the Sea Palms conference center at the resort. Registration $150.00 for the class. (continental breakfast and coffee/lunch on first day)

Topic: Managing teams effectively: an evidence -based and practical approach. This executive level class uses the latest research on developing effective leadership strategies and implementing management practices regarding teams. It will be presented in a 12hour format. 8 to 5 Thursday and 8 to 12 Friday.

The course will provide important information and thoughtful discourse that focuses on the operational realities of the management and leadership of law enforcement teams. The team perspective will focus on small work units, specialized squads, and multijurisdictional task forces.

Instructor: John B. Edwards

Lodging: Sea Palms resort 515 North Windward Drive, St. Simons Island (912) 638-3351 ask for the special Poag rate of $149.00 per night

Register for golf at: www.poag.org click on golf tournament. OR call Kristal Odum at (912) 557-4793 (closes March 1st)

Register for training at www.poag.org click on spring training. (closes March 14th) OR call the POAG P.O. Box 1040, Reidsville, Georgia, 30453

For questions, please contact Administrative Coordinator Kristal Odum at (912) 557-4793 or kristal.odum@poag.org

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Official Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Peace Officers’ Association of Georgia, Inc.

The Executive Committee of the Peace Officers’ Association of Georgia, Inc. held its board meeting on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023, at 12 noon at the Conference City at Hotel Tybee at Tybee Island Ga. All board members and staff were present to include the general membership of POAG that attended the conference.

Executive Director John B Edwards called the meeting to order. President Scott Andrews certified that over 50 members were present to ensure a quorum.

Attorney Tom Kirkbride had been appointed by POAG Attorney Jay Swindle (who was in court) to preside.

Edwards read the constitutional amendments that had been distributed with the newly revised constitution upon recommendation of the Tuesday September 12th meeting of the POAG Resolutions committee by unanimous vote.

Members of that committee were:

• President Scott Andrews

• Vice-President Dennis Baker

• Board members, Dennis Bell, Hal Braswell, Harland Proveaux, and Chris Hodge

• Past Presidents, Bill Hitchens. Homer Bryson, Steven Adams, and Keith Glass

• Second District Director Guy Fussell

•Chief of staff Bill T. Akers

Edwards read the key changes from the specific articles from the newly revised constitution approved by the resolutions committee.

• ARTICLE IV Elected Officers/Executive Committee

Section 2 (b) 5 Paper ballots will be used [Does away with computer voting process]

Section 3 (c) There shall be no annual audit requirement, but the board shall order such audits as it deems appropriate.

• ARTICLE VIII Annual Meetings

Section 1 (c) The association shall pay for lodging at the annual conference for past president board members, sitting board members, staff, and other rooms necessary for the conference or meeting agenda issues. [Does away with district directors and discontinues the general practice of paying for past-president rooms]

Attorney Tom Kirkbride conducted the voting process.

Steven Adams made the motion to adopt the new constitution and its amendments. Keith Glass seconded the motion then all present voted unanimously to adopt the new constitution.

(New Constitution Attached)

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Next, Kirkbride called for qualified nominations for board members. Edwards advised that the only candidate to qualify was Captain James McLaughlin of DNR.

Steven Adams nominated McLaughlin and the motions were closed. The attendees unanimously elected James McLaughlin as a board member.

Kirkbride then moved forward and administered the oath of office and swore in the following officers.

• Dennis Baker President

• Hal Braswell Vice-President

• Dennis Bell Board Member

• James McLaughlin Board Member

• Harland Proveaux Legislative Liaison

Chaplain Greg Loskoski then gave the benediction and presided over final door prizes.

Meeting was adjourned by Executive Director Edwards

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Update President’s Message

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP - YOU ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO POAG!!

Every one of you, no matter your rank, no matter the size of the department that employs you, no matter your peace officer duties, each of you make us a stronger organization. Why? Because each of you have a unique set of life skills, each of you have a varied educational background, each of you have learned and grown from your employment, each of you have goals, dreams, and plans for your future.

All of these, shared with one another, at our conference, at our training, at our times together, make us a stronger, more engaging, and supportive group of peace officers.

I asked that you help us to grow as an organization. One way is through gaining new members. Invite some you know, someone that you want to come join our conference and training to be a member.

A second way is to check on those members, who during COVID, got separated from us. We value those who were members, just like we do you!

I ask you to let us know about training and educational topics that interest you. I ask you to let us know about outstanding trainers and presenters you have enjoyed. Let us know how you believe we can make our organization better.

Renewing or joining us is simple. Go to poag.org, look in the top banner,

JOIN OR RENEW NOW

and follow the simple 4 step pro-

cess.

Again, get you fellow officers and former members to come join the oldest, most encompassing law enforcement organization in Georgia. We need you to make us a better organization.

Thank you,

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2nd Vice President Hal Braswell’s message

After our annual training, I like to reflect on the past year and contemplate what’s next for our association. Thoughts come to mind when pondering what has been and what is yet to come.

So, this time, I’ve focused on what it takes to establish and sustain a successful professional association. This requires a dedicated effort, a clear vision, and a commitment to serving its members.

Whether it’s a group of professionals in law enforcement, healthcare, education, or any other field, certain elements contribute to the effectiveness and longevity of an association. This certainly holds true for our association.

A successful professional association begins with a mission and achievable goals. It’s essential for outlining the purpose of the association, what we seek to achieve, and the benefits the association aims to provide its members. This clarity and clear vision will guide all of our activities and decisions.

As with any association, our members are the backbone. Ensuring that the needs and interests of the members are at the core of all activities is vital.

Understanding what our members seek from the associa-

tion and consistently delivering value through our programs, resources, and networking opportunities is critical to our success.

Strong leadership is pivotal for the success of any association. I assure you that your POAG Board is dedicated to the association’s mission and, with diverse expertise, can provide strategic direction, effective decision-making, and overall guidance to the organization. But this cannot be achieved in a vacuum.

Member engagement and communication are key to our success. Striving for open and consistent communication is crucial for any professional association.

Engaging members through our magazine, training opportunities, networking events, and social media keeps our members informed, engaged, and connected.

Additionally, your leadership through our executive director and your board will always seek your feedback and promise to actively listen to our members’ suggestions and concerns. Your concerns about the profession are our concerns about the profession.

This year’s training conference on Tybee offered fantastic

training, including topics on legal matters, professional survival, and leadership, to name a few.

The POAG’s offering of professional development opportunities is significant and priced for all peace officers, not just those in leadership.

The networking opportunity is second to none in our profession. Witnessing our members engage with one another is truly refreshing.

The POAG provides a platform for professionals from various agencies, regions, jurisdictions, experiences, and perspectives to come together, engage one another, and foster an environment that celebrates our common interest in being peace officers.

I assure you that your POAG Board will always continue to represent and advocate for our members. We represent your in-

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terests, address challenges, and engage with policymakers and stakeholders to effect positive changes in our beloved profession in the state of Georgia.

Be safe, and may God bless each and every one of you.

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Message From Your Executive Director

Keep a watch on our website for the 2024 conference information. The board is preparing to put together one of the best conferences ever.

Our last conference was a great success and provided outstanding training opportunities. We look to improve toward developing the absolute best training available.

Make sure your membership is up to date and remember the importance of talking to your state representative and senator regarding supporting the POAB legislation in this year’s general assembly.

We must come together to create the best opportunities for our peace officers. Your board has published a letter to the Governor to support the initiative by POST and GPSTC to raise the hours of mandate training to improve our young

officers entering the dynamic workplace.

(see letter in this edition)

We also took extraordinary constitutional action at our 2023 conference to preserve our financial future in order to continue our service to you all.

(See constitutional amendments in this edition)

Our association continues to work for Georgia’s Peace Officers on the streets, in the classroom, and in the halls of the state capitol.

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Executive Director John Edwards

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The Honorable Brian Kemp

Governor of the State of Georgia

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Suite 203, State Capitol

Atlanta, GA 30334

Dear Governor Kemp:

As the state’s oldest and largest association of peace officers ‘our primary goal continues to be professional growth and development.

POAG has a rich history of representing the interests of law enforcement in the area of education and training. In 1962 we supported the establishment of the Georgia police academy; this was accomplished in Atlanta in May of 1964. In 1967, we sponsored legislation proposing a minimum (the original mandate) training program for all that enter the police profession. This and other recommendations from POAG’s Executive Committee were instrumental in establishing the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST). We began offering state-of-the-art training at our annual conferences in 1988. In 2014 we created the POAG foundation dedicated to the research and study to promote evidence-based practices into Georgia’s training repertoire.

Within this purview, this correspondence represents our support for the efforts of the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Council and Georgia Public Safety Training Center to bring our basic mandate training program up to date and to a higher standard to enhance our profession. We believe training is an investment in our officers that pays our citizens tremendous dividends.

At a time when our state is experiencing enormous growth in population and colossal business ventures it becomes essential that proactive policy and sound practices are ingrained into agency culture through training. Such preparation develops the competence, confidence, and adaptability for our officers to manage the turbulent and uncertain environments that lurk just over our horizon. Present security is the foundation for future prosperity.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and continued support of our peace officers. We continue to be appreciative of your exemplary leadership.

Respectfully,

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Message From Board Member James McLaughlin

First, I would like to thank all of the members that has confidence in me to serve you on the Executive Board, it is an honor to represent you in this capacity.

Most of you know who I am from the past conferences but for those of you that do not, I am James McLaughlin and currently serve as the Lieutenant Colonel with DNR Law Enforcement and work out of our Headquarters office in Social Circle.

I am originally from McRae Georgia and my wife is Breanna with two kids, Braxton, and Anderson.

The convention is always a good opportunity for us to network and gives us time to relive the past and catch up with old friends. Many old stories and jokes were told, and everyone had a good time!

After speaking with many members, the training that was provided was top notch and a selling point for some attending the convention as well as the cheapest registration rates.

Officers from each level in an organization, from the rookie to the chief, is able to get all of their required yearly training, including executive hours.

Our Association is no different than many other organizations in that the participation numbers aren’t as high as they used to be.

Membership numbers are down but we have to figure out

a way to combat this problem that everyone is facing.

I challenge each one of you to get one new member to join this year and bring them to the convention with you.

Fundraisers are an important source of income for our Association and if anyone has any ideas on how we can raise more money, reach out to myself or another board member.

I look forward to supporting and working with each of you and if I can ever help you in any way, please call me. My number is 404-694-4605.

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Chaplains or Peer Support Teams? Why Not Both?

Back in the 1970s a country singer named Donna Fargo wrote these words, “here I am a stranger in the house I grew up in, and learned right from wrong in, if I did.”

I have never felt those words as much as I feel them now. Watching the news coverage of the attack on civilians in Israel was shocking. Women, children, elderly civilians, even infants slaughtered by Hamas militants and the coverage was graphic.

I have come to expect that behavior from terrorists. They have demonstrated that level of evil at every opportunity.

What left me feeling empty inside, and like a stranger in my own home, were the rallies held in the United States applauding the atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorists.

University students at some of our most prestigious institutions of higher learning were among the most vocal in their support of the brutality shown by the terrorists.

My father’s war was against nazi Germany. When the full scope of the brutality leveled against the Jewish people became known, the whole world recoiled in horror, and shame that such a thing could happen.

In the space of one lifetime, American citizens are taking to the streets to applaud such brutal-

ity. So here I am a stranger in the house I grew up in, and learned right from wrong in, if I did.

Isaiah the prophet looked at his world and he wrote, “darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples.” He could be describing our world.

The news media brings it into our homes every day “woman pushed into the path of a subway train … stores looted in broad daylight … elderly man beaten by gang members.”

It does indeed seem that darkness covers our people. What happened to our knowledge of right and wrong? What happened to our sense of common decency? How did the United States become a nation of such hatred?

Perhaps the more important question we should ask is how do we restore our senses and our sensibility.

It’s time that Americans take a look at where we are as a society, as a nation, and as individuals. An honest look. I have no power over any of the things I described in the first two paragraphs. I do have power over my own actions. I can choose not to let my hateful emotions take control of my behavior.

While I don’t have control over the behavior of others, I do have some measure of influence. I can be a positive influence. As peace officers, pastors, parents, teach-

ers, as citizens we can influence our community.

Maybe I should finish that quote from Isaiah 60:

“Arise, shine, for your light has come,

2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the people, but the LORD rises upon you, and his glory appears over you. 3 Nations will come to your light”

The Methodist pastor John Wesley preached the message in colonial America; “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can. As long as you can.”

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Past Presidents and their Vice Presidents of the Peace Officers Association of Georgia

2020 Chris Hodge, Vice President Scott Andrews

2019 Garry Moore, Vice President Chris Hodge

2018 Garry Moore, Vice President Chris Hodge

2017 Dennis Bell, Vice President Garry Moore

2016 Dennis Bell, Vice President Garry Moore

2015 Tommy Spires, Vice President Dennis Bell

2014 Kyle Sapp, Vice President Tommy Spires

2013 Stephen Adams, Vice President Kyle Sapp

2012 Stephen Adams, Vice President Kyle Sapp

2011 Mike Jones, Vice President Stephen Adams

2010 M. Keith Glass, Vice President Mike Jones

2009 M. Keith Glass, Vice President Mike Jones

2008 Jimmy W. Jones, Vice President M. Keith Glass

2007 Gary W. Hill, Vice President Jimmy W. Jones

2006 Gary W. Hill, Vice President Jimmy W. Jones

2005 Keith Moran, Vice President Gary W. Hill

2004 Homer Bryson, Vice President Keith Moran

2003 Harry Colbert, Vice President Homer Bryson

2002 Wayne Avery, Vice President Harry Colbert

2001 W.W. (Bill) Hitchens, Vice President Wayne Avery

2000 W.W. (Bill) Hitchens, Vice President Carson Knight

1999 Mickey Pearce, Vice President W.W. (Billy) Hitchens

1998 Mickey Pearce, Vice President Billy Hancock

1997 Wesley Mott, Vice President Mickey Pearce

1996 Martin Moses, Vice President Wesley E. Mott

1995 Martin Moses, Vice President Wesley E. Mott

1994 Donnie Haralson, Vice President Martin H. Moses

1993 Donnie Haralson, Vice President Martin H. Moses

1992 Bob Brown, Vice President Donnie Haralson

1991

1990

Cliff W. Tacket, Vice President David L. Willis

Cliff W. Tacket, Vice President David L. Willis

1989 Norman E. Denney, Vice President Derrell R. Carnes

1988 Charles D. Sikes, Vice President Norman E. Denney

1987 Bill Hutson, Vice President Don Arnett

1986 Bill Hutson, Vice President Don Arnett

1985 Terry McAffee, Vice President Bill Hutson

1984 Terry McAffee, Vice President Bill Hutson

1983 Robert S. Boney, Vice President Terry McAffee

1982 Robert S. Boney, Vice President Jackie P. Smith

1981 Harold D. Thomas, Vice President Harold Lloyd

1980 Doyle D. Broome, Vice President Harold D. Thomas

1979 Doyle D. Broome, Vice President Claude E. Sapp

1978 Jack E. Benford, Vice President Doyle D. Broome

1977 Jack E. Benford, Vice President Doyle Broome

1976 John F. Collins, Vice President Jack Benford

1975 John F. Collins, Vice President W.E. Strickland

1974 Porter Weaver, Vice President John F. Collins

1973 A.L. Phillips, Vice President Porter Weaver

1972 Raymond Purvis, Vice President Henry Dillard

1971 Dave Higingbotham, Vice President James G. Beck

1970 Dave Higingbotham, Vice President William L. (Bill) Cline

1969 Harry E. Schmid, Vice President Ray Wilkes

1968 Ray Pope, Vice President Ralph D. Ruff

1967 Luther F. Butler, Vice President Fred (Slick) Culberson

1966 Luther F. Butler, Vice President Fred (Slick) Culberson

1965 George Mutimer, Vice President Dave Higingbotham

1964 George Mutimer, Vice President L.P. (Pinky) Allen

1963 P.C. Peacock, Vice President J.W. Beasley

1962 Grady W. Cochran, Vice President Kermit Sanders

1961 L.B. McCallum, Vice President T.J. Mahoney

1960 John Redding, Vice President Hoyt Henry

1959 Carlus Gay, Vice President P.C. Peacock

1958 Carlus Gay, Vice President J.H. Bisson

1957 Carlus Gay, Vice President J.H. Bisson

1956 John Redding, Vice President J.H. Bisson

1955 John Redding, Vice President J.H. Bisson

1954 G. Allen Maddox, Vice President J.H. Bisson

1953 E.S. Burke, Vice President G. Allen Maddox

1952 E.S. Burke, Vice President G. Allen Maddox

1951 No record

1950 No record

1949 E.S. Burke, Vice President Geo. Allen Maddox

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Mission Statement of the Peace Officers Association of Georgia

We will achieve this mission by:

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Ten Reasons to Join the POAG

1. Peer to peer officer guidance and assistance program.

Advice, guidance and counseling for officer navigation through a traumatic event or adverse issue.

