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Thursday, October 8
Recreation Commission will
meet at Byron City Hall at 7:30
p.m.
Friday, October 9
Baha'i Faith will hold a discus
sion of their faith at 7:30 p.m. An
introductory talk will be followed
by discussion, light refreshments
and fellowship. The public is
warmly invited to attend. Call
825-3542 for location and infor¬
mation.
Monday, October 12
Fort Valley Utility Commission
meets in the courtroom of Fort
Valley City Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 13
Peach County Commission
meets at 6:30 p.m. in their
offices in Peach County Court¬
house.
Wednesday, October 14
Gov. Treutlen Chapter NSDAR
will meet at 3 p.m. in the home
of Mrs. Sally Evans. Mrs. C.W.
Peterston will present the pro¬
gram entitled "Preparedness,
Price of Peace."
Peach County Commission
will hold a public hearing on the
'92-93 fiscal year budget in the
courthouse at 7 p.m.
Clean Community Commis¬
sion will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the
community room of Thomas
Public Library.
Thursday, October 15
Peach County Junior Live¬
stock Association will meet at
7 p.m. in the high school agricul¬
tural building.
All Huffs are
not related
By Hallie Rigdon
Mike Huff, owner of Byron BP
and Byron Self Storage, has experi¬
enced problems he never could have
imagined since the opening of Cafe
Erotica.
II I just want everyone around here
to know that E.M. Huff and I aren't
related in any way,” said Huff. "I
have never owned part of Southern
Kitchens! II
n My children are being harassed
at school since that restaurant
opened. It isn't anything anyone in
my family has done," he said.
"Unfortunately, it is the parents of
the community who are putting
ideas into the heads of the stu¬
dents. it
”1 just want people to know that
my family has experienced unfair
and undue criticism as a result of
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Photo by Hallie Rigdon
Mrs. Sullivan's kindergarten class brings fall celebration to Hunt Primary
After working very hard on their program, these adorable kindergarteners presented a program on fall for the
student body. The September birthdays of students and teachers were also observed. Pictured are Heather
Rumph, Jessica Durry as the squirrel and Marque McCrary.
When You See News Happen, Call lUa&cy-3EvibUtH% Your Hometown Newspaper, at 825-2432
Wednesday, October 7,1992
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Photo by Hallie Rigdon
National Fire Prevention Week proclaimed
Fort Valley Mayor Pete Peterson, center, signs the proclamation
declaring this week National Fire Prevention Week as Fire Chief Louis
Moya, left, and Capt. Otis Daniels (right) look on. The fire department
is using the week for education of the students and the general popu¬
lation as to the dangers of fire in the home and business.
Water rates outside the
city increase November 1
By Hallie Rigdon
Residents outside the City of
Fort Valley will see their water and
sewerage rates increase on Novem¬
ber 1 according to Glen Taylor, di¬
rector of Fort Valley Utility Com¬
mission.
ii The rate increase was necessary, Si
said Taylor, "because the com¬
mission would like to see the water
treatment side of the operation
become self sufficient. We are far
from that goal now and subsidize
that operation by some $400,000
per year from the gas and electric
side."
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he continued, "already pay 1.5
times more than the residents in the
the actions of someone else named
Huff and it truly isn't fair to my
children or my family. I hope that
Volume 103, Issue 41
Byron lawsuit denied
Court finds Byron has no 'interest' in annex project
By Hallie Rigdon
Peach County Superior Court
Judge Walker P. Thompson denied
the intervention lawsuit brought by
the City of Byron during a hearing
last Friday morning
Byron City Attorney Larry
Collins argued the case for the city
saying that the city felt it had spe~
rial interest and knnudedae regard- 8
ing the construction of die B yron
™ annex and Tart that thev V” snnuht fnjuncUon tn rnn
verl of
granted in the lawsuit brought by
the Peach fYmntv Pitmens for Ret
ter Government with Tax Commis
sioner Dwight Byrd as the plaintiff.
"Communication between the
city and constitutional officers of
Peach County began in 1985 re¬
garding the possibility of an annex
in Byron," said Collins. "In part of
Mr. Byrd's charge, he states that
there is no proof of need for an an¬
nex. Yet Mr. Byrd has sold 1400 to
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It may have rained outside, but Inside the heart, the sun was shining
Pictured above is Susan Lee, left, with her students and co-workers from Windson Academy as they withstood the
elements to serve barbecue lunches. The proceeds from the barbecue were used to pay for the processing of the
blood samples drawn from volunteers for the National Bone Marrow Bank.
Bone marrow drive is an
unqualified success!
