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Lifestyles ... 2 Mark your Calendar ... 2 Editorials ... 3 Church News ...4 Obituary ... 5 Classifieds ... 7 Legals ... 7 Booking Log ... 7 Sports ... 8, 9, & 10 Farm and Land ... 11 Last Thursday, Aug. n, at approximately l p.m., a transfer truck driven by Wayne Clark of Augusta was traveling west on Georgia Highway 24, approximately. 1 miles east of Loblolly Court when he traveled off the roadway and overturned, striking a mailbox owned by Megan Burnsed. Clark explained to GSP investigators, “I was negotiating the curve when I noticed my left rear trailer tires off the roadway.” According to his statement, he attempted to correct the trailer but overturned. It is believed Clark was driving too fast for conditions. There were no injuries reported, (photo by Ben Counts) The VOL.i NCL32 August 17, 2022 LEGAL ORGAN OF SCREVEN COUNTY Sylvania, Georgia $1.25 This past Saturday, August 13, an independent film crew took over the Dell Goodall house on Highway 301 in Sylvania. Cam Logan, the director of the as yet untitled short documentary is mystified by the legend of the Dell Goodall House. Film maker Cam Logan, of “Logan Social Film”, a huge history buff, was driving through Sylvania when he spotted the sign and decided to go have a look. Cam is no stranger to our area; he also filmed a You-tube video on the Battle of Brier Creek. The film is re-creating the whole story of Dow and Goodall and includes the church scene where the town peoples begin to cause trouble in effect stopping the preaching of Dow. According to local legend, the house was then in the town of Jacksonboro, which at that time was the most western ©©'MSTlFS' said that there were as many saloons as all the other office combined. Jacksonboro was a child of the Revolution after 1775, a few settlers formed a small community call Bascom in the Georgia pine lands in the fork of Brier and Beaver Dam Creek, about midway between Savannah and Augusta. When HOUSE in 1793, see P a § e 8 Lorenzo Dow (Steven Bagaria), Seaborn Goodall (Andrew Bearden) and Film director Cam Logan, (photo by Sarah Saxon) frontier of the United States. The devil had mn the town since it had a bad reputation that no western town of fact, fiction or screen was rougher than Jacksonboro. It is Election officials propose precinct closures Downsizing from 12 precincts to 7 will benefit county apfifeip mNewi Joe Brady Editor Dell Goodall House to be featured in film Sarah Saxon Reporter Screven County FFA Members to be Recognized During the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October Nancy Sell and Erin Thompson Special Contributors When students from across the country join together for the National FFA Convention October 26-29, 2022, six Screven County FFA Members will share the spotlight with other FFA Members as they are recognized as FFA National Finalists. Two students were named as National Finalists in their FFA Proficiency Award categories. Thomas Dehoff is a Finalist in the FFANational Proficiency Award Program for his work on Dehoff Farms where he manages over 200 bee hives for his family. In the area of Diversified Livestock Production, Stormie Rackley was named a Finalist in the FFANational Proficiency Award Program for her livestock enterprise. Rackley has raised and sold goats, sheep, pigs, and cattle. Prior to being named as National Finalists, Dehoff and Rackley were named the State Winners in their respective areas at the State FFA Convention held in April 2022. From there, their proficiency applications were sent on to Indianapolis for national judging. Participants in the National Agricultural Proficiency Awards program receive a rating of National Finalist, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Participant or Disqualified. Four "National Finalists” were selected for each of the 47 award areas and will go on to compete through a virtual interview process for a national proficiency award. These students are deemed as the top four in the nation in their area. National Agricultural Proficiency Award winners will be announced on Friday, October 29 during the National FFA Convention. Each national finalist receives a $500 cash award and a plaque. National winners receive an additional $500 award and plaque. Braelynn Hartley has been named a national finalist this year in the Food Products and Processing category in Division III of the Agriscience Fair. For her research, Hartley assessed the exterior and interior quality of eggs in the supermarket to determine if they matched the grade labeled on the carton. The National FFAAgriscience Fair is a key competition that is part of the annual National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. To qualify, FFA members working as individuals or teams in grades seven through 12 are required to conduct a scientific research project pertaining to the agriculture or food science industries and FFA win their state’s FFA agriscience fair. The panel of judges reviewed entries Continued page 5 Rackley, a Freshman at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and Screven County FFA Member, will compete at the National FFA Convention in October in the FFA Proficiency Awards in the area of Diversified Livestock Production, (photo contributed) Dehoff, a Senior FFA member at Screven County High School, will compete at the National FFA Convention in October in the FFA Proficiency Awards in the area of Specialty Animal Production, (photo contributed) Joe Brady Editor In another fall out from the 2020 census and redistricting that was mandated by the State, Screven County election officials are hoping to downsize voting precincts. Screven County currently has 12 voting precincts. “Having one central voting location in each district greatly reduces the confusion for voters who don’t know where to go as well as saves the county money, time and labor,” Hannah Derriso, Screven County Elections Supervisor explained at the regular county commission meeting held last week. Current Screven County precincts include: 1. Sylvania Courthouse, District 7 2. 1361 assigned voters Hunter’s Community House, District 3 3- 540 assigned voters Newington, Planter’s Annex District 4 4- 1211 assigned voters Jenk Hill District 5 5- 1264 assigned voters Rocky Ford Town Hall District 6 6. 553 assigned voters Bay Branch (Millerville)Fire Station District 6 996 assigned voters See ELECTION page 6 SCREVEN COUNTY PRECINCT CONSOLIDATION PJtDFDSEb vutiHA LUiriAHl This graph shows the proposed precincts. The consolidation of 12 precincts down to 7 would streamline the system, allowing for timely processing of results, cost savings to the county, and be less confusing. IUJY TWO GET ONE FREE CHOICE. EES5S Sylvania Store Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30 - 5:00 Saturday 7:30 *3:oo Closed Sunday Possum Eddy Local Folk k icrving Local FcofSl iJ 'i The helpful plact Inrfustriaf St/f(/artin, Georgia C91 2)50^-2003
