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The ADVANCE, August 25, 2021 /Page 4B (Eift Aiiuancg Wheeler Splits Games MCHS Falls In McRae By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com The Wheeler County High School softball team is off to a solid start as they improved their record for the season to 5-1, and 4-1 in Region 4A. They split their games last week with a loss to Hawkinsville at home on Tuesday, and then came back with a win over Dublin on the road on Thursday, vs. Hawkinsville The Red Devils of Hawksinsville pulled ahead with two runs in the top of the first in ning. They added two Vikings Drop Opener By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmaii. com The Treutlen County High School Vikings foot ball team opened up their season last Friday night at home against Lanier County's Bulldogs. Treutlen dropped the opener 39-13. Treutlen showed some good things on their first drive of the game, but an interception in Lanier territory ended the drive and turned the ball over to the Bulldogs. Lanier then drove down the field and scored to take a 7-0 lead. Treutlen bounced back on their next posses sion and put a touchdown on the board. They moved to the 6-yard line on a 45- yard run by Jordan Coney, and then Coney punched it in from there for the touchdown. Treutlen missed the extra point and trailed 7-6 nearing the end of the first quarter. Lanier wasted know time in extending their lead with a 55-yard run for a score. Treutlen's Tim Blair blocked the extra point, but the score was 13-6. They quickly added another touchdown on an interception return for a touchdown on the first play of the Vikings' next series. That pushed the lead to 20-6. The Bulldogs added one more touchdown be fore the end of the first half on a 16-yard pass. That gave Lanier a 26-6 halftime lead after Blair again blocked the PAT. Lanier added a 60- yard run for a touchdown early in the third quarter to lead 33-6. They put one more on the board with just 30 seconds left in the third to take a 39-6 lead to the fourth quarter. The Vikings did have a solid drive in the fourth. They came up with a de fensive stop at their own 8-yard line, and then drove down the field, cap ping it off with a 45-yard pass from Coney to Blair with just 8 seconds left on the clock. Harrison Ruth erford hit the PAT to make the final score 39- 13. The Vikings will have this week off, and then will take on rival Mont gomery County on Sep tember 3, in Mt. Vernon at 7:30 p.m. more in the second with Wheeler getting on the board with one run in the bottom of the frame. But Hawkinsville led 4-1. Neither team scored over the next two in nings, but in the top of the fifth the Devils plated one more run, and then put two more on the board in the sixth inning to push their lead to 7-1. Wheeler did score one more in the bottom of the sixth inning, but Hawkinsville answered with one more in the top of the seventh inning on the way to an 8-2 win. vs. Dublin On Thursday the Bulldogs took care of the Lady Irish in Dublin in a Region win. Wheeler rolled to an 11-1 win over Dublin as they bounced back from the loss to Hawkinsville. This week Wheeler was scheduled to face Telfair County on Tues day at home after press time. They will be back on the diamond on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in Rochelle as they face Wilcox County. By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 1 advance@gmail. com The Montgomery County High School softball team played just one game last week as they took on Telfair County on Thursday in McRae. The Eagles lost the game by the run-rule in four innings. Telfair jumped out with four runs in the bot tom of the first inning and then added four more in the second to push their lead to 8-0. The Trojans plated another three runs in the third inning and then one more in the fourth to cap off the vic tory, 12-0. It was a no hitter for the Telfair pitcher, Erin Harrelson. This week MCHS was at Dooly County on Tues day after presstime, and will be back in action when they host rival Treutlen on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in Mt. Vernon. NOTICE The Toombs County Board of Commissioners does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at 100 Courthouse Square Lyons, Georgia on September 2,2021 at 9:00 AM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years. CURRENT 2021 PROPERTY TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY u UNINCORPORATED 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 N Real & Personal 321,469,947 327,598,833 336,783,062 336,053,540 336,628,367 357,284,689 N Motor Vehicles 17,047,930 12,349,140 9,897,480 8,622,420 4,180,887 6,144,760 c V Mobile Homes 8,188,258 8,299,425 8,793,641 8,812,626 