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114th YEAR, NO. 41 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021 1 SECTION, 8 PAGES 50 CENTS PER COPY
1 Bus + 1 Driver =
A Big Impact On Education
—School Bus Safety Week Reminds Students, Parents, And
Motorists Of Their Important Role In School Bus Safety
The Taylor County School District celebrates National School Bus Safety Week on Oct. 18-22,
2021 and Georgia School Bus Driver Appreciation Day on Monday, Oct 18th. The 2021 theme
for the week, 1 Bus + 1 Driver = a Big Impact on Education, reminds students, parents and
motorists of the important role our bus drivers play in the education of our students. For years,
school buses have provided safe access to learning for our school children through secure and
dependable transportation to schools. We are grateful for the men and women who have served
in this important role. Our current drivers, as well as those who have retired, have worked
tirelessly to safely transport our most precious asset, the children of Taylor County,
The Taylor County School District is pleased to honor our drivers and bring attention to this
important public safety topic during National School Bus Safety Week. One key factor in pro
tecting our students rests with motorists obeying the law and stopping for Georgia’s school
buses as they board and exit. Drivers should also be reminded that obeying the law is just not
enough. Motorists must have an overall heightened safety awareness and expect the unex
pected as children wait at bus stops and as they get on and off their school bus.
Tips for Motorists
Please be alert and exercise patience and caution, especially around children as they wait at
school bus stops and as they load and unload school buses. Impatient, uninformed, or apathetic
drivers pose a great threat. Follow these safety practices:
* Be on the alert as children walk to and from their school bus stop.
Exercise care and be responsive as children congregate and wait at their bus stop. They may
be thinking about getting to school but may not be thinking of getting there safely.
* Be ready to act when you see the yellow flashing lights on the front and the rear of a school
bus. This is your warning that a bus stop is about to take place. Begin to slow down and look for
students in the area. NEVER speed up to beat a school bus. You must be focused and exercise
caution any time you are in the vicinity of a school bus stop as student riders can sometimes be
impulsive,
* Abide by the law when a school bus comes to a full stop and you see the flashing red lights
activate and the stop arm deploy. Motorists are required to STOP in nearly eveiy instance. The
only exception to this rule is when highways are separated in the center by a dirt, grass, or
concrete median. In this situation, only vehicles following or traveling alongside a school bus in
the same direction must stop,
* Be attentive after stopping. You must remain stopped until all loading students arc aboard in
the morning or all unloading students have cleared 12 feet off the roadway in the afternoon.
Proceed with caution only after ad students have safely cleared the roadway, the stop arm is
cancelled, and the flashing red lights are deactivated.
* Obey all traffic laws and speed limits, pay extra attention to the lower speed limits in school
zones.
—
Night
Photos by
Carey Lee
Friday night, Oct. 8th was
Senior Night at Viking
Field, as senior fall athletes
were recognized for their ac
complishments on and off
the field. Following Senior recognition, the Taylor County High School Vikings took the
field and grabbed a big win over the Central Talbotton Hawks, 49-6. The Vikings are
currently 2-4 overall and 1-3 in Region 5A Public, with wins over Crawford Co. and
Central Talbotton and losses to Marion Co,, Schley Co., Greenville, and Macon Co. This
Friday night f the Vt kings will travel to Cussetu to face the Chat tea Panthers at 7:30 p.m.
Vikings
Ground
The Hawks
On Senior
GDOT Has No Available Funding
For Railroad Crossing Upgrade
By VALOR I MOORE
Editor
The regular monthly meeting
of the Taylor County Board of
Commissioners was held last
Thursday night, Oct. 7th. The
meeting was moved from Tues
day, Oct. 5th, to Thursday, Oct.
7th and was opened with the
Invocation by Rev. Fitz Brown,
pastor of Mt. Pisgah Baptist
Church.
Previously, Norfolk Southern
Railroad proposed to close two
railroad crossings in Taylor
County one in Howard and one
on Lofton Street. The Commis
sioners decided to work to keep
both crossings open and try to
upgrade the crossing on Lofton
St, A meeting was held with
Georgia Department of Trans
portation representative Tyler
Peak to try to secure funding
to upgrade the Lofton St. cross
ing, Peak advised that the
Railroad Department of GDOT
has no funding for the upgrade
at this time.
The entirety of the Lofton Rd.
crossing is only 15 feet wide, so
the Board is considering mak
ing the crossing one lane, to
come off of Hwy. 96. This was
tabled for further discussion in
a work session.
Also, the Board approved the
2021 millage rate. In the in
corporated areas of the county,
the millage rate will be 10.57
mills, and in the unincorpo
rated areas, the millage rate
will be rolled back to 8.34 mills,
At 5:45p.m. on Nov, 2nd, there
will be a public hearing, just
prior to the November Commis
sioners' Meeting, on the closure
of Cooper Rd, in Rupert,
The Board approved the Title
6 Transit Program, which was
>See Commissioners on p. 5
Lady Vikings Enter First
Round Of State Playoffs
The Taylor County High School Lady Viking
Softball Team has completed the regular season
and will enter the first round of the A Public State
Playoffs Oct, 13th in Milledgeville. The Lady Vi
kings will face the Georgia Military College
(GMC) Ladies at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. If necessary,
the third game will be played Thursday, Oct 44th,
at 4 p.m* Good luck, Lady Vikings!
