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Page 6 - Wednesday, April 20, 2022
City Council
Briefs
-Joe Brady
Editor
The regular meeting of the City
of Sylvania City Council was held
on March 15 at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Pres
ent were Mayor Dees, Council Members Bolton, Kirkland,
Lariscy, Lovett, Mills and Scott.
Council voted to approve the March 1 minutes as present
ed. Council approved the electrical rate for load following
extra large (>30mw) power no distribution infrastructure.
Council discussed an increase in the sanitation contract to
Allgreen’s due to gas price increases. No action was taken.
The council decided to continue looking for alternatives to
repairing or replacing the fountain on the square. Council
then approved the January invoice by Hunter&Hunter in the
amount of $6,067.50
Council entered executive session at 7:11 p.m. to discuss
litigation. At 7:34 p.m. the council exited executive session
and reentered regular session.
Council approved a motion authorizing Mayor Dees to
sign a resolution appointed special counsel to represent the
city and to authorize said counsel to employ expert wit
nesses to assist in the preparation and presentation of the
city’s cases; repeal inconsistent provisions; and for other
purposes.
A motion was approved for City Manager Stacy Mathis to
sign the agreement with Andrew J. Welch III, Brandon A.
Palmer, Warren Tillery and the law firm of Smith, Welch,
Webb & White, LLC to represent the City as special coun
sel in the following matters, including but not limited to
litigation and negotiation of the Service Delivery Strategy,
and other matters.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:37 p.m.
LAWTON
continued from page 3
Well, despite the state of af
fairs discussed above, Geor
gia’s Central of Georgia,
Augusta and Savannah, and
Georgia Railroads system
were somewhat unique in
the large amount of coop
eration they undertook with
the state of South Carolina
and the Charleston & Sa
vannah Railroad Company.
As the name implies, the
Charleston & Savannah rail
road was a line built in the
1850s, and finished in 1860,
which linked Charleston
and Savannah with a line
that, in cooperation with the
Central Georgia Railroad
by sharing track, started on
the west bank of the Ashley
River in Charleston, and ran
all the way into Savannah’s
central depot (one which, in
cidentally, you can still see
in downtown Savannah). A
five-and-a-half-hour trip, it
was a vital linkage for the
Confederacy. And inciden
tally, for Lawton itself and
the men bivouacked there.
Because the rather unique
cooperation between Georgia
and South Carolina, at least
in the low country, meant
that not only were Charleston
and Savannah interlinked, so
were Augusta and Charles
ton through another direct
rail line, and of course South
Carolina to the western Con
federate States through Ma
con. At the center of these
networks of transport, all
using the same gauge and
often sharing rolling stock
(railroad cars), were Millen
and Lawton. And through
Augusta, Savannah, and
Charleston, Millen and Law-
ton were linked ultimately to
Wilmington, North Carolina.
We’ll explore why this is sig
nificant in the next column,
and how good rail networks
have global implications for
the men at Lawton.
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FULL TIME POLICE OFFICER
WANTED
The city of Oliver is
now accepting
applications for a full
time police officer.
Applications can be
Emailed to:
oliver@planters.net
Or Stop By The Office
and pick up an Application
(any day except Wednesday)
from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 30: Keep Screven Beautiful Community
Clean-Up Day. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Tuesday, May 3: The Sylvania City Council meeting will
be held at City Hall at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
The Sylvania City Council meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
Monday, May 9: Screven County BOE will hold the
monthly meeting at 5 p.m. at the BOE building.
Tuesday, May 10: The Screven County Commission meet
ing will be held at 9 a.m. in the county offices. The public is
invited to attend.
Cash App
Cash App data
breach affects US
users
The company formerly known as Square announced a
customer information data breach on its mobile payment
service Cash App.
Block Inc. filed a report with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on Monday admitting to the breach, which
took place on Dec. 10 and reportedly involved a former
employee.
The records the employee, who was no longer working for
the company at the time of the breach, was able to access
included full names and brokerage account numbers (which
have to do with stock activity), but not social security num
bers or banking information.
It’s not currently known how many customers are
directly affected by the incident, but it reportedly only im
pacted those in the U.S. The company said an investigation
is currently underway:
"The Company takes the security of information belonging
to its customers very seriously and continues to review and
strengthen administrative and technical safeguards to protect
the infomiation of its customers. Future costs associated
with this incident are difficult to predict. Although the Com
pany has not yet completed its investigation of the incident,
based on its preliminary assessment and on the information
currently known, the Company does not currently believe
the incident will have a material impact on its business,
operations, or financial results."
The company says its millions of users are going to be
notified of the breach, so look out for an email. Those who
have any questions regarding the incident can reach out to
the company.
Cash App is a mobile payment service owned by Block,
Inc. (which used to be called Square). Users can transfer
money directly to other people (like with Venmo), and they
can also use it to buy stocks and cryptocurrencies.
POLLS
continued from page 1
and answer the call to serve
as a poll worker,” Hannah
continues, “We’re working
hard on making some posi
tive changes for poll workers
in Screven County starting
with the May 24th election,
including providing drinks
and snacks for the day, hope
fully lunch at no cost to the
workers, and a few other
goodies to let our poll work
ers know just how important
and appreciated they are.
We literally couldn’t have
elections without them.”
