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Summerville hires Johnson for city manager position

By Jimmy Espy

Correspondent

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. – Russell E. Thompson has a lot of homework to do.

Mr. Thompson, 30, was hired last week to be the city manager of Summerville. He’ll start on March 1.

“I am looking forward to getting there and getting to work,” said Mr. Thompson, who has been a city planner and special projects manager for Milledgeville, Ga., since August, 2005.