TiftonScene
M A G A Z I N E
Volume 17 • No . 2
Publisher LAURIE GAY
Editor DEAN POLING
Contributors MIKE CHASON WILLIAM DAVIS COBB BECKY TAYLOR
Design & Layout DEREK SCHAPER
contributors
Mike Chason is the Director of Public Relations Emeritus at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College . He headed the public relations office at ABAC for 32 years before retiring in 2011 . Chason now runs Chason Enterprises , a public speaking and sports broadcasting company , and works part-time for ABAC . A former sports editor of the Valdosta Daily Times , he is the voice of Valdosta State University basketball . Chason is a 1974 Valdosta State graduate .
William Davis Cobb is a reporter for the Tifton Gazette . Native to Suwanee but a resident of Thomasville , he graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2021 , earning a Bachelor ’ s in Writing and Linguistics . While he isn ’ t from the Tifton area , he ’ s enjoyed the times he ’ s had the opportunity to visit the city and see what it has to offer .
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Becky Taylor joined the sports department of The Tifton Gazette in September 2012 . She was reared in Berrien County and developed a love of sports , starting with the 1991 Atlanta Braves and an invitation to keep basketball scorebooks for Nashville Middle a year later . She graduated from Berrien High , attended ABAC and finished Valdosta State with a degree in History . Five years later , she found herself in Athens and later graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Newspapers . Prior to joining The Gazette , she worked with Georgia Public Broadcasting for the in-production “ As If We Were Ghosts ” and has done research for the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association .
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< ON THE COVER : STAR Students , ( L-R ) Benjamin Wilson of Tift County High School , Michal Gregus of TCHS and Chandler Livingston of Tiftarea Academy . Photography by Kellie Rae Photography
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