About The Sylvania times. (Sylvania, Ga.) 2022-current | View Entire Issue (April 20, 2022)
WE'VE REMODELED TO SERVE YOU BETTER! LO [iful Possum Eddy’s Hardware S ,* r+H *„r.. 136 Industrial Ed. Sytoania - rtumg j.m ■ s:oo (912) 564-2005 Saturd ' T 7:30 ■ 3:00 C In-ied Sunday Wt\t Stjliiama ®m 7 t9 “Quality News That Affects You” US POSTAGE PAID SYLVANIA, GA PERMIT NO. 4 VOL. 1 NO. 14 April 20, 2022 SERVING ALL OF SCREVEN COUNTY SYLVANIA, GEORGIA nmfimir® <212 -Joe Brady Editor Last Monday afternoon, a Screven County school bus was involved in an accident with a fertilizer truck on Highway 301 at mile marker 11. Accord ing to the Georgia State Patrol, the school bus was facing north on the east shoulder of the roadway when the driver, Majella Robinson of Sylvania, made an improper U-tum from the east shoulder to travel south, in the path of the fertilizer truck driven by Jonathan Buie of Brooklet. Robinson explained to investigators that she had been, “backing up at the time of the crash after realizing she did not have sufficient clearance to make the U-tum.” Dr. Jim Thompson, superintendent of the Screven County Schools ex plained, “thankfully, most of the injuries were minor and none were life- threatening. I’m very thankful for the rapid, professional response from our local emergency agencies and law enforcement.” As is standard procedure, all the students were taken to Optim Medical Center Screven to be exam ined. (photo by Sarah Saxon) Meet County Commission Chairman Boyd -Joe Brady Editor “Sure, we have to recruit new industry, but we also need to take care of what we have,” Chairman Will Boyd explains. Will is the current face of District 4 and has been for the past sixteen years. Thirteen of those as Chairman of the County Commission. “Our job on the commission is to set policy and let others implement it. We have a good group of people such as our county manager, working for the good of Screven County.” Will and his wife, Wendy are Screven County natives and landowners in the com munity, “I have raised my four children here, I was raised here, the only reason I entered politics was to make a difference in the com munity I call home. I don’t want Screven County to be a metropolis. I want us to have jobs, and to retain our young people. My parents, Olin and Laurice Boyd always taught me to respect others, no mat ter who you are. That’s some thing I always try to do.” Will admits the biggest change he would like to make in his next term such is increasing the road budget. “I also know there is a voice of contention regarding meeting times. We changed the meet ing time to evenings, but we had little public attendance. Then we thought about stag gering the meeting times every other month, that would only get confusing for everybody. The truth is it won’t ever be convenient for See BOYD page 5 -Joe Brady Editor “The true heroes of the election process are poll workers,” Hannah Derriso, Screven County Elec tions Supervisor explains. Unfor tunately, there is an increasingly short supply of poll workers across the nation, and Screven County is no exception. These unsung heroes not only help to ensure that family, friends, and the people in their community have a meaning ful voice in the democratic process, but also help keep lines short, assist voters in understanding the process, and make sure the vot ers’ experience is a pleasant one. Voters with disabilities also rely on poll workers to aid them with voting whether reading instructions to them, providing headphones for the hearing impaired, or helping elderly and disabled voters to the front of the line. “The election process is made possible because ordinary people step up to do the extraordinary See POLLS page 6 Bragg residence named as beauty spot of the month -Joe Brady Editor The yard of David and Gladys Bragg has been named as Beauty Spot of the Month by the Screven County Garden Club. Congratulations to the Bragg’s and all the runners up! If you are interested in learning more about the garden club, please see a member, (photo by Sarah Saxon) Keep Screven Beautiful sponsors clean-up day -Joe Brady Editor Screven County needs help with a major problem and asks their citizens to address it. “The litter on our county road ways needs attention. It’s every citizen’s moral and civic duty to keep our county clean,” Dianne McMillan, execu tive director of Keep Screven Beautiful explains. With that in mind, April 30th has been designated as Keep Screven Beautiful Clean-Up Day. “We are asking individu als, families, organizations and churches to get involved and help with this cleanup effort,” Dianne continues. “We ask that you pick up littler in your area and then call and report to us how many bags of trash you gathered. Let’s take pictures and flood Facebook!” Those residents living in Hiltonia, or Rocky Ford are asked to contact Shannon at 912-829-3999. The Newington area should contact Zandra at 912-690-1223 and the Sylva nia area should contact Dianne at 912-978-1076. Each area will have a meeting point where gloves, trash bags, t-shirts, water, and goodie bags will be distributed. Sylvania’s will be at the amphitheater, 105 S. Community Dr. “The cleanup will be held from 9 a.m. - noon on April 30th,” Dianne says. If you have questions, please email ksb@keepscrevenbeautiful.org or visit the website at www. ksp@keepscrevenbeautiful.org Lifestyles 2 Editorials .. 3 Church News 4 Obituaries .. 5 Classifieds .... .8 Legals .. 8 Sports ...9 & 10 Farm & Land . . 11 TRIPLETT District 7 County Commissioner