2. Regional training outreach.

A premier up-to-date regional training delivery system regarding important subjects relating to peace officers’ duties and responsibilities that will enhance expertise, provide personal and professional growth and result in POST credit.

3. Strategic and tactical think tank service. Opportunity to receive information and participate in discussions regarding the latest evidence-based law enforcement best practices involving law enforcement operations.

POAG retains a pool of subject matter experts in the field to promote research, share knowledge and experiences.

Access to POAG-published white papers regarding these strategies and tactics formulated. Active website depository of information and contacts.

Social media updates and outreach regarding timely and important subjects to peace officers.

4. Subscription to The Georgia Peace Officer magazine.

Articles and information regarding our organization, law enforcement operations, equipment, supplies, financial planning, peace officer history and benefits.

5. Special membership discounts on association merchandise, police supplies and other benefits.

Discounts on clothing, shirts, caps, emblems and other POAG items.

Discounts from other police supply retailers, such as 5.11 Tactical.

Discounts for retirement planning, legal insurance, college tuition and other benefits.

6. Scholarships for officers and their dependents.

Members may apply each year for funding to support and further their education or the education of their children.

7. Annual POAG training conference.

20 hours of exceptional training covering three tracks: executive, patrol and investigative. Firearms range and competition, officer awards, chaplain resources, statewide networking and fellowship opportunities.

8. Partnership with the Georgia Southern University to preserve peace officers’ history.

Documentation of interviews and collection of records for the accurate capture and retention of credible stories, accounts and events regarding Georgia peace officers to ensure your legacy.

9. Lobby for, and the promotion of, important legislation for Georgia peace officers

POAG promotes the passage of laws that protect, promote and benefit peace officers. Our membership motto is “in unity there is strength.”

10. Line of duty and accidental death benefit. Line of duty and accidental death benefit /dismemberment benefit payment.

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Chatham County Peace Officers Heads-Up Guidance Services: Filling a Critical Mental Health Need in Our Area

HUGS nonprofit organization is making quality behavioral health counseling accessible to Savannah-Chatham and surrounding counties.

Since 2009 their counseling professionals have been volunteering their time and expertise to make their services affordable to those in need.

They recognize the particular importance of serving first responders and all those in “helping professions” who face unique on-the-job stress and trauma.

They offer free consultations and provide both individual, family and group therapy at reduced fees that are 75 percent lower than average.

By collaborating and partnering with other nonprofits in the area, they are helping to bridge the gap in social services … making our community a healthier, safer place to live.

How important is your mental health? Even if you have never personally sought counseling, you probably at least know a family member, a friend, or a co-worker who would benefit from counseling.

Do you know someone suffering the effects of past traumas and/or current stress and anxiety?

Do you know someone whose depression or mood swings prevent them from

engaging in daily activities and meeting their responsibilities?

Do you know someone whose addictions prevent them from leading a meaningful, productive life? More and more people are breaking the stigma of seeking emotional support… coming to the realization that mental health affects every aspect of a person’s life.

HUGS’ staff invites you to learn more about their organiza-

tion and their services by visiting their website (www.HeadsUpSavannah.org) or by calling 912-800-5701 to schedule a tour of their Comprehensive Counseling Center located at 5 Executive Circle, Savannah, GA 31406.

Their greatest resources to support operations are their volunteer clinical staff and community donations from people like you!

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A League of Legends Gather at POAG Conference

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An extraordinary group of Georgia’s retired peace officers were able to fellowship togethers at Tybee’s venue. From left: State Patrol Commissioner, Colonel Bill Hitchens, GBI SAC John B. Edwards, GBI Director Vernon Keenan, Savannah Police Officer Bob Eason, GBI SAC Charles Sikes, GBI SAC Marty Zon, and (seated) Dougherty County Police Chief Bill Kicklighter.
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A Legacy of Service

Colonels Billy and Bill Hitchens Continue Devotion to Georgia Law Enforcement

In the course of time, meaningful events occur that capture the best in our profession.

Often, these instances shine bright across the whole spectrum of peace officers statewide and give us both great pride and confidence in the future operational realities in our craft.

Rarely, to we see these special times unfold with the legacy of a father and son.

Such is the case with our new commissioner of DPS and his father.

Both Colonel’s Billy and Bill Hitchens have devoted their lives to the service of this state.”

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Our new Colonel Billy Hitchens. Colonel Hitchens’ father, Retired Colonel Bill Hitchens.
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GBI Celebrates Its Newest Graduates

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The Automobile Metaphor:

AFrameworkforContemporaryPolice LeadershipandManagement

We spent much time reading and studying through the many volumes of literature regarding the many different styles and theories about leadership. However, seldom do we find materials that focus on how to lead.

By analogy, we are trained in the police academy about the different manners of death, such as homicide, suicide, accidental and natural. In that vein we learn about post-mortem ecology, gunshot wounds and a whole array of issues related an investigation, but where do they teach us HOW to investigate. Sure, we learn interviews and interrogations, blood spatter interpretation and many other techniques but the practice of actual investigation comes from the experience of doing it.

Often, such is the case regarding our management and leadership responsibility. As a result, we rule our most important resource by trial and error and like Guinea pigs subject them to experimental environments. People should never be placed in the role of an experimental creature they ought to be nurtured, developed, guided and then released to accomplish the work they are there to do.

I have developed a model that serves to simplify and provide a contextual understanding of how one ought to lead.

I use the example of an automobile because leadership is a journey that requires course, navigation and travel. Sometimes travel is through our pristine interstate system, fast, efficient, safe and easily driven.

Like leadership, Interstates do not exist in a vacuum. They are susceptible to construction, accidents and increment weather. Sometimes our destinations or environment required us to use the two-lane road through curves, hills and even mountains fraught with fog, snow, ice and even falling rocks. This metaphor demonstrates the importance of a reliable vehicle and a competent and confident driver.

In my model the vehicle

describes how to lead, while the driver depends upon the style of leadership.

There are three (3) components to the model that are complex and interconnected and related.

They are dynamically tied to one another and cannot move forward absent all three working in concert together. The three create a synergy that together provide a contextual paradigm for leaders to use in their efforts to manage people.

The Engine

The first component is THE ENGINE, Character and behavior.

Character develops as a result of values and integrity that are consistently demonstrated by behavior and conduct. Character and behavior are so important because it influence everything

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from us to everything and everybody around us. Character provides the architecture to build good decisions and drives the motives for acting right. The scholar Ann Cutliffe captures this best with her quote. “if we know who to be, then what to do falls into place.”

Character motivates and drives a leader to embrace a framework of self-directed leadership development by constantly using three meta-skills.

First, ability to manage emotional reactions to feedback. Second, to carry out effectively the practice of self-reflection, and lastly, enact self-regulatory processes for leadership development.

Character and behavior are listed together because they are not passive, they are active working in unison to cause a leader to have integrity and ensure ethical and fair conduct. Leaders must be role models for others to develop and forge the culture of their organization.

As a leader, the work environment often is an extension of yourself. The leader drives the shared values and beliefs that solidify and develop standards and conduct and shapes the “Culture of the work place.”

The leader sustains the climate of the work place by managing through the lens of integrity and the actions based on ethical concerns.

This prevents, reduces and mitigates problems. Helps people focus and understand the important issues afoot (Emphasizes your expectations, enhances awareness and promotes prioritization). Such promotes “consequence” thinking over reactionary thinking and creates a feedback-rich environment that spawns subordinate voice, reflection and input. Provides progress on expectations and encourages improvement. Develops shared consciousness where everyone is singing on the same sheet of music. Promotes sound decision making and reinforces outstanding performance while educating to prevent poor performance.

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If the lower level personnel understand the vision and the values (How we do things) then it becomes accountability at the lowest level. They do not have to wonder or ask supervisors, they know the expectations and understand the consequences involved

Character and behavior define who we are and what we do and work together to make us authentic leaders who are constantly self-aware of how they think and behave and are perceived by others as being aware of their own and others’ values/ moral perspectives, knowledge, and strengths; aware of the context in which they operate.

The term authenticity as used here refers to one’s personal

experiences, be they thoughts, emotions, needs, wants, preferences, or beliefs, processes captured by the injunction to know oneself and further implies that one acts in accord with the true self, expressing oneself in ways that are consistent with inner thoughts and feelings.

This is the engines propulsion that powers the drive train that steers the course through open road or more valuable when through obstacles and barriers.

Drive Train

The second component is THE DRIVE TRAIN, Contextual understanding:

Central to our understanding any set of facts and circumstances is our ability to objec-

tively evaluate the totality of the context in which the situation that those facts and circumstances occur.

Our evaluation process should evolve from general to specific in scope, deferring judgments’ until all facts are gathered.

Central to this process is the application of a filter of objectivity and state of civility. The ability to interpret the richness of context comes from a neutral mindset dedicated toward listening, empathizing and learning, then synthesizing the information into an understandable form, builds on a foundation of credibility and specificity.

Equally important is the ability to resist the forces and influences attached to ideology or subjective beliefs that bend ones objectivity toward what we want versus what it is.

In this information age we have a dysfunctional relationship with reality. Truth and untruth exist at the same level of authority it is difficult for people to judge.

You must never let your need to be right, outweigh your responsibility as a leader to know and accept what is true and accurate.

It is natural to be more comfortable with what we know than what we don’t know. Uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity cause stress and can paralyze our decision making.

Moreover, there is a tension between the “fast thinking”

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or the intuitive that is associated with learned patterns of behavior and the “slow thinking” or logic and reasoning that is required for managing. This emphasizes why objectivity is a hallmark of sound leadership.

There is a natural momentum to believe that every problem has a clearly defined solution. One system can be shoehorned to fit any environment and that variables and complications are bound to have some uniformity between them.

While prudent leaders understand that they must be tolerant of complexity. They are aware that they don’t know all the variables, and they may never know them all.

Moreover, they know that one solution may not fit all

problems and some problems have multiple sources that need different solutions or no solutions at all.

Rigid and inflexible responses to life’s demands mark an individual as unwise. Since most nontrivial problems are multiply determined, an openness to alternate views, information, and potential solution strategies optimizes the wise person’s efforts to surmount obstacles efficiently.

We must strive to hold the space in our mind for an absorptive capacity, where we sustain the ability to value, assimilate and apply new knowledge for learning and problem solving. Such is paramount toward the critical thinking process.

You must challenge what you

think you know … solicit other views and ideas. Create an environment for questioning and respectful debate focused on specificity in content for credibility of context.

Concentrate on objective perspectives and evaluations over subjective feelings and thoughts, using a fact driven process. Multiple perspectives filtered through objective analysis and pragmatic evaluation promote more accurate interpretations and support sound conclusions.

We measure what is deemed reasonable by analyzing and evaluating what we know at the time. Critical thinking is a “skillful” responsible thinking that is conducive to good judgement because it is sensitive to

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context, relies on criteria and is self-correcting.

The same content may have a totally different meaning (or function), if it is put in a different context. This difference of meaning, function or process is closely related to the concepts of the totality of the facts and circumstances in each situation, issue, incident or event.

The same features can have a totally different function or meaning, depending on which logical type they are situated in. Interpretation may result in objective characteristics or subjective feelings or both.

Context is a critical component in decision making, one remaining adaptable to the facts and circumstances as they evolve is crucial to successful

results. The key is the contextual understanding to be able to frame thoughtful questions to learn more.

The Steering

The third component is THE STEERING, Interactions and relationships:

Leaders must understand the value of ego-transcendence, where working towards a higher purpose in self-sacrificing mindset is critical to leadership and competence. When you are selfconfident but not self-absorbed you have the power and ability to gain the influence to do anything. Great leaders are as much concerned about someone else’s situation as they are about their own situation. When subordinates perceive their leaders with

a sincere organizational focus versus manipulative self-serving focus such promotes credibility.

Modern police leadership must embrace the mindset and be dedicated to the tenets of servant leadership.

This leadership sets aside one’s self-interest to altruistically work for the benefit of their followers, and the communities in which they operate. A hallmark of servant leadership is the investment a leader makes in the professional growth and development of their subordinates, provide supporting support as a role model, and involving their people in the decision-making matrix while maintaining an open process of feedback and evaluation. Research findings demonstrate

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that servant leadership enhances the quality of their relationship with their supervisor, in addition, servant leadership leads followers to engage in greater discretionary behaviors that benefit the organization.

The way we see, describe and evaluate people is tremendously important in today’s world. Our assessment and appraisal of a person has a direct result regarding how we treat them.

Our interactions, exposures and vulnerabilities all factor into the dynamic equation of relationship. The influences and the nature and strength of the relationship that leaders develop with their subordinates. Treatment is essential to a judgement of trust. The perception of fairness or unfairness shape trust.

The fair exercise of authority by a leader is at the center of the perspective of legitimacy and trust. Trust becomes as a pathway to travel and prism to see through in one’s analyzation and evaluation of fairness.

Justice perceptions are important inputs into employees’ judgments of the quality of their exchange relationships with their supervisors and organizations.

A culture of organizational justice solidifies when leader’s treat everyone with dignity and respect. Provide an opportunity for people to express their concerns, ideas or opinions, can comfortably explain their decision-making process while being open and transparent.

Demonstrating loyalty to their ethical compass toward the true North and trusted to do what is appropriate under the conditions and circumstances.

When an organization has a supportive internal climate, workers internalize organizational values and are subsequently more motivated to comport themselves in ways that are in accordance with the overall ethos of the organization.

Police supervisors who use organizational justice as a guiding managerial philosophy are more likely to shield their officers from the negative work-related outcomes that can follow recent Ferguson-type publicity.

Supervisors should be fair, objective, honest, and respectful when dealing with their subordinates in order to communicate that the agency has their back even when it may appear the community does not.

Law enforcement officers who believe their supervisors are organizationally fair are more satisfied with their jobs, more confident in their authority, and more likely to use procedural justice themselves in their encounters with others.

