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Contestants (frog coaches), and frogs, get ready at the starting line of the First
Annual(?) Frog Jumping Contest, held at Early County Library last week.
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Robert Franklin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Franklin, displays his aquarium
full of frogs, captured for the frog jumping contest held July 20th at Early Co.
According to Roberts’ technical supervisors (his parents), one of his frogs
disappeared into the blue sky as they tried to lighten the frogs’ load, thus in
crease his jumping ability, using helium-filled balloons.
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Little Mac Singletary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Singletary is enjoying the
frog jumping contest at the Early County Library as a number of other “frog
coaches” seem to be foot stomping mad that their frogs are not jumping proper-
Frog
Jumping
Contest
Fletcher Hodges, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Danny Hodges, tries to hold his
frog back until time for the competi
tion in the Early County Library’s
Frog Jumping Contest.
Thursday, August 5, 1982
Early County - Blakely, Georgia 31723
Voters Should Prepare
For Tuesday's Primary
Early County's voters will go to the
polls next Tuesday, August 10, with
voters across the state to express
their wishes in Georgia’s guber
natorial race.
With ten Democratic candidates
and two Republican candidates runn
ing for governor, that race is getting
the center of attention across the
state.
Democratic candidates include: Bo
Ginn, Mildred Glover, Joe Frank Har
ris, Thomas J. “Win"’ Irwin, Henry
Jackson, Billy Lovett, Mac McNease,
Buck Melton, Norman Underwood,
and Jack Watson.
The two Republican candidates
are Robert H. (Bob) Bell and Ben B.
Blackburn.
With all those eying the state’s top
office, no wonder the other races are
having a hard time finding a share of
the spotlight. But there are a number
Shoemaker Wins
Without Runoff
Seven hundred and seventy-eight of
the City of Blakely’s 1745 registered
voters, representing a 45% turnout
went to the polls Tuesday.-
In the only contested race in the
election, Lester Shoemaker was
elected to Council Post No. 4 without a
run-off over three other candidates.
Shoemaker received 481 ‘votes,
Dwight Evans received 171, incum
bent David Griffin 102, and Will
Gilbert, Jr. 17. Seven ballots were
thrown out.
Incumbent Mayor Billy Fleming,
serving a partial term, was unom
ed for re-election as was Counci
Tommy Wright.
The two-year terms for Fleming,
Wright, and Shoemaker will begin on
January 1, 1983.
1982 Bobcat
Reserved Seat
Tickets On Sale
Reserved seat tickets are now on
sale for the 1982 Bobcat home football
games.
Ticket prices at the gate during the
Bobcats five home games will be $3.00
(alltickets).
Family Plan
A number of people will be in
terested in taking advantage of the
family plan: Man - $15.00, wife -
$12.00, first child - $5.00, each addi
tional child - FREE!
Billy Joe Jordan asks that anyone
interested in purchasing reserved
seat tickets contact him as soon as
possible at 723-4950 or 723-3421.
The Bobcats first home game will
be Friday, August 27 against Cook Co.
( NOTE - The Bobcat schedule in
last week’s News was incorrect - save
it for the 1983 season! Please see the
correct schedule in this weeks’
News.)
Hunter Safety
Course
Wildlife Ranger Larry Turner an
nounced this week that a Hunter Safe
ty Class will be taught August 16 and
17. i
The classes will be at the Early
County Library from 7 P.M. through
10 P.M. All young hunters, ages ::‘ and
over, must complete their ety
courseandbecefi!fledtohuntl;o ¥
Anyone ha questions about
course mm&% 723-5809.
General Primary Next Tuesday!
of other contested state-wide races.
The race for Lieutenant Governor
includes incumbent Zell Miller, Mac
Barber, and Joe Smith.
Incumbent Secretary of State is fac
ing Jack Baggett and Max Cleland.
Consumer advocate Tim Ryles is
trying to unseat incumben Comp
troller General Johnnie L. Caldwell.
State School Superintendent
Charles McDaniel is facing opposition
from A. Rod Thomas.
Two are running for Public Service
Commissioner, incumbent Ford B.
Spinks and John F. Collins.
There are five contested races for
perhaps the most important but most
neglected offices in the state--
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia.
One race has incumbent Hardy
Gregory, Jr. opposing Keegan
Federal,
Two Blakely Men Arrested,
Want ""Arms, Legs Broken"'
Two Blakely men apparently bit off
more than they could chew here last
week when they reportedly paid an
undercover GBI agent to ‘“‘rough up”
a drug informant,
Bob Edwards, 37, and Steve Tiner,
24, have both been arrested by
authorities and charged with con
spiracy to commit aggravated bat
tery after paying an undercover agent
to “‘break the arms and legs of 22 year
old Hank ‘Peanut’ Ready, also of
Blakely.
Ready was instrumental in pro
viding the information which led to
the arrests of 18 persons in connection
with drug charges on May 27 of this
year.
He was deputized by the Early
County Sheriff'’s Department and
worked undercover to help the
Sheriff’s Department and Blakely
Police Department obtain the infor
Race For Schooi Superintendent
Struggles To Snare Attention
By Paul Ryan
The best kept secret in Georgia dur
ing this hot political summer is the
race for state school superintendent.
The candidates, whose respective
styles have virtually nothing in com
mon, are a five-year incumbent with
extensive experience as a local school
superintendent and a school
psychologist with some offbeat ideas
Another Bust
After receiving a tip that someone
was trying to sell marijuana, local
authorities arrested a 21 year-old
Bainbridge man here Friday. !
