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144th YEAR, NO. 50
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021
1 SECTION, 10 PAGES
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Reynolds Police Department Honored
At 13th Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday evening, Dec. 9th t Reynolds Police Chief Lonnie Holder hosted the 13th Annual Awards Banquet to honor
Reynolds Police Officers, staff, and local citizens. Chief Holder welcomed the large crowd of over 200 people, and Cpl.
Sean Humphrey read the police poem, “The Job IDo ? \ The Invocation was given by Pastor Cedric Thomas, before dinner
was served, Martin's BBQ provided a barbecue dinner. Chief Holder introduced the guest speaker; City of Buena Vista
Mayor Kevin T. Brown. Awards were presented OS follows: Appreciation Awards, Officer Jeffrey Thomas, Officer Delane
Hill, and Officer Clifford Albritton; Top Shot Award, Officer Clifford Albritton; Most Improved Officer, Senior Officer
Danny Anthony, Jr.; Julian Knight Award, Cpl. Sean Humphrey; Chiefs Award, Cpl. Sean Humphrey; Leadership
Award, Lt. Christopher Gillispie; 2021 Officer of the Year, Sgt. Vermon Humphrey. The Humanitarian Award was
presented to Mr Walter Forsling and accepted by his children, Karen Acree and Mark Forsling. The Citizen of the Year
Award went to Rev. David Towns, Jr.; and. the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to State Representative Patty
Bentley. The evening closed with the Benediction by Pastor Thomas.
Chamber Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
At Bentley-Montford Mortuary
The Taylor County Chamber of Commerce hosted a Grand Reopening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony last Monday night f
Dec. 17th, at Bentley-Montford Mortuary in Butler; as Team Bentley rejoined the Chamber Following the ceremony,
during a Chamber After Hours event, guests enjoyed dinner, music, and fellowship under the tent. Pictured are State
Representative Patty Bentley and Team Bentley with representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, City of Butler, and
City of Reynolds.
Mary Bentley Will Chair T.C. BOE In 2022
By VALORI MOORE
Editor
The Taylor County Board of
Education met Monday night
for the regular December meet
ing, which was opened with the
Invocation by Reynolds Police
Chief Lonnie Holder,
Superintendent Jennifer
Albritton offered condolences to
the families of Ms. Julia Law,
who worked for the school sys
tem for over 30 years, and Mrs.
Naomi Carter, a paraprofos-
sional for the school system and
wife of longtime school board
member, the late Reginald
Carter.
Mrs. Albritton also thanked
Connie Brown and LaTonja
Turner for successfully com
pleting the third year of “An
gels for Vikings” to help chil
dren in need. Fifty-two “an
gels” were very generous and
served around 100 children and
38 families. She thanked the
community that always rises to
the occasion,
Taylor County Middle School
was recognized for being
named a Distinguished
Breakout School by the Geor
gia Association of Secondary
School Principals. This honor
is for schools that are high
achieving and dramatically
improving student achieve
ment.
Mrs. M ah a ley Parks, TCHS
Assistant Principal, explained
that there is a new high school
coding/drones class, “Founda
tions of Engineering'’. This
class is a STEM (Science, Tech
nology, Engineering, and Math)
class as part of the CTAE pro
gram, It is taught by Mrs,
Hoffman. Several students
demonstrated their work in
this class: JoLyn New, Mario
Mathis, Jacob Keith, Brian
Brown, Ladonya Green,
Shervyn Praveen, and Rand
Cross. A few of these students
programmed games, which
were tried out by board mem
ber Wayne Mclnvale.
Superintendent Albritton
thanked Greg Brown and Dr,
Glenda La ti more for serving as
Chair and Vice Chair, respec
tively, of the Board in 2021.
The Chair and Vice Chair are
determined by a rotation sys
tem of the board members.
According to the rotation, Dr.
Latimore is slated to be Chair
in 2022, but she declined. So,
Mary Bentley will chair the
board in 2022, with Greg
Brown serving as vice chair.
The rotation skipped board
members Wayne Mclnvale and
Wes Summers last year, since
they were new board members
and w r ere ineligible.
Super Bowl Champion
Mai com Mitchell has a literary
initiative in which he visits
schools and presents each stu
dent with one of his books.