Further research has found that organizational justice appears to be more salient to officers facing uncertainty because supervisor fairness provides cues that the agency has their best interests in mind and will support them in the future

The necessity of the model in contemporary police leadership

Leadership has a considerable impact on the performance and success of an organization, how the organization gets things done, the culture of the organization, and the quality of services the organization provides.

The organizational environment creates the work unit climate that evolves into workplace culture. leaders influence this cultural phenomenon through creating and sustaining shared beliefs, values, policies, and practices.

Culture describes the normal and accepted influences that guide and direct how people perceive, think, and shape and drive behavior and conduct.

D.D. Warrick says it best, “Cultures are like precious and prized treasures when they are strong, healthy, and driving the right behaviors. They are among the greatest assets an organization can have.

However, they are vulnerable assets that can be damaged or lost if leaders are not aware of their value and are not keeping watch over possible culturechanging practices, attitudes, threats, or events.”

This model of leadership can serve as a framework to build the structure to secure a professional and healthy workplace culture within the organization, capable for the successful navigation through the complex, dynamic and often turbulent times we inherit in our roles and responsibilities as law enforcement leaders.

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Valor and merit award nomination

PEACE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA VALOR AND MERIT AWARD Eligibility

To be nominated for an award:

 The nominee must meet the criterion that would be necessary to be a POAG member.

 The nominee for valor must have engaged in a “above-and-beyond the call of duty” action or event and must be selected by the board as a qualified nominee meeting that criterion before receiving an official endorsement and recognition as a board nominee selection.

 The nomination can be made by an individual, agency, association or citizen, and must be submitted via the nomination form on the POAG website.

 The nominee shall be free of any pending disciplinary actions.

Award Categories

Two categories of awards will be established: The first will recognize valor, acts of heroism or outstanding deeds which resulted in the protection of life and/or property. When submitting a nomination via the website a letter of support from the agency head, statewide association or statewide board should be uploaded with the supporting documents of the nomination. If one cannot be provided, then the nomination cannot be accepted!

The second category recognizes merit or the contribution to profession or outstanding job performance, which serves to enhance the public safety profession. Anyone nominated for this award should be someone who has made a significant contribution to the betterment of their profession. Significant consideration to be given to impact outside the nominee’s local area, including leadership and contributions on regional, state and national issues related to the profession. When submitting a nomination via the website a letter of support from the agency head, statewide association or statewide board.

These categories are not intended to recognize employees for merely “doing a good job,” or responding to a call, but to recognize employees who actually go beyond the ordinary to protect Georgia’s citizens and property, or who contribute significantly to the public safety profession.

Selection

Selection of individual recipients from each group will be the responsibility of the POAG Executive Committee.

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A Profoundly Important Perspective From Dr. Renee Mitchell

Note: Dr. Mitchell has participated at our conferences and instructed in our training initiatives

I’ve been doing a massive literature review in the last few weeks and it keeps pointing to the same historical factsthe media and the public start demanding police ‘change’ because they are enforcing laws enacted by the public and the politicians so more laws, policies, and Programs are enacted and five years later everyone is screaming about how the cops are enforcing those policies.

Everyone points at the cops but no one looks at how the CJ system is functioning and who it is functioning for and why it functions the way it does.

Police are just the little guy/ gal at the bottom of the food chain trying to make a living and go home at night - most didn’t come from a privileged background.

God knows why would you become a cop if your parents could afford to send you to Harvard and they are caught in the middle of trying to Resolve societal problems that no one else wants to deal with.

If cities wanted someone else to deal with these issues they would have 24 hour response units for mental health, dispute resolution, parent/child counselors, city resource counselors, tenant/landlord lawyers Marriage counselors, free housing

for the homeless, drug addled, and cognitively impaired, traffic administrators that sent fines in the mail for expired registration and insurance and all of the shopping centers would handle their own theft issues.

The politicians create ordinances, laws, and policies to virtual signal that they care - but if they cared about all these societal issues then they would put the resources behind them to support all of their laws instead of constantly ranting about how poorly the Cops are handle them.

This has been going on since the 60s. The politicians don’t try a different approach because it’s easier to shift blame than it is to take responsibility.

Dr. Mitchell is co-founder of the American Society of EvidenceBased Policing, a National Police Foundation Fellow, a BetaGov Fellow, a member of the George Mason Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame, and a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge. Her research areas include policing, evidence-based crime prevention, evaluation research and methods, place-based criminology, police/citizen communication, and procedural justice.

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Criteria for Application

Jimmy Waters Scholarship Fund

• Applicant must be child or grandchild of active, retired or deceased POAG member.

• Applicant must be a full-time college student.

• Applicant must have completed at least one year of college.

• Application must have a need for financial assistance.

• Application must be in POAG office before July 9th .

Application Form

Are you a previous recipient of the Jimmy Waters Scholarship Fund? ______ If yes, what year? _________

Applicant’s Full Name: ______________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: _______________________________________________________________

Phone Number: _____________________________ Date of Birth ___/___/_____

Applicant is (Circle One) son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter of ________________________________, who is (was) an active member of the POAG from __________ to __________.

Applicant has completed at least one year of college credit at _______________________, with a grade point average of ___________.

Applicant will be a full-time student at ______________________________ for the upcoming academic school year.

Please list all service organizations, clubs, etc., to which you belonged in high school and college, as well as any honors and awards received.

Please state why you are applying for the scholarship and why you think you should be chosen as this year’s recipient.

I do hereby certify and affirm that all information provided herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and permission is hereby given to the POAG to verify same.

Send to:

Applicant’s Full Name (please print) POAG PO Box 1040 Reidsville, GA 30453

Or email to poag@poag.org

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412 GREENVIEW STREET

706-668-6045..................LAGRANGE

A NAILS

1089 HWY 19 N 678-834-3665...........................THOMASTON

A TO Z FOOD MART

113 GENERAL SCREVEN WAY 912-332-5975..............................HINESVILLE

A TO Z LIQUOR

150 S 1ST ST, STE A 912-599-2340......................................JESUP

A&L QUICK STOP

115 CANTON RD

678-789-8651..............................CUMMING

A&N FOOD MART

3119 S. CENTRAL AVE

229-282-7433.....................................TIFTON

A+ WINGS

996 GREEN STREET S.E. 678-806-5560.................................CONYERS

A-1 QUICK STOP 1310 IRWINTON RD 478-295-2491.......................MILLEDGEVILLE

A1 MILITARY SURPLUS & PUBLIC SAFETY

454-D W. GENERAL SCREVEN WAY 912-877-0141..............................HINESVILLE

ABC PACKAGE STORE

530 N GLENWOOD AVE

706-278-7173 DALTON

ABERCORE CHEVRON

2606 ABERCORE ST

999-999-9999.............................. SAVANNAH

ACE FASHION

103 GENERAL SCREVEN WAY 912-867-9597

ACE HARDWARE BOX 1130

912-557-6785..............................REIDSVILLE

ACUPUNCTURE NATURAL HERBS

183 N MAIN ST

770-961-1011 JONESBORO

ACWORTH TOBACCO & LIQUOR

4974 COWEN RD, STE 170

678-574-5150...............................ACWORTH

ADELA OMELY AUTO SERVICE

1510 COMMERCE RD

706-351-2522 .................. ATHENS

ALBANY 8 INN

905 E OGLETHORPE HWY

999-999-9999 ALBANY

ALCOVY CHEVRON

10176 ALCOVY RD

770-788-9571............................COVINGTON

ALEJANDRO’S MEXICAN

1205 S VETERANS BLVD

912-654-0511 GLENVILLE

ALEXA NAILS SPA SALON LLC

10331 INDUSTRIAL BLVD

678-704-3867............................COVINGTON

ALLEN FOOD MART

110 CHURCH ST 229-294-4004..................................

PELHAM

ALLURE HAIR & TANNING SALON 5213 MILL STORE RD

229-559-8444..............................LAKE

PARK

AMERI FUEL

113 SCRUBBY BLUFF RD

912-729-1974 KINGSLAND

AMERICA’S BEST 1297 DOGWOOD DR SW

678-368-7623.............................CONYERS

AMERICAN BUFFALO WINGS & DELI 5870 VETERANS PKWY

706-494-6655..........................COLUMBUS

AMERICAN DELI PERRY

1365 SAM NUNN BLVD

478-224-3354 PERRY

AMERICAN INN

6358 OLD DIXIE HWY

770-305-0300 JONESBORO

AMERIMART 1008 BAY ST 999-999-9999.........................BRUNSWICK

AMICOLOLA LODGE

706 HWY 53 W

706-265-3115 DAWSONVILLE

AMIGO AUTO REPAIRS

4806 COVINGTON HWY (404) 284-0562...........................DECATUR

AMOCO-CITGO

804 EAST AVE

770-749-0260.........................CEDARTOWN

ANDY FOOD MART

703 HARRIS ST

478-412-2808.....................SANDERSVILLE

ANI PACKAGE STORE

65 E. MAIN ST

912-534-5555 WILLACOOCHEE

ANTOJITOS LATINOS

4636 HWY 196

912-654-0245 GLENNVILLE

APPLE SHELL

294 CROSSROADS 912-965-0110.............................POOLER

ARMANDO’S GRILL

5114 WRIGHTSBORO RD

706-863-6000 GROVETOWN

ATHENS FOOD MART

1555 OGLETHORPE AVE

404-819-4743....................ATHENS

ATHENS FOOD MART

645 DANIELSVILLE RD

706-128-2100 ATHENS

ATL PHO

4805 LAWRENCEVILLE HWY

770-806-8181.............................LILBURN

AUTO AGE USED CARS

1925 COMMERCE ROAD

706-613-7242..................ATHENS

AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION CENTER

1664 GA HWY 93 S

229-377-6565 CAIRO

BAAN THAI

33 LEGION ST

706-952-1596 RINGGOLD

BARFIELD GAS CO.

