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ama “Quality News That Affects Ychi" PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID SYLVANIA, GA c Sylvania, Georgia $1.253 VOL.l NQ.20 May 25, 2022 LEGAL ORGAN OF SCREVEN COUNTY Screven County voters have the final say Possible robbery foiled by citizens -Joe Brady Editor There were only a little over 400 votes cast during early voting, but Screven County voters have been waiting on Election day to make their opinions known. Poll workers have reported a steady flow of voters all day. With 100% of the precincts reporting the results are as follows: Will Boyd(R) 209 Stacy Scott Mincey(R) 151 Ben Counts(D) 65 District Seven County Commissioner John Triplett(R) 106 Ben Thompson(R) 180 Chris Nasworthy(D) 94 District One BOE Frank Johnson unopposed District One County Commissioner Edwin Lovett(D) Bill Arthur(R) Tyler Thompson(R) District Four County Commissioner 151 81 129 District Four BOE Lindy Sheppard, Jr.(N) Alex Mock, Jr.(N) District Seven BOE Whit Myers unopposed TSPLOST 1,939 yes 920 no 350 89 In District One, incum bent Edwin Lovett(D) will face off against Republican Tyler Thompson(R) in the November General Election. In Disctict Four, incum bent Will Boyd(R) will run against Ben Counts(D) in the General Election. In District Seven, new comer Ben Thompson(R) will face off against Chris Nasworthy(D) in the No vember election. The only Screven County Board of Education seat facing oppo sition is District Four; Lindy Sheppard, Jr., will face off against Alex Mock. There will not be any run-off elec tions in the County races. State run-off's will be held on June 21, 2022. Kemp overtakes Perdue, faces Abrams in November Gov. Brian Kemp captured nomi nation for a second term Tuesday, defeating former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in the Republican primary without the need for a runoff. At 8:30 p.m., with only about 9% of the vote counted, Kemp had amassed 72.7% of the statewide vote to just 22.6% for Perdue. Educator Kandiss Taylor, con servative activist Catherine Davis and retired software engineer Tom Williams trailed far behind in the low single digits. Perdue took the stage at a Sheraton Hotel in suburban Smyrna at about the same time, pledging to support Kemp in the November election de spite the bitter campaign he waged against the incumbent. "I just called the governor and congratulated him," Perdue told supporters. "I want you to do the same thing Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams, who won her party's gubernatorial nomina tion unopposed. "[Kemp] is a much better choice than Stacey Abrams," Perdue said. While Kemp and Perdue disagreed over some issues. Perdue focused his campaign on the governor's refusal to go along with former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the Georgia results in the 2020 presidential election. Carrying Trump's endorsement. Perdue accused Kemp of ignoring evidence of widespread voter fraud, allegations that have been repeat edly dismissed as false in multiple court rulings. Kemp said he followed the Con stitution and the law, which gave him as governor no role to play in the certification of Georgia's 16 electoral votes in favor of Democrat Joe Biden. see KEMP page 6 Good luck graduates! -Joe Brady Editor Thanks to the keen eyes of two concerned citizens, a robbery at a South Hull Street ad dress has been foiled and one suspect taken into custody. On Monday, May 9 at approximately 7:30 p.m. 911 dispatch received a call about a suspicious individual at a South Hull Street address. The owner of the residence in question lives in California. Upon the arrival of police officers, a black male identified himself as Deondre”Cedric” Amett. Officers questioned the individual and Ar nett explained that he was taking pictures of the grass. The suspect told officers that he had permission to be on the property. After further questioning it was determined that Arnett was unknown to both the owner of the residence and her mother. After closer investigation, an open window was discovered with a yellow bookbag inside. Officers noticed items in the bedroom were out of place. Amett confirmed own ership of the book bag in question. / L Deondre “Cedric” Amett its contents including metham- phetamine and drag paraphernalia. Amett explained that “the window was open and I set my bag down in there,” while he was taking pic tures of the lawn. Amett confessed to having used methamphetamine earlier in the day. Officers arrested the suspect for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug related objects. He was transported to the Screven County Jail without inci dence. Arnett’s legal name is Willie James Amett. -Jake Gay Sylvania Times Reporter Friends, family, and other well-wish ers convened on the football field Friday evening to honor the class of 2022. Despite the severe weather de lay, the SCHS class of2022 said fare well to one chapter of their lives as another one awaits. The graduates heard from their salu- tatorian Kennedi Black and Valedic torian Emily Lariscy. Creek Bazemore presented the school with the 2022 Class Gift, a new trophy case. Assistant Superintendent Brett Warren had to call an intermission as an approaching stomi and lightening threatened the ceremony and after an hour delay, the 2022 alumni of SCHS officially entered the history books. Congratulations to the Class of 2022 from all of us at the newspaper! (photo by Jake Gay) t r ■ T - LuliL ESL' “>J Hll m ; , v. Lji[a..+ * r , J*f v rBste M* h - mm * ?■- r ' -Joe Brady Jonna Ward has signed with Brew- ton Parker College in a ceremony held last week at the SCHS library. The senior is going to play softball. In the May 10,2022, edition of The Sylvania Times, it was reported that Jonna also participated in signing day for future educators. She plans on pursuing a career in education. Jonna is the daughter of Jinna and Jon Ward. Pictured are Jinna Ward, Jonna Ward, Jon Ward, and Coach JR Doyle, (photo contributed) Reeves replacement yet to be named -Joe Brady Editor After twenty-five plus years, Screven County finds itself without a county attorney with the resignation of attorney Hubert Reeves at the May 10 Screven County Commissioners meeting. Rhesa Hubert Reeves, III is a native of Jenkins County, grew up in the area, and has spent practically all his life here. Hubert was in private practice over fifty years and was elected Judge of Jenkins County State Court in January 1999. In June of 2021, Hubert retired from his judgeship and Screven County native Duff Ayers was appointed to that position. In addition to serving the citizens of Jenkins and Screven County with dedication and professionalism, Hubert has been a Lay Pastor for over twenty years and is involved in “Grace Unbound Ministries, Inc.”; a non- denominational church located at 203 Filbert Street in Sylvania. “I decided that it was time to spend more time with my family. I have enjoyed serving my friends and neighbors as lawyer, solicitor general, and Judge,” Reeves said in a recent interview with The Sylvania Times. The County has not named an interim attorney and will begin the process of selecting another county attorney soon. Screven County Manager Lori Burke said, “it has been a great honor working with Mr. Hubert. He has taught me quite a lot and the County will miss his expert ad vice. All of us at the Board of Commissioners wish him the best in his retirement.”
