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PCI offering summer food program
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all SFSP activities are the same for all regardless of race, color national origin, sex, age, or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Breakfast and lunch will be served beginning Thursday,…
Recycled electronics fill two trailers at Poarch
A continuous stream of trucks, cars and SUVs pulled into the Poarch Creek Indians fire station Saturday, April 22, and left behind heaps of scrapped television sets, vacuum cleaners, half-empty cans of paint, fluorescent bulbs and similar items. And nobody complained. In fact, organizers of the twice-yearly electronics recycling and household hazardous waste collection event were tickled over the amount of debris left behind. “We’ve had a good turnout,” PCI…
3 seats in PCI election
The Poarch Creek Tribal Council election is set for Saturday, June 3. Three seats are on the ballot – Tribal Chairman and two At-Large positions. Incumbents are Stephanie Bryan, Tribal Chair; Arthur Mothershed, At-Large; Garvis Sells, At-Large. Listed below are the  2017 Tribal Council candidates: Tribal Chairman ( 3 candidates) Stephanie Bryan (seeking re-election) Anthony Peebles Eddie Leon Tullis At-Large (14 candidates) Randy Adams Clayton Coon Rodney L. Exum Ed…
PCI offering hazardous waste collection
Don’t know what to do with that old television? Or electronic device? Or paint cans? Load it up and take it to the Poarch Creek Fire Station #1, 5811 Jack Springs Road this Saturday, April 22, from 8 a.m. until noon. The Poarch Creek Indians Environmental Department is sponsoring a household hazardous waste collection day, and it’s a good time to discard items that other recycling efforts will not accept.…