People didn't mind the elements and turned out for the
dinners and to become marrow donors
city because of the distance the ser¬
vice has to travel. On November
that rate will be two times what
city residents pay. II
For an average household, the in¬
crease will mean a few dollars a
month more on their utility bill.
n Our prices are still lower than
Perry, Warner Robins or Byron,”
said Taylor, "and we intend to stay
lower. We have no intention of rip
ping-off the customers we have.
But we have to pay for the services,
too. The rate increase was simply
necessary."
The measure for the increase was
approved by the Utility Commis¬
sion during their meeting on Sep¬
tember 8.
people will realize there are unre
lated Huffs and will stop picking on
our children,” Huff said.
By Hallie Rigdon
The rain did not deter friends and
neighbors of Jack and Susan Lee on
Saturday. In fact, you'd have
thought the sun was shining and all
was well with the world.
Music played, barbecue grills
smoked, folks visited and chatted
while they waited in line for their
lunch, and many of our citizens
went inside Middle Georgia Bank to
register to be bone marrow donors.
ii We're going to surpass our goal
here," said one of the workers tak¬
ing applications. "This community
is amazing! it
II Anyone can pay $5 for a barbe¬
cue ticket," said Tony Sellier. "But
do you see all those people inside?
When you fill out those papers and
lay your arm out to give the blood
for matching, that’s real commit¬
ment! This entire community is
just something else when it decides
to rally to a cause. m
Friends from Marshallville and ;
Fort Valley were cooking, students
and teachers from Windsor Academy
were serving 900 meals and Jack
and Susan Lee had a lot of smiles
as they received love and encour-
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12 pages, 3 inserts
1500 license tags in Byron while
using city facilities.
Collins went on to explain that
Byron had interest in the land and
l ^ e construction since the property
was w ' l bin the city limits and that
would have to provide wa
ter an( * ^wcug 6 t0 the building, if
it were built.
Attorney Garland Byrd spoke for
Dwight Byrd. "In O.C.G.A. 9-11-24
(A2) requires that the city show it
has 'imerest.' which by legal def
inition means legal right or claim. I
don't see anywhere that that would
a PP*y in lhis instance. The munici
pality doesn't have any means to
force its views on the county com
mission or tell it how to do its
business.
We recognize their right to be
witnesses in this action," Byrd con
tinued, "and they will be afforded
that opportunity."
In redress, Collins cited propri-
agement from those who stopped
by to wish them well.
By noon, 65 people had already
donated blood for the bone marrow
bank. People were making financial
contributions as well to see to it
that there was enough money to
process all the donations.
By day's end, 107 people had be
come bone marrow donors. Enough
money was raised to process all the
blood and there is a contingency
fund set up for the next bone mar¬
row drive to be held in Macon.
II One of the guys from the Red
Cross told me," said Jack Lee, "that
they held a drive like this in At
lanta. They publicized it well, set it
up and got four donors in an after
noon. He said that small communi
ties like ours show that they are
close knit and caring. He said that
the Red Cross was astounded at the
response here."
"Susan and I are just so very
grateful to all the people from Ma
con, Perry, Marshallville, Fort Val¬
ley and Byron who came to be
donors. We appreciate the outpour¬
ing of love more than we can ever
say. What happened last weekend
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etary interest to Judge Johnson,
Bradley Bledsoe of Moore &
Moore in Perry, representing the
County Commission, said that the
commissioners had no objection to
the City of Byron intervening.
in his decision, Judge Johnson
said that the state statutes had to be
heeded carefully and based on the
statute did not sec that the City of
Byron "had interest" in the building
of the county annex. He reiterated
lhal a municipality has no right to
tell a county commission how to
do its business and denied the mo
tion on that point.
After the hearing, Byron Mayor
James Williams had no comment,
Dwight Byrd said, "We never
have had anything against the City
of Byron. This isn't about Byron,
The lawsuit is about ethics in gov
emment. That is our only interest
and it's for all the taxpayers of
Peach County. M
has really energized us to continue
our efforts," he said.
n I especially want to thank Stan
ley Hutto of Harvey's for all of his
support and help. His efforts to
help us get everything together
were above and beyond the call!
said Lee.
"If just one of the donors from
last weekend saves one life, it will
all be worthwhile," said Jack,
Susan Lee's leukemia diagnosis
which began this entire effort, puts
the possibility of a bone marrow
transplant years down the road. The
kiad of leukemia Susan has is under
chemical control now. The possi
bilities of rejection and the 40%
survivability rate make a transplant
high risk. With all the advances in
science and technology, the Lee's
can only remain hopeful about the
future.
And that was what all the work
and effort of the entire area was
about-saving lives. It shows what
can be done when friends and
neighbors rally around a cause that
matters to one of us. And it demon¬
strates the bonds that are built in a
community such as ours.