9,105,643 10,039,153 0 A Timber -100% 6,042,544 4,807,652 6,958,571 7,856,288 13,990,942 10,530,354 R p u Heavy Duty Equipment o E Gross Digest 352,748,679 353,055,050 362,432,754 361,344,874 363,905,839 383,998,956 R Less Exemptions 56,332,826 57,437,115 61,201,542 59,514,375 57,042,806 62,635,851 A NET DIGEST VALUE 296,415,853 295,617,935 301,231,212 301,830,499 306,863,033 321,363,105 Gross Maintenance & E 11.6380 11.6630 11.2700 11.2680 11.2900 11.4680 R Operation Millage A Less Rollbacks A T (Local Option Sales Tax & 2.8880 2.8840 2.6570 2.6450 2.6590 2.9990 R E Insurance Premium) E NET M&O MILLAGE RATE 8.7500 8.7790 8.6130 8.6230 8.6310 8.4690 A TAX NET M&O TAXES LEVIED $2,593,639 $2,595,230 $2,594,504 $2,602,684 $2,648,535 $2,721,624 INCORPORATED 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 N Real & Personal 437,479,974 435,075,339 472,297,666 466,861,784 482,519,902 503,406,945 C Motor Vehicles 12,899,970 9,161,560 6,882,740 5,395,970 2,344,456 3,941,630 O V Mobile Homes 1,118,452 1,119,143 1,125,778 1,078,634 1,039,960 1,024,855 R p A Timber - 100% 59,278 0 U Heavy Duty Equipment R E Gross Digest 451,557,674 445,356,042 480,306,184 473,336,388 485,904,318 508,373,430 A Less Exemptions 77,931,653 76,037,723 100,226,664 94,774,694 96,035,662 105,668,549 E NET DIGEST VALUE 373,626,021 369,318,319 380,079,520 378,561,694 389,868,656 402,704,881 D Gross Maintenance & 11.6360 11.6630 11.2700 11.2680 11.2900 11.4680 Operation Millage A A Less Rollback T 2.8880 2.8840 2.6570 2.6450 2.6590 2.9990 R E (Local Option Sales Tax) E NET M&O MILLAGE RATE 8.7480 8.7790 8.6130 8.6230 8.6310 8.4690 TAX NET M&O TAXES LEVIED $3,268,480 $3,242,246 $3,273,625 $3,264,337 $3,364,956 $3,410,508 TOTAL COUNTY 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 % TOTAL DIGEST VALUE 670,041,874 664,936,254 681,310,732 680,392,193 696,731,689 724,067,986 O, TOTAL M&O TAXES LEVIED $5,862,119 $5,837,475 $5,868,129 $5,867,022 $6,013,491 $6,132,132 s Net Tax $ Increase ($176,958) ($24,644) $30,654 ($1,107) $146,469 $118,641 Net Tax % Increase -2.93% -0.42% 0.53% -0.02% 2.50% 1.97% http://www.etax.dor.ga.gov/ptd/download/index.aspx NOTICE The City of Vidalia Governing Authority does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at the regular council meeting to be held at the Vidalia Municipal Annex, located at 302 East First Street in Vidalia, GA on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years. TOOMBS COUNTY - CITY OF VIDALIA CL RRENT 2021 P ROPERTY TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY CITY WIDE 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Real & Personal 341,716,988 336,089,609 365,316,301 363,974,991 369,261,459 378,255,921 Motor Vehicles 9,640,200 6,899,650 5,175,170 4,023,330 1,719,014 2,815,370 C V Mobile Homes 357,236 349,538 347,549 334,954 360,923 361,036 1 A Timber -100% 39,483 0 0 0 0 0 T U Heavy Duty Equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0 W E Gross Digest 351,753,907 343,338,797 370,839,020 368,333,275 371,341,396 381,432,327 1 Less Exemptions 53,541,336 48,512,894 66,040,417 66,310,951 61,772,784 64,170,557 D E NET DIGEST VALUE 298,212,571 294,825,903 304,798,603 302,022,324 309,568,612 317,261,770 Gross Maintenance & A R Operation Millage R A Less Rollback T 6.4900 6.4900 6.4900 6.4000 6.4000 8.0600 E E (Local Option Sales Tax) A NET M&O MILLAGE RATE 4.3280 4.3520 4.1920 4.2010 4.2010 4.1600 T TOTAL M&O TAXES LEVIED $1,290,664 $1,283,082 $1,277,716 $1,268,796 $1,300,498 $1,319,809 A Net Tax $ Increase ($7,582) ($5,367) ($8,920) $31,702 $19,311 X Net Tax % Increase -0.59% -0.42% -0.70% 2.50% 1.48% MONTGOMERY COUNTY - CITY OF VIDALIA CL RRENT 2021 P ROPERTY TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY CITY WIDE 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Real & Personal 11,278,880 10,870,244 11,177,886 11,081,431 10,927,601 10,900,123 Motor Vehicles 880,850 562,010 296,930 193,700 144,560 90,850 C V Mobile Homes 4,108 4,108 3,485 3,204 3,204 6,232 1 T A Timber -100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y U Heavy Duty Equipment 0 W E Gross Digest 12,163,838 11,436,362 11,478,301 11,278,335 11,075,365 10,997,205 1 D Less Exemptions 26,867 95,746 94,695 29,445 74,908 119,130 E NET DIGEST VALUE 12,136,971 11,340,616 11,383,606 11,248,890 11,000,457 10,878,075 A R Gross Maintenance & Operation Millage 4.1180 4.1990 4.1810 4.3000 4.3030 4.5960 R E A T Less Rollback (Local Option Sales Tax) 0.5800 0.5800 0.5800 0.5800 0.5800 0.9940 A E NET M&O MILLAGE RATE 3.5380 3.6190 3.6010 3.7200 3.7230 3.6020 T TOTAL M&O TAXES LEVIED $42,941 $41,042 $40,992 $41,846 $40,955 $39,183 A Net Tax $ Increase ($1,899) ($49) $854 ($891) ($1,772) X Net Tax % Increase -4.42% -0.12% 2.08% -2.13% -4.33%