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The Crawford County Counseling
Center is raffling off a Savage 308
Caliber Rifle with a camouflage
scope. Tickets are $5 or you can get
15 tickets for $50, 35 tickets for
$100. The rifle can be seen at
Wester Auto. Contact RCCCOC at
478-836-3825 for tickets.
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Roberta Musicians Foundation will be
meeting every Saturday at 5 p.m. next to Duke’s
Pawn Shop in the Piggly Wiggly shopping
center. Everyone is invited! Bring your musical
instrument to play with the group or just bring a
chair to sit and enjoy the music!
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Water Causing ‘Frog’ Problem For Creekview Drive
Tax Commission Office To Stay Put
By Victoria Simmons
The Georgia Post
Mosquitos, frogs and
snakes. Not usual subjects
you would expect to hear at
a meeting of the Crawford
County Commission but
these subjects were men
tioned frequently at last
week’s meeting. Creekview
Drive resident, Julie Peters
and her husband are not hap
py about the water in their
yard and she said she had
never seen so many frogs in
her life. Snakes like frogs so
she is worried about snakes
and of course, mosquitos
live in standing water.
Peters said they had
moved to the property after
the county had taken over
the road and that she pays
county taxes like everyone
else and wants the road
fixed. She presented the
board with pictures of the
water on her property. Peters
requested the board look at
the issue and determine if
anything could be done to
remove the water from the
property. Brett Yearwood
(neighbor) who said he had
worked with Bibb County
and the City of Warner Rob
ins which gave him some
expertise on the subject,
stated the problem was cre
ated due to a cross drain pipe
being improperly installed
and water was flowing into
the yard rather than out of
the yard.
Peters said she was con
cerned because there are a
number of small children in
the neighborhood. She also
said the county told her they
can’t dig because it is county
property but the county
won’t do anything either.
After much discussion back
and forth, John Thomas
said the property was in his
district and he said he would
look into the problem with
Pat Kelly, County Manager
and respond back to Peters
as soon as possible. “We will
take a look and see what we
can do,” Thomas said.
Moving on, the board
again was presented with a
list of possible road projects
which included Billy White,
Mt. Paran, Tribble, Jack-
son, Rowell, Cool Springs,
Walton, Causey, Dixon and
Hortman Mill. Kelly told
the commisisoners they
needed to reduce the list so
they would come within the
$360,000 spending level for
2014. Chairman Dean Fripp
said that Jackson and Rowell
roads were in his district
and could be done in house
and DOT would pay the
county for 70% of the total
cost. County Attorney David
Mincey III stated that if
those projects were selected,
the DOT standards would
have to be followed which
could mean additional rights
of way would have to be
secured. Frank Hollis asked
that the board consider rock
surface for the Tribble Road
project.
The board discussed the
projects further and then
tabled making any final de
cision until the next regular
meeting in July
Though moving the Tax
Commissioner’s office to the
courthouse was discussed
several times and it was
decided to get request for
proposals on cost at a previ
ous meeting, the subject
was readdressed. Kelly told
the board there had been a
security incident at the De
velopment Authority build
ing the previous week which
upset some employees in the
various offices. The inci
dent involved a man acting
very strange and asking for
money This, he said, caused
him to question security for
all county employees in the
building, not just tax com
mission employees. He sug
gested that the board may
want to reconsider efforts in
relocating the Tax Commisi-
son office to the Coverdell
Room. Many offices in the
building, he said, handled
money and therefore ad
ditional secureity might be
needed for the whole build
ing.
Commissioner Thomas
said that while moving the
Tax Commissioner’s office
would take care of their se
curity concerns, there were
other offices in the build
ing which would still have
the same security issues.
He said that the old school
building was good but need
ed security on the doors.
Chairman Fripp was con-
cered the board had made a
decision and was concerned
about reversing that deci
sion. Mincey told him the
board only authorized RFP
to determine costs and had
not voted to proceed with
renovations. Kelly suggested
he be allowed to research
the cost of installing security
earners and adding a security
guard at the building. There
was also discussion about
entrance to doors, especially
the back doors. The com
missioners agreed to further
look into the issue and to
proceed with estimates for
various security measures at
the Development Authority
building. The item will be
back on the agenda for next
month.
Continuing on with the
agenda, Kelly told the board
the resolution for the Rober
ta City Council’s approval of
intergovernmental agree-
ment for the 2015 SPLOST
initiative would be ready to
adopt at the next meeting.
The board approved
amending the budget for
the Roads Department for
an increase of revenues in
the amount of $5,413.80
in conjunction with the
2012 LMIG to resurface
Hopewell Road. The budget
for Clean and Beautiful was
also amended to increase by
$4,000 for the purchase of a
fork lift.
