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Vol. No. 119 tissue 24
Due to the
July 4 th holiday
The Leader
ribune will be
available on
Tuesday,
July 3 rd 2007
Wftm
Come
celebrate
the 4th
with us!
Celebrate this Fourth of
July with The Leader-Tribune
and Lane Packing Company
for an annual tradition you
won’t want to miss. Join
us at Lane Packing-Co. for
fun, BBQ and live music pro¬
vided by Keith Williams all
in honor of America and its
heroes serving overseas.
This year will feature a
Pinwheel Memorial for all
Georgians who have lost their
lives over the past several
years’ combat. Those who
wish may bring a box of items
to send to our troops in Iraq.
Festivities are scheduled
from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Lane Packing Co. is located
five miles west of 1-75 at Exit
142.
For more information call
(478) 825-3362.
FVSU cancels
basketball camp
Fort Valley State University
officials announced last
week that the third annual
Travis Williams Academic
Workshop and Basketball
Camp is cancelled. The camp
was scheduled for June 24-28
in the university’s Health and
Physical Education Complex,
Travis Williams, coach of
the FVSU men’s basketball
team, will hold workout ses¬
sions throughout the summer,
For more information, contact
Williams at (478) 825-6876
or tlwilljams@hotmail.com.
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Serving Peach County For Over 100 Years
Crowds brave heat for festival fun
By Brian Shreve
News Editor
The 101-degree weather was
no match for the peaches as the
weeklong 2007 Georgia Peach
Festival reached its successful
climax last Saturday in Fort
Valley.
Throughout the day, swarms of
festival goers—first-timers and
seasoned veterans alike—from
around Peach County, Middle
Georgia and well beyond, filed
into the downtown streets where
a wide variety of vendors had
already set up shop.
When asked, some said they
had come for the arts and crafts,
many others for the famed
peach cobbler; by the end of the
day, all seemed to agree it was a
festival for the books.
“I like this small town,” said
Vincent Tsay, who was visiting
the United States from Taiwan.
“I had lunch at the Historical
Society [luncheon], and the old
ladies were so nice. My family
and I are trying to enjoy every
event here ”
“I’ve come in years past, and
it’s just a fun place to be,” said
Sylvia Centeno, a floral cre¬
ations vendor from Perry. “And
now that I’m a vendor, it’s still
a great place to be. It’s good to
see families enjoying the day in
spite of the heat.”
Earlier daytime events includ¬
ed a morning parade, the annu¬
al Peach Hat Contest and the
Historical Society Luncheon.
But as any late sleeper or those
who had misplaced their sched¬
ules of events can attest, the
streets had plenty of liveliness
on their own, regardless of
time.
For its first Peach Festival
since the 1920s, the Austin
Theater was open in all its fit¬
ting glory as young and old
crowded in for a day of puppet
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shows and music from profes¬
sional entertainers, as well as
the all-day Jailhouse Alley Fine
Art Show and Sale.
“This theater is wonder¬
ful—really serves a purpose,”
said Ouida Luckie, president of
Jailhouse Alley Art Center.
Despite a merciless season,
the peaches managed to make
their own respected appearance;
those who did not partake of
them at least took snapshots.
“Today business is boom¬
ing,” said James Banter, a fes¬
tival peach salesman for both
Big 6 Farms and Lane Packing
Co. “These are local peaches,
so everybody knows they’re
good.”
And then there was the cob
bier. Rich Bennett, head chef
of this year’s “World’s Biggest
Peach Cobbler,” said more than
one of those who stood in line
for a taste—some as long as two
hours—exclaimed that it was,
indeed, “the best one ever.”
One anxiously waiting cou
pie, Hank and Freida Webber,
had made the trip to Fort Valley
from Dade City, Fla. upon hear¬
ing of the pastry masterpiece!
“We heard about it, and yeah,
we’re really looking forward
to that cobbler,” Hank Webber
said.
“It was just a little better than
normal,” Bennett said of his
creation.
As the sun began to descend,
the party was just getting started
with live music on the court¬
house lawn from local band The
Skeeterz and a highly anticipat¬
ed set from the Atlanta-based
band. Mother’s Finest.
“1 haven't missed a Peach
Festival yet,” said State Rep.
Tony Sellier, also among the
crowd. “Even when I was liv¬
ing in Mexico. 1 think it’s awe¬
some. The number of people
and the diversity of the crowd—
it’s just inspiring to me.”
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All hands were in the peach bin Saturday during the all-day festivities of the Georgia
Peach Festival,
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Abbie and Acie Forbus enjoy their first peach at the GA Peach Festival this past
weekend. The 9 month old twins are children of Ben and Christina Forbus of Byron;
grandchildren of Mike and Brenda Forbus of Fort Valley and Harry and Juanita Kirby
of Bonaire.
High-speed chase ends in Peach Co.
Tim Hardy
Special to the Tribune
A chase that began in Crisp
County and resulted in inju¬
ries to a State Trooper ended
Sunday afternoon in Peach
County when the fleeing vehi¬
cle wrecked after losing one or
more tires. Speeds exceeded
120 miles-per-hour.
The three occupants fled into
the woods but were apprehend¬
ed a short time later. Arrested
were Joseph Fike, age 25, of
Guild, Tenn. (acccording to his
driver’s license), a 16-year-old
female juvenile from Florida
and a 15-year-old male juve
nile from Trenton, Ga.
The 15 year old was driving
the vehicle. The two juveniles
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Police continue search for Hunt burglars
By Brian Shreve
News Editor
Fort Valley police continue investigations
this week of a burglary that occurred at Hunt
Elementary School.
Officers arrived on the scene at approximately
7:24 last Wednesday morning following the call
from Hunt principal Stanley Messer, who stated
the building had been burglarized some time
between 5 p.m. Tuesday and 7:20 that morning,
just prior to his arrival. Messer said the alarm
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were treated for minor inju
ri.es at Peach Regional Medical
Center. A Georgia State Patfol
trooper was also treated for
minor injuries.
The vehicle, a Mercedes sta
tion wagon, was stolen out of
system had not been set the night before.
According to Fort Valley Police Captain
Anthony Brown, the suspects entered the school
by breaking the glass of double-doors located at
the rear of the building.
Roughly $2,500 worth of equipment was stolen
from the facility, including a “Black Berry” per
sonal communications device, a laptop computer
and two 27-inch flat-screen televisions.
In addition to the missing property, Brown said
the suspects vandalized vending machines and
used fire extinguishers to spray classrooms as
well as the offices of the principal and secretary,
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Florida and the two juveniles
were reported as runaways,
As of this printing, the adult
remains in the Peach County
Jail and the two juveniles are
in the Macon RYDC.
