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County Board of Commissioners has
been moved from the 2nd Tuesday in
October to Tuesday, October 17th, 2000 at
6:00 p.m.1he meeting will be held In the
PubHc meeting room in the Pnch County
Courthouse Annex, 205 West ChurchSbaat,
FortVa#ey. Ga.
begun te annual flu campaign. Please cal
for an appointment Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Flu shots we $5.00 and
Pneumonia shots are $10.00. Fort Valley
CMc, 406 E. Church St, 825-6939. Byron
CMc, 200 Moseiy Road, 956-7679.
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Fort Valley Adult Literacy Canter
searching for Tutors of English, Math &
Reading. Located at 700 Spruce Street,
Fort Valey. Call Mrs. Jefferson at 825-9072
for more information.
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wW take
place Thursday, October 26,2000 at fcOO
a.m.
“Train to Treasures” vara sale -
Spend a morning in Roberta shopping for
“treasures" from many booths. Before or
after shopping, enjoy the entertainment
while having breakfast or lunch, October
14,2000,8:00 am to 2£0 p.m. The sate
will be located at the Roberta-Crawford
Recycling Center under the pecan tree.
There will be breakfast and barbeque
chicken plates available. Entertainment
wi be provided by South Georgia Quartet
and the MusselwhNe FamRy. All proceeds
to benefit the moving and restoration of the
Community Center. For more informatio n ,
cafl Joanne HamHn at 836-4740.
olds at Little People Learning Center.
Children are eligible for this free Ga lottery
funded program if they were 4 years old
before September 1,2000. Whole day and
half day programs are also amiable for 2
and 3 year olds. Call Kathy English or Linda
Smith for more information at 825-7122.
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The Fort VaHey Lion's Ctefc
b marl Thte year the tesKvel
wi be heW on Haloween night, October 3
1. Downtown merchants will give out
candy from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Fall Festival
wi start at 6 p.m. Anyone wishing to have
a booth should contact Folton Spinks at
825-2903 (a nominal toe of $10.00 wi be
charged for each booth). There will be
food, games, fun and more. So got your
costumes ready now for a good time In
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Lane Gardens wi host a work¬
shop on SMurdey, October 21 to the gv
dens souto of Fort Valley. Mr. C. 0. Hi wi
conduc t an anwybs at 1fc00 ua
Cost for non-members of the Society b
$15.00, cost for members b $12.00. The
toe Includes an anwyisplanL
967-2358 to register.
Perspectives - 4A
People and Places - 7A
Son of Confederate Veteran
buried
An era in U. S. history is drawing to
conclusion as there are few known as
“Real Sons" left. King S. Mullis was 90.
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Byron puts
limits on
singlewides
By Emily Nelson
The Leader-Tribune
► In Short: No singlewides says
Singlewide Byron City Council,
mobile homes a motion was made at
to only be Monday’s, Oct.9th, meet¬
allowed in ing by Jesse Hall to pre¬
parks. pare the city to place ads
stating that singlewide mobile homes
will only be allowed in mobile home
parks, within the city of Byron. The
motion was seconded and approved by
council.
A motion to put the Cane River prop¬
erty in the city limits was also made.
After the council discussed the motion
in detail, it was approved.
The second reading of a zoning ordi¬
nance to amend the zoning map, in
order to change 1-2 districts to I-l dis¬
tricts. The Planning and Zoning
Commission held a meeting on the sub¬
ject on September 7th, 2000 and unani¬
mously approved the ordinance.
Zoning ordinance with regard to
Telecommunications Towers had its
second reading at the meeting. The
adoption of the ordinance was approved
by council and had been approved by
the Planning and Zoning Commission
The zoning ordifilmoe with regard to
rear yards in the C-3/ Pud zoning dis¬
tricts had its first reading. Jeff Hooper,
Byron’s city engineer, directed council
to look at zoning yard sizes. The
Planning and Zoning Commission
decided to change, rear, yard sizes to
50ft. They also decided that all com¬
mercial areas dose to residential areas
would have to be no less than 30 ft.
away and have privacy style fences no
less than 6 ft. tall.
The city council also discussed the
preparation of Byron Developement
standards and handbook. The appropri
ation of the handbook was done by
Chasman and Associates and cost the
city a total of $16,000. Council
approved the bill and will now appro¬
priate funds to pay it
The final item on the agenda was an
appeal bv Mark. Wayne and Tim
Thompson concerning the city council’s
denial of application for permit to move
a house.
This appeal arrived in the form of a
lawsuit. The city council made and
passed a motion to appoint Joan Harris
to handle the lawsuit.
Halloween festivities
to be on October 31st
This year, breaking tradition of the
last several years, Fort Valley’s Fall
Festival and Byron’s Nightmare on
Main Street will be held on Halloween
Night which is Tuesday, October 31.
In Fort Valley downtown merchants
will give out candy from 5-6 p.m. Be
sure and go by The Leader-Tribune first
to pick up your trick-or-treat bag - free
to the first 100 kids. The Fall Festival
downtown, sponsored by the Lions Club
will begin at 6 p.m.
Byron’s night will begin at 6 p.m. and
end at 7:30 p.m. DACO Electronics will
sponsor the Costume Contest again
which will be held in the park at 7:30
p.m.
