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Wednesday, March 13,2024
ASHBURN,GA, 31714
VOL 109-No. 11*750
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Election
Complete election results
by precinct will be in next
week’s newspaper. We’ll
have overall results Tuesday
night on our Facebookpage.
Meetings
County Commission, last
and 1st Tuesday of the month.
Ashburn Council, 1st
Thursday of the month.
Sycamore Council, 2nd
Thursday of the month.
School Board, 1st and 2nd
Monday of the month.
All meetings are at 6 p.m.
Teddy bears
The Kiwanis Club is col
lecting teddy bears for public
safety to give to children. The
bears are to help frightened
kids. New bears may be
dropped off at The Wiregrass
Farmer.
Stray dogs
Ashburn residents are re
minded that pets must have a
collar and current rabies tag.
Animals without tags will be
collected by Animal Control.
A copy of the City's animal
ordinance is available at City
Hall and the Police Depart
ment. Animal control number
is 567-0313.
Separate debris
If you pile leaves and
limbs at curbside, please sep
arate 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.
Siren Test
The Turner County
weather warning siren is
tested the first Wednesday of
the month, good weather per
mitting, at noon.
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HOMETOWN NEWS SINCE 1902
STATE CHAMPIONS
The Turner County Rec Department 14U Boys Basketball team won the state title in Bowden. Pictured are Rec Director Clifford Jordan,
players King Bateman, Zalachi Brown, Emzie Davis, Ahmori James, Marquis Joseph, Kamaz King, Mon Zavious Lawhorn, Nijalious Murphy,
Quaytravian Poke and Michael Salinas. Coaches are Michael Jackson and Shawn Jackson
2 new trucks every year at near 0 cost?
The Turner County
Commission may get 2
new heavy trucks for
the Road Department
at no cost, very low
cost or possibly make a
small profit by selling
the trucks after keeping
them for 12 months. A
vote on the proposal
was set for Tuesday
evening’s meeting.
At the workshop meeting
last week, Chris Warren with
Worldwide Equipment spoke
to the Commission at the
March meeting and briefed the
board on the plan. Road Super
intendent Dustin Beaty said it
sounds too good to be true, but
it actually is a working pro
gram.
This is how it works:
The County orders 1, 2 or
however many trucks are
needed. Heavy equipment
manufacturers sell the rigs to
local governments at a price
well below what the retail and
commercial market has to pay.
Worldwide guarantees a
minimum bid price if the truck
is sold at an auction 12 months
later.
The County keeps the
trucks for 12 months, just pay
ing the interest on the loan
needed to buy the truck. Local
governments often get better
interest rates than businesses
and industries. Mr. Warren said
the County actually owns the
truck during those 12 months.
Meantime, the truck is fully
warranted and all major repairs
are covered by that warranty.
The County must handle rou
tine maintenance.
At the end of 12 months, the
truck goes to auction. This is
legal under Georgia law. The
truck sells at auction. Mr. War
ren said most buyers are from
the West and Midwest.
The buyers get a fairly new
truck with a factory warranty
for much less than buying a
brand new truck.
Mr. Warren said sometimes
local governments make a little
money on the sale and some
times lose a little money. He
added, "no one has lost their
shirt doing this."
Mr. Beaty said the Road De
partment can use 2 trucks right
now. He has 2, but one is in the
shop and has been for a while
waiting on parts. He encour
aged the Commissioners to try
this program as it means the
Road Department could get 2
new trucks every year at
amuch lower cost than buying
them on loan.
Mr. Warren said this frees
up manpower at the County
(See TRUCK Page 2)
Candidates
MISS FIRE ANT
for office
Qualifying for the November
election for County offices
ended Friday. Qualifying for
Ashburn City Council seats
opens later this year.
Unless someone qualifies as a
write-in candidate, one race will be
decided in the primary election as the
only qualifiers are Republican.
Two races have Independents and
those elections will go to the Novem
ber ballot.
Other races see the incumbent with
no challengers or have candidates
from the Republican and Democrat
parties. These races will be on the No
vember ballot.
PROBATE JUDGE
Penny Thomas, D incumbent
Dawn Elliott, R
This race will go to the November
election.
CORONER
Jim Lumpkin, R incumbent
Robby Royal, R
Charles Jordan, D
This race will go to the November
election as it has candidates declared
as Republican and Democrat.
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Allen Weaver, D incumbent
James Burgess, D
Mr. Burgess (See VOTE Page 2)
The Fire Ant Pageant returned to Turner County on Saturday. Winners are: Baby Miss Fire Ant - Stevie
Hodges; Teeny Miss Fire Ant - River Rogers; Tiny Miss Fire Ant - Reba Regan; Little Miss Fire Ant - Lillian
Kaiser; Petite Miss Fire Ant - Taylor Kate Ransom; Junior Miss Fire Ant - Ansley LeMaster; Teen Miss Fire
Ant - EmmaKate Broome; Miss Fire Ant -Leigh Sturdevan; Miss Fire Ant People’s Choice - Madison Davis.
The event was sponsored by ASA Med Spa. Photo Sami Mastrario
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