312 OLD QUITMAN HWY

229-892-4828.....................................ADEL

BARRETT’S TOWING

2570 DANIELSVILLE RD

706-543-0900 ATHENS

BASTON MONUMENTS

1141 OLD MIDDLETON RD

706-283-3638 ELBERTON

BATTLE CREEK EXXON JONESBORO 7297 TARA BLVD

678-489-5680...............JONESBORO

BEAUTY & THINGS

1003 MADISON HWY (229) 253-8200 VALDOSTA

BEAUTY MECCA 5

755 W OGLETHORPE HWY

912-369-0899..........................HINESVILLE

BEAUTY ONE

2603 OSBORNE ROAD

(912) 439-3520 SAINT MARYS

BEAUTY WORLD

1515 ASHLEY STREET (229) 671-1858..........................VALDOSTA

BEAUTY WORLD

830 PIO NONO AVENUE (478) 741-4727.............................MACON

BELLS FERRY LIQUOR STORE

4290 BELLS FERRY ROAD (999) 999-9999 KENNESAW

BENTLEY FUNERAL HOME

214 MONTPELIER AVENUE (478) 743-9881 MACON

BEST CHINA

12 EUHARLEE ROAD, STE 1 (770) 386-7008.................. CARTERSVILLE

BEVERAGE WORLD

1840 LAFAYETTE ROAD (706) 866-5644.....FORT OGLETHORPE

BICO SUPERMARKET

3354 MEMORIAL DRIVE (404) 228-5963................DECATUR

BLACK BEARD BIKES

444 JOHNNY MERCER BLVD (912) 349-1747..............SAVANNAH

BMD MART

3830 OGEECHEE ROAD (999) 999-9999..............SAVANNAH

BOK BEAUTY

978 E KING AVENUE (912) 576-2770..............KINGSLAND

BON CHIROPRACTIC

3230 STEVE REYNOLDS BLVD #109 (770) 418-1110..................DULUTH

BONAIRE FOOD MART

355 GA HWY 247 S (999) 999-9999...............................BONAIRE

BOOZE OUTLET

1930 BRUNSWICK HWY (912) 283-3094..........................WAYCROSS

BP

1090 REDBUD ROAD (706) 602-2345 CALHOUN

BP FOOD MART

418 JACKSON STREET (706) 597-0340.............................THOMSON

BP FOOD MART

517 E. MIDLAND (678) 443-0748...............................WINDER

BP FOOD MART

5210 HWY 42

(999) 999-9999.........................ELLENWOOD

BP FOOD MART-COLUMBUS

2107 MANCHESTER EXPWY

(706) 322-7708..........................COLUMBUS

BP-ROSWELL

1465 HOLCOMB BRIDGE ROAD

(770) 992-5099.............................ROSWELL

BRANNEN’S FLORAL DESIGN & LANDSCAPES

7570 GA HWY 59

(706) 356-1093 LAVONIA

BRAVOS CANTINA

5965 CUMMING HWY

(404) 425-6169 BUFORD

BRISAS DE TELA HONDURAS RESTAURANT

739 FRANKLIN GATEWAY

(678) 615-2428 MARIETTA

BROOKS AUTO PARTS

402 S PETERSON AVENUE (912) 384-7818.............................DOUGLAS

BROWN BRIDGE MARKET

2322 BROWNS BRIDGE ROAD

(999) 999-9999.........................GAINESVILLE

BRUMBY FOODS

3032 CALHOUN STREET (229) 579-5366............................SHELLMAN

BUDDY’S FOOD MART

5891-A ASH STREET (678) 515-4504.............FOREST PARK

BUDGET INN

2076 WATSON BLVD (478) 922-7642...................WARNER ROBINS

BUDGET INN

1125 E CHURCH STREET

(706) 253-2533.................................JASPER

BUDGET INN MONTEZUMA

203 W RAILROAD STREET

(478) 472-7541 MONTEZUMA

BUDGET MOTEL

1125 E CHURCH STREET

(706) 253-2533 JASPER

BUDGET MOTEL-BAIN BRIDGE-SCOTT

710 S SCOTT AVENUE

(229) 246-2522 BAINBRIDGE

BUSY FOOD MART

635 E MCCARTY STREET

(478) 240-3051................SANDERSVILLE

C M M PROPERTIES

PO BOX 307

(229) 567-3794.............................ASHBURN

C MART

4208 VICTORY DRIVE

(706) 507-0050.......................COLUMBUS

CAGLES STOP N GAS

3200 NEW ROSEDALE ROAD N.E.

(706) 237-7578 CALHOUN

CAMILLE’S CORNER MARKET

5136 JOE FRANK HARRIS PKWY

(706) 936-6767.........................ADAIRSVILLE

CANTON HOUSE RESTAURANT

134 RIVERSTONE PKWY

(999) 999-9999.................................CANTON

CARNICERIA & TIENDA SONIA

115 E MAIN STREET

(770) 271-3278...............................BUFORD

CARNITOS EL RANCHITO

101 W WALNUT AVENUE, STE 19

(706) 277-9829 DALTON

CARTER OIL COMPANY

299 MAIN STREET

92/GEORGIA PEACE OFFICER

(912) 534-5121......................WILLAOACHEE

CARTER’S FRIED CHICKEN

1055 S MAIN STREET

(229) 567-3085.............................ASHBURN

CARTER’S KITCHEN

12106 AUGUSTA ROAD

(706) 491-8188.............................LAVONIA

CASSVILLE GROCERY

501 CASSVILLE ROAD

(999) 999-9999 CARTERSVILLE

CEDARTOWN C-STORE

804 EAST AVENUE

(999) 999-9999 CEDARTOWN

CEDARTOWN GROCERY & TOBACCO

1103 S MAIN STREET

(770) 749-0222........................CEDARTOWN

CHAN & BAY NAIL SPA

4550 JONESBORO ROAD

(678) 604-6958 ...............UNION CITY

CHARM THAI

1007 N PEACHTREE PKWY

(678) 364-0775 PEACHTREE CITY

CHECK SOLUTIONS

371 PAT MELL ROAD

(770) 373-3900................MARIETTA

CHEF WANG CHINESE RESTAURANT

275 PEARL NIX PKWY, STE 7

(770) 536-0168.............GAINESVILLE

CHERRIO INN

820 S VETERANS BLVD

(912) 654-2176...............GLENNVILLE

CHEVRON

873 CASSVILLE WHITE ROAD (770) 634-1628 CARTERSVILLE

CHEVRON

752 CHRISTMAS AVENUE

(678) 963-5913 BETHLEHEM

CHEVRON

10946 HWY 278

(770) 786-6598 COVINGTON

CHEVRON

105 MARSHALLVILLE ROAD (478) 224-2120...................................PERRY

CHEVRON FOOD MART

2311 US 411 N.E.

(770) 382-1350...........CARTERSVILLE

CHEVRON GAS STATION-FAIRBURN

8390-B SENOIA ROAD

(470) 278-8118.................FAIRBURN

CHEVRON-ATHENS

4450 ATLANTA HWY

(706) 850-9500................................ATHENS

CHEVRON-ATHENS-LEXINGTON RD

1960 LEXINGTON ROAD

(706) 461-0053 ATHENS

CHEVRON-COLUMBUS

1790 WILLIAMS ROAD

(706) 322-9151.......................COLUMBUS

CHEVRON-EZ

7295 HWY 85

(678) 489-2107 RIVERDALE

CHEVRON-HINESVILLE

1`13 GENERAL SCREVEN WAY (912) 532-3003.........................HINESVILLE

CHEVRON-JONESBORO

1975 HWY 130

(770) 477-9030 JONESBORO

CHEVRON-JONESBORO

7915 JONESBORO ROAD (770) 210-0404 JONESBORO

CHEVRON-SAVANNAH

2606 ABERCORN STREET (912) 335-7193.............................SAVANNAH

CHICKEN TRAX

196 WEST RAILROAD (229) 294-4444................................PELHAM

CHINA #1

1444 HWY 21 (912) 754-1452 SPRINGFIELD

CHINA BUFFET

608 RUSSELL PKWY (478) 923-0246..................WARNER ROBINS

CHINA BUFFET-HAZELHURST

52 S TALLASSEE STREET (912) 379-1188 .............HAZLEHURST

CHINA CHEF BUFFET

67 BULLSBORO DRIVE (678) 423-9943..........................NEWNAN

CHINA EXPRESS

704 N MAIN STREET (706) 547-2888 .............................. WRENS

CHINA EXPRESS

704 N MAIN STREET (706) 547-2888 .............................. WRENS

CHINA ONE

5159 COLUMBIA ROAD, #104 (706) 860-9811 ........................GROVETOWN

CHINA ONE

1444 HWY 21 S (912) 754-0808.......................SPRINGFIELD

CHINA ONE BUFFET

12175 16TH AVENUE (229) 296-6699..............................CORDELE

CHINA PLACE

136 W BELMONT DRIVE (999) 999-9999 CALHOUN

CHINA TASTE DULUTH

3870 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD (678) 584-2668.............................DULUTH

CHINA WOK

1601 HWY 40 EAST (912) 510-6490...........................KINGSLAND

CHINA WOK

4550 JONESBORO ROAD (770) 969-6268 UNION CITY

CHINA WOK

39 E. MAY STREET (770) 586-5254.............................WINDER

CHINESE KITCHEN

456 S. MAIN STREET (912) 764-4828.....................STATESBORO

CHOICE FOOD MART

1521 MACON ROAD (999) 999-9999...............................PERRY

CHOO CHOO EXPRESS

1055 GAINES SCHOOL ROAD (706) 543-8888..................ATHENS

CHOW TIME BUFFET

696 NORTHSIDE DRIVE (912) 489-6888.....................STATESBORO

CHRISTIAN BAKERY

1522 PINE LOG ROAD (678) 413-2626..................CONYERS

CHRISTINA’S NAILS

5109 WRIGHTSBORO ROAD (706) 854-1222......................GROVETOWN

CHUY AUTO REPAIR

407-B ATLANTA HWY (770) 854-3819.....................GAINESVILLE

CIEL MED SPA

80 HORIZON DRIVE, STE 402 (770) 568-2102.....................SUWANEE

CITGO

1439 W OGLETHORPE HWY (912) 484-6221 HINESVILLE

CITGO

874 CASS WHITE ROAD NW (800) 423-8434.....................CARTERSVILLE

CITGO - RESACA

3580 US HWY 41 (770) 974-1951..............................RESACA

CITGO ANDY FOOD MART

1236 GORDON HWY (706) 321-8641 AUGUSTA

CITGO FOOD MART

445 S ERVIN STREET (470) 315-4829 CARTERSVILLE

CITGO FUEL TECH FOOD MART

314 5TH STREET (706) 923-4633.......................COLUMBUS

CITGO JONESBORO

6765 TARA BLVD (770) 477-7772 JONESBORO

CITGO POP IN FOOD MART

1125 E CHURCH STREET (999) 999-9999...........FORT VALLEY

CITGO-CEDARTOWN

1598 ROME HWY (770) 748-3937 CEDARTOWN

CITGO-COLUMBUS

314 5TH STREET (706) 323-4005........................COLUMBUS

CITGO-JONESBORO

6065 TARA BLVD (770) 477-7772.............JONESBORO

CITGO-LAWRENCEVILLE-GWINNETT

195 GWINNETT DRIVE (770) 995-7714...............LAWRENCEVILLE

CITGO-MACON

3737 MERCER UNIVERSITY (999) 999-9999..........................MACON

CITGO-VALDOSTA

4460 SHILOH ROAD (229) 244-2602...........................VALDOSTA

CITGO-WARNER ROBINS

700 RUSSELL PKWY

(478) 302-5757 WARNER ROBINS

CITGO-WINSTON

8726 HWY 166 (770) 694-6278.....................WINSTON

CK NAILS

1101 HILLCREST PKWY (478) 272-5008...............................DUBLIN

CLARKSTON FOOD MART

1305 BROCKETT ROAD (770) 496-0955.....................CLARKSTON

CLASSIC NAILS

837 HWY 400 SOUTH, STE 125 (706) 216-8408...................DAWSONVILLE

CLEIN’S RARE COINS

3830 WASHINGTON ROAD (706) 755-2249.....................MARTINEZ

CLOUD 53 SMOKE & VAPE

3288 THOMPSON BRIDGE ROAD (770) 533-3288 GAINESVILLE

CLS LIQUOR STORE

219 N SMITH STREET (478) 552-5385................SANDERSVILLE

COCHRAN’S CABINETS

902 PIONEER ROAD (706) 253-3795.................JASPER

COLEY’S ELECTRIC

1104 W BAKER HWY (912) 384-2444...............DOUGLAS

COLLEY TRACTOR CO.

820 E. BROAD STREET (912) 685-4120............................METTER

COLLINS MOBILE HOME SERVICE

7669 HWY 280 (912) 557-4925.....................REIDSVILLE

COLONY HOUSE FURNITURE

P.O. BOX 94 (229) 732-2515 CUTHBERT

COME TO GO

2920 OLD NORCROSS ROAD (770) 925-4999 DULUTH

CONYERS INN

1056 DOGWOOD DRIVE (770) 483-4724.........................CONYERS

COOK COUNTY FORD

1000 S HUTCHINSON AVENUE (229) 896-7411.................................ADEL

CORDELE FOOD MART

316 24TH AVENUE (229) 273-5509.................CORDELE

CORDELE SMOKE SHOP

1217 E 16TH AVENUE (774) 477-2233......................CORDELE

CORNERSTONE #10

800 N. MAIN STREET (706) 996-8753............LA FAYETTE

COUNTRY TIRES

11220 ALPHARETTA HWY (678) 425-3645..........................ROSWELL

COWETA PHARMACY

101-A GREISON TRAIL (678) 673-6860 NEWNAN

COYOTE MEXICAN GRILL

105 SYCAMORE PLACE (404) 373-8383...........................DECATUR

CRANE HARDWARE

7996 N MAIN STREET (770) 471-0408........................JONESBORO CROSSROADS IV 487 GA HWY 87 S

(478) 271-1231 COCHRAN

CROSSROADS SHELL

31 CROWELL ROAD

(678) 712-9137 .............COVINGTON

D&D PACKAGE

5828 MOON ROAD, STE K

(484) 951-4906.....................COLUMBUS

DAIRY QUEEN SANDERSVILLE

1232 S HARRIS STREET

(478) 212-2724................SANDERSVILLE

DAIRY QUEEN-DOUGLASVILLE

6126 FAIRBURN ROAD

(770) 942-5858..................DOUGLASVILLE

DAIRY QUEEN-NASHVILLE

415 S. DAVIS STREET

(770) 837-9134.....................NASHVILLE

DALAL’S SHOP LLC

14 CANAL ROAD PLAZA

(912) 217-8677 BRUNSWICK

DALTON GROCERY

1321 DUG GAP ROAD

(706) 229-3581 DALTON

DANFAIR EXPRESS

402 W FORSYTH ST

(229) 928-8374 AMERICUS

DASH MART

3900 NEWCASTLE STREET

(912) 267-9632.....................BRUNSWICK

DAWG HOUSE

103 N PLUM STREET

(229) 732-5688.....................CUTHBERT

DAWSON NEWS

139 W LEE STREET

(229) 995-2175 DAWSON

DAWSON PHARMACY

65 S. CENTER LANE, STE 125 (706) 265-3934 DAWSONVILLE

DAYS INN

54 HWY 441 (706) 782-4258.....................CLAYTON

DEAL VETERINARY CLINIC P.C.

900 VETERANS BLVD

(912) 654-0404 GLENNVILLE

DEAL’S FURNITURE & MATTRESS OUTLET

17083 GA HWY 67 SOUTH (912) 681-3824.....................STATESBORO

DEANO’S PIZZA

112 W JACKSON STREET (478) 275-1117 DUBLIN

DEBSDOING TAXES

7978 N MAIN STREET (678) 610-0990.........................JONESBORO

DEL MAR HOTEL

1510 N ASHLEY STREET (229) 242-8822 VALDOSTA

DELUXE INN

570 N MAIN STREET (229) 995-5251 DAWSON

DENA GOWAN CREWS CPA, P.C.

3924 MAIN STREET

(912) 496-7324 FOLKSTON

DENTON’S BODY SHOP

4500 MT. OLIVE ROAD (706) 335-2037 COMMERCE

DIAMOND NAILS

3801 US HWY 17

(912) 445-2793....................RICHMOND HILL

DISCOUNT CORNER 05

1170 E DERENNE AVENUE

(912) 200-3456 SAVANNAH

DISCOUNT LIQUOR QUICK STOP

1507 GLOUCESTER STREET (912) 289-2163.................BRUNSWICK

DISCOUNT MART

2991 MOODY ROAD (478) 329-1516 BONAIRE

DISCOUNT TOBACCO

115 LLA ROAD

(706) 215-9270..................ATHENS

DIXIE DALE

2922 W MAIN STREET

(706) 338-5080 ROYSTON

DN NAILS

2223 HARRISON ROAD

Winter 2024/93

(706) 595-6437 THOMSON

DON’S SUPERETTE

3521 HWY 278

(770) 678-5081 ..........................COVINGTON

DOUBLE D FAST FOOD MART

1409 FELDER STREET

(229) 928-2324 AMERICUS

DOUGLASVILLE FOOD MART

3385 FAIRBURN ROAD

(770) 577-9562 DOUGLASVILLE

DRAGON HOUSE

8390 SENOIA ROAD

(770) 306-5538.....................FAIRBURN

E-Z FOOD MART

146 IRWINDALE HWY

(999) 999-9999.....................FITZGERALD EAGLE MART

811 EAST AVENUE

(678) 901-0410 CEDARTOWN

EAGLE PACKAGE STORE

700 N. JEFFERSON

(478) 453-0778 MILLEDGEVILLE

EAST BOUNDARY CHEVRON

202 E BOUNDARY AVENUE

(571) 485-1632 AUGUSTA

EAT AT THAI

975 DAWSONVILLE HWY

(770) 287-8811 GAINESVILLE

EATONTON FOOD MARKET

207 E. SUMTER STREET

(478) 225-1771.....................EATONTON

ECONOLODGE PERRY

102 VALLEY DRIVE

(478) 987-2142...............................PERRY

ECONOMY INN

501 S. LEE STREET (912) 576-8811.....................KINGSLAND

ECONOMY INN MILLEDGEVILLE

1616 N COLUMBIA

(478) 452-0576 MILLEDGEVILLE

EDWARDS PACKAGE STORE

583 ELBERT STREET

(706) 283-5601 ELBERTON

EL ALAZAN MEXICAN RESTAURANT

3851 EVANS TO LOCKS ROAD (706) 922-9760.....................MARTINEZ

EL AQUILA

174 E OAK STREET (912) 868-4428 MCRAE HELENA

EL CARNAVAL LATIN FOOD STORE

4009 PIO NONO AVENUE (478) 785-6717...............................MACON

EL CHEAPO

24 COASTAL HWY (912) 349-1234 MIDWAY

EL CHEAPO

1735 ELMA G MILES (912) 369-2274 HINESVILLE

EL CHEAPO GAS

250 W GENERAL SCREVEN WAY (912) 368-0093.........................HINESVILLE

EL GUANACO LATIN GRILL

3616 ATLANTA HWY (770) 536-1390..............FLOWERY BRANCH

EL MATADOR

223 LAFAYETTE ROAD (706) 861-4898............FORT OGLETHORPE

EL PROGRESO-ATLANTA

199 CLEVELAND AVENUE S.W. (404) 763-2422 ATLANTA

EL RANCHERO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

211 E BULLSBORO DRIVE (770) 254-1583......................NEWNAN

EL SOMBRERO MEXICAN GRILL

1705 BROWNS BRIDGE ROAD (470) 290-8449 GAINESVILLE

EL SOMBRERO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

581 NORTHSIDE #100 (999) 999-9999 STATESBORO

ELEGANT ALTERATIONS

4051 STONE MOUNTAIN HWY (770) 979-2139..............................LILBURN

ELEGANT BEAUTY SUPPLY

1217A 16TH AVENUE (229) 273-0888 CORDELE

ELLENWOOD FUEL CENTER

5635 GA 42

(404) 363-4415.......................ELLENWOOD

ELLIOTS MARKETPLACE

1500 SIGMAN ROAD (770) 922-2894 CONYERS

ENDLESS NAIL

3599 ATLANTA ROAD (770) 436-4555...............................SMYRNA

ENGLAND COLLISION CENTER

586 S.W. BROAD STREET (912) 588-9922...................................JESUP

ENIGMA MARKET

2462 US HWY 82 (229) 533-1004................................ENIGMA

ERA NAILS

1064 OLD PEACHTREE ROAD (770) 962-9646.........LAWRENCEVILLE

ESQUIRE CLEANERS

4651 WOODSTOCK ROAD, STE 201 (770) 518-0262..................ROSWELL

ESQUIRE FASHION

103 W HAYNES STREET

(478) 552-5830 SANDERSVILLE

ESTELA’S TAQUERIA

802 N WALL STREET

(706) 383-6624.................CALHOUN

EVANS DELI & GROCERY

5680 ALABAMA HWY

(706) 235-1092....................................ROME

EVANS GROCERY STORE

6277 GA HWY 32 (912) 384-8439...............................DOUGLAS

EVOLUTION CUSTOMS

7632 HWY 85 (770) 703-1545 RIVERDALE

EWING MOTOR COMPANY

2045 BUFORD HWY (770) 945-7084...............................BUFORD

EXECUTIVE INN

2079 WATSON BLVD (478) 929-9526...............WARNER ROBINS

EXPRESS MART

1063 RUSSELL PKWY (478) 551-4215 ........ ........WARNER ROBINS

EXPRESS MART-AMERICUS

129 GA 27 (229) 924-0006.............................AMERICUS

EXPRESS STOP

500 RUSSELL PKWY (678) 744-8763...... .........WARNER ROBINS

EXPRESS STOP/CITGO FOOD MART

700 RUSSELL PKWY (478) 302-5757...... ..........WARNER ROBINS

EXXON FOOD STORE

3229 BANKHEAD HWY (678) 402-5438....................LITHIA SPRINGS

EZ FOOD MART

516 FEAGIN MILL ROAD (773) 977-9680...... ...........WARNER ROBINS

FAIRCLOTH BONDING SERVICE INC.

