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MIDDLE GEORGIA RACEWAY PRESENTS MONSTER TRUCK ALL STARS, Saturday, October 26. First show at 1 p.m. with gates open at 11:30 a.m. Second show at 7 p.m. with gates open at 5 p.m. Includes a Flalloween contest. Admission is $15 for adults; kids age 6-12 - $10; and age five and under get in free. 20% military discount at gate. FALL FESTIVAL AT BYRON BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday, October 27,4-7 p.m. Free sack races, games and more. Bring a decorated pumpkin to be judged and enter contest for a prize. For info call church office at 478-956-4670. nicuwazb on m\N erzeei October 31,6-7:30 p.m. Spooktacular Movie, 7 p.m. on lawn at Byron Municipal Complex. For info call Tiffany at 478- 956-2409. ISSUE 40 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013 COVERING BYRON AND PEACH COUNTY BYRONBUZZ@PSTEL.NET Race for the Cure brings crowd to Byron BY VICTORIA SIMMONS The Byron Buzz From pink pancakes to pink hair to pink shirts and hats, Byron was definitely in the pink Saturday for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure which brought around 2500 to North Peach Park for the event. Many ran for a friend or family member, others had their loved ones with them. Participants had cards on their backs in memory of or in celebration of with the name of a person they were supporting. Robert McCoy of Byron, was the winner, who also won last year’s race. This year’s time was 18:10 for him. Peyton Raley was the top fe male runner. The top breast cancer survivor was Stacey Perkins. Nicole Rinehart was the top survivor fundraiser. Funds from the largest fun draiser by Susan G. Komen Central Georgia, are used to help women get mammo- grands and to fund research for breast cancer. Tiffany Peavy, Byron Main Street Executive Director stated, ”A great big Byron thank you to all who volun teered and participated in the Susan G. Komen 5K and pancake breakfast. Thanks to Ga. Bobs, Big Peach An tique Mall, Byron Lions, Kay Center, Fort Valley Lions for their help with the pancake breakfast. The whole day was such a fun, inspiring, community event. Hope to see you next year.” suso M I Georgia Affiliate 10. race cure susan c. Komen race —cure. CENTRAL GEORGIA PHOTOS BY DAVID SIMMONS #1 Survivor Fundraiser Nicole Rinehart Hr* ■'/is ijm? r . H jDfl w \'(/' • W; ; ; j L* j ™ - b- v. / r 1 £«i . r. m.,MB Packing quilts Diane Holmes is showing one way to package the Comforting Quilters’ Sandy Hook Project quilts which will be delivered next month. The group met Sunday at founder Julie Love’s home, to package the quilts for the journey to Connecticut by some members of the group. PCHS Band rated ”,Superior” The Peach County High School Marching Band earned the highest overall rating of ’’Superior” at the Hawkinsville Invitational Band Festival Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Hawkins ville High School. The drum line and drum major earled a ’’Superior” rating in their category as well. ”We have an outstand ing group of students,” stated Darren Johnson, Sr. Band Director. Johnson said he wanted to thank the band students and parent volunteers for their outstanding work. In addi tion he thanked the band parents, school administra tion and superintendent for their support. Pamela Bouy- er is the colorguard sponsor and Naomi Simmons is the drill team sponsor. Entities beat dealine for LOST settlement BY VICTORIA SIMMONS The Byron Buzz At this month’s Byron City Council meeting, council agreed to extend the current certificate for distribution of the LOST (Local Option Sales Tax) as a temporary solution to negotiations after failing to reach an agreement between the City of Fort Valley, City of Byron and Peach County. The new certificate had to be filed by Thursday, October 17 and it was filed on Tuesday, October 15, coming in under the deadline. After not reaching an agreement the negotiations had been sent to the Georgia Supreme Court which ruled the negotiations process unconstitutional. Last year the General Assembly enacted a new arbitration process for the man datory negotiations which are required every 10 years. However, the court ruled that a judge making a decision on taxes was in violations of the constitutional separation of powers. Had the certificate not been filed, there would be no distribution of the funds to the cities. The new certifcate does expire on December 31, 2014 which gives Peach County 59.3% (originally they were get ting 60%); Byron will receive 8.4% (origi nally 8.5%); Fort Valley will get 31.14% (originally 31.5%) Warner Robins will receive .99% and Perry will receive .17%. Some counties, including Peach, have made the decision to include an expira tion date by which a new agreement must be negotiated but the Department of Revenue has said they will not en force that self-imposed deadline. Byron officials indicated at last week’s meet ing they did not want this agreement to be permanent and want to renegotiate but needed to approve the certificate to at least get the funds for now. State law does allow mutual renegotiations between the 10-year mandated time. Of course not enforcing the expiration date could mean that counties would just pass temporary certificates every year and never reach an official agreement provided they accept the disbursement percentages each year. Peach County had wanted 60% and both Byron and Fort Valley felt they should get more. With this certificate Peach County is almost getting the amount they wanted. The General Assembly may revisit the LOST processes when they return to regular session in January, but that is not a given as things change regularly at the state capitol when the Legislature is in session. Funds from LOST go into the general fund. Byron Mayor Pro-temp Michael Chidester has indicated he thinks cities need a city municipal tax which they could collect instead of LOST and citi zens in the city not be impacted by LOST that were if possible. Of course, the State Legislature would have to approve that as well.
