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DON’T FORGET FATHER’S DAY! ■ JUNE 20TH! >-?' i* ' +4/T L tir FURNITURE • FLOOR COVERING CO. B 104 West Pine St., Swainsboro GA * 237-6483 Find us on Facebook Check out our website: www.customfurnitureflooring.com 2021 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 CREW CAB AMERICA'S FASTEST-GROWING FULL-LINE BRAND. BASED ON RETAIL SEGMENT SHARE GAINS, 2020. CHEVROLET • BUICK - CMC TRUCKS raanielschev.'com U.S. Hwy. 80 East at SR #56, Swainsboro, GA 478.237.4111 • 1.800.424.8721 CASH ALLOWANCE The Forest-Blade Proudly serving the community for 160 years | EMANUELCOUNTyJwt/.COM ©2021 Emanuel County Newspapers Inc. All rights reserved. VOLUME 163, NO. 23 Swainsboro, Georgia • June 9, 2021 ONE DOLLAR New county morgue housed at EMC Emanuel Medical Cen ter, along with the coro ner's office and county commissioners, joined together to provide a new morgue for Emanu el County. Under the di rection of Coroner Jeffery Peebles, a state of the art 8x10 walk-in morgue has been installed at Emanu el Medical Center, replac ing the original morgue that dated back to 1953 and was made out of oak wood. The 61-year-old morgue could hold only two bodies whereas the new, top of the line, walk-in mortuary gives the flexibility to store up to nine bodies in a va riety of ways using the new electric hydraulic table. Made in the USA, each cooler goes through extensive quality testing, including test-assembly at the manufacturer to ensure ease and success of self-installation and features the most reliable American-made com pressor systems. "I have been in a lot of morgues, this is a state- of-the-art morgue to service our community and we are very proud of the county's support to attain this equipment," stated Coroner Jeffery Peebles. EMS EMPLOYEE NICKY DRAKE AND CORONER PEEBLES Memorial Day in Twin City The City of Twin City and American Legion Post 103 hosted a Memorial Day in Twin City ceremony honoring the lives of military men and women who died defending our county's freedom. Special recog nition was also given to active and retired mili tary as well. The event began at 5 p.m. at the Twin City Welcome Center. Mayor Matt Donaldson wel comed all and American Legion members per formed the posting of colors. Invocation was then led by Main Street Program Manager Huddie Culbreth and was followed by Twin City Police Chief Hank Whiters performing the National Anthem. Remarks were then heard from Mayor Donaldson, who recog nized all military and their families. Taps was then performed by an American Legion Post member prior to the pro gram being adjourned. Individuals in atten dance enjoyed light refreshments while socializing with one another. View live footage from this event by visiting the following link: https:// fb.wa tch/5R63 JWTj n iw/. Photo by Bill Cahill MAYOR DONALDSON WITH CITY EMPLOYEES AND COMMISSION CHIEF STROBRIDGE AND CHIEF ELLISON SPEAK TO COUNCIL CHIEF STROBRIDGE PRESENTS EMBLEM TO LAWSON Swainsboro Fire Chief Strobridge announces new status one ranking at Monday meeting, presents emblems by WHITLEY CLIF TON Mayor Charles Schwabe and members of Swainsboro City Council convened for their reg ular monthly meeting at city hall Monday, June 7. The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. by Mayor Charles Schwabe. Rever end Shannon Boula from Blundale Baptist Church gave the night's invoca tion and the pledge of allegiance was recited by all. Council reviewed pre sented minutes from their last meeting. A motion to approve min utes as presented passed unanimously, with Coun- cilperson Julian Sconyers making first motion and Councilperson Johnny Ray Stafford seconding. In reference to new business • Council discussed a game room license appli cation submitted by Mi chelle Stanford for Lucy's Pool Hall, located at 210 Rentz Street. City Admin istrator A1 Lawson ad vised council that appli cation was received and in order. Council heard comments from Swains boro Police Chief Randy Ellison regarding a recent altercation that took place on May 13 while under current management. It was reported that the incident occurred between two individu als, with one being shot. Chief Ellison advised that no dispatch calls or incident reports were made from the location. Instead, details were ob tained after officers re sponded to a call at the local emergency room regarding the involved gunshot victim. Officers then responded to the pool hall and learned that the business had (Continued on page 3A) What's Inside. Obituaries 4A Church Page 4B Sports News....C Section Editorial Columns 5B Crime Blotter 4C Classified Listings 2D Legal Notices 2D 1 Isolated Thunderstorms 90° 70° 7 18122 05230 ll Today's Forecast I emergency broadband benefit i □ n n t \ phone + internet + technology + security enrollment begins , c may 12 J L Visit GetEmergencyBroadband.org to learn if you are eligible for up to a $50/month discount for your broadband services. ^smarA GIG-CERTIFIED \SmJ PROVIDER www.pineland.net | 800.247.1266 CYAN-AOOO MAGENTA-OAOO BLACK 012908
