Central Georgia EMS crews celebrated EMS Appreciation Week on Sunday.

The Medical Center of Central Georgia threw the crew members a picnic at Tattnall Square Park to thank them for serving their communities.

Crew members and their families spent the day eating good food and playing games. Some couldn't take the whole day off, but the picnic gave EMS staff a fun place to go between shifts.

Vice President of Emergency Systems, Lee Oliver, says the picnic was meant to give the EMS crews a fun place to spend time with each other. 

"The EMS crews are always a team, but we're one big family in healthcare. So, with our EMS crews, they may be shift-work, and sometimes they see each other a little bit and sometimes they see each other a lot. This is just an opportunity for everybody to come together. We expect to have about a hundred to a hundred and fifty folks here, " said Oliver. 

A Central Georgia family is mourning the loss of Macon-Bibb County firefighter Michael Dewayne Jones.

The 24-year-old drowned at Lake Tobesofkee Saturday evening.

He jumped into the lake to rescue his sons, 5-year-old Joshua and 7-year-old Jarell, as well as a little girl who was also playing in the water.

"The little girl started drowning," said Tiffany Jones, Michael's sister. "He saved her. My nephew started drowning; he saved him. My other nephew started to drown and somehow my other nephew got back in the water and started to drown."

Michael's widow, Tykia, said she left her family at the lake and made a quick trip to a nearby convenience store. When she left, everything was calm, the kids were OK and Michael had their 7-month-old strapped to his chest. When she returned less than 10 minutes later, there was a bystander holding her baby, the kids were all wet and Michael was in the water.

If you live in Bibb County, Monday you get a chance to voice what you want to paid for with a proposed Special Local Option Sales Tax.

The listening session will take place at Macon City Hall at 7 p.m.

The Mayor, City Council and the Bibb County Board of Commissioners will be on hand to discuss your ideas.

A vote on the SPLOST is scheduled for November.