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Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, March 24,2021 /Page 4B Owens Leading Indians In Goals Handy Andy Stud - Ahmelion Jones is this week's Handy Andy “Stud” of the week. The Handy Andy Stud award is given each week for outstanding effort, attitude and leadership in the VHS weight room, Iron Indian - Bailey Holland is this week's Chick-fil-A “Iron Indian” of the week. The "Iron Indian" award is given each week for outstanding effort, attitude and leadership in the VHS weight room. Sweet Onion Pickleball Association By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmaii. com The Vidalia High School soccer teams split their games with Swains- boro and swept Woodville- Tompkins, but the girls played a solo match with Jeff Davis that went to dou ble overtime before the Yel low Jackets took the win. Girls vs. Swainsboro On Tuesday on the road the Indians took on the Tigers of Swainsboro. The VHS girls played well as the game was tied at 1-1 heading into halftime. In the second half, though, Swainsboro added one goal while keeping VHS off the board. That gave the Lady Tigers the 2-1 Region win. Boys vs. Swainsboro In the boys game Kon- ner Owens kept up his solid play as he added four more goals to his totals for the season. VHS scored five times in the first half, and four more in the second half to secure a 9-0 win. Also adding one goal each for VHS were Timo thy Corbin, James Collins, Clayton Cox, Will Hamil ton, and Andrew Davis. Girls vs. Jeff Davis It was a good game be tween these Region foes, but the Lady Jackets came out on top in the second overtime. Vidalia held the lead in the first half with a goal, but in the second JD tied the game and that sent it to overtime. In the first period nei ther team scored, but the Jackets found the net in the second OT period to take a 2-1 win over VHS. Girls vs. Woodville The VHS girls flipped that score in their game with the Lady Wolverines ofWoodville-Tompkins on Friday in Savannah. VHS posted one goal in each half, while holding the Wolverines to one goal in the second. That gave VHS the 2-1 Region win. Boys vs. Woodville VHS Junior, Owens, posted four more goals in the Indians game with Woodville on Friday to briefly move into the #1 spot in the state for most goals scored across all clas sifications with 23. Over the weekend he was over come by senior Kadeem Agard of South Gwinnett, who now sits at #1 with 26 goals. But Owens' four goals led VHS over the Wolver ines. VHS scored just one time in the first half of the game, but led 1-0 going to halftime. In the second half the Indians exploded for six goals on their way to a 7-2 win over the Wolverines. Hodges added two goals for VHS with Corbin also scoring once. Both the Lady Indians and Indians are 5-6 on the year and are 4-4 in the Re gion. This week VHS hosted rival Toombs County on Tuesday after presstime. They will be in Hazlehurst on Friday to take on the Yellow Jackets with the first game starting at 5:00 p.m. By Rebekah Arnold Contributing Writer Organizers of the Sweet Onion Pickleball Association (SOPA) want to “cultivate an atmo sphere that makes all pick leball players at all skill lev els feel welcome and com fortable to participate.” The Association met recently to establish Offi cers and a Board, and to plan the first public clinic. The Officers are: Presi dent - Vickie Mixon; Vice- President - Richard Mar tin; Treasurer - Dwight Stout; Secretary - Maria Sasser. Three additional Board members will be se lected to represent various age groups. The first beginners pickleball clinic is sched uled for Saturday, April 17 at the courts at the Vidalia Recreation Department on Stockyard Road. There is no cost for the clinic. Participants may join one of two sessions, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., or from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your own equipment, or Asso ciation members will share buckets of balls and pad dles, instruction and en couragement in learning the game. Forms to join the SOPA are available at the VRD. The cost to join is $25. Contact the VRD at 912-537-7913, or SOPA President Vickie Mixon at 912-253-2902. There are re sources for learning more about the game and for planning your play time. Local players use the TeamReach app, with code VidaliaGA, (team- reach.com) to communi cate plans for meeting at the VRD to play. The USA Pickleball Association’splaces2play. org website is a search tool to find court locations across the country. Rules and tips about pickle ball can be found atu- sapickleball.org. Don't throw your trash away... RECYCLE! A message brought to you by 'Abuance Notice of Public Hearing The City of Lyons City Council will hold a public hearing on April 6 th 2021 at 5:30 p.m. at 161 N.E. Broad street Lyon: Ga, in the City Council