209 LEE STREET (999) 999-9999...............................ALBANY

FARMER’S INSURANCE

5892 JONESBORO ROAD (770) 960-0903...............................MORROW

FARMERS SEED COMPANY

PO BOX 126

(999) 999-9999 DOERUN

FAST BREAK

200 STATE STREET (912) 526-8066...............................LYONS

FAST FARE

145 GAINES SCHOOL ROAD (999) 999-9999..................ATHENS

FERGUSON’S MEAT MARKET

3360 MATT HWY (770) 844-9517.............................CUMMING

FIELDSTONE JEWELRY & PAWN

2315 IRIS DRIVE (770) 483-8248...............................CONYERS

FINESSE CLEANERS

2950 BUFORD HWY #260 (678) 557-0022.............................CUMMING

FISH HOUSE IV

1243 WATSON BLVD (478) 918-0808...... ..........WARNER ROBINS

FLOWER SHOP

103 GENERAL SCREVEN WAY (912) 326-3268.........................HINESVILLE

FOOD BASKET

793 ALLGOOD ROAD (770) 424-7703............................MARIETTA

FOOD MART

4210 HWY 53 (404) 990-1541............................HOSCHTON FOOD MART

118 E PERRY STREET

(912) 243-9073.........................STATESBORO FOOD MART-ATLANTA

2861 MAIN STREET

(404) 209-5599...........................ATLANTA FOOD MART-DORAVILLE

5224 BUFORD HWY

(999) 999-9999 DORAVILLE

FOOTHILL SNACK MART VALERO

265 BIG A ROAD

(706) 886-2225............................TOCCOA

FORSYTH IMPORTS

735 PEACHTREE PKWY (470) 533-2222........................CUMMING

FORSYTH LIQUOR

1545 MCFARLAND PKWY

(999) 999-9999 ALPHARETTA

FRANKS VALERO

914 N BROAD STREET

(770) 345-2000 MONROE

FRIENDS BAR & GRILL

837 HWY 400 SOUTH (706) 216-2800....................DAWSONVILLE

FRONTERA INCOME TAX

1729 E MORRIS STREET, STE 9 (706) 529-2009..........................DALTON

GABBY PALETERIA & TAQUERIA

415 N. CENTRAL AVENUE

(678) 974-8941 ATLANTA

GARDEN CITY BEVERAGE

4304 AUGUSTA ROAD

(912) 999-6916...........GARDEN CITY

GARDEN CITY CHEVRON

1210 US 80

(912) 966-1288..........GARDEN CITY

GARDEN INN & SUITES

720 S. LEWIS STREET (912) 685-2700................................METTER

GAS PUMP

1934 MILLS B LANE BLVD (912) 234-8307.............................SAVANNAH

GASKINS GROCERY

1103 S HUTCHINSON AVENUE (229) 896-2442.....................................ADEL

GATE 2 AATERATION

524 E. ROBINSON AVENUE (706) 305-9544.........................GROVETOWN

GEORGIA PARTY & TOOL RENTAL

625 PROGRESS ROAD (706) 635-7653................................ELLIJAY

GEORGIA TIRE & AUTO

1601 AUTUMN BLVD (770) 602-4565.............................CONYERS

GEORGIA WORLD OF BEVERAGES 8455 SENOIA ROAD (770) 306-3470............................FAIRBURN

GILREATH SERVICE CO.

1512 COMMERCIAL COURT (770) 478-0718.........................JONESBORO

GIVORNS

211 E 10TH STREET (706) 645-1792.........................WEST POINT

GLAMOUR NAILS & SPA

10779 ALPHARETTA HWY (678) 404-8121...........................ROSWELL

GLENNVILLE NAILS

420 N. VETERANS HWY (912) 654-9152 GLENNVILLE

GOIANAO

1475 TERRELL MILL ROAD (404) 212-3173 MARIETTA

GOLDEN CHINA

139 CITY SMITTY DRIVE

(912) 882-8866 KINGSLAND

GORDON FOOD MART

209 W. GORDON STREET (229) 242-2582..........................VALDOSTA GRAND NAILS SALON

5310 MATT HWY

(470) 297-4971.........................CUMMING GRAND WINGS

5232 JONESBORO ROAD

(404) 968-3300.........................LAKE CITY

GREAT WALL CHINESE RESTAURANT

500 FURYS FERRY ROAD

(706) 855-8851 EVANS

GREAT WALL OF CHINA

620 FAIR ROAD (912) 871-7118.........................STATESBORO GREEN LEAF MASSAGE

7046 HODSON MEMORIAL ROAD (912) 495-3568..........................SAVANNAH

GREEN MARKET

203 GREEN STREET (678) 882-9258...... .........WARNER ROBINS

GREG PIRKLE’S UPHOLSTRY

1847 CANTON HWY (678) 410-8528.........................CUMMING GROVE MOTEL (GOSAI)

225 BLAKELY STREET (229) 732-6529.........................CUTHBERT GUACAMOLES BAR & GRILL LLC

165 OUTLET CENTER DRIVE (706) 659-7264.........................CALHOUN GUERRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT 1109 E HWY 80 (912) 748-9711............................POOLER GUNN CHEVRON 3501 HWY 41 N (478) 952-8955.........................BYRON H.T. MCLENDON COMPANY 23110 HWY 37 (229) 835-2266.........................EDISON

HALL’S CONSTRUCTION & ELECTRIC 832 W 12TH STREET (912) 632-8919.........................ALMA

HAPPY NAILS

607 VETERANS PKWY S (229) 985-9009 MOULTRIE

HAPPY NAILS-COLUMBUS

6499 VETERANS PKWY (706) 507-0977 COLUMBUS

HAPPY WOK

7306 HWY 21, STE 209 (912) 966-3030......PORT WENTWORTH

HARIS FOOD MART

2200 HABERSHAM STREET (912) 232-1106 SAVANNAH

HARRIS WRECKER SERVICE

1111 BRONWOOD HWY (229) 995-5222..............................DAWSON

HARRY B ANDERSON WESTERN AUTO

204 E CENTRAL AVENUE (229) 242-3945 VALDOSTA

HAVANA DAY DREAMING CIGARS

1901 APPALACHIAN HWY (706) 946-2842.........................BLUE RIDGE

HESTER’S PACKAGE

5148 WASHINGTON STREET (770) 786-0097 .......................COVINGTON

HIBACHI EXPRESS

1755 NATHAN DEAN (678) 757-8006 ROCKMART

HIBACHI GRILL

5265 JIMMY CARTER BLVD (770) 798-9388.........................NORCROSS

HOLIDAY MOTEL

5295 INDIAN TRAIL (706) 647-9146......................THOMASTON

HOLLINSWORTH AUTOMOTIVE

820 N. LEE STREET (912) 540-6050 KINGSLAND

HONG KONG BUFFET

4555 ATLANTA HWY (770) 554-0099......................LOGANVILLE

HONG KONG RESTAURANT

238 W. BROAD STREET (912) 685-9710...............................METTER

94/GEORGIA PEACE OFFICER

HOP IN

1104 HWY 96

(478) 998-9734...........................KATHLEEN

IRINA’S ALTERATIONS

463 ATLANTA STREET (770) 518-4811.........................ROSWELL

J BEAUTY

1627 S. LUMPKIN ROAD (706) 221-4605.......................COLUMBUS

J C NASH

1051 WINTERVILLE ROAD (706) 549-7914..................ATHENS

J&B FOOD MART

449 N BROAD STREET (678) 301-8061 MONROE

J&L BEVERAGES

1040 KING GEORGE BLVD, STE 10 (999) 999-9999.........................SAVANNAH

J&S ELECTRIC SUPPLY

1895B COMMERCE ROAD (706) 546-8887..................ATHENS

JACK PEEKS SALES

576 MAIN STREET (770) 463-3156.........................PALMETTO

JAMAICA JAMAICA LUXE

4801 OLD NATIONAL HWY (404) 761-1572 COLLEGE PARK

JAMESON INN

1070 DOGWOOD DRIVE (770) 760-0777.........................CONYERS

JAN’S LIQUOR

4118 MONTGOMERY STREET (912) 234-4086 SAVANNAH

JAX LIQUORS

1300 E MORRIS STREET (706) 226-6855 DALTON

JAY AMBE FOOD MART

2511 SKIDAWAY ROAD (912) 447-6773.........................SAVANNAH

JAZMINE GROCERY

4928 OGEECHEE (912) 373-7697 SAVANNAH

JD CRAWFISH SHOP

1820 HWY 20 SE (678) 897-0487 CONYERS

JEFFERSONVILLE PACKAGE & JEFFERSON

SUNOCO GAS

2900 JEFFERSONVILLE ROAD (478) 254-2878..............................MACON

JESSIE’S UPHOLSTRY

226 HOSPITAL DRIVE (770) 561-5787.........................GAINESVILLE

JIM FOOD MART

1920 JEFFERSONVILLE ROAD (678) 843-8043...............................MACON

JJY LIQUOR STORE

101 W WALNUT AVENUE

(631) 805-4506 DALTON

JONES Z MART

218 BROAD ST (478) 783-1360......................HAWKINSVILLE

JOYLIN MASSAGE

500-C RUSSELL PKWY (478) 777-5123...... ........WARNER ROBINS

JUMP-IN MART

915 JOY LAKE ROAD

(478) 971-1208 WARNER ROBINS

K&B GROCERY

660 ROBERTS DRIVE (770) 997-7565....................RIVERDALE

K&C FOOD MART

13 CHURCH STREET (229) 679-5527.........................SHELLMAN

K-RESTAURANT

862 ELMA G. MILES PKWY (912) 877-1777 HINESVILLE

KANKU 105 EXPRESS

601 LAFAYETTE ROAD (706) 519-0431.........................ROCKY FACE

KAS INC DBA MK#1

1000 MADISON HWY (999) 999-9999..........................VALDOSTA

KAVYA GAS

3216 US HWY 41 (478) 666-3215...... .........WARNER ROBINS

KIM TIN SERVICES

5892 JONESBORO ROAD

(770) 960-0903 MORROW

KIM TIN SERVICES

5892 JONESBORO ROAD (770) 960-0903 MORROW

KINGS SPRINGS-CLEANERS-SMYRNA

3791 S COBB PKWY (770) 426-8237 SMYRNA

KOBE GRILL

1040 KING GEORGE BLVD (912) 349-7967 SAVANNAH

KOREA RESTAURANT

844 ELMA G MILES (912) 877-1777.........................HINESVILLE

KOREAN HOUSE BAR-B-Q

1105 HWY 80 E (912) 988-3379.................................POOLER

L A NAILS TOO

307 VENTURE DRIVE (912) 280-0971.........................BRUNSWICK

L&T ASIAN MARKET

558 GALLOWAY STREET

(706) 778-7985.........................CORNELIA

LA BARATA

1268 INDUSTRIAL BLVD (678) 458-4392 GAINESVILLE

LA CENTRAL GROCERY STORE

1529 AUSTEL ROAD (678) 354-8679.........................MARIETTA

LA CHALUPA

5200 AUGUSTA ROAD (912) 239-4171......................GARDEN CITY

LA CONFIANZA

4795 BUFORD HWY (470) 545-8529 CHAMBLEE

LA FERIA SERVICES LLC

940 TOLBERT STREET (470) 839-2000................CUMMING

LA LATINA INC

2004 E MORRIS STREET, STE B (706) 259-7893..........................DALTON

LA MORENITA MEXICANA

140 S FIRST STREET

(912) 530-9740 JESUP

LA TAPATIA

5548 OGEECHEE ROAD (912) 358-0046..........................SAVANNAH

LA VICTORIA BAKERY

1108 HERRINGTON ROAD, STE 2 (678) 518-4305..................LAWRENCEVILLE

LADS STOP N GO

1441 VINSON HWY (912) 777-1120 MILLEDGEVILLE

LAKE JOY STOP N SHOP

705 LAKE JOY ROAD (478) 313-3228........................KATHLEEN

LAKE MART

451 LAKE JOY ROAD (478) 313-5041........................KATHLEEN

LAKELAND PACKAGE

172 S VALDOSTA ROAD (229) 482-1056..........................LAKELAND

LAN ZHOU RAMEN

5231 BUFORD HWY (678) 671-2175.........................DORAVILLE

LAS MAGARITAS

812 SHORTER AVENUE (706) 290-1930..................................ROME

LATINOS INCOME TAX SERVICE

1145 E WALNUT AVENUE (706) 260-2956..........................DALTON

LEXINGTON MARATHON

1590 LEXINGTON ROAD (404) 935-3358..................ATHENS

LIL PEACH

1385 HWY 34 (770) 304-0560......................NEWNAN

LINE-X

590 OLD COMMERCE ROAD (706) 543-4696..................ATHENS

LOS CABLOS

1101 E MORRIS STREET (706) 229-2837 DALTON

LOS MICHOACANOS

7170 TARA BLVD (770) 731-1051 JONESBORO

LOTTO BACCO MEXICAN GROCERY

599 B HOUSTON LAKE ROAD (404) 769-3898...... ...........WARNER ROBINS

LOVEIN FUNERAL HOME

1218 ADEL ROAD (229) 686-2007...........................NASHVILLE

LOVELY NAILS

100 N. HOUSTON LAKE BLVD (478) 953-9644 CENTERVILLE

LOYALTY INSURANCE

710 HOLCOMB BRIDGE ROAD, STE 210 (770) 545-8775............................ROSWELL

LUCKIE NAILS

753 COOK STREET (706) 245-0075.........................ROYSTON LUCKY LOTTO 2198 SALEM ROAD (678) 372-2308 CONYERS

LUNSFORD FUNERAL HOME

200 COURT STREET (229) 732-3311...........................CUTHBERT

LUXURY NAILS

4414 EVANS TO LOCKS ROAD (706) 723-5942..................................EVANS

LUXURY NAILS

1121 W. OGEECHEE STREET (912) 564-7789.................SYLVANIA

LUXURY NAILS

1727 WATSON BLVD (478) 225-9042...... ...........WARNER ROBINS

LUXURY NAILS MOULTRIE

539 VETERANS PKWY (229) 985-5004...........................MOULTRIE

M & M AUTO AND TIRES 1820 COMMERCE ROAD (999) 999-9999..................ATHENS

M STAR CLEVELAND HOTEL

300 N. MAIN STREET (706) 865-3121........................CLEVELAND

M&M MACHINE INC.

