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Old 341 Gets Name Change
By Abigail Adams
The Georgia Post
Due to a lot of confusion,
Robert and Cynde Dickey,
owners of Dickey Farms,
and Buddy Hayes, requested
the Crawford County Board
of Commissioners achange
the name of Old 341, where
their businesses are located.
At the April 2nd meeting
of the commissioners, the
Dickeys and Hayes stated
that the road caused prob
lems for deliveries and
customers coming to their
businesses and they even
have had problems getting
ambulances out because
of the confusion the road
causes on GPS systems.
A public hearing was held
during the April 16th meet
ing of the commissioners to
allow residents of that area to
come and give their opinion
on the road’s name and what
they felt should be done
about it. Some were opposed
and some brought their own
road name problems before
the board.
Two of four families, that
live on one of the dirt roads
in the area, attended the
hearing to ask what could be
done about their road too.
The road currently has no
road signs making it nearly
impossible to tell what road
it is. They stated that they
thought the road was also
called Old 341, but both road
signs have been stolen.
“You have to stand by your
mailbox to flag down an
ambulance if you have one
coming,” one resident of the
dirt road stated.
Vice Chairman Paul Chap
man agreed that, with new
drivers of ambulances who
are unfamiliar with the coun
ty and with the problems
with GPS locating certain
roads throughout the county,
a lot of confusion is caused
by having roads which don’t
have definite names. This
has been the problem for the
Dickeys and for Hayes who
says GPS will sometimes
send delivery drivers, cus
tomers and emergency work
ers into Culloden instead of
to their addresses.
After some discussion,
the board decided to name
the dirt road, Clay Road
and to place road signs with
the new name on both ends
of the road. The residents
thanked the board. The board
then moved on to the issue
of the two sides of Old 341,
East and West.
Residents of the northern
portion of Old 341 are happy
with the name of their road
and asked only that the board
put up signs to indicate that
the road is named Old 341
West. The board approved
and assured residents there
would be signs posted at
either end of the road.
The southern portion
of Old 341 (East), where
Dickey Farms and Buddy
Hayes’ business are located
came up for discussion next.
Other residents, who op
posed the change of the
name, were present and said
they did not feel there was a
problem with the road name,
but they were outnumbered
by those who felt a change
was in order.
After a lot of discussion
Commissioner John Thomas
made the motion to rename
Old 341 East, Musella Road.
Chapman seconded the mo
tion and it was approved 5-0.
The road name change goes
into effect immediately and
within the next moth will be
updated in GPS systems and
emergency systems.
Destiny Harris and Justin Bohannon, both students
at the high school, ready for the CCHS prom this
past Saturday night, April 20th. Send us your prom
photos and we will publish as space allows.
Residents Want Road Finished; Coroner Wants Vehicle
By Abigail Adams
The Georgia Post
Residents of Hollis Road
came forward at last week’s
meeting of the Crawford
County Board of Commis
sioners to ask just how much
longer it would take the
county to finish a project they
started almost three years ago.
Also on the agenda, county
coroner Allen O’Neal came
back before the board to ask
for more money in his budget,
county manager Pat Kelly
provided the requested infor
mation on the transit buses,
Sheriff Lewis Walker came
before the board to approve
new vehicle purchases for
the sheriff s department and
the board was presented with
three applications for the open
Development Authority ap
pointment to be made soon.
Rosemary Ellison, a resi
dent of Hollis Road, has been
before the board about her
road before. In 2010 she came
before the board to ask when
Hollis Rd. would be widened
and graded and made more
suitable for traffic. The board,
at the time, did not give El
lison a specific time frame,
but work started on the project
and stumps were removed
from the sides of the road. El
lison states this is as far as the
roadwork went.
Chairman Dean Fripp
explained to the residents of
the road that the decision that
had been made in 2010 was to
clear stumps and get the road
ready for widening, ditching
and draining. He did not want
to see crews pulled off the
Smith Chapel project until it is
completed because of the dif
ficulty getting down that road.
Residents of Hollis Rd. stated,
that at one point, they did not
have garbage pick up for two
weeks because of the condi-
tion of their road.
After some discussion, the
board decided that as weather
permitted, when the Smith
Chapel project is completed
they would move road crews
to Hollis Rd. to finish the
project there. Fripp stated the
weather has been too bad for
any work to be done on either
road and asked Kelly to be
sure that the water project that
has been discussed be worked
on until the weather cleared
and allowed them to get back
onto roadwork.
“I’m going to hold your feet
to the fire if this doesn’t hap
pen,” stated Commissioner
Frank Hollis (commissioner
Georgia’s First Lady Sandra Deal was in Crawford
County Monday to read to the children at the elemen
tary school. Deal was very demonstrative as she read to
the kids. At left is Mrs. Deal, Above are Sheriff Walker,
John Douglas, Becky Smith, Charles Cook, Mrs. Deal
and Raymond Dickey. At right is Cynde Dickey with
Mrs. Deal Below the children listen intently.
for the district which includes
Hollis Rd.).
County coroner, Allen
O’Neal has now been before
the board several times about
his budget. The first time he
came before the board he
asked for an increase in order
to help cover the costs of local
funeral homes handling bod
ies and their transport to the
crime lab in Atlanta. At that
meeting he also mentioned
the liability of driving his own
vehicle while on county busi
ness. The discussion led to the
board asking Kelly to research
O’Neal’s budget, compared to
other coroners throughout the
state.
At the next meeting O’Neal’s
request for additional funds
to be added to his budget was
approved. At the April 16th
meeting O’Neal returned with
yet another request from the
county, this time for a county
vehicle to drive while on
county business. He stated
that due to insurance liabilities
changing in the last several
years if he was in an accident
in his own vehicle while on
county business, he would be
responsible for all the dam
ages.
A copy of the coroner’s
budget was given to the
board members from 2008
and 2009. In 2008 the budget
shows a vehicle allowance,
but in 2009 the budget shows
a salary increase for O’Neal
and the vehicle allowance was
removed. Fripp stated that
because of the change in the
coroner’s pay structure the lo
cal legislative act implied that
the coroner would be using
his own vehicle, which he has
always done in the past.
Chapman reminded O’Neal
that the reason for the recent
increase in his budget was to
alleviate the need for a county
vehicle and Commissioner
John Thomas asked when
the requests for increases
were going to end. O’Neal
See ROAD, Page 10
Rate To Increase June 1st
Increasing postal rates, printing and production costs,
thefts and the economy, The Georgia Post is being
forced to increase the cost of the newspaper to $1
beginning June 1,2013.
“ft costs us more to mail than we are getting per
paper and though it is not something we relish doing,
it is something we must do, to bring our costs down,”
stated Publisher Victoria Simmons.
If your subscription expires in April or May, you may
want to go ahead and renew before the rate increase.
“Because we know everyone is struggling in this
economy, we will begin offering six months subscrip
tions on June 1,2013 when the rates increase,” stated
Simmons. “We appreciate our community and readers
and believe our product is worth the cost but we kept
from passing increased costs down to subscribers as
long as we possibly can. We ask for your understand
ing.”
The Georgia Post has been the “Voice of Crawford
County” since 1921.