chamber to consider the adoption of changes in water rates and wastewater rates. The Council will also consider all written protest to these changes. (Further details at the end of this notice). Background and general information To honor its commitment to long-term planning and appropriate infrastructure investment, the City annually evaluates its water and wastewater rates. This evaluation considers many factors that impact the cost of providing these services. Among these factors are: the cost of water collection and purification of potable water requirements to maintain sufficient revenue to cover the City’s water and wastewater costs; the cost of operations, including employee and materials costs; the cost of future projects to maintain service reliability; the fair distribution of cost across users; and the cost of planned infrastructure maintenance and expansion. The proposed changes to water rates in this notice apply to all customers who receive these services from the City of Lyons. The water and sewer services provided by the City are funded by money collected from ratepayers for those services. The City has not seen a water/wastewater increase since 2015. The constant demands of infrastructure maintenance, State and Federal unfunded mandates, increasing demands on treatment of wastewater, State and Federal requirements for conservation, and system expansion has caused the rate for service to fail to meet the cost of providing the service. The City Council was presented with a proposal to adjust the above mentioned rates over the course of 3 years. This gradual increase will allow us to meet the required cost of BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Qualifications O.C.G.A § 48-5-311 1. Must be in the judgment of the appointing Grand Jury, qualified and competent to serve as a Grand Juror; 2. Must own real property; 3. Be a high school graduate; 4. Not be a member of county or municipality governing authority, board of education, or board of assessors, or employee of the county board of tax assessors, or county tax appraiser; 5. Members must complete a 40-hour course of training within the first year of appointment; 6. An 8-hour recertification training course per year is required thereafter. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Zoning Classification: C-l Map/Parcel #:L11-074 The City of Lyons Zoning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on March 29, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. Ronnie L. Stewart submitted an application requesting to construct a multi-family dwelling on a parcel of land located at LI 1-074. The property consists of .17 acres. The Planning and Zoning Commission will make a recommendation on the request. The City Council will then hold a Public Hearing and make a final decision on the request on April 6, 2021, at 6:00 P.M. The Public Hearing will be held in the Council Room at 161 NE Broad Street, Lyons, Georgia. Persons with special needs relating to handicapped accessibility or foreign language shall contact City Hall at (912) 526-3626 before the date above. service and mediate the increase over the course of time. The activates and investment of the City in regards to the above mentioned services are designed to increase the reliability of water and wastewater services, meet and exceed public health standards and goals, address new regulations, and further improve financial health. Public Hearing Written Protests will be accepted prior to the Public Hearing. Protests must be submitted in writing to the City Clerk's office by 4:30 p.m. on April 6th, 2021, and will also be accepted at the Council Chambers at the public hearing prior to calling the meeting to order. All written protests must be signed by the owner and contain a description of the property (address and/or Assessor Parcel Number). Important note: Please do not send protests by e-mail. They will not be accepted. At the time of the public hearing, the City Council will receive a final tabulation of all written protests received by the City Clerk. The Council will then carefully consider the public input. PROPOSED RATES Water Rates Effective 05/01/2021 2021 and consecutive years. Water Rates Inside City Limits Tier #1 0-3000 Gal Tier #2 3001-10,000 Gal Tier #3 10,001 + Gal Effective 5/1/2021 Water Sewer Base $7.33 Base $15.47 Tier #1 $0.00 Tier #1 $0.00 Tier #2 $2.76 Per 1000 gal Tier #2 $3.03 Per 1000 gal Tier #3 $3.45 Per 1000 gal Tier #3 $3.77 Per 1000 gal Effective 5/1/2022 Water Sewer Base $5.67 Base $19.97 Tier #1 $0.00 Tier #1 $0.00 Tier #2 $3.22 Per 1000 gal Tier #2 $3.72 Per 1000 gal Tier #3 $4.01 Per 1000 gal Tier #3 $4.64 Per 1000 gal Effective 05/01/223 Water Sewer Base $3.99 Base $24.43 Tier #1 $0.00 Tier #1 $0.00 Tier #2 $3.68 Per 1000 gal Tier #2 $4.42 Per 1000 gal Tier #3 $4.58 Per 1000 gal Tier #3 $5.52 Per 1000 gal
