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You Need To Be * Dr rareness Meeting Set... Hardly a da, doesn't appear j more people beii. 3 -cges relating to illegal a Our permissive & -y and the big bucks to be made are creating a liberal breeding ground for illegal drug traffic. We sure are glad, however, that all these problems belong to someone else. But they don’t - and we here in Blakely and Early County are just beginning to see that these problems Early QJnunty News Volume 124-No. 7 © Early County News, Inc. City To Tighten Utility Bill Penalties The Qty of Blakely will begin much tighter enforcement of the City’s dis count and penalty policies on the utili ty bills beginning this month, accor ding to Mayor Billy Fleming. Many of the City’s Customers have began sending their checks to City Hall much past the discount deadline, but deducting their discounts anyway. Beginning this month, the City will carry over these discounts as an un paid balance on the customers’ utility bills. “This policy will be strictly adhered to,’’ stated Fleming. “The City is a business and this is a sound business practice.” Court Square Arts Council Town Hall Meeting Come one, come all to the Townhall Meeting of the Court Square Arts Council next Thursday evening, September 23. Located in the Early County High School cafeteria on Col umbia Road, the annual meeting will begin at seven thirty to kickoff the membership drive for the 1982-83 season being coordinated by Mrs. W.F. Arnold and Mrs. Brad Wall. The Early Arrivals, under the musical direction of Mr. David Smith will present series of popular vocal New Apartments Nearing Completion "Battle Os Unbeatens" SGA Visits Ravenwood are becoming more and more ap parent here at home. First, several months ago, an undercover investigation resulted in approximately 22 felony drug indict ments. Then, a couple of months later, two local men were arrested and charged with conspiring with an undercover GBI agent to break the arms and legs of one of the local undercover informants. Drug Awareness These incidents with several other “Besides, this is only fair to the large majority of City customers who do strive to pay their utility bills on time,” he added! The City’s utility bills are due by the 10th of each month. If paid by the 10th, the customer is able to receive c 10 percent discount. If the utility bill is not paid by the 20th of the month due, a 5 percent penalty is to be added, and the service is subject to be disconnected. Any customer complaints should be presented to the assistant city clerk at City Hall (7234320) before the 20th of the month billed. numbers for entertainment. An exciting program has been lined up for the coming season at the Mangham Auditorium in the school complex. According to Council Presi dent, Mrs. Norman Alexander. On November 22 the Asolo State Theatre Company of Florida will present “Angel Street”, a mystery thriller at 8 p.m. On February 2-3 the Green Grass Cloggers, accompanied by their (Continued To Page 14) The Tanglewood Apartments located on Liberty Street in Blakely will soon be complete, providing the community with 49 new 1,2, and 3 bedroom apartments. Diversified Development Associates, Ltd. of Blakely and Dothan is constructing the new Sec tion 8 Housing Development. There will be 16 one bedroom apart ments for the elderly and handicap ped, 20 two bedroom apartments for families, and 12 three bedroom drug-related activities have prompted a number of local officials from the ci ty, county, Chamber of Commerce, Board of Education, and other organizations that the people of Early County had to somehow be made aware of our drug problems. Through their joint efforts a county wide Town Hall Drug Awareness Meeting has been scheduled Thurs day, September 30th at 7.30 at the Early County Courthouse. The purpose of the meeting is to Thursday, Sept. 23, 1982 Early County - Blakely, Georgia 31723 Judges Present Agri-Business Award Size County Up For State Award The Blakely-Early County Chamber of Commerce received the award last week as District Winner in the 1982 Georgia Agri-Business Development and Leadership Recognition Program for the second straight year. Early County is now among five counties competing for state honors. Judges will announce the state winner at the 1982 Georgia Harvest Ball in Atlanta on October 29. A group of judges and sponsor representatives were in the county Tuesday and Wednesday to make the district presentation and to judge the community for the state competition. The judges included, Mr. Cecil R. Spooner, Director Department Plant Food, Feed and Grain, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Dr. C.C. Murray, Former Dean, College of Agriculture, and Mr. O.H. (Dick) Bowden, President, Atlanta Farmers Qub. Also visiting were representatives of the sponsoring organizations, Dr. Tai DuVall, Director, Cooperative