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The winner is
Look inside on Page 2A to find
out who will be crowned the
first ever Sun^jrk Peach
Regional Rodeo queen.
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Open House at Kay Center, November
12,9-11 a.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meets
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at 7:30 p.m., St. Andrews Episcopal
Church, 309 Central 478^825-8133,825- Ave., Fort Valley.
For information call
7337 or 825-3498.
BYRON TOPS CHAPTER meets every
Thursday evening, 7 p.m. at Byron
United Methodist Church. For more
information call 956-3935 or 218-2919.
THE PEACH COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION will meet in regular session
November 7,2002,5 p.m. Purpose is to
discuss general board of education and
personnel matters.
BYRON BUNCH SQUARE DANCE CLUB
to host a Reunion Dance and Spaghetti
Dinner for Dixie Peaches Square Dance
members who participated in the PC 4-H
Club in the early 1980s. Non-active
Byron Bunch members are also encour¬
aged to attend. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.
at the Byron gym off Main Street in
Byron. Larry Sandefur will call and Jack
& Muriel Raye will cue the rounds. $5
per adult plate, kids under 4 free. Dance
is $3 per dancer. Call Linda Chadwick at
827-0103 for details.
Evening Optimist Club monthly meet¬
ing, Tuesday, Nov. 12, St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church, 6 p.m. Guests wel¬
come.
Fort Valley Middle School would like to
announce the AVID Interactive meeting
5:45-6:30 p.m., Nov. 7th. Topic is College
Preparation followed by PACT night,
6:30-7:30 p.m. Educational games and
light supper.
Joint annual meeting Middle Georgia
Chapter, GSCPA and Institute of
Management Accountants, Holiday Inn
Conference Center, Nov. 21,11:45 a.m.
Guest speaker is David Luchetti, CPA
RSVP to Charles Fletcher at 478-746-
6277 by Nov. 19.
The Georgia High School graduation
tests will be given at PCHS Monday,
Nov. 11 - English; Tuesday, Nov. 12 -
Mathematics; Wednesday, Nov. 13 -
Science; Thurs., Nov. 14 - Social
Studies. Students lacking a portion of
state test should call counseling dept at
PCHS to register. Remember to bring
picture ID; Report to school by 8 a.m.
Call Mrs. Byas at 825-8258 to register or
with questions.
Byron Lioness Club, monthly meeting,
Nov. 14,7:30 p.m. Memories Inn, Byron.
Evelyn McCain will be guest speaker.
Topic is Care Emergency Response
System Trak Mobile Locator. Call
MArtene Humphrey with any questions
at 478-956-3854.
The annual POW Memorial Trail Ride
will be Nov. 9. Motorcyclists will meet at
Byron Baptist Church, Hwy. 49, Byron at
noon. Riders will depart for
Andersonville National Historic Site
around 1 p.m. for Veterans Day service.
Camellia Show, Sat & Sun., Nov. 8 & 9,
Massee Lane Gardens. Visitors wel¬
come.
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Op-Editorial - 5A
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Contest winners
See who won the FV Woman’s Club
Costume Contest and the Byron Rotary
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BOE incumbent stays, Usry wins
Of the 9819 registered voters in
Peach County, 5725 cast their vote
yesterday or 58.31%.
Peach County, Board of Education
Post 5 incumbent and chairman of
the board, Bill Gresham kept his seat,
taking 57.11% of the vote to chal¬
lenger Alfred Ellis’ 41.78%. Gresham
received 3110 votes while Ellis gar¬
nered 2330.
In the other school board seat up
for grabs, Jody Usry will be the new
face on the board come January
defeating challenger Debbie Hunt
Faccento by 1126 votes to 791 on Post
4. Usry captured 58.74% of the votes
cast.
Gresham commented on his victory
Tuesday night saying, “I appreciate
the people’s support and their belief
in our finishing what we started.
Derrel Bryan is the right man for this
job and we will continue our efforts to
do what is needed for Peach County.”