1112 SANDTOWN ROAD SW (770) 427-6381...........................MARIETTA

M&T LIQUORS

3701 MONTGOMERY STREET (262) 309-1116 SAVANNAH

MADI FOOD MART

803 N MAIN STREET (770) 748-4039........................CEDARTOWN

MAGNOLIA FOOD MART

4450 ATLANTA HWY (706) 850-9500 ATHENS

MAIN HUA CHINESE

255 E MONROE STREET (229) 567-9669...........................ASHBURN

MAJIK TOUCH CLEANERS

1537 N DECATUR ROAD (404) 373-9119 ATLANTA

MANDARIN GARDEN

1820 GEORGIA HWY 20 (770) 929-1992..........................CONYERS

MANDERS & MIMS GO MARKET

1035 JOHNSON STREET SE (229) 995-3219..............................DAWSON

MARATHON-WARNER ROBINS

1063 RUSSEL PKWY (706) 817-9026 WARNER ROBINS

MARATHON -SAVANNAH

2511 SKIDAWAY ROAD (912) 447-6773 SAVANNAH

MARATHON FOOD MART-MACON

6230 ZEBOLON ROAD (478) 474-5152................................MACON

MARATHON- MACON-RIVERSIDE 5250 RIVERSIDE DRIVE (999) 999-9999..............................MACON

MARATHON-CORNELIA

823 N. MAIN STREET (706) 776-1057.........................CORNELIA

MARATHON-JESUP

3107 LANES BRIDGE ROAD (912) 588-9150 ...............................JESUP

MARATHON-JONESBORO

211 N MAIN STREET

(470) 685-3026.......................JONESBORO

MARATHON-LAGRANGE

101 LUKKEN INDUSTRIAL DR. W (706) 882-1243...............LAGRANGE

MARATHON-MACON-WALNUT

277 WALNUT STREET

(478) 741-8788..........................MACON

MARATHON-MACON-WALNUT

277 WALNUT STREET

(478) 741-8788....................MACON

MARIA FRIEND CLEANERS

202 W MAIN STREET

(770) 887-2222..............CUMMING

MARKET PLACE

5631 HOUSTON ROAD (478) 784-0325 MACON

MARLO A ROSS, ATTORNEY AT LAW

209 N PETERSON (912) 384-4116.............................DOUGLAS

MARUTI FOOD MART

115 ILA ROAD

(706) 353-8384..................ATHENS

MASTER GUNMAN

1900 ROCKBRIDGE ROAD

(770) 469-0933 STONE MOUNTAIN

MAXIMUN TITLE PAWN

51120 WRIGHTSBORO ROAD

(706) 650-5986 GROVETOWN

MEAT MARKET MEXICAN RESTAURANT

6009 OGEECHEE ROAD

(912) 349-5617 SAVANNAH

MECCA WIRELESS

3705 MONTGOMERY STREET (912) 238-8007.........................SAVANNAH

MEIA SKIN CARE 5185 BUFORD HWY (678) 662-2229..........................DORAVILLE

MEIJIA CHINESE RESTAURANT

920 MORGAN’S CORNER

(912) 450-1855 POOLER

MELL’S DINER

4698 ATLANTA HWY (706) 713-0093..................ATHENS

MELODY MAGIC MART

2487 ROCKY CREEK ROAD (478) 788-2717 MACON

MELTON FOREST PRODUCTS

P.O. BOX 384 (229) 310-2963...........................CUTHBERT

MEN’S ROOM BARBER

6750 GA HWY 53 #107 (706) 683-0371.........................BRASELTON

MI MEXICO

6777 MT. ZION BLVD

(678) 519-2699 MORROW

MIA CASA MEXICAN RESTAURANT

745 KINGS BAY ROAD (912) 673-8228 KINGSLAND

MIDWAY STATION

27 S COASTAL HWY (912) 884-3389.............................MIDWAY

MIKE’S MARKET

213 A STREET (706) 573-4764........................THOMASTON

MILENIO MUSICAL

782 SANDTOWN ROAD (770) 218-3903 MARIETTA

MING HIBACHI BUFFET

246 OCILLA HWY (229) 423-311 .......FITZGERALD

MINGS RESTAURANT

4650 FORSYTH ROAD (478) 405-7885 MACON

MINI MART #1

504 S. E. BROAD STREET (912) 685-3811 METTER

MINIT STOP

1875 RAYONIER ROAD (912) 385-2027 ..................JESUP

MINIT-MARKET

333 DRAYTON STREET (478) 458-0085..........MONTEZUMA

MK #1

1000 MADISON HWY (229) 259-9922 VALDOSTA

Winter 2024/95

MOBLEY GIN COMPANY

P.O. BOX 460

(229) 282-5291.............................DOERUN

MOBY DICKS

642 HWY 27 N (999) 999-9999..................COLQUITT

MOE’S CONVENIENCE STORE

648 AUGUSTA HWY (706) 597-0605.................THOMSON

MONROY TIRES

108 N WALL STREET

(706) 263-9811................CALHOUN

MONTEZUMA LIQUOR STORE

502 SPAULDING ROAD (478) 472-2727...............MONTEZUMA

MORENITA

1522 PINE LOG ROAD (678) 210-0185 CONYERS

MOTEL SIX

12009 WATSON BLVD (478) 956-5300 BYRON

OCEAN GAS

2560 BURTONS FERRY HWY

(912) 829-3387 SYLVANIA

OCEAN SPA

1291 SOUTH HOUSTON LAKE ROAD (478) 988-1109 WARNER ROBINS

OILMASTER QUICK LUBE & MUFFLER

116 WEST 7TH STREET

(229) 382-5858..............TIFTON

OK BEAUTY

107 W JEFFERSON (229) 931-6441 AMERICUS

OLDE TOWNE CONVENIENCE STORE

203 ROSCOE RD

(770) 254-1100 NEWNAN

OM’S CLOTHES CLEANERS

1595 PEACHTREE PKWY

(678) 836-9041 CUMMING

ONE STOP N SHOP

2382 BARTON CHAPEL HILL

(706) 798-5882 AUGUSTA

ONE STOP PACKAGE STORE

760 E OGLETHORPE HWY

(912) 368-8075 HINESVILLE

ONE STOP WALKERS CORNER

2179 HWY 52 E (999) 999-9999....................ELLIJAY

ORIENTAL FOOD & GIFT

4508 ARMOUR ROAD

(706) 689-1398 COLUMBUS

P&D MARKET

700 GRIFFIN AVENUE

(229) 244-6625.....................VALDOSTA P&K CONVENIENCE STORE

241 HWY 32 (999) 999-9999............LEESBURG PACKAGE STORE-FAIRBURN

42 NW BROAD STREET

(770) 969-7420...............................FAIRBURN

PACKERS FOOD MART

527 US HWY 319 N (229) 985-9255.....................MOULTRIE

PARIS NAILS

656 DAWSONVILLE HWY (678) 450-7444..........................GAINESVILLE

PARKS BEAUTY SUPPLY

2123 BEMISS ROAD (999) 999-9999.........................VALDOSTA

PEKING CHINESE RESTAURANT 5340 GA HWY 20 (770) 788-8885 ...........................COVINGTON

PEKING GOURMET RESTAURANT

103-N GENERAL SCREVEN WAY (999) 999-9999 ......................... HINESVILLE PERIMETER INN

3791 ATLANTA HWY (706) 548-3000..................ATHENS

PETRO FOOD MART 1748 VERNON STREET (706) 845-8000...............LAGRANGE

PHO BAC

4897 BUFORD HWY (770) 986-4273...............CHAMBLEE

PHONG TRA KHONG TEN

2493 CHAMBLEE TUCKER ROAD (240) 418-6650.............CHAMBLEE

PIGGLY WIGGLY-CUTHBERT

65 BLAKELY STREET (229) 732-2461.........................CUTHBERT

PIGGLY WIGGLY-DUBLIN

508 BELLEVUE AVENUE (478) 275-0321...................................DUBLIN

PJM FOOD STORE

2534 CARROLLTON VILLA (770) 832-9133...............CARROLLTON

PLAZA FOOD MART

1596 ROME HWY (470) 595-9595...............CEDARTOWN

POSH NAIL

7330 SPOUT SPRINGS ROAD (770) 965-2258........FLOWERY BRANCH

POWERS CROSSROADS COUNTRY STORE

4849 HWY 34 W (770) 880-7782......................NEWNAN

PP FOOD MART

1406 WEST BYPASS (478) 279-6447..................MOULTRIE

PRESS-SENTINEL

252 W WALNUT STREET (912) 427-3757 .................................. JESUP

PRIDE FOOD MART

820 N. HOUSTON LAKE (478) 333-6633.................CENTERVILLE

PRINCESS NAILS

278 HWY 400 NORTH (404) 518-1755.......................DAWSONVILLE

PRIYA FOOD MART

413 W OGLETHORPE (229) 446-9001.....................ALBANY

PRO NAILS

207 E 10TH STREET (706) 645-2742...............WEST POINT

PRO NAILS-ATHENS

4375 LEXINGTON ROAD (706) 425-0900..................ATHENS

PRONTO TIRES

4643 ATLANTA HWY (706) 548-1300..................ATHENS

PTC WORLD OF BEVERAGE

1115 CROSSTOWN COURT (770) 631-6272............PEACHTREE CITY

QUALITY HOME RENTALS

27 N SCOTT STREET (229) 336-7645......................CAMILLA

QUATE-MEX

1600B FORSYTH STREET (229) 928-8282...................AMERICUS

QUICK 2 MART

19 COCHRAN HWY

(478) 892-9892...............HAWKINSVILLE

QUICK CHANGE #6

315 HUTCHINSON AVENUE (229) 896-1250...........................ADEL

QUICK FILL

140 OLD RIVER BRIDGE ROAD (478) 291-3727...............MILLEDGEVILLE

QUICK SHOP

5950 HAWKINSVILLE ROAD (478) 784-8131......................MACON

QUICK STOP #2

198 8TH STREET (229) 868-5803............MCRAE HELENA

QUICK STOP #5 DOERUN

131 S MILL STREET (229) 782-7161.................................DOERUN

R&M MART

2610 IRWINTON ROAD (478) 295-2987...............MILLEDGEVILLE

R&R ONE STOP

118 EASTMAN HWY (478) 892-3669...............HAWKINSVILLE

R&R QUICK STOP #1

501 MARTIN LUTHER KING (478) 822-9998.............FORT VALLEY R&R SUPERETTE

13001 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY (678) 838-8296......................DOUGLASVILLE

RACE WAY

13722 JONES STREET (888) 636-5589......................LAVONIA

RACEWAY 6871

4581 APPALACHIAN HWY

(706) 946-7106...................BLUE RIDGE RACEWAY-VALDOSTA

1406 N ST. AUGUSTINE ROAD (229) 469-4060 ................... ..........VALDOSTA

RAILROAD PACKAGE STORE

1410 GORNTO ROAD

(229) 244-2555...............................VALDOSTA

RAINBOW MANUFACTURING COMPANY

167 OCILLA HWY

(229) 423-4341..................FITZGERALD RAINBOW PAINT & BODY 1288 E HWY 80

(912) 964-1148............................POOLER

RAMADA INN

4755 CHAMBERS ROAD

(917) 359-1719...................MACON

RANDY’S WRECKER SERVICE

800 S. LEWIS STREET

(912) 685-6900 METTER

RED STAG TAVERN

149 MOSE COLEMAN DRIVE (912) 293-4716 VIDALIA

REDAN PACKAGE

4787 REDAN ROAD (404) 458-5573..................STONE MOUNTAIN

REGENCY INN-RIVERDALE

7618 GA 85 (770) 478-3600 RIVERDALE

REGENTS INN

252 FITZGERALD HWY (229) 468-3350............................OCILLA

RESACA EXPRESS MART

3580 BATTLEFIELD PKWY NW (706) 383-6457............................RESACA

RIVERDALE FOOD MART

8439 HWY 85 (678) 489-3452............................RIVERDALE

ROBINSON SUPERETTE

977 S. MAIN STREET (770) 922-4543 CONYERS

ROCHELLE FOOD MART

327 1ST AVENUE (229) 365-7890.............................ROCHELLE

ROD’S STOP N SHOP

338 ALLEN MEMORIAL DRIVE (478) 453-1081............MILLEDGEVILLE

ROGERS STORE

947 HWY 144 E (912) 654-1310...............GLENNVILLE

ROME MINUTE MART

1714 TURNER MCCALL BLVD SW (770) 940-0788......................ROME

ROYAL FOODS

1214 HWY 145 (706) 245-7906.............................ROYSTON

ROYAL TOBACCO

377 S. BELAIR ROAD (999) 999-9999.....................MARTINEZ

ROYAL’S BOUTIQUE

2023 MARION STREET

(229) 247-0070..........................VALDOSTA

S&T FOOD MART

1356 S HARRIS STREET

(478) 552-8555...................SANDERSVILLE

SABOR MEXICO

805 LANIER AVENUE

(770) 629-5275...............FAYETTEVILLE

SAI FOOD MART

1051 N. JEFFERSON STREET

(999) 999-9999............MILLEDGEVILLE

SAIGON NOODLES

402 GA HWY 247

478225257................................BONAIRE

SALLY’S COP SHOP

1170 CHAPEL CROSSING ROAD

(912) 265-8303..............BRUNSWICK

SAM’S FOOD MART

1452 PRINCE AVENUE, STE B

(706) 546-9909 ................................ ATHENS

SANCHEZ MOTOR SERVICE

645 WINTERVILLE ROAD

(706) 583-9002 ............................... ATHENS

SANDERS FOOD MART

705 E MCCRAIG STREET

(478) 552-0611......................SANDERSVILLE

SANDRA’S SALON

3075 DANIELSVILLE ROAD

(706) 850-6240 ............................... ATHENS

SARAH’S HAIR SALON

3320 THOMPSON BRIDGE ROAD

(770) 297-1321..........................GAINESVILLE

SAVANNAH MART

1300 E DERENNE AVENUE

(912) 354-6505 SAVANNAH

SCENIC FOOD MART

187 SCENIC HWY

470-292-3033 LAWRENCEVILLE

SCOTTISH INN

3888 HWY 17

(912) 752-3861 RICHMOND HILL

SEASONS HIBACHI

785 SHUGART ROAD

(706) 529-9988.............................DALTON

SEIS HERMANAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT

977 S. MAIN STREET N.E.

(770) 679-9613......................CONYERS

SERVICE 1ST AUTO CARE

2258 LITHONIA INDUSTRIAL BLVD

(770) 484-4905.....................LITHONIA

SEW WHAT ALTERATIONS

610 RUSSEL PKWY (478) 542-2046...... ........WARNER ROBINS

SHAM FOOD MART

100 SOUTH HERON STREET (478) 208-6986.................MACON

SHELL

145 HWY 411 (706) 234-1838.......................ROME

SHELL COVINGTON

10724 COVINGTON BYPASS (770) 787-2107 ................COVINGTON

SHELL GAS

100 MAY CREEK DRIVE (912) 673-9111.................KINGSLAND

SHELL GAS STATION-UNION CITY

5022 ROOSEVELT HWY (770) 306-8414...............UNION CITY

SHELL STATION

10125 ALCOVY ROAD (770) 787-0005 ...........................COVINGTON

SHELL-COLQUITT

410 W CRAWFORD STREET (229) 758-3998....................COLQUITT

SHELL-LOGANVILLE

TOM BREWER ROAD (770) 544-3670..........................LOGANVILLE

SHELL-MR. PETE’S

5264 NEW JESUP HWY (912) 267-0318..............BRUNSWICK

SHIRAZ FURNITURE

109 MINUS AVENUE, STE D (912) 239-6128........................GARDEN CITY

SHIRLEY FEED & SEED

2439 N. ELM STREET

(706) 335-2162..................COMMERCE

SHOGUN

9701 FORD AVENUE #101 (912) 756-8003 RICHMOND HILL

SHOP & GO

1114 MACON ROAD

(478) 987-1413 PERRY

SHOP N GO

1402 E BROAD STREET (912) 234-6426.............................SAVANNAH

SHOPRITE

1516 CRAWFORD

(229) 924-2414 AMERICUS

SHORT STOP MINI MART

816 E SULTANA ROAD

(229) 404-9900 FITZGERALD

SHREE GANESH GROCERIES

1103 L STREET (912) 265-7092..............BRUNSWICK

96/GEORGIA PEACE OFFICER

SINGH FOOD MART

2641 HWY 80 E. (999) 999-9999.....................TWIN CITY

SJ BEAUTY SUPPLY

1177 WEST AVENUE (770) 922-2318 CONYERS

SKYLAND MOTEL

1512 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR (229) 924-3668 .................AMERICUS

