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Wednesday, October 18,2017
ASHBURN,GA, 31714
VOL 109 - No. 42 • 500
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Separate limbs
and leaves
Ashburn residents:
When you pile leaves and
limbs at curbside, please
separate limbs from the
leaves and pine straw. The
City's street vac can pick up
the leaves and straw. The
boom truck can pick up
limbs. When you separate
the leaves and limbs, pick
up goes faster and takes
fewer employees.
Spooktacular
work
Becoming a great writer
isn't Scary! Writing Across
All Curriculum Turner
County Middle School/
ACE Academy Lunchroom
October 19 th from 5-6 p.m.
Light Refreshments & Door
Prizes.
Serving Turner County Since 1902
I WANT MY MUMMY
Behavior Counts! party cel
ebration at TCES. Students
enjoyed eating spider cookies,
pin the spider on the web,
dancing, and mummy wrap
ping. Students who had good
behavior during the first grad
ing period got to attend the
party. More photos Page 1B.
MS vies
for title
by Brad Christian
The Turner County Middle School football
team will be playing for the south Georgia con
ference championship this Wednesday at Alan
Hobby Lield. They will be hosting Irwin County.
The team has allowed only twenty points over the
course of the season and has lost only one game.
Middle school coach Lemondro Graddic says
he is very proud to be a part of this team and sees
something special in them.
“I am honored to be coaching a group of young
men who go out and compete every game. They
also understand that this is bigger than football as
we are trying to change the culture here in our pro
gram. We have a saying around here... embrace
the process and fight for everything! Just so proud
of them.”
Kickoff is at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Good luck
Rebels!
One charged
in fake call
A call to 911 last week about a double murder
and possible hostage situation turned out to be
fake according to the Ashburn Police Department.
APD Capt. Richard Purvis
said the department was dis
patched to the 300 block of E.
College Ave. in response to
what the caller said was a "dou
ble homicide and about to com
mit another."
The end result saw Seth
Abney, 27, with a listed address
in Valdosta, charged (See CALL Page 2)
Vandalism at the high school
Boiled peanuts
Turner County Young
Larmers has cases of boiled
peanuts for sale. Each case
has 24 quart cans and is
available for a $45 dona
tion. Leave a message at
(706) 452-4906 and a mem
ber will be in touch to
arrange pick up or delivery.
You can also visit
www.facebook.com/turner-
countyyoungfarmers for
more information.
Birth certificates
Need a certified birth
certificate? If you were
bom in the State of Georgia,
the Turner County Probate
Court may be able to pro
vide you with a certified
copy. For more information
call Probate Court Judge
Penny Thomas at 567-2151.
Vet Recognition
A recognition service for
Vietnam Era Veterans to be
held at the Ashburn Civic
center on November 10,
2017 at 9:30 a.m.. Any vet
eran serving during the
Vietnam war can be recog
nized at the service as long
as they have a copy of their
DD-214. Veterans need to
send a copy of their DD-
214 to Commander Andrea
Pearce @
hopefaith033 @ gmail .com,
or
w wdaniell_49 @ y ahoo .c
om or Mike Geoghagan @
mikegeoghagan .cc @ gmail.
Part of the high school was
vandalized Friday.
The Sheriff’s Department
and the Georgia Bureau of In
vestigation were called in.
Prinicpal Keith Croft re
ferred all calls to the Board of
Education central office.
Superintendent Jeff Mc
Daniel said the school system
Several times a year the
Sycamore City Council votes
on adjusting a water bill for a
utility customer.
The adjustments are almost
always because of a leak. Once
the leak is fixed, the Council
writes off the excess sewer
portion of the bill, as long as
the leak did not run water to
the treatment plant.
Lately, the Council has
looked for a way to do this ad
ministratively. Most cities,
Sycamore is getting some
new Christmas decorations
thanks to the generosity of peo
ple in the community.
Sycamore Councilman Fred
Eister said the City had $2,430
in donations, good enough to
buy 7 new fixtures. At last
week’s Council meeting, he
said that was $129 short of
having enough to cover the
shipping cost.
is investigating the matter and
more details will be released
later.
No computers were dam
aged.
“All the computers in ques
tion were turned on and fired
up. They were working appro
priately,” said
School cameras caught the
Ashburn included, have a pol
icy in place allowing the utility
billing staff to handle bills
when the resident had a leak.
“Ashburn does an agree
ment. Let the person pay over
time (in the case of a really
large bill). The person getting
this has to sign for it,” said
Mayor Wayne Woodruff. “My
suggestion is to let the office
use their discretion. Let Ashley
(Nutt) and Mary (Wynn, the
City Hall staff) make the deci-
Council members and The
Wiregrass Farmer chipped in
enough to cover the shipping
costs. Mr. Eister said the deco
rations will be here by the first
week of November.
In other news, City ad val
orem tax bills went out Mon
day. Mayor Wayne Woodruff
said collecting past-due bills
needs to be addressed soon.
vandalism while it was being
committed.
“There is some video being
reviewed at this time,” the su
perintendent said.
Several rooms and a hall in
the high school were vandal
ized. The high school was
roped off briefly.
(See SCHOOL Page 2)
sion.
Doing it that way is more
complicated than the Council
originally thought.
“I am leery of that. It
smacks of ad hoc law,” said
Councilman Jim Galt-Brown.
He said the Council needs a
written policy.
Letting the City Hall staff
handle the matter could open
the door to different payment
plans for different people, he
said.
“We need a policy to protect
everyone involved,” he said.
He also asked what would
happen if it were not a leak. He
said what might happen if a
faucet was left on or turned on
and left running.
LATE FEE
Further, letting someone
pay a large bill over time
means the billing system auto
matically adds a late fee, he
said. Sycamore adds a 10 per-
(See WATER Page 2)
Water bill adjustment complicated
New Christmas decorations
Librarian JoAnne Brown with the “stuffed backpack’
you can borrow from the Library.
Visit a state park with a backpack
Georgia residents can check
out a stuffed backpack kit at
any of the state’s 400-plus pub
lic libraries and, in combina
tion with an already available
state ParkPass, take it with
them on a free visit to any of
Georgia’s State Parks & His
toric Sites.
The backpack is available at
the Victoria Evans Memorial
Library now.
Each co-branded kit in
cludes a sturdy, five-pocket
backpack containing a pair of
5x30 binoculars, a guide to
Georgia’s State Parks & His
toric Sites and foldout Pocket
Naturalist Guides to Georgia
Wildlife, Georgia Birds and
Georgia Trees & Wildflowers.
The kits are the latest addi
tions to the popular ParkPass
(See PARKS Page 2)
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