Getting more than 15 mins of fame

It seems that all of a sudden a lot of people and I mean a lot of people from my small rural town in South Georgia (Douglas) are all of a sudden becoming famous. Jennifer Nettles was all over music scene and broadcast tv last fall performing with her band Sugarland, which was nominated for a music industry award (including a Grammy); the group performed at several award shows including the Country Music Tv Awards show. And then there was Jamie Newton, another country boy from my home town. He was on Survivor Guatemala last fall. He didn't win the challenge but he made it far in the competition. Next in line to appear in the spotlight is Renata Smith. She's scheduled to be a model for Amazon.com. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what this means but she's scheduled to do a photo shots in London this month. We should start to see her photo at the Amazon website in the coming months.