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(Security Finance Customer Appreciation Day Friday, June 7th All Day - Prizes! || H@p<B Cfet Huge Yard Sale Oil Hwy. 341 N iday, June 7th Baseball Camp Am© S mCQo°CID£[ Issue 23 Thursday, June 6,2013 One Dollar 2 Sections, Page Relay Baby 2013, Lily Louise McGee. Crawford-Taylor County Relay Total At $45,326 Since the May 4th Relay for Life had to be held indoors, a wrap up was held at David Bailey Park Friday evening. The luminaries were placed around the park and lit at dark. Though money is still tricking in, so far the amount raised for he Crawford-Taylor County Relay for Life is $45,326.06 raised by the 13 teams. Crawford County Elemen tary School placed first among teams by raising $18,100.59. Musella Baptist Church came in second with a total raised of $6,356.24 and the TC Runners were third by raising $3,370.31. Grand Club members who raised $1,000 or more in cluded Donna Spillers, Betty Harris, Marie Massie, Katy Bailey, Pat Bailey, Mary Gas- sett and Grady Gassett. This year’s Relay Baby was Lily Louise McGee, age 3, daughter of Carrie McGee. V1 — mr., > 9E. i 1 „ /T- T 7 ^ B f fe- Avi JSjii . AH 1 \ j wBr*\ . *T \! /v 3 Y l ft ' l ' ; ■ _1— 1 Lighting luminarias, bottom photo, in David Bailey Park and laughing and enjoying fellowship at the Re lay for Life Wrap-up (top photo) Friday evening. Interest Sought For Local ALS Walk/Run CC Board of Education Approves Tax Abatement Following the lead of the Crawford County Commission ers, the Crawford County Board of Education, in a called meeting, approved a Tax Abatement for a new company which may locate in the county, requested by the Develop ment Authority. This is a win-win situation for the county and school board if the deal goes through because the county and school system would receive $30,000 due to the penalties of taking the property out of conservation. This is a parcel of 147 acres of uninhabited land. In other business, the board amended the intergovernmen tal contract with the City of Roberta and Crawford County Commissioners to wave the free for the girls’ softball locker room/concession stand at the high school ball field. Craw ford County Commissioners also approved this at their last meeting. The board of education held a work session Tuesday, June 4, to begin work on their budget. tive disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degen eration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action pro gressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed. If you are interested in get ting this event going in Craw ford County, or would like to help in any way, contact the Roberta-Crawford County Chamber of Commerce at 478-836-3825. Eve Tomberlin of Crawford County would like to see if there is any local interest to hold a local one mile fun run/5K on September 21st in conjunction with a Walk to Defeat ALS to be held in Atlanta. ALS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” is a progressive neurodegenera- Crawford County 4-H’ers have plenty of summer activities to keep them active including bowling, picnic in the park, movies, and Cloverleaf Camp July 8-12. For information about these activities or 4-H call 478-836-3121. See Page 2 for complete listing.
