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Sports
It's in six a row for Trojans
with 33-20 win over
Appling; Crisp is next
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Vol. No. 106, Issue 46, 14 pages
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FVSC Founder's Day
will be held Nov. 9
This year's Founder's Day marks 100
years of
distin¬
guished
history for
Fort Valley
State Col¬
lege. In
keeping
with the
year-long
Centennial
Celebra¬
ties center around the theme - A Rich
Heritage, A Bright Future. The
Founder’s Day program begins at
10:30 ajn,. Thursday, Nov. 9, in the
George N. Woodard Gymnasium. The
program will feature students in a cre¬
ative enactment of the school’s found
ing.
FVMS holds workshops
The Fort Valley Middle School PTO
is sponsoring a series of Parental
. Workshops. The first workshop will
be held from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thurs¬
I day, Nov. 14. The speaker, Roderick
hmgbauer, will discuss "Confidence."
> K - more information, call 825-2413.
PACT holds auditions
Auditions for the Peach Area Com¬
munity theater's "Best Christmas
Pageant" will be held Monday and
Tuesday, Nov. 13-14, beginning at 7
p.m. in the PACT Auditorium. For
more information, call 825-0097.
Thanksgiving meal offered
Byron United Serving Together
(BUST) will be sponsoring a Thanks¬
giving meal Thursday, Nov 23, from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the old school
lunchroom on Hwy. 42. If transporta¬
tion is needed or a meal needs to be
delivered, call Dan Gatlyn at 956-3315
or Denise Chadwick at 956-5431. The
meal is being served for those who
I would not normally be able to enjoy
Thanksgiving.
Historical Society Meets
The Peach County Historical Society
will meet Thursday, Nov. 9, at the
Thomas Public Library. The guest
speaker will be Houser A. Miller talk¬
ing about "Climbing Jacob’s Ladder."
Dinner, Auction Nov. 16
The Peach County Chamber of
Commerce and the Peach Public
Libraries will host a VIP dinner and
auctions Thursday, Nov. 6, beginning
a 6 p.m. at Massee Lane Gardens. The
real "Doc Hollywood" Dr. Neil Shul
man, will entertain guests with a cast
of characters from Middle Georgia.
Over 200 autographed memorabilia
have been donated by prominent fig¬
ures in sports, music and the arts. The
dinner, Dr. Shulman's book and entry
into the auction is $25. Seating is lim¬
ited. Make reservations before Friday,
Nov. 10. For More information, call
825-3733 or 825-6992.
Crisp tickets on sale
Tickets for Friday night's Peach County
High School vs. Crisp County in Cordele
are available for $4 at Valley Athletic and
Peach County High School. Only a cer¬
tain amount of tickets are available and
those not purchased in Peach County by
Friday will be sent back to Crisp County.
Crisp officials will then sell those tickets
to their fans. There is a no standing room
policy at the game,
Thanksgiving services
A community-wide Thanksgiving
worship service will be held Tuesday,
Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Old Byron
School auditorium. There will be five
churches participating in the service.
If you see or know INFORMA¬
TION THAT YOU THINK IS A NEWS
STORY, PLEASE CALL 825-2432.
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1895 - 1995
CENTENNIAL
,
Peach County
What the people don't know will hurt them '
winners are
Hunnicutt, Horton
By CHUCK MORLEY
The Leader-Tribune
"It was a team effort.."
That's summed it up for newly-elected Fort Valley City
Councilman Jeff Holly, after his surprisingly easy victory
(844-483) over incumbent Jimmy Barnes for the At-Large
Post 4 seat after Tuesday's election count.
In other races, Dolly Horton unseated Joe Rinehart for
the At Large Post 4 seat on the Utilities Commission and
current Utilities Commission chairman Bob Hunnicutt
retained his seat being contest by Sol Vining, Jr., in West
Ward Post 2.
"I'll just say thanks," said Hunnicutt "Thanks for the
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Students at Little People DayCare Center in Fort Valley are getting a headstart on their education thanks
to Gov. Zell Miller's Pre-K program. Little People DayCare was recently awarded a grant to fund the Pre
K program in Peach County, (stait photo ay cindy Morioy)
not for downtown
By CINDY MORLEY
The Leader-Tribune
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New MainStreet Director Alex
Khoury is putting the word out -
MainStreet isn’t just for downtown
businesses.
"It's for everyone," Khoury said.
"It's for businesses and individuals
interested in strengthening the com¬
munity. The idea came from the fact
that the downtown businesses orga¬
nized MainStreet. buttye go beyond
vote of confidence."
Norman Fitzgerald ran unopposed and was reelected for
the Post 2 city council seat. Wilbur Spiller, East Ward
Post 6 incumbent, was also unopposed.
In Byron, incumbent Post 2 city councilman Larry
McCain won over Carl Martin by a 234 to 180 vote while
Jesse Hall (Post I) and Mayor James Williams ran unop¬
posed.
