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Wednesday, November 1,2017
ASHBURN,GA, 31714
VOL 109 - No. 44 • 500
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Ribbon cutting
We will have a Ribbon
Cutting for Ponder Bar-
beque Company on No
vember 3rd at 11:30 a.m.
Ponder BBQ is our newest
restaurant and is located be
side Carroll’s Sausage and
Meat Market.
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.
Boiled peanuts
Turner County Young
Farmers 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.
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.
com
Animal control
Anyone who needs the
Ashburn Animal Control
department should call 567-
0313. All calls routed
through the dispatch center.
This applies to Ashburn res
idents as well.
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Serving Turner County Since 1902
New leads in
murder case?
A podcast about the Wideman murders in Re
becca has generated leads which the producers
have turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investi
gation.
Mason Lindsey, the pro
ducer of the Up and Vanished
podcast series, has
done a series on the
Wideman murders.
“In Episode 3,
we play a call. This
call seems to have
some validity to it. It
rings a bell some
where. The GBI, we
gave them the call
but we have not
heard any update,” he said.
“From when I first started to
where I am (now), I have made
some headway. I have a clear
thought of what happened.”
The Widemans, Tommy
Joe, Debra, Melissa and
Melissa’s unborn baby were
killed in Rebecca in late March
2002. The home they were in
burned to the ground. The case
is unsolved.
Law enforcement regularly
discusses the case, Sheriff
Andy Hester has said.
Despite that, Mr. Lindsey
thinks the case needed some
thing else, like his podcast, to
generate a break.
“It has sat cold for too long.
This podcast getting more ears
and eyes on this case is the best
thing to happen,” he said.
ARREST?
Mr. Lindsey,
without offering
proof or evidence,
said he believes an
arrest in the murder
is not far off.
SURPRISES
In doing the pod
cast, Mr. Lindsey
has come across
some surprises, in
cluding the small size of the
community. Other surprises
he’s found are the number of
house fires here.
He also believes law en
forcement is not telling the
public everything.
“I know there is a bigger
case the GBI probably has.
They are not sharing it. They
are close to an arrest. I do not
know what it takes to make an
arrest,” he said.
THE GBI
When asked about the GBI,
Mr. Lindsey said he’s tried to
talk with the state investigative
agency. He said the GBI won’t
talk to him.
Why?
His reply to that question in-
(See PODCAST Page 2)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/pod
cast/sworn/id1243525941 ?mt=2
Mason Lindsey
AARRRGGH! LITERACY NIGHT
Turner County Elementary School recently held a Pirate Literacy Night. Kids and
parents did fun activities. The students got pirate-y nametags that were just too funny.
Photos Trish Mathes
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Teachers of the Year: Danette Perry, High School; Jill Kicklighter, Elementary School; Daniel Laster, Middle
School; Pre-K, Amber Stevens. Ms. Kicklighter is the Turner County School System Teacher of the Year.
Turner County Toys for Tots campaign begun
The annual Turner
County Toys for Tots
campaign is underway
here.
The collection boxes
will start appearing in
businesses this week.
Toys for Tots applications
are at each of the schools, the
Board of Education office,
DFCS and the Health Depart
ment. Families who want to re
ceive toys this year need to fill
out one of these applications.
Toy donations can also be
dropped at The Wire-
grass Farmer and the
Chamber of Com
merce.
Cash donations to
buy toys are also ac
cepted. Checks should be made
to Turner County Toys for Tots
and can be dropped at The
Wiregrass or the Chamber or
mailed to 109 N. Gordon St.,
Ashburn GA. 31714.
Paypal donations can be
sent to redneckge
nius@gmail.com (this is the
editor’s account. He will see
that the money goes to Toys for
Tots).
For more information call
Diane Saylor at 848-7571.
Rockin’
Have you noticed decora
tive rocks appearing outside
your business? These hand
painted rocks are part of a
growing phenomena for travel
ers and locals a like to show off
their creativity and local pride.
A meeting to discuss how to
make this a bigger promotion
for Turner County is set at 11
a.m. Nov. 2 at Farmer’s Furni
ture in downtown Ashburn.
Anyoene who is interested
in participating is invited to at
tend.
Here’s a rundown of what to
expect:
Have you heard of the new
trend where people paint on
rocks and then hide them
around town? Well they paint
inspirational quotes, sayings,
or pictures to uplift people and
bring some excitement to their
day. Everyone is having a blast
painting them or finding them
or both. So what does this have
to do with your business?
Ashburn businesses need to
rock the boat. We need to try
something new to help our
(See ROCK Page 2)
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This space available.
Your ad runs 4 or more
weeks. Get your
business noticed!
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567-3655
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