Mrs, Albritton said Mitchell
has a great personal story and
encourages reading. The cost
of the program is $15 per stu
dent. She asked the Board to
consider the program, which
would be paid with ESSER(El
ementary and Secondary
School Emergency Relief)
funds. This will be revisited
>See Board of Education on p.9
Correction
In the Dec. 9th edition of The
Taylor County News, the Tay
lor County Commissioners
meeting article stated,
“McCarthy said that there will
be another application window
in 2022 for the landfill grant for
door to door trash pickup in the
county,” The grant will be for
equipment to help unload gar
bage from rail at the landfill.
The News apologizes for this
error.
City Of Butler
Holiday Trash Pickup
Christmas:
Trash will be normally scheduled this
week and the following week.
New Yearns Day:
Trash will be normally scheduled this
week and the following week-
Alabama Woman Arrested
On Drug Charges In Reynolds
According to Reynolds Police
Chief Lonnie J. Holder, on Dec.
12th, Senior Officer Danny
Anthony, Jr. was patrolling
Hwy. 96 East in the city limit
of Reynolds, when he observed
a vehicle traveling at a high
rate of speed.
Senior Officer Anthony initi
ated his emergency equipment
and conducted a traffic stop. As
he approached the vehicle and
explained the traffic stop to the
driver, he detected a strong
odor of marijuana coming from
inside the vehicle, Anthony
asked the driver if there was
any marijuana in the vehicle or
on her person, and the driver
confirmed that she had mari
juana in a pink bag inside the
driver’s side door. The driver
stated, “Y’all can search the
vehicle,"
Sgt. Vernon Humphrey ar
rived on scene and a search was
conducted. Sgt. Humphrey re
trieved a green, leafy substance
that appeared to be marijuana
in a pink bag, a cigar contain
ing a green, leafy substance,
and a vapor tank containing
THC oil.
The driver, Brittany Lechelle
Rice, a 32 year old female of
Birmingham, AL, stated that
she had smoked marijuana
about 20 minutes earlier. A
Georgia State Trooper arrived
on scene and conducted a field
sobriety test. He determined
that Rice was under the influ
ence of drugs.
Rice was arrested and trans
ported to the Taylor County
Jail, where warrants were
taken for Speeding, 72 mph in
a 50 mph speed zone; Posses
sion of Marijuana Less than an
Ounce; Possession of a Con
trolled Substance; and Driving
Under the Influence of Drugs.
Georgia Farm Bureau
Remembers The Late
Julian Whatley
The Georgia Farm Bureau Federation held its 84th An
nual Convention at Jekyll Island on Dec. 5-7. During the
event, former county Farm Bureau presidents who passed
away during the year were recognized at a memorial ser
vice. Mr. Gene Brunson (right) accepted a recognition from
Georgia Farm Bureau President Tom McCall (left) honor
ing the late Julian Whatley of Reynolds. Mr. Whatley served
as President of Taylor County Farm Bureau from 1968-
1980.
A Hometown Christmas
A “Hometown Christinas” photo backdrop is
available for everyone to use for festive photos
and is hosted by Public Service Telephone Com
pany, The photo backdrop is located on the Pub
lic Service fence at the comer of Highway 96 and
Highway 128 in Reynolds and includes a live
Christmas Tree, hay bales, lights, and more. The
Public Service family hopes your family enjoys
making precious memories this holiday season.
Merry Christmas from the Public Service family
to yours!
Taylor County Board Of Assessors
Notification
Notice is hereby given that a member of the appraisal
staff will review and inspect properties which are the
subjects of an active building permit for changes and
improvements which have been made to the property.
Also, site visits and review s will he made, if determined
needed, in all of Taylor County of residential, agricul
tural, and commercial properties to determine if im
provements have been made or verifications need to be
made in our data.
These appraisal reviews will include measuring struc
tures, listing construction information, and photograph
ing the subject property. The majority of these field
reviews will take place in the coming weeks, from the
hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. f Monday through Friday. Ap
praisal staff will be in a vehicle dearly marked Taylor
County Tax Assessors or GMASS Contractor/Appraiser.
For more information or concerns on this notification,
please contact the Assessors Office at ( 47 8) 862-3802 or
by email taylortax(?fpstel.net.