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Local expectations of many Worth residents for Friday night plans came to a halt around 7:35 P.M. when power went out in a major portion of the Sumner/Sylvester area. Mitchell EMC immediately began receiving calls regarding the outage. A representative for EMC in Camilla stated a major outage occurred in Worth County due to a ‘fault on line’ they were unable to detect and repair until almost two hours later. The rep stated outages had affected at least seven areas to include Whiddon Mill Road, Shingler/Sumner Road, Ephesus Church Road, Sumner Road, and some Sylvester area residents.

One particular business was affected while in the beginning process of operation, 3 G’s Auction. The business was holding its first annual Christmas in July auction which initially brought a full house of potential bidders. The auction house is located on Hwy 82 east in Sylvester. With an atmosphere decorated in house for the occasion to bring Christmas to July for early shopping bargain hunters, power and air condition suddenly dissipated, along with customers.

Auctioneer Sherry Spence, seeing customers leave quickly, gathered a plan and announced she would move the much anticipated auction outdoors. Chairs were set up, free beverages were given to the night’s potential customers and the auction continued outside of the business as volunteers stepped up to offer their auto headlights for auction lighting . The Christmas in July event went on for the hard-core shoppers who willingly fought off gnats, mosquitoes, and the heat just to take advantage of local, early shopping deals.

Power was restored around 9:30 P.M. as the auction came to an end. Auctioneer Col. Sherry Spence said she will definetely look into the purchase of a generator. The business and its supporters during this set- back deserve the Worthit2u.net Worth a Mention.

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