Kiwis make front page on the Miller County Liberal, newspaper!

Thanks to our Georgian hosts we found ourselves on the front page no less of the local newspaper there.

Here is the article and photo that appeared:

Kathy Dugan and her parents, Jack and Runell, with Elspeth Campbell, Tim Datson and their New Zealanders Visit Colquitt

January 24, 2007

New Zealanders Visit Colquitt by Kathy Dugan

It's not unusual for people from other countries to visit Colquitt. Kathy Dugan and her parents, Jack and Runell, kicked off the New Year with New Zealand guests. In 2003, Kathy and her friend, Jean Brock, visited New Zealand where they spent several days with Elspeth Campbell, Tim Datson and their children Beau, Jonty and Kennedy in their home in Wellington, New Zealand.
It was Elspeth that helped Jean and Kathy arrange a tour of the country. This family from New Zealand is taking the trip of a lifetime. They are taking eight months to tour the US and Europe. After seven months of touring, the family arrived in Colquitt on New Year's Day and enjoyed visiting and catching up.
While they were here, Kathy took the opportunity to show them where she worked. After a tour of the research facilities, they were joined by Kathy's co-worker, Jean Brock, for a field tour to learn a little about the longleaf-wiregrass ecosystem. The group, along with Jean's husband, Dale Brock, then headed to Colquitt for a taste of southern cooking at Helen's Pirates Cove.
The next day after walking around Colquitt and seeing some of the interesting things there, Kathy and her guests headed to Bainbridge, where Jean and Dale Brock had a canoe trip on Lake Douglas planned, thanks to Carolyn and George Daniels who provided access to the lake and an additional boat for the trip. After working up a hearty appetite on the lake, Jean treated the group to dinner at Old Mexico in Bainbridge.
Before their guests headed back west, the Dugans took them to a cotton field to show them how cotton grows and explained how it is baled, processed and eventually winds up as clothing or other popular products.
The Dugans and the Brocks hated to see their friends leave, but they enjoyed returning the favor and showing them some southern hospitality.