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Arts and Crafts Festival Saturday
Plans for the Early County
Historical Society’s 11th Annual Arts
and Crafts Festival, Saturday, Oc
tober 9 on the Square in Blakely have
been completed. Over 40 booths
featuring everything from homebak
ed goods to unusual crafts are plann
ed. Artists and craftsmen from the tri-
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Volume 124 - No. 9
© Early County News, Inc.
Citizens Against Drug Abuse
“There’s no sense in kidding
ourselves anymore about drugs in our
community - its here, it's been here
for years, and it’s going to be here for
years,” stated Billy Broadway in
opening last Thursday’s Drug
Awareness Meeting.
Over 500 concerned citizens packed
the Early County Courthouse, sitting
on the floors, lining the walls and spill
ing over into the hallway leading from
the courtroom.
These concerned citizens spoke out
against drugs, their mere presence in
such numbers vividly said “We want
to know what’s going on in our com
munity with drugs...Why?...and what
can we do to stop it?
One by one Broadway introduced a
panel that addressed the various
aspects of drug abuse in Early Coun
ty-
Charles Middleton, speaking on
behalf of the Blakely-Early Co. Drug
Task Force, related to the crowd just
how wide-spread the problem ranged,
and some of the experiences the task
force had while investigating drugs.
He also alerted the audience to the
fact that while marijuana is the most
wide-spread, other more powerful
drugs were beginning to find their
way into our community...cocaine,
qualudes, etc. are showing up with
more regularity.
Middleton also stressed the fact that
the Task Force was also committed to
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City Awarded $400,000
Development Block Grant
Blakely Mayor Billy Fleming
received notification this week from
Gov. George Busbee that the City of
Blakely has been selected to receive a
$400,000 grant under the Community
Development Block Grant Program.
The grant will be used by the City to
improve public facilities, specifically,
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John Holman, past president of the
Blakely Rotary Club, was made a
Paul Harris Fellow, by a recent action
of the club. The announcement and
presentation was made at the past
Friday meeting. This honor is the
highest to be awarded a member by
Rotary International. It signifies that
ten anonymous members have con
tributed a thousand dollars to the
Rotary Foundation in the recipient’s
name. The Rotary Foundation uses
state area converge on Blakely for
this one day show and sale.
The Festival kicks off with a big
parade at 10 a.m. Bands, floats,
horses, tumblers, and more scheduled
to march in the parade which
originates at the First State Bank and
travels around the Square
Charles Ferguson, Pataula Judicial Circuit District Attorney, addresses
Thursday nights overflowing crowd at the Town Hall Awareness Meeting. Also
pictured (L-R) are County Administrator Billy Broadway who moderated the
meeting, School Superintendent Ray Knight, Probation Officer Harris Hodges,
Task Force members Robert Love and Charles Middleton.
improvement of the sewer system to
prevent infiltration and inflow of rain
water and the re-construction of
North Avenue.
In an effort to eliminate excess
storm water and ground water from
the City's sewer system, City officials
hope to remove as much as 450,000
Mr. John Holman was made a Paul Harris Fellow at Friday’s Rotary meeting.
He is pictured above with Rotary President Buck Grist and two other Paul Harris
Fellows, Mr. S.G. Maddox, Sr. (left) and Mr. Raymond Singletary (right).
the money to make scholarships who stood by Mr. Holman’s side as he
available to deserving students in this received the award. Club members
and foreign countries. gave Mr. Holman a standing ovation.
In making the presentation Presi- Friday’s program was given by a
dent Grist stated that Rotarian John local hunter and sportsman who gave
Holman was only the third club a demonstration of bow and arrow
member to become a member of this hunting. The very interesting pro
prestigious organization. These are gram was given by Tommy Bell, and
S.G. Maddox and R.C. Singletary, Jr., it was arranged by Carey Logan.
Entertainment begins immediately
after the parade with a band concert
by the Early County High School Mar
ching Band, followed by a choral con
cert by the Early County Middle
School Choruses under the direction of
David Smith. This will be followed by
square dancing, a modem dance
Overflow Crowd Attends Drug Awareness Meeting
gallons per day from the flow into the
old treatment plant located on Plant
Street.
In doing so, the operation of the
plant will be brought into compliance
with Georgia’s Environmental Pro
tection Division guidelines for the
next 3 to 4 years, pending funding of a
number with a circus theme by Patty
Zipperer’s girls, Anna Hattaway of
Dothan performing on roller skates.
All entertainment is free.
The Historical Society will feature
as concessions a Flea Market full of
treasures ranging from old furniture
to books and knick Knacks. The Coun-
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Early County - Blakely, Georgia 31723
Watch the Early County News next
week for the first of a series of follow
up articles on the Drug Awareness
meeting and where we go from here.
proposed new treatment plant.
By bringing the old treatment plant
into compliance with the EPD
guidelines, the City will be able to pro
vide the needed utilities to ac
comodate construction of new in
dustry to provide more jobs, and the
construction of additional housing to
help improve the deplorable housing
conditions which presently exist in
many areas of the community.
A portion of the grant will be used to
rebuild North Avenue, the worst
street in Blakely, to permit two-way
traffic.
Presently North Avenue, which was
paved approximately five years ago,
is in a poor state of condition with the
asphalt breaking off on the shoulders
due to severe erosion.
At many points along the street the
drop-off at the edge of the pavement is
severe enough to cause damage to
vehicles. Many places along the
street, the pavement is but a few feet
wide.
In addition to providing two-way
traffic, the rebuilding of North
Avenue will greatly improve access to
a neighborhood serving 33 low and
moderate income families.
Approximately $228,000 of the grant
money is designated for the sewer
system rehabilitation, $128,000 is
designated for the rebuilding of North
Avenue. Another $17,500 for general
adminsitration of the grant project,
and another $19,000 for contengencies.
Other benefits to be realized from
the implementation of the $400,000
grant will include better control of
storm water run-off in the North
Avenue area, including Dumas,
McLauren, Butler, and Washington
streets.
Also, the elimination of as much in
flow and infiltration of storm water in
to the sewer lines as possible will have
an immediate and direct impact on
the lives of over 500 residents of the
area directly affected by the flooding
of the treatment plant and sewer
lines. Hopefully, they will be relieved
from the hazard of raw sewerage run
ning over their streets, yards, and
creeks, in their neighborhoods.
try Store will stock home baked
goods, candies, preserves, plants,
crafts, and other goodies donated by
Society supporters. Cold drinks will
also be sold from a stand.
The Consignment Booth, sponsored
by the Society, is designed for the ar
tist or craftsmen who has only a few
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The crowd was representative of all facets of our community, including our
youth, who stand to lose the most if we don’t find some way to deter drug abuse.
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Able to speak from both sides of the drag problem, Tommy Griffin showed as
much concern and courage as anyone at the Drag Awareness Meeting.
A drag paraphenalia display - made up completely of articles confiscated in
Early County, was viewed by Thursday nights’ crowd.
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items to sell, six or less, and doesn’t
want to have a full booth. Registration
for this booth is SI.OO plus 10% com
mission on all sales. Items entered in
the Consignment Booth are eligible
forjudging.
The judges for this year’s festival are
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