Published 1:44 pm Friday, October 23, 2026 Earlier this month Americans were asking, “Where were you when the world stopped turning?” — a reference to the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack and the popular song that Alan Jackson sang memorializing it. Ninety years ago, South Georgians were asking a much happier question: “Where were you when the lights came on?” The arrival of electricity changed lives, mostly in positive ways. The instrument of that change was the Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation, one of a number of EMCs inspired by federal legislation that helped rural residents get power. Throughout this year, Colquitt EMC is celebrating the milestone, including as the cover story of this issue of Moultrie Scene magazine. Learn the company’s history and some of its plans for the future starting on Page 10. Click here to read all of this issue of Moultrie Scene. Another big anniversary this month is the 10th class of medical residents at Georgia South Graduate Medical Education. When a prospective doctor finishes his schooling, he has an MD or DO degree, but he can’t practice medicine until he goes through a residency in his specialty. Georgia South’s opening in 2016 was a culmination of several years of work that set the stage for young doctors to come to Moultrie to complete their training. Ten years later it’s paid a benefit to the community as several of those medical residents have put down roots here, opening physicians offices, joining the…
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