Alfred Ellis, Gresham’s opponent,
Voters found machines easy to use
By DAVID WALENCEUS
L-T Staff Writer
Peach County voters found Georgia’s
new electronic voting machines easy
and fast yesterday.
As polls opened Tuesday, November
5th many voters may have been feel
ing some anxiety concerning
Georgia s new machines. Georgia has
joined a national effort for election
reform by implementing the
machines. This method is supposedly
more reliable and should end contro
versy over voter’s intentions.
Over 20,000 votes were cast out
during the 2000 Presidential election
because of unclear voter intentions.
Educational Director for Peach
County, Julie Quick from the regis¬
trars office reported, The only prob
lems were with people concerned
with where they should vote.” The
largest part of the election has been
preparing to set up and coordinating,
according to Probate Judge Deborah
Hunnicut who serves as Peach
County voting superintendent.
Hunnicut commented, “I just hope
that when everything is done we
dont have a runoff or the results
aren t contested.
Bob Ray Assistant Secretary of
State visited Peach County on elec-
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Lion’s club representatives hand over a half carat diamond ring
they raffled off last week to raise money for seeing eye dogs and
the vision impaired. Pictured from left: Gary Borosky, winner
Jerry Lee and Julius Shy.
Trojans slide by West Laurens
0X0 Lomax to speak
PC Parks & Rec. stats
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Queen stops here
\ m i Beauty queens have been quite prevalent in Peach
County of late. The most recent being Miss Georgia
Amy Mulkey. See what she was doing with Dennis
Herbert ■
Page 3A
stated, “I thank everyone for their
support, this was an experience. I
appreciate the opportunity to run.”
Usry, obviously excited, commented,
“It was a huge effort for many people
and I appreciate every vote and thank
Peach County and the people who
helped me along the way.”
Debbie Hunt-Faccento was unavail¬
able for comment at press time.
In Peach Comity Saxby Chambliss
had 2878 votes to Max Cleveland’s
2734; Claude Thomas garnered 54.
Sonny Perdue had 3027 votes, Roy
Barnes 2525 and Garret M. Hayes 77
in Peach County.
Other Peach County Tbtals:
Lt. Gov.: Mark Taylor - 3268; Steve
Stancil - 2236; Herbert Galloway III -
77.
Sec. of State: Cathy Cox - 3716;
Charlie Bailey - 1755; Mike Pitts - 87
Attorney General - Thurbert Baker
- 3287; Shannon Goessling - 2171.
Commissioner of Ag.: Tommy Irvin
tion day and several other middle
Georgia counties. Ray stated, “To my
knowledge Terrell County is the only
one who rep orted a problem and that
^ because they had loaded the
wrong ballot.” Ray went on to say
that Georgia is one of five States to
use the electronic method for voting
but is the first to change statewide
a p a t once. “We are being visited by
representatives from Mexico and
great Britain today to see this sys
^ em run,” added Ray.
^ total of 423 Diebold, manufactur¬
er of Georgia’s machines, technicians
were around the state Tuesday to fix
any problems. All 159 counties have
a technician placed to run final tal¬
lies and oversee the process. Votes
will be downloaded from individual
mac hines into a central server which
will send totals to the Secretary of
State’s office.
Most voters were eager to comment
after experiencing electronic casting,
Buddy and Betty Luce said, “We
found it very easy to read and use.
Wayne Tillis who commented, “much
eas j er to use.” While Sheriff’s
Deputy Kenny Cameron was sta
tioned at Precinct one he said, “It
was f as ter for me, and having to
wor ]j a t polls the crowds seem to
move faster.
- 3737; Deanna Strickland - 1678;
Doug Morton - 96.
Com. of Insurance: Lois Cohen -
1897; John W. Oxendine - 3517;
Helmut Forren - 82.
State School Supt.: Barbara
Christmas - 2573; Kathy Cox - 2877;
Lynn Krogseng - 88.