Currently the pay rate in
Screven County ranges from
$70-$ 120 for Election Day,
plus $25 for training
The qualifications to be a
Screven County Poll Worker
are straightforward. The
applicant must be 16 years
old, a U.S. Citizen, able
to read, write, and speak
English, may not be related
to any candidate, and may
not either be a candidate or
hold an office. Although the
day may be long and the
work hard, helping our com
munity perform the duty we
sometimes take for granted
and helping to preserve the
democratic system is the
real reward.
Be an election hero. BE A
POLL WORKER.
For more information,
please contact the elections
office at 912-564-2783 or
visit the Screven County
Elections Facebook page at
facebook. corn/ ScrevenE lec
tions.
DON T BE WILLING
TO ACCEPT
AN ORDINARY LIFE
Salle Merrill Ri.di ii.ld
Notice of Designation of The Sylvania Times
as the legal organ of Screven County, GA.
Whereas, the current named legal organ for Screven County, Georgia (“Screven
County”), The Sylvania Telephone, has ceased operations in Screven County, has
no employees in the county, and, therefore, neither editors nor reporters and, as a
result, fails to meet the requirements of O.C.G.A.§ 9-13-142(a) to qualify as Screven
County’s legal organ; and,
Whereas no other journal or newspaper in Screven County, Georgia meets all the
qualifications set forth in O.C.G.A. § 9-13-142(a); and, Whereas The Sylvania Times
is a newspaper being published in Screven County, has an office and employees op
erating in the county, and has paid circulation of more than 500 copies per issue, and,
Whereas Screven County has a population of less than 20,000, according to the latest
decennial census:
The Sylvania Times is hereby designated as the official Legal Organ of Screven Coun
ty, Georgia by combined action of the following elected public officials of Screven
County, Georgia: Debbie Brown, Judge, Probate Court; Mike Kile, Sheriff; and Man-
dy Howard, Clerk of Courts.
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Glimpses of Yesteryear
Screuen County
At Sylvania Christian Church, Pastor G. K.
Hutto announces that the topic for the morning
service will be “That Tongue of Mine”, and the
evening topic will be “Some Things for Which
the Church of Christ Stands.”
“Married Life”, a comedy in three sets will be
given at Pine Grove School House this upcom
ing Thursday. The characters will be portrayed
by Clayton Lee, Carl Walker, Coy Scott, Harvey
Robbins, Robbie Hunter, Elizabeth Robbins,
Yuba Evans, Luticia Bazemore, Lilly Hunter, and
Ula Walker.
Notice is hereby given that the firm of Johnson &
Dickey, of Hiltonia, have this day dissolved co
partnership. E. J. Dickey becomes responsible
for all indebtedness listed by E. A. Johnson.
Dr. Katrine Rawls left for New York last
Wednesday, where she will spend ten days study
ing pediatrics at Columbia University.
Personally appeared before Judge W. C.
Hawkins, C. F. Lane, who being duly sworn and
says on oath that he is engaged in the wholesale
grocery business under the name and style of
“Lane Wholesale Grocery Company,” with its
principal office and place of business located in
Sylvania, and that the nature of said business
is the operation of a general wholesale grocery
business in the purchase and sale of bulk grocer
ies to dealers only.
Miss LaRose Oliver, pianist and Junior student at
Sylvania High School, received first rating at the
State Festival held in Milledgeville last Thurs
day. Her piano selections were “Clare de Lune”
by Debussy and “The Two-Part Invention, No.
14” by Bach. Miss Edna Turner, soprano, also
a member of the Junior Class, won a third rating
for her vocalizations of Strickland’s “Mali Lindy
Lou” and “An Irish Folk Song” by Foote.
Jannie M. Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Green of Route 1, Newington, has been promot
ed to Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force.
A1C Green is an Administrative Specialist at
Duluth International Airport, Minnesota, which
is attached to the Aerospace Defense Command.
She is a 1970 graduate of Central High School.
Mrs. Lee Roy Kirkendohl, Regent of Brier Creek
Chapter, DAR, and Mrs. C. D. Hollingsworth
will represent the Chapter at the upcoming 81 st
Continental Congress to be held in Washington,
D. C. next week. The Chapter has qualified for
the Nation Gold Honor Roll, which will be pre
sented at the National meeting.
Quite a bit of work is being done in Friendship
Baptist Church’s Pastorium with new cabinets,
dishwasher, double oven, and new stove instal
lation. Reverend David Buie, and his wife and
family, hope to be able to move in very soon.
The Georgia Certificate of Merit Program, which is
sponsored by the State and the University of Georgia,
yearly recognizes students with outstanding scholastic
achievement. The program honors those college prep
students in the top five percent of their class. This year’s
honorees are: Jessica Hughes, Bayne Summers, Dana
Newton, Anna Zirbel, Lori Kemp, Shannon Stafford,
Clint Zeagler, Will Kimbrough, and David Reed.
Michael Douglas Smith and Justin Scott Lee are the
1997 STAR Students for Screven County High School.
Michael selected Jim Sheppard to be his STAR Teacher,
and Justin selected Susan Todd as his.
Defeating archrival Vidalia for the fourth time this sea
son, the unbeaten Screven County Gamecock girls tennis
team of Jim Sheppard picked up their third consecutive
Region 2AA championship last week. The victory cata
pulted the squad into the Class AA state tournament for
the ninth consecutive season.