Nightmare on Main Street is hosted
by business owners of Byron and is
being coordinated by Tracy Barbour.
Don’t miss the ftm on Halloween.
Sports
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J. Two Peach Countians place in annual
Scarecrow Decorating Contest at Georgia
Sm --------- the weekend. F
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TUIK1N& f Uit AtCAU^E. Little People FJWffTW&ed
appVtoximHtely $500 through St. Jude’s Trike*A-Thon
recently. Family and friends pledged money and aboi^t 40
kids participated. Kids then drew a chalk track on the aide
walk. Pictured are Brooke Barker and Juquorrious Hoyne s
on trikes. Also pictured are Colton Cason, Cole Smith, Luis
Medina. Tyler Wood, Shatavia Hall and Austin Flournoy.
Natural gas rate increases
double from previous hike
By Jerry Murtagh
The Leader-Tribune
The Fort Valley Utility
Commission wants local
residents to prepare for
increases in natural gas
rates this winter.
General Manager Ken
Werner told commissioners
that the last time there
was a rate increase in nat¬
ural in October 1994,
the cost to the commission was
between $1.50 an* $2.00 per
thousand cubic feet. The cost
now is at $5.20 per thousand
cubic feet, more than double the
rate when at the time of the last
increase.
Werner said that details
concerning the rate increase
have not been worked out yet
but that he plans to have a
press release updating local res¬
idents by next week and will
include further details in the
commission’s newsletter.
In other business, commis¬
sioners voted unanimously to
recommend that the mayor and
council approve FVUC’s mem¬
bership in the Georgia Public
Web. (GPW)
General Manager Werner
explained that the GPW is a
non-profit organization estab¬
lished by the Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia (MEAG) to
provide a means of selling
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excess service capacity. Werner
noted that Fort Valley’s mem
in GPW would
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Fort Valley
Utility
Commission
wants resi
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p®refofthe increases this
winter.
Commission Attorney Charles
Adams assured them that there
were no additional costs or lia¬
bilities beyond what the com¬
missions existing commitments.
Commissioners awarded a
$19,649.80 bid for a Crown
Victoria Sedan to Brannen Ford
of Byron. Brannen Ford’s bid
was actually the second lowest
received, Wayne Morse of Perry,
GA, bid $19,556.98. The bid was
awarded to Brannen Ford under
a commission policy which per¬
mits awards to county business¬
es when their bid is within 5%
of the low bid.
Commissioners awarded a
$270,058 bid for 26,000 ft. of
12* pipeline to the low bidder,
Jones General Contractor. The
pipeline will be used to connect
Well #8.
With no further business ’
the commission voted to go into
executive session' for personnel
matters.
Trojans loae in Ihomastoo
Cross Country meet held
FVSU road again
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the city to share addition
al income. Mayor John
stumbo and
Commissioner Dolly
Horton expressed concern
about any additional
financial liabilities that
might be incurred by Fort
Valley with membership
in GPW. Both Werner and
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Dr. Pack
has words
of advice
By Jerry Murtagh
The Leader-Tribune
Superintendent Billy ► hi Short
Pack used his final regu- jp parting Dr.
lar meeting of the Peach Pack tells
County Board of board to
Education last week as an focus on stu
opportunity map out what dent achieve
he would like to see as the ment
future of Peach County Schools.
“You cannot be a successful school
district and implement your strategic
plan unless you implement your own
goals. This school district will not ever
change in terms of student achieve¬
ment unless you look at the achieve¬
ment of every child regardless of race,
regardless of sex and regardless of
social and economic class. If you do
like the state has done in the past and
say we just want a high average, then
you can have a high average with a few
students scoring very high and many,
students left behind.”
There are three areas that I would
recommend that we set goals in,” Pack
said. “One would be in the norm refer¬
enced test...I think you ought to
say...and what I think may not have
much affect... but I put four and a half
years in this school district and I’m
going to have my say... I think you
ought to say that in Peach County
100% of our students will score at
grade level as measured by the scale
score in reading, math, language arts,
science and social studies. Now are you
ever going to get that, no, but that
should be the goal. You may say why
not set it at 95%. Who are you saying
won’t make it, will it be Mr. Alford’s
grandchild, or your own.
Then we need to set some sub¬
PlEASE TURN TO
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Tax commissioner should
r prepare Quarterly report
says recent Grand Jury
Bv Vickv Whitehead - The Leader- Tribune
A sentiment echoed by the March 2000
Grand Jury was visited again by the
August 2000 Grand Jury concerning the
Tax Commissioner.
Hie March group expressed concerns
about staffing and equipment of the Tax
Commissioner’s office. The most recent
Grand Jury suggested that the Peach
County Commissioners and Tax
Commissioner should continue to evalu¬
ate the staffing and workload of the office
to ensure adequate staffing during
intense periods.
The March Grand Jury also requested
that the Tax Commissioner,
Superintendent of Peach County Schools
and County Commissioners appear before
the Grand Jury independently and all
agreed willingly. This came about because
of concerns over the Board of Education
reported to be borrowing money for opera¬
tional funds with the excuse of not getting
tax monies.
This Grand Jury met with each official
and reviewed the supplied information on
tax disbursements. They determined a
communication gap existed between these
offices. Their repent states," This commu
nication gap, coupled with intense work
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