RIVEROAK’S Derwin Bass announces retirement: “It’s been a great career, I wouldn’t do anything different.”

Christian Peterson [email protected] On Friday, Dec. 16, RIVEROAK Technical College (RTC) made a Facebook post, announcing the retirement of one of its teachers, Derwin Bass. Bass is a staple of RTC and has been for years. As he moves on to the next part of his life and away from RTC, his hard work and accomplishments will live on in RTC memory. Bass was born in Naylor, Ga., in 1955. When he was only 11-years-old, his family moved to Live Oak. Bass attended Suwannee High School and graduated in 1973. The spark of his future career started while he was still in high school. Bass worked for his agriculture teacher Doug Fletcher fixing tractors and other farm equipment. During