City of Columbus, GA KCB Earth Notes, 28 Jun 2023

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From YouTube: KCBC News - Mayor's Inaugural Golf Tournament

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Lisa talks with the Mayor and various council members about the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commissions Mayor's Inaugural Golf Tournament that took place back in April.

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We love the Earth, it is.

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Thank you. Welcome to another edition of kcbc news: I'm Lisa Thomas Cutz your host and we're celebrating Earth week. Let's check out footage from kcbc's inaugural mayor's golf tournament.

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Welcome everyone we're here, live at the keep Columbus beautiful, Mayors inaugural golf tournament. I am so excited this morning, Mr Mayor.

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We're excited too great turnout. You guys did a great job on the weather too a little Breezy, but it's nice absolutely.

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We're going to have a great time today and it's all for a good cause, raising funds for our community outreach efforts and, of course, our annual help to Hooch absolutely.

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You know if you think back about it over the last three or four years with kova people have gotten less concerned with the way the environment looks and uh and- and we all have noticed, there's trash on the ground and just not taking care of things like we should. So this gives keep Columbus beautiful an opportunity to invest in those programs so that we can keep our city beautiful. Absolutely.

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It's so important, and this year is really important again. I have to reiterate you lending your name and renaming it that just bumps it up I feel like I have the best golf tournament. We have the best golf tournament in the world right now. Well,.

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Listen, we got some good golfers I know, I saw mayor, Pro, tem Allen out here, and I saw Council, Bruce huff and it's just a great day and it's a great cause and uh listen help. The environment go out there and swing a golf club. What's better absolutely.

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But we know you're going to be taking the prize today. Oh.

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Your prize for the last one finishing probably but uh we're just out here having fun.

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Yes and that's what we're going to do, that's what it's all about, raising funds for a excellent cause. That's near and dear to all of our heart. We love Columbus. We want to keep it beautiful, and this kicks off our Earth week. Celebration absolutely.

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You missed this one we'll give you another chance next year, come.

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Back um you'll see all the footage so you're gonna want to join in next year.

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Welcome back we're here with councilor Bruce Huff, one of the hardest working counselors in the district I am so happy and excited that you are here with us today for our keep Columbus beautiful commissions, Mayors inaugural golf tournament. You know our great mayor renamed it. Let us rename it on his he's the face this year and we're so excited you're here, I'm sure you're, going to take it all today, right, I'll.

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Take it all today, I'll be here to support you and the mayor and everyone I'm not swinging today, but I'll be here to support those that are, and we hope that everything goes well and it was a great idea to put the mayor's face on it and keep Columbus beautiful.

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It's been run well by you now trying to get it back into the community and get all the help that we need so continue to do what you do and I think today, from what I can tell it's going to be a great day from the numbers I see.

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Oh absolutely in the weather we couldn't have asked for any. The weather is just absolutely beautiful today. Well, you can't play this time, but next year I'm gonna be looking for you to take it all.

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I promise you get me: some training I'll be ready. Okay,.

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Thank you so much for coming out.

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We're live again right here with our honorable first lady of the city, the um I want to say honorable I, almost Karen.

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She is also a member of our non-commissioned board, we're so excited today with our great mayor lending, his name and being now the face of our annual golf tournament. How does it make you feel.

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Proud I think it's a great fundraiser for keep Columbus beautiful, I'm glad he put his name behind it and we'll do it for three more years.

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Absolutely but it's good that I know even after three years we're going to still have your support. Oh.

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Absolutely I listen.

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Listen hats off to this lady she's, always here helping out keep Columbus beautiful commission as well as so many other organizations and I know. Are you playing today Karen? uh No, what it is she didn't want to take it all from the guys and the other. Ladies, so she's going to hold back today.

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I'm gonna watch, but that that's about at the extent of my plan, okay,.

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Thank you so much for coming and supporting and helping keep Columbus beautiful commission be all that we can be absolutely great cause today guys. Thank you.

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With that I'm going to turn the mic over to Mayor Henderson, let him say a few words and then after that, Jim will come out and kind of talk about the quick rules and we'll be on our way. Thank you.

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Thank you Jason. He had a hand asked for hand for everybody, but himself y'all, give Jason a hand for doing a great job. Listen I'm going to be very brief, because I don't get to play much golf anymore and I've been looking forward to this uh I want to thank all you guys for participating in this. It allows us to do some things here in our community that otherwise wouldn't get done.

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Lisa and Karen and and the board do an incredible job, and- uh and we want to thank them- and of course thank you guys for uh for playing, because it allows us to put resources towards some programs that are going to help us keep our city looking looking better. So uh with that, oh I was supposed to at least you come up here, I'm not doing it. You come up here.

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So Lisa wants y'all to do us a favor. We're going to get this on video, we're going to ask you on the count of three to all say: keep Columbus beautiful. Can you do that? That way, we'll go play all right on the category. One two three keep Columbus beautiful. You guys are great. Thank you. Jim.

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We really appreciate having keep Columbus beautiful hosting the event here today and I do want to let everybody know that what what you do really matters. There has been well over six million dollars raised at Bull Creek for local charities. So what you guys do today is going to push that needle even further so great job everybody.

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It's a great Community welcome.

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Back we're live with our great city manager, Isaiah Hughley. Thank you so much for coming by well.

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This is an exciting day for keep Columbus beautiful and the City of Columbus Georgia. Thank you for your leadership for all the great things that you're doing I'm. Looking at this uh banner and that's behind us annual projects and programs, you are doing so much to make Columbus Georgia a better place to live a clean, Columbus, keep Columbus beautiful. Thank you for your leadership and for what you're doing thank.

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You so much and I'm super excited today with being able to rename this year our annual golf tournament mayor's inaugural golf tournament. It's just so exciting today. What.

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A great turnout, I think renaming it and including the mayor's name in it has created an awesome turnout. I'm looking around people are everywhere, they're having a great lunch they're excited, and we expect this to continue to grow, and we expect you you to be able to better support the efforts of keep Columbus beautiful, as we make Columbus Georgia a good place to live, work and play absolutely.

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And we're looking before it was next year, you're going to come in and play and take the top prize correct.

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Absolutely I'm getting ready for it, I'm getting ready.

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Got a whole year to practice. Thank you. So much.

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You've been playing more Golf and that's. Why he's my partner.

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We're backing live again right now, with our great clown slur, Allen. So great you could come out for this year's keep Columbus beautiful, mayor's inaugural golf tournament. How are you feeling today, you gonna, take it off for us.

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I'm feeling good the weather's great I, hope I play as good as the weather is.

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Sure you'll do wonderful. It's just such a beautiful day. We couldn't ask for a better weather today at all, and all the proceeds are going to benefit, um keep Columbus beautiful commission commissions initiatives and our programs and all of our initiatives, and so I really appreciate you being here and for all your support.

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For sure that our all the children tell their parents or remind their parents, no littering.

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Absolutely and that's a good point you're making. This is the kickoff for our Earth week activities and we're going to be doing stuff all week along and we had shred day coming up on Friday. We have our cleanup effort of Bellwood. So it's a lot of great things this week and so we're just happy to kick off today and we're so proud and happy that you're here with us today um and again, um you think you can take the mayor. You think you're gonna.

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Be at least beat his score mayor's a good golfer yeah, but we just a great turnout here, a lot of good golfers out here. It's going to be a great day and a lot of fun.

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All right, thank you, so much company and keep doing what you're doing what an awesome event a special thank you to all the players, all the sponsors and everyone involved in putting together this great golf tournament until next time. What are you doing to keep Columbus beautiful.

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We love the Earth, it is.