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WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA - Boy Scout Troop 933
helped volunteers from the local Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) Ladies Auxiliary Club to place wreaths on the
graves of veterans at Lyons City Cemetery on Decem
ber 18, just as Isaiah Gillis is doing here as Scoutmaster
Brett Copeland looks on.
HONORING FALLEN VETERANS - After placing the wreaths
at Lyons City Cemetery, Boy Scout Troop 933 and vol
unteers from local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) La
dies Auxiliary Club traveled to the Toombs County War
Monument, where they held a memorial ceremony and
placed wreaths at each monument. Here, Tanner Hol
comb salutes the wreath he placed at the monument
as other participants look on.
Georgia should amp up its music-industry tax
incentives, legislative committee recommends
By Rebecca Grapevine
Staff Reporter
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia should in
stitute a 30% to 35% tax
credit for music-produc
tion expenses to help grow
the state’s music industry, a
bipartisan legislative study
committee recommended
this week.
The tax incentive
would encourage out-of-
state productions to invest
in Georgia musicians, the
committee said. The state
should also set the amount
of spending needed to
qualify for the tax incentive
to $25,000 for recorded
musical productions and
allow companies to aggre
gate multiple projects to
meet that threshold.
The committee also
recommended lowering
the spending threshold
to earn the tax credit to
$200,000 for musical or
theatrical tours that start
in Georgia. This would
encourage productions, in
cluding Broadway touring
companies and major mu
sical acts, to launch their
tours in Georgia.
The state should set
up a Georgia Music Of
fice within the Office of
the Governor to publicize
Georgia’s musical talent
and attract music compa
nies to the state. That of
fice, modeled on a similar,
successful office in Texas,
should have three full-time
staffers, the committee rec
ommended.
The new music of
fice should create a “Mu
sic City” certification that
Georgia cities could earn if
they meet certain require
ments. That would help
bolster musical networks
and draw attention to the
music industry in the des
ignated cities. The program
would be modeled on a
similar program in Texas
that has so far certified over
35 cities in that state.
Georgia should also
set up a music commission
to advise the new music
office. That commission
should include music-in
dustry leaders, business-
people, and music educa
tors.
The state should set up
grants for between $5,000
and $25,000 to help sup
port local musicians and
recording studios, the com
mittee recommended.
Georgia should also
designate music-produc
tion development jobs as
high-demand careers for
the purposes of the Tech
nical College System of
Georgia’s new High-De
mand Career Initiative pro
gram. That would provide
funding for employers to
create paid apprenticeship
programs in music pro
duction and help create a
future workforce for the
industry.
The state’s success in
attracting film and televi
sion productions after a
2008 tax-incentive reform
provides a blueprint for
capitalizing on the state’s
rich musical heritage that
includes internationally
known acts such as The All-
man Brothers Band, Trisha
Yearwood, Outkast, and
R.E.M.
Though Georgia has
offered music-industry tax
incentives since 2017, they
have not been competi
tive enough to beat out the
packages offered by other
states. The incentives are
also set to expire at the end
of this year.
The new recommen
dations grew out of a bi
partisan, bicameral study
committee established this
year. The committee heard
from Georgia luminaries
such as Chuck Leavell, the
Georgia-based keyboardist
for The Rolling Stones who
previously played for The
Allman Brothers Band.
Leavell - and many
others who testified before
the committee — noted
that Georgia is losing mu
sic business to other states
that offer more generous
tax incentives.
“We know the compe
tition, what’s happening in
Pennsylvania, Louisiana,
and Tennessee,” Leavell
told the committee this
fall. “We need to get at least
even with these guys.”
The General Assem
bly, which begins meeting
in January, would need to
approve corresponding
legislation for the ideas to
become a reality.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
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SPECIAL DEADLINE
January 4 Edition
Wednesday Dec. 28 at noon.
Obituaries
Mrs. Glenda Anderson
Mrs. Glenda E. Ander
son, age 72, of Blue Ridge
Community, died on Sun
day, December 18, 2022,
at Community Hospice
House after an extended
illness.
Mrs. Anderson was
born in Augusta, was a
1968 graduate of Lyons
High School, and lived in
Toombs County most of
her life. She was a home
maker and a former mem
ber of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church. She is preceded in
death by her father, Lou
ie Eugene Gunnels; her
mother, Glennis Moore
Snipes; and 2 sisters, Jea
nette Gordon and Ann
Way.