Ex tension Service, Olin W. Ginn, Manager, Agribusiness Development Department, Georgia Power Com pany, Hugh C. Craig, President, Georgia Agribusiness Council, William B. Land, Assistant Manager, Agribusiness Development Depart ment, Georgia Power Company, and Charles E. Crowder, Executive Direc- townhouse apartments. All of the apartments will be equip ped with carpet in the bedrooms and living rooms, tile in the kitchen and baths, drapes, stove, refrigerator, central air and heat, and a 4 by 8 storage room. The Complex will also be served by a coin laundry and a community room. Applications for tennants are now being taken at an office located at the apartments. WEEK-END Football Bobcats Visit Tough Cairo make our community - especially the parents - aware of the seriousness of the drug problem and the conse quences for those who use them or get caught selling them. A panel has been set up to discuss before the group the various aspects of our drug problems. Included on the panel will be, Charles Ferguson - Pataula Circuit District Attorney, Harris Hodges -Early County Probation Officer, tor, Georgia Agribusiness Council. The presentations were made at a dinner meeting at the Great Northern Paper Co. guest house on Tuesday night following a train ride on one of Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad’s locomotives. Wednesday morning the judges and sponsors were given a presentation of how our community does follow its theme of “Lets All Pull Together” at the Early County Library. Following the presentation by some very special clowns and circus per formers, the judges toured the county, viewing facilities in Blakely, Damascus, and Arlington. The other counties in competition for the state Agri-Business Award are Laurens, McDuffie, Elbert, and Newton. New Drug Task Force Office The Blakely-Early County Drug Task Force has moved into a new of fice located on Court Square, upstairs over Collier Realty. The Task Force phone number is 723-3158. Task Force members are Delano Evans, Mike Thomas, Charles Middleton, and Robert Love. Banks to Recognize Peanut Producers As Georgia’s 16,000 peanut farmers harvest another successful crop, banks across the state will be recognizing the important financial contributions the producers make to their local communities during the sixth annual “Georgia Peanut Bank Week”, September 27 - October 1. This year, the theme for the event is “Georgia Peanuts Pay... You Can Bank On It”, and, according to Emory Murphy, Georgia Peanut Commission assistant coordinator and event chair- Charles Middleton - Drug Task Force Member, Ray Knight - Early County School Superintendent and a con victed drug felon. Hopefully, the meeting will alarm the people of our community about the drug problems facing - not someone else-but us! Hopefully, the people attending the meeting will say, “maybe we can’t stop our nation's or even our state’s drug problems, but we can try to keep District Agri-Business Award Presentation (L-R) - Mr. Olin W. Ginn and Mr.. William B. Land, both of the Agribusiness Development Department of Georgia Power Company, Donna Boggs, Chamber secretary, Paul Angeloff, Chamber President, Nancy Kinsey, Chamber Executive Director, Billy Broadway, County Administrator, Wilbur Evans, Chairman of County Commissioners, and Wayne Tankersley, Early County Extension Agent. © 4 V ** a. ■ X S •* % * th 'll f* Jb Tn a circus atmosphere, the judges and sponsors were shown how the communi ty had followed through with its Agri-business theme of “Lets All Work Together.” man. “This year the banks have real ly gone all out to plan a good celebra tion. They participate on a voluntary basis, and we have had an over whelnung response with at least 150 banks committed to the event.” “These banks understand that the economic welfare of their community and a large segment of our state rests with the peanut farmer and his ability to make a good crop. A good crop adds almost two billion dollars to the state’s economy, supplies raw Saturday Night Packers Host Cottonwood our own community as free as possi ble from these drug problems. And finally, “What can I do to help eliminate our drug problems?” Mark your calendar now! This could be the most important meeting you have ever attended in our com munity. It might mean the difference between happiness or sorrow for your family. It might give you some insight of how easy drugs can darken your son or daughter's future. USPSI64O6O materials to more than 75 Georgia businesses, and will pay the bills for more than 50,000 persons directly in volved in peanut production, plus countless others in related industries,” Murphy said. Murphy urged everyone to stop by their local participating bank and discover how peanuts pay in their own community. “Find out how your town reaps benefits at peanut harvest time. While (Continued To Page 14) 25*