Election supervisor Larry Smith estimated the turnout to
be over 35 percent. There are approximately 3,800 regis¬
tered voters in Fort Valley.
Byron officials say the turnout in their election was
"around 30 percent."
"I certainly appreciate the support," said Holly, a fifth-
that. We are looking at things from a
community standpoint."
Khoury said MainStreet has become
involved with a number of projects
aimed at all of Fon Valley.
MainStreet recently initialed plans
for a possible museum and cultural
center in the old Everett Square build¬
ing. The organization also has plans to
re-landscape areas along the railroad
tracks through down - a project they
hope to work on with Fort Valley
State College.
Opinion
Sorry, Bill and Hillary
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Who was St. Martin de Por res? _
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Wednesday, Nov. 8,1995
generation Fort Vallian. "During my door-to-door cam¬
paigning, I met many, many good people. Many, many
great people."
Holly says he plans to continue going out and meeting
the citizens of Fort Valley.
'Tm going to keep on meeting the people of the city and
finding out what their concerns are," he said. "I plan on
taking those concerns back to the council and getting
some dialogue going.
Holly says one of his priorities is to initiate a joint city,
county and Byron city meeting.
"I want to end all the controversy," he said. "1 want us to
come together and move forward."
He said MainStreet is also looking at
the possibility of , developing . , . upscale .
housing above a number of downtown
burincsses.
There is a need for this type hous
mg, especially among college profes
sors, he said. Almost all buildings
downtown are empty upstairs.
"We have a lot of projects in the
works, andl we want to get everyone
involved, he said.
Special individual memberships are
ava,lablc t
50 cents
Shhh...library
raising funds
for the future
Silent auction, dinner
to be held Nov. 16
By CINDY MORLEY
The Leader-Tribune
Shhhh...
It's no secret, but the Peach County Public Libraries and
the Chamber of Commerce are hosting a silent auction
Thursday, Nov. 16 to help raise funds for library construc¬
tion in Fort Valley and Byron.
The county is expecting to receive more than $1.2 mil¬
lion in stale and federal funds for the construction of a
new library in Fort Valley and additions to the Byron
library. However, the library board still needs to raise
more than $628,000, and Library Director Gilda Stan
bery-Cotney hopes the silent auction and dinner is a good
start
The new Thomas Public Library in Fort Valley is being
constructed on land donated by Canadyne-Georgia as part
of its clean-up of an arsenic-contaminated neighborhood.
Over 200 items have been donated for the auction,
including an autographed Dallas Cowboys program from
Troy Aikman, an autographed book "Joe Patemo, By The
Book”, an autographed tape from Bruce Hornsby, a T
shirt from Travis Tritt, autographed photos of Kevin Cost¬
ner, A1 Unser, Ray Charles, Linda Evans, and Mark Har¬
mon, an autographed tie from Ahmad Rashad, a Vince
Dooley and Ray Goff autographed cap, and an auto¬
graphed copy of former President Jimmy Carter's book.
Bids will be taken from 1-8 p.m. at Massee Lane Gar¬
dens. The bids will be awarded at 8 p.m The VIP dinner,
featuring the real Doc Hollywood, Dr. Neal Schulman as
guest speaker, will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets to the dinner
are $25 per person, and include a copy of the book, "Doc
Hollywood."
Camellias in full bloom
for 23rd annual show
It's the second week in November...
Hundreds of camellia blossoms in shades of pink, red,
and white will line the tables as they compete for prizes
Saturdayat Massee Lane Gardens.
Held annually the second weekend in November, this
will be the 23td continuous year this camellia show has
been sponsored by the Middle Georgia Camellia Society.
Show Chairman Marvin Jemigan of Warner Robins says
he expects this year’s show to be one of the best with
judges and exhibitors from Georgia, Florida, North and
South Carolina, and Tennessee. Camellia blossoms will
be entered for competition into one of several categories.
For the beginning camellia enthusiast there will be a
Novice Gass which will not compete with the more expe¬
rienced growers.
The Camellia Show will be open to the public free of
charge on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. This is a great opportunity to become more
familiar with the many different kinds of camellias avail
able as well as to find out more information on how to
g |DW ^ teamjfai fan and winter blooming shrub,
wiH ^play featuring camellias and oth
er cut flowers in artistic designs in the Fetterman build
^ Sandy Smith of Powersville is the Chairman of these
fl owcr arrangements which will be designed by garden
c | ub members from Byron, Fort Valley, Marshallville, and
surrounding communities.
Everyone is encouraged to bring cut camellia blossoms
fQf entry ^ ^ show to the bam at Massee Lane Gardens
Saturday morning between 7 a.m. and 10:30 ajn. You do
^ have tobea me(n ber of the camellia society or garden
club to enter.