Her family includes
her husband of 46 years,
Jimmy Anderson of Lyons;
2 daughters, Michelle Su-
ber of Augusta, and Jenny
Anderson-Serrano and
husband Orlando Serrano
of Lawrenceville; 1 sister,
Deborah Gunnels and wife
Renee Johnson of Pomona,
CA; with Michelle Su-
ber, her grandchildren are
Adam Frost, Andrew Frost,
Shelby Frost and Daniel
Suber, and 2 great-grand
children, Mitchell Frost
and Lane Frost; with Jenny
Anderson-Serrano, her
grandchildren are Brian
Patrick Adams and Shelby
Adams.
The funeral service
was Friday morning, De
cember 23, at 11:00, in the
chapel of Ronald V. Hall
Funeral Home, with Pastor
Brian Durden officiating.
Burial followed at Ohoop-
ee Community Cemetery
near Lyons.
Flowers are accepted,
or memorial contributions
may be made to the Sweet
Onion Animal Protection
Society, P.O. Box 210, Vi-
dalia, GA 30475.
Ronald V. Hall
FUNERAL HOME
"Memories, of a Lifetime of Love"
Mr. James Nicholson
James Robert “Mr.
Nick” Nicholson, age 85,
passed away unexpectedly
on Saturday, December 24,
2022, at the Webstar Ken-
nestone Hospital in Mari
etta, GA, after celebrating
his birthday surrounded by
his loving family.
Mr. Nick was bom De
cember 24, 1937, in Law
renceville, GA, to the late
James Franklin and Lillian
Louise Ratcliffe Nicholson.
On November 19, 1967,
he married Wilma Arlene
Bridges, and
together they
traveled the
world dur
ing his years
of service in
the United States Air Force,
where he retired as a mas
ter sergeant. Mr. Nick was
a member of the Alamo
First Baptist Church, where
he served as a deacon and
Sunday School director
and sang in the choir for
many years. He volun
teered with Alamo First
Baptist Builders in Africa,
Builders for Christ, Legacy
Outdoor Ministries, and
Springhill Fire Department
for as many years as he was
able. Mr. Nick was a retired
school teacher and beloved
golf coach for the Wheeler
County Middle and High
School. In his role as an
educator, he also served as a
mentor to many students as
he selflessly gave of his time
and talent. He loved hunt
ing, fishing, and playing
golf, but his favorite pastime
was being with his family.
Mr. Nick is survived by
two daughters, Alma Nich
olson (Greg Malis) of New
Orleans, LA, and Karen
Nicholson of Fargo, ND;
stepdaughter, Patty Kindig
(Rick) of Bunker Hill, IN;
stepson, Russell Kidwell
(Barbara) of Lyons, GA;
four grandchildren, Hunter
Scanson, Taylor Scanson,
Melissa Cook, and Carrie
Kindig-Woolley; several
great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Judy Hogan
(Don) of Marietta, GA,
and Jane Washington of
Henderson, TN. He was
preceded in death by his
loving wife, Wilma Bridges
Nicholson; and his parents,
James Franklin and Lillian
Louise Ratcliffe Nicholson.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests that me
morials and donations be
made to the ALSAC/St.
Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN 38105, or
to the Alamo First Baptist
Church, P.O. Box 496, Ala
mo, GA 30411.
Visitation for Mr. Nick
will be held Wednesday,
December 28, 2022, at
Towns Funeral Home, from
6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Funeral services will be
held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday,
December 29, 2022, at Al
amo First Baptist Church,
with interment following in
the Alamo City Cemetery.
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the ability to work on the
center area of the intersec
tion. Because of the num
ber of individuals at work
along the roadway, the
speed limit will be reduced
to 25 MPH, and flaggers
will help to direct vehicles
through the area.
“Please exercise ex
treme caution in this area.
Workers and machines
will be working near the
active travel lanes. Due to
flagging operations, expect
traffic delays. Work is ex
pected to last until March
1, 2023,” Adams explained.
Lyons Police Chief Wes
ley Walker ensured that he
also plans to have officers
patrolling the area for the
safety of both travelers and
workers.
