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Byron Easter Egg Hunt Re-Enactment ot the Living Last Supper ”ls It I?” Thursday, March 28,7 p.m. Byron United Methodist Church Christian Fellowship center Issue 13 Covering Byron & Peach County email: byronbuzz@pstel.net Thursday, March 28, 2013 Commissioners Reschedule Meetings Due to schedule con flicts, the Peach County Board of Commission ers’ Work Session and Regulat Meeting has been rescheduled as follows: April 2nd, Work Ses sion rescheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 9. April 9th, Regular Meeting rescheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 16 Village Green Garden Club recently installed new officers at the Byron Public Library. Seated from left” Linda Rhoden - Secretary; Katherine Woods - Vice President and Treasurer. Standing from left, club member Jan Davis; Janice Mohr - new Presi dent; and club members Martha Price, Jo Guynes, Glenda Sanders, Sandra Walker and Susan Ten- nille. Mohr will be appointing committees at the next meeting. For information about the club call Mohr at 478-654-6359. PHOTO COURTESY TIFFANY PEAVY Fundraiser Begins April 1st Though it doesn’t seem like it with the cooler weather lately, spring has sprung in Byron and that means the Battle of Byron is just around the cor ner ~ May 4th to be exact. The Lil’ Mr. and Lil’ Miss Battle of Byron fundraiser will be held this year, open to any child from age 3-8. Parents, grandparents or a business can sponsor a child for $25 and then, with parental consent, each child collects as many pennies as possible from April 1-May 1. Each penny is Yes, it is true, a driver took out the deck on the caboose at the depot which had recently been painted. The deck on the depot remains intact. counted as one vote and the child who collects the most votes is crowed Lil’ Mr. and Lil’ Miss Battle of Byron. The Byron BB&T will collect deposits from par ents throughout the time. All deposits must be made by the end of the business day on Wednesday, May 1st. All pro ceeds raised benefit the Battle of Byron and its distribution of funds to local non-profit orga nizations. All participants are asked to be on stage at 10:30 a.m. to be introduced and for the crowning of the winners. Winners represent Byron for the rest of the year by par ticipating in other community events as well as the Byron Christmas Parade. This is not a beauty contest, but is to encourage children and their families to be more involved in the Byron com munity. You are asked to please pre-register by April 3 to ensure your child gets the proper t-shirt size. Registration forms can be picked up from Karla Chidester by calling 478-954-4592 or Lindsey Bryan at 229-343-2230. You can also find the regis tration form on the website as well as on the Byron Buzz Facebook page. The new 2013 Miss Georgia Peach Queens were crowned recently. From left are Little Miss Geor gia Peach - Kalin Moultrie of Roswell; Teen Miss Georgia Peach - Lizzy Stanford of Cuthbert; Miss Georgia Peach - Blaire Bagwell of Warner Robins; Tiny Miss Georgia Peach - Kailey Burress of Perry; and Junior Miss Georgia Peach - Ashley Moore of Oglethorpe. Communications To Be Improved A 400-foot communications tower behind Peach County’s public safety complex on Hwy. 341, will, once every thing is in place, improve communication throughout the county. The City of Fort Valley signed an agreement this month and the PC Board of Education already has its equipment in place under an agreement. Entities do not have to pay for renting space because the tower was built with SPLOST funds and commissioners decided against charging. The county will move its 800 megahertz system from the Flint Energies tower to the new tower. This will save the county about $716 in monthly rent to Flint. The new tower is expected to remove any gaps in commu nication coverage within the county between all agencies. Easter Egg Hunt Returns The Byron Easter Egg Hunt returns this year with the Easter Bunny at Jail- house Alley Park, Saturday, March 30th, 11 a.m. There will be tons of prize eggs and sack lunches will be available after the hunt. Parents don’t forget to bring your camera the Easter Bunny will be on hand for those Kodak moments. There will be two sepa rate egg hunts: one for ages 0 - 5 and one for ages 6-12. Both start at 11 and the fire truck will sound the start of the hunt. There will be over 1,000 eggs to find. Inflata- bles from Party Playground will also be available for the kids. You don’t want to miss this free event! If you have any questions please contact Tiffany @ 956-2409. Lil-Mr./Miss Battle Of Byron Bobbie Evans Two very powerful motiva tional speakers are highlight ing A Light in the Darkness, women’s ministry conference on April 6th in Byron at the Byron Municipal Complex. One, Bobbie Evans, believes in the power of laughter. The other, Nancy Gibbs, has written 10 books and speaks frequently at various venues. ”We need to embrace life every moment and spread joy even in the midst of sorrow,” Bobbie Evans says. Evans is the director of JoyFULL Laughter, and is a certified Laughter Yoga instructor. Evans experienced the healing ability of laughter first hand when she suffered a mild stroke which lead to depres sion and anxiety. ’’Laughter is one way of sustaining us. God created laughter in us, it’s time to bring back that child like innocence!” Gibbs has been writing for over 15 years and has pub lished 10 books herself and also written for other publica tions such as ’’Guideposts” and ’’Chicken Soup for the Soul” and many others. ”God called me to write. A couple of years after I began my writing ministry, I was being called to speak,” she said. ”It is my desire for the ladies who Evans, Gibbs Highlight Conference Local Speakers, Musicians Also On April 6th Program attend this conference, not to leave the same as they were when they arrived. I pray they will walk a little closer to Him as they laugh and cry through my stories.” Bobbie and her husband, Chuck, live in Culloden, Geor gia and their place is called The Refuge.’ They are also avid Traditional Bow Hunt ers. She is the former CEO of Saints Alive Cares, Inc. a care management consulting firm assisting families through the end of life stage and has given several workshops and spoke at different venues as well. She currently works at Upson Regional as a Surgical Unit Secretary/NT. She and Chuck are members of MT. View Baptist Church in Thomaston. She is a mother and grand mother. Nancy and her husband, Roy, live in Cordele and he is pastor at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church there. Roy will be the master of ceremonies at the conference and will also share his musical talent with attendees. Nancy is also a mother and grandmother and keeps books part-time for Adams Pharmacy in Cordele. ’’You will be uplifted, inspired, renewed and re freshed after this conference,” Nancy Gibbs stated Victoria Simmons who says God put it on her heart to bring a conference of this magnitude to the area. Also on the program will be Mandy Robinson who almost died from a car wreck last year and is still trying to get her life back to ”as normal as possible”. She has faced many obstacles and through it all has learned to rely on God for all things. She will be sharing her testimony. Attendees will also be treated to the comical render ings of The Heavenly Queens of Comedy, Chef Audrey and Jill Elliot. These women are Christian comediennes and also have other talents as well. Chef Audrey as the name implies, is a chef and personal trainer. Elliott is an attorney. You will be uplifted by the musical talents of Paul Car- reker, a Byron police officer; Tammie Klima who ministers through music and Papa’s Pride, singing sisters, Chris Sercer and Donna Stripling. Sercer has opened for Ala bama and Papa’s Pride has opened or Sylvia and T.G. Sheppard and they have show cased at the Blue Bird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee. Tickets are $25 and includes a light breakfast and lunch.