Com. of Labor: Michael Thurmond
- 3129; Richard McGee - 2261;
William Costa - 87.
Public Service Com. I: Earleen W.
Sizemore - 2919; H. Doug Everett -
2393
Public Service Com. 2: Lauren
McDonald Jr. - 2861; Angela E. Speir
- 2274; James W. Harris - 204.
U. S. Rep 3rd District: Jim
Marshall - 2815; Calder B. Clay III -
2712.
State Senate 16th District: Paul
Olson - 2534; Seth Harp 1748.
State Senate 18th District: Michael
Moore - 2016; Ross Tblleson - 910.
Robert Ray was unchallenged but
Although the experience may have
been mor e pleasurable for v ote rs one
Pets on
Parade
Pets were out
in force during
Halloween. If
you have a
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for the first
Pets on Parade
special section
which will be
published
November 20,
2002 by The
Leader
Tribune.
Deadline for
entry is Nov.
14.
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Danger, Excitement! Action! No
event at the Sunmark Peach
Regional Rodeo will combine more of
these elements than the Lane’s
Packing Company “Bull Riding”
event - a contest voted the “most dan¬
gerous sporting event in America” by
the sports Writers of America. This
event puts man against beast as a
cowboy who may weigh as little as
140 pounds struggles to stay on top of
a ton of twisting, bucking bull. Other
equally electrifying rodeo events to
witness will include the Robins
Federal Credit Union “Barrel
Racing”, Phillips & Son “Bareback
Bronc Riding”, Black Jack Trailer
“Saddle Bronc Riding”, Signs Now
“Calf Roping”, Food Depot “Steer
Wrestling”, Bike Tech “Team Roping”,
and for children, the Bluebird “Kid’s
Calf Scramble”.
The Sunmark Peach Regional
Rodeo is a Southern States Rodeo
Association (SSRA) and
International Professional Rodeo
Association (IPRA) sanctioned event,
and will take place Veterans Day
weekend - Nov. 8-0 - just north of Fort
Valley near the intersection of the
341 by-pass and Georgia Highway 49.
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received 2168 votes.
State Rep. 14th District: Lynmore
James - 1876; Jule Windham - 954.
Constitutional Admendment 1: Yes
- 41019; No - 1226
Amendment 2: Yes - 2183; No -
2854.
Amendment 3: Yes - 2898; No -
2221 .
Amendment 4: Yes - 5207; No -
1810.
Amendment 5: Yes - 2121; No -
2941.
Amendment 6: Yes - 3722; No -
1519.
State Referendum A - Yes - 4085;
No -1141.
State Referendum B: Yes - 4328;
No - 920.
State Referendum C: Yes - 2142;
No - 2912.
State Referendum D: Yes - 1722;
No - 3398
State Referendum E: Yes - 3553;
No - 1596.
thing is guaranteed, some candi
dates won’t like t he results,
Ticket sales begin at 5 p.m. each
night. Admission: Adults - $10;
Veterans & Military W/ID, Students
and Children - $5; one child under 12
admitted free with $10 adult ticket.
Early arrival is recommended - gen¬
eral seating.
Rodeo begins at 7 p.m. with a high
spirited pre-rodeo show consisting of
the crowning of the Peach Regional
Rodeo Queen, a tribute in song - hon¬
oring military veterans by the First
Baptist Church Ensemble of Fort
Valley, and recognition of other digni¬
taries.
During the rodeo, countless non¬
resident professional competitors and
other celebrities will be visiting Fort
Valley including Miss Rodeo USA, 23
year-old Georgianne Abdo from
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through her
“Freedom Reigns” platform,
Georgianne encourages children of
all ages, physical abilities and back¬
grounds to become involve din rodeo
and horseback riding. In today’s
world of superficial heroes, Miss
Rodeo USA is a wholesome role model
all children can admire. She will
crown the very first SunMark Peach
Regional Rodeo Queen.