Hope Chest Open On Tues. & Thurs. Only
Phyllis Thiessen is managing the Hope Chest and though the emergency food bank
is open for folks with a referral voucher on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m.
- 2 p.m. they can only accept donations those days as well. Thiessen says all dona
tions are appreciated but they can only be taken on the days someone is available to
receive them. Future plans do call for a donation drop box and there will be a grand
opening sometime in August. The Hope Chest is located on Wright Avenue. Please do
not leave donations on porch when no one is on site.
The Crawford County seven and eight year old coach pitch All-Stars baseball team fin
ished fourth place in the district tournament held at West Macon’s baseball field. They
lost the first game to Perry Maroon but elminated Taylor County and Lamar County
and then lost to West Macon. Pictured front row from left: Chase Crosby, Ethan Bus-
bee, Kendall Rozier, Haiden Childres and Trace Hodges. Second row: Hank Adkison,
Dashawn Gaines, Luke Cody, Parker Henley, Judd Puckett, Gavin Spillers and Trevor
West. Back row: Coaches Shannon West, Troy Hodges, Chad Childres, Brandan Spill
ers, Nick Rozier and Craig Puckett.
Talented Artist Was Named 'Most Artistic' While At CCHS
By Victoria Simmons
The Georgia Post
Not everyone is creative or
artistic but Christopher John
son always drew and made art
in one form or another, even
as a small child.
In middle school he was
into comic books and would
create characters with unique
superpowers and silly cos
tumes. As he aged, he began
to love music and would con
stantly draw band logos and
skateboard company designs.
Chris, a graduate of Craw
ford County High School, and
his family moved to Roberta
in 1998 which was the begin
ning of his junior year in high
school. He says his father,
Wayne, always wanted to
build a golf course and Ro
berta was a place that had a lot
to offer (Private Reserve 54).
In high school, Chris
and his friends would trade
notebooks and sketch on the
covers to make really intricate
collaborative drawings. “I
would also draw the names of
girls I liked and give the draw
ings to them between classes,”
he said.
Recently, Chris had an
exhibition of his artwork in
downtown Macon at the Con
temporary Art Exchange as
part of the First Friday events.
He said a lot of his family and
friends from Roberta attended
the show and he can’t wait
for it to happen again. “It was
awesome to have so much
support from so many friends
from the area. In the future
I hope to get the chance to
participate in the JugFest and
help promote the arts in Rob
ert and Crawford County.”
Art was his creative outlet
and Chris felt he was good
at it. As a student at CCHS,
he took art classes with Pam
Perry and continued to be
involved in the creation of art.
During his senior year, he was
selected “Most Artistic” along
with his friend, Anna Shepard.
“I remember we took our
yearbook photo at the old train
depot in downtown Roberta
with spray paint cans and
paint brushes,” he said.
Chris said he formed some
lasting friendships while at
CCHS, especially in his art
classes, including a friendship
with Perry. In fact, they are
practically family now since
one of his brothers married
Mrs. Perry’s daughter. He
said, “We have remained close
since my time at CCHS and to
this day we spend a number of
holidays and family gather
ings together year-round. She
even comes to my art shows
in the region to show her sup
port for her former student.”
After graduation in 2000,
Chris moved to South
Carolina’s upstate region.
He worked for a few years
and was attending technical
school. He was accepted to
the Clemson University art
program where he received a
Bachelor of Fine Ant degree
in 2008 with a focus in visual
art. Once he graduated from
Clemson, he moved to Co
lumbia, SC where he attended
graduate school at the Uni
versity of South Carolina and
received his Master of Fine
Ants degree in printmaking
and drawing. While at USC
he was awarded a graduate
teaching assistantship. “I
had the privilege of teaching
printmaking to undergradu
ate art students as a graduate
student,” he said.
Chris says he is drawn to
printmaking because of the
various materials that can
be used to create a print.
“Printmaking also allows for
the ability to create multiple
works from one original
matrix, allowing for print
ing on a variety of surfaces
and materials,” he said. “The
physical task of carving wood
or etching metal is another
appealing aspect of working
with such substantial materials
and I am interested in the fact
that printmaking is a medium
that has both a two-dimen
sional and three-dimensional
component.”
Chris graduated from USC
in 2011 and continued to
teach studio art and art history
courses at the college level
and at a variety of artist work
shops around the area.
In July 2012, his wife, Nata
lie, accepted a librarian posi
tion in Columbus, Georgia
and the couple relocated back
go Georgia where he is cur
rently living. He is working at
the Auburn University Art De
partment in Auburn, Alabama
and also teaches art history at
Columbus Technical College.
Recently, he has exhibited his
artwork around the Southeast
and has had three solo exhibi
tions and three group exhibi
tions in the last six months.
The most recent was with the
Macon First Friday Festival.
You can check out examples
of his artwork by visiting his
website at: chrisjmfa.weebly.
com.