SMOKE OUTLET

11157 HWY 106 (470) 350-7831 .................... CARNESVILLE

SMOKE SHOP & BEVERAGES

3925 CLEVELAND HWY (706) 694-3056 DALTON

SMYRNA NAILS

1435 HIGHLANDS RIDGE ROAD (678) 653-8500.....................SMYRNA

SO FOOD MART

2675 MONTPELIER AVENUE (999) 999-9999.......................MACON

SONAMOO RIVERBEND AUTO

3322 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD (404) 623-5940.............................DULUTH

SOUTHLAND GROCERY

1103 L STREET (912) 265-7092..............BRUNSWICK

SPECIALTY SERVICES UNLIMITED

612 N DAVIS DRIVE (478) 328-3190...... .........WARNER ROBINS

SPEEDEE FOODS

503 COBB HAM ROAD (706) 554-2121................THOMSON

STAR ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS

1005 S. MAIN STREET (912) 655-3833................GLENNVILLE

STATION HOUSE

2419 PEACH ORCHARD ROAD (706) 793-6699................AUGUSTA

STEREO CONCEPTS

112 W WALNUT STREET (912) 427-8223.................................JESUP

STOP & SAVE #23

500 MEMORIAL DRIVE (912) 285-9040................WAYCROSS

STOP & SHOP JESUP

3107 LANES BRIDGE ROAD (912) 588-9150 .................................. JESUP

STOP N SAVE #22

2034 HWY 84 (912) 449-4136................BLACKSHEAR

STOP SHOP

425 1ST STREET (229) 217-4940............................MOULTRIE

STOP-N-SHOP

109 ASSEMBLY LANE (478) 328-8270...........................BONAIRE

STRATFORD MOTOR INN

79 MADDOX CIRCLE (706) 969-7100......................ELLIJAY

SUE’S ART AND FRAMING

3485 BETHELVIEW ROAD, STE 120 (770) 886-7273 CUMMING

SUMMIT #44

1900 GA HWY 18 (706) 643-5559 WEST POINT

SUMO HIBACHI & WINGS

151 SHALLOWFORD ROAD (678) 971-5838..........................GAINESVILLE

SUN KWONG CHINESE RESTAURANT

373 S. BELAIR ROAD (706) 210-0111 MARTINEZ

SUN MART

902 S CENTRAL AVENUE (229) 472-1556....................TIFTON

SUNNY BEAUTY SUPPLY

4064 LEXINGTON ROAD (706) 546-7009 .................. ATHENS

SUNNY BEAUTY SUPPLY

1426-B DOGWOOD DRIVE (770) 760-9545...........................CONYERS

SUNNY FOOD MART

725 S. MAIN STREET (912) 681-2529..............STATESBORO

SUNNY NAILS

168 WALNUT CIRCLE (478) 412-8044 SANDERSVILLE

SUNNY’S PACKAGE STORE

412 16TH AVENUE (999) 999-9999...................CORDELE

SUNOCO (EZ BUY)

288 HWY 96 (478) 302-5033...........................BONAIRE

SUNOCO (QUICK STOP #2)

6131 NEW JESUP HWY (912) 289-9192..............BRUNSWICK

SUNOCO FOOD MART-LOUISVILLE

801 PEACHTREE STREET

(478) 605-7965............................LOUISVILLE

SUNOCO MART

6090 ALTAMA AVENUE

(912) 264-0887................BRUNSWICK

SUNOCO RINCON

700 FT. HOWARD ROAD (912) 826-3908 RINCON

SUNOCO-DONALSONVILLE

300 E 3RD STREET

(229) 524-6073.....................DONALSONVILLE

SUNRISE MARKET 4

105 W WALNUT AVENUE

(706) 226-7573..........................DALTON

SUPER 8

10130 ALCOVY RD

(770) 786-5800 .............COVINGTON

SUPER CARNICERIA JALISCO

6200 NORCROSS TUCKER ROAD (770) 493-7889...............................TUCKER

SUPER CARNICERIA JALISCO FOOD MART

225 WILLIAMS DRIVE (678) 581-1578............................MARIETTA

SUPER HIBACHI BUFFET

1630 PLEASANT HILL ROAD #300

(770) 806-8888 DULUTH

SUPER JASPER PACKAGE

2212 SALEM RD

(770) 929-0443 CONYERS

SUPER LATINO FOODS

304 S BROAD STREET S.W. (404) 680-0029 ROME

SUPER MINI MART GROCERIES

1812 LUMPKIN ROAD (706) 955-8978............................AUGUSTA

SUPERIOR TIRES & AUTO REPAIR

801 N. DAVIS DRIVE (478) 236-7282...... .........WARNER ROBINS

SUPERMERCADO JALISCO-TUCKER

6200 S NORCROSS TUCKER ROAD (770) 493-7889.................................TUCKER

SURE STAY PLUS HOTEL

102 RIGBY DRIVE (478) 918-0046...... ........WARNER ROBINS

SV FOOD MART

1542 HOUSTON LAKE ROAD (478) 987-1510...............................PERRY

SWEET PSALMS FLORIST

1500 SIGMAN ROAD (470) 474-1503..........................CONYERS

SWEETWATER MART

3255 PLEASANT HILL ROAD (770) 622-0781.............................DULUTH

T&L NAILS

6 WEST BROAD STREET (229) 336-2900.................................CAMILLA

T-NAILS-RINGGOLD

73 POPULAR SPRINGS ROAD (706) 937-6245 RINGGOLD

TACO LOCO

307 W 12TH STREET (229) 396-5654.................................TIFTON

TACOS LA CHONA

260 W BRUMBY AVENUE (912) 336-5518 REIDSVILLE

TAQUERIA PUPUSERIA LA UNION

272 DAWSONVILLE HWY

(678) 696-8084 GAINESVILLE

TAR LAND & TIMBER, INC

P.O. BOX 659

(912) 282-1234.............................LYONS

TAYOR TIRE

1912 ELBERTA ROAD

(478) 328-8277...... ........WARNER ROBINS

TEXACO FOOD MART

14678 HWY 151 (706) 638-0444.............................TRION TEXACO-DOUGLASVILLE

2195 FAIRBURN ROAD

(770) 949-0760.................DOUGLASVILLE

THAI GARDEN-FORT OGLETHORPE

685 BATTLEFIELD PKWY

(999) 999-9999.......FORT OGLETHORPE

THAI IN THE BOX

1810 HWY 20 SE, STE 170 (678) 806-5962.............................CONYERS

THAI KITCHEN

4357 WASHINGTON ROAD

(706) 210-4110 EVANS

THE GUN PRO SHOP 6116 HWY 515 N. (706) 698-4857.............................ELLIJAY

THE MARKET

1861 HWY 211 (770) 725-0688.............................WINDER

THE STATION

277 OCILLA HWY (229) 423-7411.............................FITZGERALD

THE WINERY

2101 SAVOY DRIVE (770) 458-6623.............................CHAMBLEE

THOMPSON’S FARM SUPPLY

382 E PARKER STREET

(912) 367-7723 BAXLEY

THOMSON SUPER CURB

517 JACKSON STREET (706) 361-0165 THOMSON

TIENDA LA LOARCA

491 MARIETTA ROAD (999) 999-9999 ............................ CANTON

TIME SAVER

3333 MIKE PADGETT HWY (706) 798-8349 AUGUSTA

TIRE MASTERS

721 N WALL STREET (999) 999-9999 CALHOUN

TIRE MAX HWY 85 (999) 999-9999 RIVERDALE

TOBACCO N MORE

420 S. MAIN STREET (912) 489-5661..........................STATESBORO

TOM’S FOOD MART

800 E. ELBERTA (478) 942-7015 WARNER ROBINS

TOMMY’S CORNER

6010 NEW JESUP HWY (912) 554-0018 BRUNSWICK

TONY’S PAWN SHOP

520 N. DAVIS ROAD (478) 328-7296...............WARNER ROBINS

TOP CHINA

229 GENERAL SCREVEN (912) 877-6468 ...................... HINESVILLE

TOTAL EXHAUST

2008 ELBERTA ROAD (478) 329-8300............... WARNER ROBINS

TOUCH DOWN WINGS

3550 CENTERVILLE HWY (678) 900-2508.........................SNELLVILLE

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT CO.

3416 SYLVESTER ROAD (229) 435-0254...........................ALBANY

TRAPNELL- TOMLINSON CO.

212 E. BROAD STREET (912) 685-5757 METTER

TYRONE STATION

994 TYRONE ROAD (770) 632-0230...........................TYRONE

UK NAILS

2458 LIMESTONE PKWY, STE B (770) 536-6169 GAINESVILLE

UNION 76

155 ROBERSON MILL ROAD

(999) 999-9999.....UNION STORE LIQUOR

151 NELLIE B AVENUE (706) 353-3248 .................ATHENS

MILLEDGEVILLE

UNITED SPEED RACING

1847 CANTON HWY

(770) 674-5825...........................CUMMING UNIVERSITY MOVERS

3410 JEFFERSON ROAD (706) 353-1141 ................................. ATHENS US BEAUTY OUTLET

1536 E FORSYTH STREET (229) 928-8442..............................AMERICUS

US FOODS

2827 HOUSTON AVENUE (478) 254-3333...................MACON USA FOOD MART

GA HWY 18 (706) 643-0328...........................WEST POINT

USA NAILS

230 GENERAL SCREVEN WAY (912) 332-7611 ................HINESVILLE

USA PACKAGE

1116 WEST AVENUE SW (770) 760-7561 CONYERS

VALERO

2525 POWDER SPRINGS ROAD

(999) 999-9999...............................MARIETTA

VALLEY INN

204 COMMERCIAL HEIGHTS (478) 828-9090............................FORT VALLEY

VANESSA BOUTIQUE

702 ATLANTA HWY, STE A (770) 318-5121...........................GAINESVILLE

VERA CRUZ

500 E NEWNAN ROAD (678) 664-0845..........................CARROLLTON

VILLAGE GREEN MOTEL

860 BURTONS FERRY HWY

(912) 564-7416 SYLVANIA

VININGS CLEANERS II

2900 HIGHLAND PKWY STREET (678) 354-4404 SMYRNA

VIP STORE

301 N MAIN STREET

(912) 681-4568 STATESBORO

W M T M RADIO

PO BOX 788

(229) 985-1300 MOULTRIE

W. ELBERT PACKAGE

255 COLLEGE AVENUE

(762) 533-0221 ELBERTON

W.H. GROSS CONSTRUCTION

1209 E KING AVENUE

(912) 729-3564 KINGSLAND

WATERS FOOD MART

4406 WATERS AVENUE (912) 354-6007.........................SAVANNAH

WELCOME STORE

6440 HOUSTON ROAD (478) 621-4949...................MACON

WELCOME-SUNOCO

6310 LAKEVIEW ROAD (478) 333-3990......................WARNER ROBINS

WEST FOODS

P.O. BOX 396

(229) 835-2234................................EDISON

WEST ROME FOOD MART

708 SHORTER AVENUE (706) 291-2332.....................................ROME

WESTERN INN & SUITES

7420 OAKLEY ROAD (678) 827-7500........................UNION CITY WIG & BEAUTY

708 S. GRANT (229) 423-6149 FITZGERALD WILLACOOCHEE MARKET

22 MAIN STREET (912) 534-5881.......................WILLACOOCHEE

WILLIAMS ROAD CHEVRON

1790 WILLIAMS ROAD (706) 322-9151 COLUMBUS

WINGS HIBACHI

600 HWY 61

(678) 941-3777 VILLA RICA WNB FACTORY

425 SIGMAN ROAD N.W. (678) 622-7168............................CONYERS WON TON CARRY OUT RESTAURANT

Winter 2024/97
98/GEORGIA PEACE OFFICER (706) 778-0050 107 Market Centre Dr Cornelia

131 W. HENDRY STREET

(912) 876-4191 ......................... .HINESVILLE

YOGESH PATEL

3348 NORTHSIDE DRIVE

(912) 548-1027 STATESBORO

YOGI FOOD MART

2403 MOODY ROAD

(478) 929-2450 WARNER ROBINS

YUKI TERIYAKI & SUSHI

1573 HWY 20 N.E., STE 105 (770) 679-0980.............................CONYERS

YUMMY HOUSE

4395 OGEECHEE ROAD

(912) 201-1727..............................SAVANNAH

Business Directory

In addition to the advertisers who have display and directory space in this issue, these merchants and firms are cooperating to make this magazine a successful and valuable publication.

3 HERMANOS SUPER MARKETS

3 SISTERS ASIAN GROCERY

341 QUICK STOP

4 WAY STOP

7 STAR WINGS

777 STOP

96 VIETNAMESE CUISINE

A NAILS

A V FOOD MART

A.J. FOOD MART

ABC CITGO STORE

ABDALLA FAMILY LLC

ACE FASHION

ADAMS MOTOR CO. INC

ALBANY EXPRESS

AMERICA’S BEST VALUE

AMERICA’S BEST VALUE INN

AMERICAN AUTO PAINTING & BODY REPAIR

AMERICAN INN

AMNA FOOD MART

AMOCO CITGO

ANDY FOOD MART

ANDY’S FOOD MART

ANNAS MEXICAN BAR & GRILL

APEX

ATLANTA AUTO WORLD

AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALIST OF DALTON

AZTECA GROCERY

BAXTER’S TOWING

BEAUTY 4 YOU

BEAUTY QUEEN

BEAUTY WORLD

BEBA FOOD MART

BELL SMIT FOOD MART

BELLA VISTA

BELLEZA LATINO HAIR SALON

BEMISS QUICK MART

BESCO BEAUTY

BEST CHINA

BEST WINGS

BICO SUPERMARKET

BILLY JACK’S PARTY SHOP

BMD MART

BO BO GARDEN-DORAVILLE

BODIE’S AUTO

BOKS HAIR & ACCESSORIES

BONAIRE FOOD MART

BOTANICA LUZY VIDA

BOUNTIFUL ACTS 20 35 INC.

