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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.
