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THE LEADER TRIBUNE
Byron P&Z hears
erosion concerns
By Faye Jones
Tribune Writer
The Byron Planning and
Zoning Board met at 6 p.m. on
Thursday, July 5 in what must
have set a record for the shortest
session in the history of P&Z
lasting less than 10 minutes.
Sam and Elsa Dawson and
Michelle and Joanna Buzhadt
attended the meeting to address
the issue of water runoff at their
homes past Phillips Tire Co.
which is located at the corner
of the 247 Connector and faces
John E. Sullivan Rd.
The issue had been tabled
at the last meeting, and Billy
McDaniel explained the issue
would be addressed as soon as
preliminary plans for new con
struction have been passed. The
houses will be near the site of
the proposed new hospital and
other commercial construction.
Dawson said that water runoff
coming from beyond the tire
company is a problem. This
problem, of course, is not a new
one. It goes back to the building
of Summit Chase, a subdivision
built on a clay base after former
owners removed the topsoil for
sale.
Residents of the Sullivan Road
area were satisfied that their
problem would be addressed.
Goat continued from 8A
Teachers train students how to
select a good animal, set up its
shelter, feed it, keep it healthy,
and train and groom it for live
stock shows.
Goats are great animals for
teaching students responsibility
and showmanship skills, said
the teachers and FVSU faculty.
They are inexpensive compared
to animals such as show pigs,
sheep and cattle. Also, they
don’t’ require as much physical
strength to work with because of
their small size. They don’t take
up as much space and they are
smart animals, they said.
The teachers were out in the
field working with goats at a local
farm and viewing several demon
strations, including how to setup
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Westfield Students Receive
President's Education
Awards
Each year, the United States Department of Education
honors student achievement and hard work with the President’s
Education Awards Program. Since 1983, the program has pro
vided individual recognition from the President and the U.S.
Secretary of Education to those students whose outstanding
efforts have enabled them to meet challenging standards of
excellence.
The following Peach County students at The Westfield
Schools in Perry received the President’s Education Awards
which was given to fourth grade students: Calli Blocker,
Rebecca Etter, Lance Parks, Chase Williams, and Whitley
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a shelter and fences to enclose
the animals. Also, they toured
the Georgia Small Ruminant
Research and Extension Center
where meat is processed as a
service to the public and dairy
goats are milked with a comput
erized milking system.
“I thought it was great. This
was my first experience with
goats. I have some students
studying goats this coming year
so I thought I could get some
experience and take it back to
them,” said Chad Bass, who
teaches at W.J. Middle School
in Moultrie.
Fort Valley State continues to
be a leading institution when it
comes to goat and sheep research
and extension efforts, includ-
ing studies and demonstration
on internal parasite prevention
and feeding practices, said Dr.
Will Getz, an FVSU professor
of animal science and extension
specialist.
The university’s Small
Ruminant Research and
Extension Center is designed to
respond to the informational,
problem-solving and advisory
needs of people who raise goats
and sheep, he added.
“There’s a lot of interest and the
teachers were definitely involved
with the hands-on activities.
They’ll be using some skills they
can take back to their schools,”
Getz said. “And they’ll also know
people at Fort Valley State who
can assist them later on.”
Police Beat
Theft By Taking
Motor Vohiclo
On June 22, Peach County
Sheriffs Deputy Anthon
Strickland was dispatched to
3182 Highway 96 in Fort Valley
in reference to a motorcycle
theft.
The complainant, Zelda
Thomas, stated that two white
males-one short, one tail-had
come to her door to ask for her
son who was not home at the
time.
Thinking the men had left,
Thomas said she looked out of
the window to see one of them
pushing the Yamaha dirt bike
across her yard, throwing it into
the back of a white Chevrolet
S10 pickup truck, which fled
down Peggy Drive.
Thomas said one of her sons
had purchased the dirt bike for
her other son. She told officers
that one of the white males,
Randall Coker, was the brother
of her son Ronnie’s ex-girlfriend,
Brandi Coker.
In an effort to make contact
with Coker, Strickland found
Coker’s mother, Pamela Hanson.
Hanson stated that the motor
cycle had been stolen from their
property some months back and
had been reported to Crawford
County authorities. Hanson said
she was unaware that her son
had set out to recover the bike.
Thomas was informed that the
motorcycle had previously been
reported stolen, and the case
was subsequently turned over to
investigations.
Theft By Taking
Motor Vehicle
Peach County Sgt. Gail Wright
was dispatched to Barrow Road
in Fort Valley on June 25 in ref
erence to the theft of a backhoe.
Peach County Public Works
Director Billie Segars stated
someone had stolen the backhoe
belonging to the county from a
nearby work site. Segars said he
last saw the vehicle three days
prior on June 22.
According to Segars, the
yellow Caterpillar .416 C cost
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roughly $80,000.
A report was filed as the case
was turned over to investiga
dons.
Theft By Taking
On June 28, Peach County Sgt.
Danny Rumph was dispatched
to 878 Willow Lake Road in
Fort Valley in reference to a
window breakage,
Upon his arrival, the officer
observed a busted sliding glass
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door, though nothing in the
house appeared to have been
tampered with.
The complainant, Mabie
McCrary, stated she had found
the glass door broken, and that
unknown persons had taken a
red riding mower and a small
window air-conditioning unit
from the property, a total loss
estimated at $4,600.
McCrary was advised by offi
cers to locate serial numbers for
the missing items, and the case
was subsequently turned over to
investigations.
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