BP NATIONAL HILLS

BP-ADAIRSVILLE

BUDDY’S FOOD MART

BUDGET INN

BUDGET INN MONTEZUMA

BUDGET MOTEL

BULLDOG INN

BUSY FOOD MART

BY PASS PACKAGE STORE

C MART

CAFE WINDOW

CAMDEN INN & SUITES

CANDLELITE MOTEL

CAPITAL NAILS

CAPTAIN’S LIQUOR & WINE

CARNITAS EL RANCHITO

CC BEAUTY SUPPLY

CHARLIE’S CLEANERS

CHEF LIN BUFFET

CHEF WANG CHINESE

RESTAURANT

CHENG’S GARDEN

CHEVRON-DOUGLASVILLE

CHEVRON-BLUE RIDGE

CHEVRON-PERRY

CHEVRON-AUGUSTA

CHEVRON FOOD MART-WINDER

CHEVRON FOOD MARTSUMMERVILLE

CHEVRON FOOD MART-AUGUSTA

CHEVRON GAS & FOOD MARTDAHLONGA CHEVRON GAS-DULUTH

CHEVRON-JONESBORO

CHEVRON PUMP N GO-POOLER

CHEVRON STORE-CARTERSVILLE

CHEVRON-WOOLSEY

CHEVRON-ADAIRSVILLE

CHEVRON-CONYERS

CHEVRON-LAWRENCEVILLELANGLEY

CHEVRON-MONROE

CHINA BUFFET

CHINA EXPRESS

CHINA HOUSE

CHINA WINGS

CHINA WOK

CHINESE KITCHEN

CHOPSTICK CAFE

CIGAR VILLA

CITGO-LAGRANGE

CITGO FOOD MART-ROME

CITGO FOOD MART-RIVERDALE

CITGO-VALDOSTA

CITGO-CEDARTOWN

CITGO-DESAI ENTERPRISE

CITGO-FOREST PARK

CITGO-LITHIA SPRINGS

CITGO-LOGANVILLE

CITY MARKET

COCHRAN BAIT & TACKLE

COIN LAUNDRY

COLEMAN’S TIRE & AUTO

COMFORT SUITES

CORDELE FOOD MART CORNER MARKET CORNER STORE

CORNERSTONE BP

CORNERSTONE CHEVRON

COUNTRY CORNER-THOMASTON

COUNTRY CORNER-COLUMBUS

CRAB & HIBACHI HOUSE

CRAZY BUFFET

CROSSWAY GROCERY

CRYSTAL NAILS

CUT N STYLE

CUTHBERT LOTTO MART

CYCLE SPECIALTY

D&Y 1857

D. BELLA HAIR SALON

DAIRY QUEEN-ALBANY

DAIRY QUEEN-LAVONIA

DALLAS TIRE

DALTON-CITGO

DANFAIR EXPRESS

DAVIS FOOD MART

DAYS INN-COVINGTON

DELRAY FARMS

DEORALI GROCERY

DESTINY FOOD STORE

DIAMOND FOOD MART

DIAMOND NAILS

DISCOUNT FOOD MART

DISCOUNT TOBACCO

DISCOUNT TOBACCO #2

DISCOUNT TOBACCO

MILLEDGEVILLE

DIXIE CORNER FOOD MART

DIXON FARM SUPPLY

DON JOSE TAQUERIA

DONUT KING

DRAGON GARDEN

DUFF’S MOTEL

DYKES PHARMACY

EAGLE MART

EAGLE VAPE & SMOKE

EASY CORNER

EASY CORNER #2

ECONO LODGE

EL CAZADOR

EL CHEAPO

EL RAYOS MEXICAN RESTAURANT

EL SOMBRERO MEXICAN GRILL

ELEGANCE NAILS

ELEGANT BEAUTY SUPPLY

ESTELA’S TAQUERIA

EXECUTIVE INN

EXPRESS FOOD MART

EXXON FOOD MART-CLARKSTON

EXXON FOOD STORE-LITHIA SPRINGS

EXXON-JONESBORO EZ TRIP

FAMILY BANK

FARMER’S FOOD

FAST AUTOMOTIVE

FAST FARE

FAST STOP-VALDOSTA

FAST STOP-CORDELE

FASTEE FORD

FAYETTEVILLE CITGO

FISH HOUSE IV

FLOWER GIFT SHOP

FLOYD FOOD MART

FOOD BASKET

FOOD MART-STATESBORO

FOOD MART-MACON

FOOD MART-NICHOLS

FOOD MART-STATESBORO

FOREST PARKWAY FOOD MART

FORTUNE COOKIE

FRANKLIN INN

FRAZIER FUNERAL HOME

FRITZ FOOD & GAS

G&S CAFE

GANGNAM HAIR SALON

GENERAL AUDIO

GEORGE’S LIQUOR STORE

GEORGE’S LIQUOR STORE

GIA MART

GIOVANIS

GLAMOUR NAILS

GLENVILLE AUTO PART

GLOBAL PHARMACY

GLOBE FINANCIAL SERVICES

GOLDEN PACKAGE SHOP

GOLDEN PACKAGE SHOP

GOOD NEWS ACUPUNCTURE

GREAT WALL CHINESE

RESTAURANT

GREAT WALL OF CHINA

GREAT WALL-ALMA

GREEN PANTRY (CITGO)

GREEN TEA CHINESE FOODS

GREG PIRKLE’S UPHOLSTRY

H&K FOOD MART

HAPPY MART

HESTER’S PACKAGE

HEY GIRLY WIGS

HIBACHI BUFFET

HIBACHI EXPRESS

HIBACHI GRILL & AMAZING

BUFFET

HIGHWAY HAVEN

HIYA & MAHI (AMOCO)

HOLIDAY MOTEL

HONG KONG BUFFET

HONG KONG CITY

HONG KONG EXPRESS

HONG KONG KITCHEN

HOP-IN

HOP-IN TEXACO

HOT WOK

HOUSE OF CHINA II

HOWARD JOHNSONS

HUANG’S FAMILY CAFE

HUDDLE HOUSE

HWY 49 FOOD MART

HWY 80 SHELL

INOKOS

IZTAPALAPA BODY SHOP

J WINGS & PHILLY

J&J GRANITE & MARBLE

J&K FOOD MART

JACK PETERS GROCERY

JACKSON PANTRY

JAN’S PACKAGE SHOP

JAPANESE HIBACHI & SUSHI

JAY FOOD MART

JC NAILS

JCD RECYCLING

JERNIGAN’S FARM SERVICE & SUPPLY

JOHNNY MCDADE GROCERY

JONES Z MART

JONESBORO EXXON

JOSAIAH FOOD MART

JR FOOD MART

JT NAILS

K&J BEAUTY SUPPLY INC.

KETANKU MAR RAMAN BHAI

KEY-WEST INN-BAXLEY

KIM’S CLEANERS & ALTERATIONS

KING FOOD MART

KING KWIK

KING’S LIQUOR

KNOX TERRACE MOTEL

KOREANA RESTAURANT

LA CENTRAL GROCERY STORE

LA CHAPARITA 2

LA ESQUINITA

LA FAVORITA MEXICAN GROCERY

LA FIESTA MEXICAN RESTAURANT

LA GRAN GUATE MEX

LA GUANAJUATO TIENDA

MEXICANA

LA HACIENDA

LA MICHOACANA ICE CREAM

SHOP

LA MORENITA MEXICANA

LA PEQUERIA FOOD MART

LA TAQUERIA MEXICAN GRILL

LAKE JOY STOP N SHOP

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LAKE SINCLAIR BAIT & TACKLE

LAKEVIEW STORE

LAL’S

LARRY’S QUICK STOP

LAS DELICIAS

LATINO AMERICA

LEE’S COMPLETE AUTO

LEGACY NAILS & SPA II

LIL PANTRY

LINDALE FOOD & TOBACCO

LIVINGSTON’S GARAGE

LOS COMPAS

LOVEIN FUNERAL HOME

LOVELY NAILS

LOYAL CLEANERS

LUCKY CORNER

LUCKY DRAGON

LUCKY FOOD MART

LUCKY’S

LUNES AVIERNES

MAIN MOON CHINESE

RESTAURANT

MALL MARATHON

MAMA GEE MARKET

MARATHON (STOP N BUY)

MARATHON AUGUSTA

MARATHON MONROE

MARATHON PETRO

MARATHON (SOLAR FOOD #25)

MARATHON ADAIRSVILLE

MARATHON ALPHARETTA

MARATHON CUMMING

MARATHON-MACON-ZEBULON

MARATHON-REX

MARATHON-RIVERDALE

MARLO ROSS PC

MCTIER USED AUTO PARTS

MEI JIA

MEKONG HAIR SALON

METAL TOP BUY

MEXICO LINDO JONESBORO

MG’S LIQUOR

MICHOACAN GOURMET

MILLER FOOD MART

MING ACUPUNCTURE & CHIROPRACTIC

MINI ASIAN MARKET

MIYONG ENTERPRISE

MONROE TEXACO

MONTEZUMA LIQUOR STORE

MOODY’S HVAC

MOORE’S LUMBER & HARDWARE

MOTEL JESUP

MR. C’S SHELL

MR. EGG ROLL

MUNCY’S TRUCK FACTORY

MURPHY BUILDERS SUPPLY

MUSIC FUNERAL HOME

NACHOS TAQUERIA

NAIL AVENUE

NAIL BAR

NAIL MART

NEIGHBORS MARKET

NEW CHAN EXPRESS

NEW CHINA

NEW CHINA BUFFET

NEW EVERGREEN CHINESE

RESTAURANT

NEW NAILS

NEWTON PACKAGE

NICEST NAILS

NICKS PACKAGE STORE

NINA’S BEAUTY

NITA’S FOOD STORE

NITI FOOD MART

OAK PLAZA INN

OAK STREET PACKAGE

OASIS

OLDE TOWNE CONVENIENCE STORE

OMBRE NAILS

ONE STOP CONVENIENCE STORE

PARTY LIQUOR

PEKING GARDEN

PENNY SAVER MARKET

PERRY PAWN SHOP

PHILLIPS FURNITURE

PHUONG UYEN SERVICES

PIGGLY WIGGLY-FOREST PARK

PIGGLY WIGGLY-MCRAE HELENA

PIGGLY WIGGLY-HAZELHURST

PIT STOP #26

POLISH NAIL BAR

POWELL BROTHERS

PRESTON DIVERSIFIED AUTOMOTIVE

PUJA FOOD MART

PURE GAS STATION

Q CLEANERS

Q NAILS

QUATE MEX-CAIRO

QUATE-MEX- ALBANY

QUICK CHANGE

QUICK CHEK

QUICK FILL

QUICK MART-MARIETTA

QUICK MART-SAVNNAH

QUICK PICK-JONESBORO

QUICK PICK FOOD MART-WINDER

QUICK STOP #2

QUICK Z MART

R&M MART

R&R STORE

RAINBOW MANUFACTURING COMPANY

RAYON SUPER MARKET

RED BARN GROCERY

RED BUD LIQUORS

RED NAILS

RED ROOSTER LIQUOR STORE

RELAX INN

RELAX INN & SUITES

RIGHT STOP

RIO BALSAS TAQUERIA

RIVERDALE FOOD MART

ROCKET EXXON

ROCKY STORE

RODEWAY INN &NSUITES

ROOSTERS CAFE

ROSWELL AUTO TECH

ROUNDHOUSE PACKAGE SHOP

ROYAL FOOD MART

ROYAL FOOD STORE #4

ROYAL TOBACCO

S&S FOOD MART

S&T FOOD STORE

SABOR MEXICO

SAMS FOOD MART

SANCHEZ AUTO SERVICE

SANIYA ENTERPRISES

SCOTTISH INN

SEN KAKU

SERVICE 1ST AUTO CARE

SHAKTI FOOD MART

SHELL FOOD MART

SHELL-PERRY

SHELL-DECATUR

SHELL-LOGANVILLE SHELL-MARIETTA

SHELL-ROSWELL

SHELL-THOMASVILLE-SMITH

SHELL-VIENNA

SHIV FAST STOP

SHOP N GO

SHOWCASE

SIBLEY’S PAWN SHOP

SILVER DOLLAR PAWN

SIMS FUNERAL HOME

SINALOA SUPERMARKET

SKYLAND MOTEL

SOHO HIBACHI

SOHO INN & SUITES

SOHO NAILS

Solo Food Mart

Solo Gas Station

Southern Farm & Hardware

Southern Supply

Southside Inn

Specialty Services Unlimited

Speed & Go

Spring Package Store

Star Motel

Star Pizza

Starla Mosley

Step & Fetch

Stereo Concepts

Stonegate Bottle Shop

Stop N Shop-Bonaire

Stop N Shop-Waynesboro

Stop N Shop-Eastman

Strickland Funeral Home

Style Connection

Subway-Covington

Sun Cleaners

Sunny Tobacco

Sunoco-Macon

Sunoco-Garden City

Sunoco-Richmond Hill

Sunoco-Garden City

Sunoco-Perry

Sunoco-Pooler

Sunoco-Byron

Sunoco-Columbus

Sunoco-Fairburn

Sunoco/Fast Track

Sunset Motel

Super 8-Augusta

Super 8 Motel-Covington

Super Carniceria #6

Super Hong Kong Buffet

Super Mercado El Primo

Super Mini Mart Groceries

Super Stop

Super Tastes Japanese Restaurant

Superior Tire & Auto Repair

Supermercado Jalisco

Supermercado El Torito

Supermercado Productos Frescos

Sure Stay Plus Hotel

SV Food Mart

Sweetwater Package

T&M Food Mart

Tacos Beto

Talar’s Corporation

Texaco (SAJ Food Mart)

Texaco Food Mart-Noonan

Texaco Food Mart-Chamblee

Texaco-Douglasville

Thai Emerald

The Beauty

The Crusselle Co. Inc.

The Framing Studio

The Hub Beverage Warehouse

The NewYou Salon

The Notion Shop LLC

Thomas Funeral Home

Thomas Tire Company

Three Oaks Wine & Spirits

Tienda Conchita

Tienda Mexican Sabor Latino-Rome

Tienda Tikal

Tienda Y Carniceria Mi Pueblo

Tim’s Trading Post

Tip Top Cleaners

TL Nails

Tobacco Palace

Toms Food Mart

Top China Express

Top Sub

Tops China

Total Beauty Travel Lodge

Trip 3

Trish Nails

Union 76

Union City Fish & Wings Union Store Liquor

US Beauty

US Beauty Mart Douglasville

US Nails

USA Store

V-Tech Auto Repair

Valero-Monroe

Valero-College Park

Valero-Newnan

Value Mart

Vanish Cover

Varnadore’s Auto Parts

Victoria Nails

W.H. Gross Construction

Wayne Drug Col

Wee Wiley’s

Wells Corner

West Hill Food Mart

West Point Shell

Western Motel

Whatley Oil & Auto Parts-EDISON

Whatley Oil & Auto Parts Co.-DAWSON

Wheeler Hardware & Auto Parts

William B. Cheshire, CPA, PC

Williams Package

World of Beverages

Yang’s 2013 Inc.

Yogesh Patel

Young’s Clevers

Zainah Investments-Citgo

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1435 Riverstone Pkwy, Canton (770) 479-0847

10945 State Bridge Rd, Alpharetta (770) 558-1156

5063 Post Road, Cumming (678) 455-5965

www.7TequilasMexicanRestaurant.com

One Stop #43

3915 Darien Hwy • Brunswick, GA (912) 342-8123

Eddie’s Express

507 South City Blvd • Waycross, GA (912) 387-0325

Highway

4192 Norwich St • Brunswick (912) 466-0123

One Stop #42

4544 Old Cypress Mill Rd • Brunswick, GA (912) 264-1728

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