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Deputy Marcus Baker is one of those guys you don't really wanna mess with while driving through Twiggs County.

"That's all I wanted to do, was look for bad guys."

He spent his entire life, wanting to become an officer of the law.

"So finally one day I just decided I'm gonna follow my dream and I did."

In his first year with the force, he won the statewide Rookie of the Year Award.

He's made it his goal, to clear the roads of drunk drivers."

"Any job you have, you do it a hundred percent. And your goal should be to be the nest at that job."

There's no doubt, baker is the best at his job. In his first year, he made 20 DUI arrests, and saved countless lives.

"I've got a wife and three small kids, and I think about how many bad guys I've come in contact with on a daily basis and how many are out there.

"He loves what he does and he's real motivated. "He's constantly wanting to learn more. He has a desire to learn all he can about this kind of work. He's a good officer" says Sheriff Darin Mitchum.

"This year I hope to win another pin. Not just for the sake of the pin, but to be able to look at other citizens and say, hey, I helped keep your streets safe. That's a good thing."

Jeffersonville Mayor Sonya Mallory joined us tonight to talk about her city, and what makes it unique to Middle Georgia. Mayor Mallory says her town is full of friendly people and says if you pay a visit expect to meet some real friendly folks!

Residents of Jeffersonville grab there meals on the go at Robinson Fried Chicken.

"The cook's make it real good, they can really cook," says Roseann Williams, customer.

It's soul food. Fried chicken, collard greens, cornbread, and peach cobbler are just a few of the menu items that keep business buzzing. Owner Geraldine Robinson and her family began feed the people of Jeffersonville back in 1979.

"They've been here forever. They used to be at a different location right down the street, then they moved here. I remember them when I was little," says Walt Clark, customer.

The secret to their success is home cooking served up with a side of southern hospitality.

"I think it's a great family environment, and people off the streets feel like they're at home," says Audrey Hart, owner's niece.

Customers, who are more like family, agree with Hart.

"Everybody knows everybody. It's like going to a family reunion," says Ruth Baltimore.

It's this atmosphere that keeps regulars coming back for more, and new faces stopping in for a good meal.

"We meet new people everyday, and we enjoy serving hot delicious meals to everybody," says Hart.

The Twiggs County Chamber of Commerce takes a stand against litter in this week's Going Green, Saving Green edition of Middle Georgia Pride.

It's all in an effort to get community groups and local businesses to help keep the highways clean.

Most people know Chuck Leavell as the keyboardist for the Rolling Stones. However this well-known artist also has another passion: tree farming.

"I really started gravitating towards forestry for one thing, I realized my instrument that has given me my career has come from the resource of woods so that kind of struck a nerve with me..."

Leavell says both music and tree farming offer opportunities to leave a legacy.

"When you're recording with these artists you have an opportunity to create recordings that are going to last many, many lifetimes. And when you're managing a forest you have the same opportunity. You can plant seedlings today that are going to be this big that someday 75, 100, 150 years or even more are still going to be here."

His wife's interest is in saving the land and that's how Leavell initially took an interest in forestry. His mantra is simple: leave the land in better shape than you found it.

"Trees and forests give us so many incredible things, they give us materials to build our homes and our schools and our churches. They give us materials to make books and magazines and newspapers. There are some five thousand products that we used in our everyday lives that has some element of trees in it."

Leavell says as far as he's concerned he's just a country boy who loves living in Twiggs County.