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2A The Forest-Blade • ummiEmaniielConntyLive.com • Swainsboro, Georgia • March 3, 2021 City of Swainsboro... (From front page) community. Kind words were spoken by Mayor Charles Schwabe, and a Crider employee spoke on behalf of Peebles, who was grateful for the recog nition. Minutes from the last council meeting were then read and approved. New business • Council ap proved a resolution to au thorize the submitting of a 2021 CDBG. • Randall Snell- grove addressed concerns with road pavement and repair, neighborhood speeding and reckless drivers, installing sig nage, use of radar with in the area as well as the suggested appearance of more law enforcement and concerns with the tint level applied on law enforcement vehicles. All concerns were addressed by council, mayor, City Administrator A1 Law- son, and Swainsboro Po lice Chief Randy Ellison in detailed manner and explanations. • Alexander B. Archie then addressed concerns with road pave ment, contracting local businesspeople like him self for possible upcom ing projects, the issuance of warnings by code en forcement. • A second reading of the Occupation Taxes, Adm. Fees, and Regulato ry fees ordinance amend ment. A public hearing on the matter will be held at an upcoming meeting. Committee reports: • Chief Ellison addressed council with moving SPD Officer Kayleigh McVey from part-time staff to full time. Fie also addressed council with sending two new hires, Tyler McCarty and Cheyenne Blalock, to attend the police acade my in April. The requests were unanimously ap proved by council. Lastly, Chief Ellison addressed councilmembers with a proposal on communica tions. He stated that the SHS Tigers advance... (From front page) The easy win on Wednesday would not foretell the struggle that the Laney Wildcats would present. Laney was well trained for the defensive pressure that the Ti gers would bring and they navigated with little dis comfort. The Wildcats were hot from beyond the arc and controlled the action for large parts of the game, putting the Tigers on the brink with a 13-4 2 nd quarter that put Swainsboro down by 8 at halftime. But freshly recognized Region 3-AA Coach of the Year Brice Hobbs calmed his team and pushed the right buttons. His team came out on fire in the 3 rd quarter, Tyler Kelly in particu lar changed the course of the game 12 points in the quar ter as the Tigers outscored Laney 28-14 and took a 6 point MAYOR SCHWABE PRESENTS HOMETOWN HERO AWARD department was in need of upgrading its commu nication system. Using SPLOST funding, council approved the purchase re quest on a five-year term of approximately $13,000 per year. • Swainsboro Fire Department Chief Mike Strobridge addressed council with a request to purchase new chairs for the fire department. The current chairs pose a safe ty issue and the replace ment chairs will hold the capacity of 500 lbs. The $5,000 purchase of 40 chairs was approved by council. Other news • City Adminis trator Lawson addressed council with a grant writ er request as well as the hiring of G. Ben Turnip- seed for engineering proj ects. Both matters were unanimously approved by council. • Mayor Schwabe provided an update on the recent VFW and American Legion cel ebration, spoke briefly on planning a bicenten nial celebration to honor the city of Swainsboro's establishment in 2022, advising interested par ties to contact Lynn Brin son in regards to being a part of the planning com mittee; and briefly spoke on the progress of the the Barbara & Tobe Karrh Community Center and the Community Action for Youth Gymnasium on Gumlog. He also advised that Councilperson Ricky Stevens was currently medically excused from meetings at this time. • Councilperson John E. Parker thanked all for the support received after the loss of his father and inquired on property donated to the city. • Mayor Pro Tern Bobbi Collins commend ed the Swainsboro Ani mal Shelter staff for their dedication to the local community. • Mayor Schwabe and Chief Ellison also commended Code Enforcement Officer Bobby McCoy for his ser vices. lead into the final quarter. However, Laney would not go down without a fight and grabbed the momentum midway through the quar ter, regaining the lead and threatening to end Swains boro's season. Down by 3 with under a minute to play, Derrick Jones nailed a 25 foot bomb to tie the game and send it to overtime. Swainsboro took over in the extra frame and made all the plays, outscoring Laney 12-3 to begin the overtime and the crowd could celebrate the victory as the final seconds ticked off the clock. Fred Seabrough led the scoring with 23 points and Kelly added 18 points. Jones had 9 points and Cedric Seabrough, Demonte Smith, and Flex Washington had 7 points apiece. Swainsboro will host Lovett on Wednesday with a berth to the Final 4 on the line as Ryan Mutombo leads the Lions. Mutombo is a Georgtown commit and the 6'11" senior is the son of NBA great Dikembe Mutombo. The Lady Tigers won an exciting first round game against Lamar County, upsetting the home team and winning late 51-48. Tanyia Williams led the way with 15 points. Swainsboro's hot run came to an end on Friday night in Early County, 67-47. The Tigers played a phys ical game but just could not contain 6'3" Florida State commit Makayla Timpson. Timpson scored 42 points. Jayden Wynn scored 13 in the losing effort as the Tigers end their season after playing their best basketball of the season down the stretch. Lady Dawgs advance... (From front page) round game 71-57. Harden netted 40 points, NuTuri Smith dropped 18 more with Gabbi Collins scoring 8 to lead the Bulldogs in scor ing for the game. Friday saw the Bull dogs taking on number two seed from region one, Pelham. The Hor nets advanced to the sec ond round defeating Wil cox Co. 50-45 in the first round. Hardin scored the first points of the game and ECI started to pull away in the first period taking a 17-9 lead into the second. The Lady Dawgs extend ed the lead in the second outscoring the Hornets 14-11 to take a 31-20 lead at the break. Both teams had a scor ing drought in the third with each team putting 9 points on the board. The final period was just the opposite as both teams scored 36 with ECI ex tending their lead by 15 to take the game 60-45. The Bulldogs' stifling defense caused a total of 13 steals during the game. The Dawgs also owned the boards with 22 offensive and 25 defen sive rebounds. The two seniors once again led the offense with Harden scoring 33 in cluding 10-10 at the line. Smith was also in double digits with 14 points. The Bulldogs will trav el to Greenville to take on the Greenville Patriots this Wednesday (today) with a 5:00 tipoff. The Patriots are the number one seed from re gion 5 with a 14-0 season record including the play offs. Like the Bulldogs, Greenville is a good offen sive unit scoring 70 plus points in 6 games this season including a 100-30 rout of Chattahoochee. Greenville defeated Green Co. in their first round game 60-32 and Mt. Zion 84-56 in the second round. Greenville is not allow ing fans at the game, but fans and parents are able to watch on the Greenville Middle High School web page. 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