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PUMPKIN WINNER
SPLOST
Alyssa Howell was the first pumpkin contest winner
at the Piggly Wiggly. The contest runs through October.
Entry is free. Children draw a Halloween pumpkin pic
ture as their contest entry. Full rules available at the Pig.
Josie Rigdon is another pumpkin winner at the Pig.
Family Connection meetings
Family Connection has
changed our collaborative
meeting from quarterly to
monthly. We will meet each
month for at least an hour ex
cept June, July, and Dec. We
will begin this new cycle in
August. Our next meeting is
held on July 13th at the Civic
Center Conference room at
11:00 a.m. Cheryle Bryan, our
Chairperson, will donate light
refreshments.I am reaching out
and trying to get representation
from every aspect of our com-
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.
MISS YOUR
PAPER?
Call us
567-3655
munity, especially our
churches. Please invite some
one from your church to at
tend. I look forward to seeing
each of you, and I promise to
be informative but try not to
keep you no more than an hour.
Veterans salute
Did you miss last year's
salute to veterans? If so don’t
miss this one. We will be fea
turing the veterans in a maga
zine this year. You can either
email or bring in a picture to go
in our special salute coming in
November. There is no charge
to submit a picture. You do not
have to resubmit a picture.
We keep the veterans
from each year. Call us at
567-3655 if you have any
questions.
CALL
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with misuse of 911 and false
report of a crime.
"Once the scene was safe,
we started tracking the 911
call. We listened to the
recorded lines. With the help of
the Turner County Sheriffs Of
fice and the GBI, we did voice
analysis. It was Seth," the cap
tain said.
Mr. Abney was already in
custody. Two other people,
also in the home at the time,
were released after being
briefly detained. Capt. Purvis
said no one was hurt.
CHECKING IT OUT
Officers arrived and
blocked the roads. They then
went to surrounding homes,
evacuating the residents there.
The Special Purpose Loca
tion Option Sales Tax
(SPLOST) is on the ballot in
Turner County in the coming
general election.
SPLOST must be renewed
periodically by a general vote.
The lp tax can only be spent
on capital improvement items
like roads, bridges, water and
sewer systems, buildings and
rolling stock. It cannot be spent
on recurring expenses like
salaries and utility bills.
SPLOST mns out when the
total amount in the referendum
is collected OR the time alloted
for the tax runs out. The limit
for this round of SPLOST is
$5,400,000. If approved, it will
expire in 2024. The current
SPLOST expires next year.
The listed income for the
SPLOST is always set high so
the time mns out before all the
money is collected. The entire
notice about the SPLOST elec
tion is in this week’s legal no
tices.
The Turner County Com
mission gets the lion’s share of
the money, followed by Ash-
SCHOOL
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The school was cleaned up
by the janitorial crews.
Whoever did the vandalism
used water, eggs and fire extin
guishers according to some re
ports.
"We set up a perimeter two
blocks back. The Turner
County Sheriffs Office came
to help," Capt. Purvis said. The
Tri-County SWAT team was
also called in. GBI arrived with
a robot that is used to scout
dangerous situations.
When everyone was set up,
Mr. Abney came out of the
house on his own.
"He said he was getting a
drink of water. The house is di
vided, He was going from one
side to the other," Capt Purvis
said.
Officers talked Mr. Abney
off the porch. The only thing
he was willing to tell officers
was he knew of a gun in the
house.
"We obtained a search war
rant. We went in. We detained
three people, Abney being one
PARKS
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library loan program, which
will celebrate its 10-year an
niversary in the coming year.
More than 100,000 families
have checked out and used a
ParkPass since Georgia Public
Library Service and Georgia
State Parks & Historic Sites
began the program, which has
saved residents more than $1
million in admissions and
parking fees.
“Our goal for these back
pack kits is to help families
leam about nature and the nat
ural wonders we have through
out the state,” said State
Librarian Julie Walker, “and
this objective aligns well with
the important role that libraries
play in education for all Geor
gians. From backyards and
local parks to any — or all —
of Georgia’s state parks, his
toric sites and National Park
1. Overall physical health
2. Pregnancy related visits
3. Irregular menstruation
4. Breast exams
5. Pelvic exam
6. Pap smear
7. Birth control
8. Change in vaginal discharge
9. Blood in urine
10. Painful sex or painful cramps
WATER
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cent charge to late bills.
“Over 10 months, that could
be about $1,000,” he said.
Ms. Nutt said the system au
tomatically adds the late fee to
the past-due bill. She can ad
just the bill manually to re
move the late charge.
In the meantime, one resi
dent is looking at a bill of
$400+.
“What will we do until then
(when a policy is in place)?
The late fee is ridiculous,” Ms.
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burn. Sycamore and Rebecca
each get 5 percent. Some
money goes to the Turner
County Development Author
ity and the Victoria Evans Me
morial Library.
WHO PAYS
In Turner County, at least 50
percent of the money raised
through the sales tax comes
from visitors and people driv
ing down 1-75.
A quick check of income
from the Department of Rev
enue in Atlanta shows Turner
County has more than twice as
much sales tax income as
neighboring Wilcox County.
Both counties are about the
same size in population and
total land. The biggest differ
ence is the interstate. Turner
County collected about 50 per
cent more than neighboring
Irwin County.
Another example of this is
the opening of the new store at
Exit 82. Sales tax income
jumped about $10,000 a month
after the store opened, an
amount that has stayed pretty
consistent.
“This is unacceptable be
havior and does not reflect the
culture of Turner County
Schools or the standards to
which our students are held,”
Dr. McDaniel said.
The school is encouraging
anyone with information about
the incident to report it to
school authorities.
of them," the captain said.
The SWAT team and GBI
cleared the house.
"A BIG thank you to the
Sheriffs office, the Tri-County
SWAT and the GBI," Capt.
Purvis said.
BETTER SAFE
The APD realizes that the
evacuation was annoying to
many, but stands behind the
decision.
"We were operating off a
call about a double homicide
and threat to commit another.
That is serious. We had no idea
what was happening, why it
was happening or what could
happen next," the captain said.
"We did what we felt was nec
essary to ensure the safety of
the residents in that area at that
time."
Service lands, the learning op
portunities here are endless.”
The loan period for the
backpack kits is one week,
matching that of the Park-
Passes, which must be checked
out separately.
This project is made possi
ble, in part, with funds pro
vided by a grant to GPLS from
the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS)
through the Library Services
and Technology Act (LSTA).
Nutt said.
“It’s something we need to
resolve but can’t resolve
today,” Mr. Galt-Brown said.
Councilman Fred Eister
said just waive the late fee.
Mr. Galt-Brown said what
ever is done, resolution or or
dinance, it also needs to
include wording that it will not
be done on a regular basis for
someone who is chronically
late paying the water bill.
MORE INFO
The matter was tabled.
Mayor Woodruff was asked to
research the idea by talking
with more cities about their
policies.
“It’s a good idea, but we
need to tweak it a little bit.
Consider the consequences of
the action we’re going to take,”
Councilman Galt-Brown said.
“Man o’ man, this is a bag of
cats.”
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