Traverse Jurors Drawn For November 8 th
Term Of Taylor County Superior Court
According to Taylor County
Clerk of Superior Court Lisa D,
McDonald, traverse jurors have
been drawn for the November
term of'Taylor County Superior
Court,
Traverse jurors should report
to the Taylor County High
School Auditorium on Monday
Nov. 8th, at 9:30 a,m
Jurors are asked to call the
Clerk’s Office at (478J 862-
5594, with a working phone
number, so you may be con
tacted with any changes to your
jury service. Jurors are also
reminded that no purses or
weapons may be taken into the
court area.
Traverse jurors are: Qazi
Ahsan, Ana Caroline Albritton,
Kimberly D.L, Albritton,
Simone Jenee Allen, Donna
Lou Barnes, Mabry G. Barrow,
Julius Eugene Beeland, Tho
mas Heath Beeland, Joyce Ann
Biles, Ramona An n icki a Bivins,
Samuel Lewis Blackstone,
Linda Coggins Blasche, Levi
Cole Bone, Thomas Allen
Bricker, Carolina Smith
Brown, Karen S, Brown, Rob
ert Wade Brown, Brittany
Nichole Bryant, John Scott
Callaway, Mikayla Morgan
Cannon, Keyshouin Arkel
Chappell, Sondra Lashon
Chatmon, Alfred Jackson
Colbert, Brand an Wayne
Patton Conn, Kay Newton
Coppedge, James William Cow
ard, Ann E. Crowley, Jonathan
Godfrey Davis, Rebecca Ann
Davis, Twanisia Lashontaye
Davis, Jan Dugger Dixon,
Rickesely Alexander Dixon,
Branden Allen Dodd, Sara R.
Dorough, Bobbie Ann Dowdle,
Jeremy Dwayne Dugger, Gre
gory Ryan Duncan, Joshua Wil
liam Finn,Harry L, Forbes, Jr,,
Carolyn Ann Gardner, Kevin
Wyatt Gay, Michelle Poole Gee,
Javares Quenteds Gibson,
Shambria Ashanti Gibson, Ti
ara Tamya Gibson, Charlie
Frank Gooch, Patricia Leigh
Goodin, Tracy Scott Goodin,
Lekisha Ala tin a Goodroe,
Hunter Lee Hamby, Mary Lou
Harvey, Tammy Lee Hatchett,
Julia Darlene Hemphill, Rob
ert DeVell Henderson, Debra P.
Hester, Ruth M. Hicks. Ethel
Peacock Hinton, Wesley Lamar
Hobbs, Trey Holladay, Clayton
Russell Hortman, Melanie Jo
Hosford, Rufus Benira
Hudgens, II, Robert Jason
Hunter, Charlie Edd Ivey, Jr.,
Jorvarious Dashown Johnson,
Sharon E. Johnson, Coreianna
Lashun Jones, Sherri Shannon
Jordan, Ernestine D, Kirksey,
Christina Brown Lash ley,
Junghee Lee, Charlyn Joan
Lemons. Wayne Edward Locke,
James Ferrell Lovvom, Danny
Wayne Lucas, Priscilla Ann
Lumpkin, Ysabella Marie
Macias, Laura R. Martin,
Malesia Graves Martin,
Octavius Dcont-c Mathis,
Shirley Searcy McCrary,
Laquita Lasha McDougald,
Rebecca Wainwright McElroy,
Patricia Luke Meeks,
De’Aundra Lorraine Mont fort,
Michael R, Montfort, and Tina
Be Hew Moore.
Others are: Esther H. Nolt,
Son Chu Owens, Kayla Lynn
Parish, Mary Milner Parker,
Tara Alicia Parker, Larissa
Paz, Connie Mac Perkins,
Keith Bradley Poole, Justin
Adam Pressley,Arthur Wallace
Prevost, Viol Miller Reeves,
Elrierick Jay Richardson,
Laverne Riley, Haley Andrews
Robinson, Kenneth Wayne
Rohinson, Chilquita C. Sand
ers, Mamie Florence Sanders,
Forrest Gabriel Sapp, Nykesha
Shaquira Searcy, Odis Carl
Selph, Jr., Wesley Donald
Smisson, John Michael Smith,
Demarion R. Smith, Leon
Smith, Rachel Lavern Snipes,
Vicky Baughcum Spillers,
Karen Denise Talton, Cherrise
Ronnell Taylor, Dakota Ashton
Tharpe, Quaneisha Nequan
Thomas, Quinetrious Monya
Thomas, James Brandon
Tidwell, Marhonda Troutman
Towns, Grade Laverne
Troutman, Charles Edward
Turner, Jennifer Nicole Turner,
Jessica Lynn Wain wright, Lacy
Renee Wainwright, William
Samuel Wainwright, Germaiya
Davion Walton, Timothy Lee
Watkins, Christa lie Paige Way,
D. Michelle Toole Westbrook,
Jewel Lakeisha Whitening,
Chasity Wainwright William
son, Laverne Poole Willis, April
La’Shon Wilson, Augustus
Ralph Windham, James An
drew Windham, Ty ler Shane
Winters, and Christopher Ber
nard Woodall.
TCHS Annual
Title I Meeting
Please join Taylor County High School
for the Annual Title I Meeting,
October 21, 10:00 - 10:45 or 5:00 - 5:45*
The meeting will be offered virtually.
Please look for the link on the TCHS
Facebook page and/or school website.
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