Authorities arrested Ricky Miller
after confiscating 2 bags containing
over an ounce of marijuana,
Miller was placed under a $25,000
bond. Arresting officer Delano Evans
of the Drug Task Force, stated that
additional charges may be made
against Miller.
Tennis
Blakely-Early Coupty Recreation
Department is hosting another tennis
tournament, a Men’s Doubles Tennis
Tournament on August 13th. The tour
nament will begin on Friday, August
13th, and the finals will be held on
August 15th. If you are interested in
playing the fee will be SB.OO per team,
both money and registration form
must be in the office by August 10th at
noon. A form may be obtained by call
ing the Recreation Office or by com
ing by the office to register.
Six candidates are running for
another Justice seat: Richard Bell,
Jack Dorsey, Tony Hight, Willis B.
Hunt, Jr., Irwin W. Stolz, Jr. and
Robert H. (Bob) Walling.
Still, for another Justice seat,
Margie Pitts Hames is challenging in
cumbent Charles Longstreet Weltner.
Thirteen Unopposed
In addition to the nine contested
races mentioned above, there are ap
proximately thirteen more names
which appear on the ballot unopposed.
There are no county-wide races on the
Early County ballot, and the only
other contested race - between
Charles Hatcher and Dawson Mathis
for the 2nd Congressional seat — may
not be held until August 31st.
e B M S S SRS
See Sample Ballot Pages
on Page 16
mation leading to the 18 arrests.
Edwards and Tiner, who both
escaped arrest in May’s drug bust, ap
parently were wanting Ready
physically harmed because of his in
volvement with the law during the
May arrests.
GBI Agent Bob Ingram stated that
“We didn’t know if they wanted to kill
him or just physically harm him.”
Sometimes they want them killed,” he
added. .
Local authorities, acting on a tip,
arranged for an undercover GBI
agent to meet Edwards and Tiner at
the Hilltop, a hangout on Highway 62
West near the river, operated by Ed
wards.
At the meeting the undercover
agent received an unspecified amount
of money to ‘‘break Ready’s arms and
legs.”
Ingram said local authorities were
and no previous record in either
politics or public school administra
tion.
An indication of the low-key nature
of the race came in early July when
the 59-year-old incumbent, Dr.
Charles McDaniel, initially declined
through an aide to be interviewed. His
reason? He didn’t want to give his op
ponent any publicity.
The challenlger, a 39 year-old
educator from Fulton County, named
Rod Thomas, claims to have traveled
60,000 miles across Georgia, raised
$20,000 and secured 90 volunteers. He
is on a three-month leave of absence
from his teaching position.
Despite his efforts, most observers
tend to agree that voters in the August
10 Democratic primary, apparently
preoccupied with the governor’s race,
No Shots-No Schools!
Notice to parents from Superinten
dent of Schools, Mr. Ray Knight.
State law mandates that beginning
with the 1982-83 school year all
students attending a Georgia school
must be immunized against seven
diseases -- measles, rubella,
diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough,
polio, and mumps. Systems may
allow only 30 days for a student to
complete immunizations.
I am advised by the Department of
Human Resources that the only ac
ceptable proof of adequate immuniza
tion for any child attending school in
Georgia, is a Certificate of Immuniza
tion (DHR Form No. 3032). These
USPS 164060, 25‘E
Election Superintendent Eleanor
Sheffield asks everyone to carefully
study the sample ballot pages on Page
16 of this week’s News.
Note that to vote you must carefuily
punch out a hole corresponding to the
number next to the name for whom
you wish to vote. -
Sample ballots can be picked up at
the Probate Judge’s office in the Ear
ly County Courthouse. Also, there are
voting machines set up to give the
voters a chance to familarize
themselves with the machines.
Democratic or Republican
Voters are also reminded that they
must specify in the August 10 General
Primary whether they intend to vote a
Democratic or Republican ballot.
Unlike the November general elec
tion, the two parties are on separate
ballots during the primary.
not sure of the extent to which Ed
wards and Tiner were involved in the
drug trafficking, but ‘“they obviously
had a big interest in it.”
Edwards and Tiner have been
released on SIO,OOO bond each from
the Early County Jail.
Edwards’ and Tiner’s attempt to
hire someone to cause bodily harm to
Ready due to his involvement with the
law has opened the eyes of a number
of citizens here.
Before now, a majority of the people
of the community seemed to take the
seriousness of the drug problem with
a ho-hum attitude. Now, saying, ‘‘this
is happening right here in our own
community,” they are beginning to
realize just how serious the communi
ty’s drug problem has grown and talk
is beginning to grow of working
together to help rid the community of
those drug problems.
will follow a long-standing tradition
and blindly choose the incumbent in
the state school superintendent’s con
test.
The process has become so perfunc
tory that McDaniel, whose affection
for politics borders on non-existent,
thinks the job of selecting the state’s
top school administrator should be
taken away from the voters and given
to members of the State Board of
Education.
McDaniel, who does not take the
Thomas candidacy seriously, ‘says
that if it were necessary for him to
wage a full-scale statewide campaign
to save his job, he would have to
neglect his duties for at least six mon
ths every four years.
Thomas, on the other hand, sees
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forms are available through private
physicians offices and health depart
ments throughout the state. These
Certificates are to be maintained at
the school as part of the student’s per
manent record.
Bloodmobile
The Blood Mobile will be in Blakely
on Wednesday, August 18, 1982 from
10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Early
Memorial Nursing Home, Everyone is
encouraged to participate in order to
reach the county’s goal of 135 pints.