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Page 2 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018
THE GEORGIA POST &THE BYRON BUZZ
GOVERNMENT & MORE:
-Al-Anon meets Mondays, 11 a.m.
at old Byron School. For information
call 956-5637.
-PC Board of Education meets
first Tuesday of each month at 6
p.m.; Study session last Tuesday of
month, 6 p.m.
-PC Tax Assessors meet first
Thursday of each month, 4 p.m.
- Byron Lions Club, first and third
Thursday, 7 p.m.
-Byron City Council, second
Monday, 6 p.m.
-PC Commission, second Tuesday,
6 p.m.
-PC Development Authority, third
Thursday, 8 a.m.
-PC Water & Sewage Authority,
third Monday, 6 p.m.
-Byron Rotary Club, every
Wednesday, 8 a.m., Byron Wel
come Center.
-Byron Tax Office, Tuesday &
Thursday, 8:30-4:30 p.m. Byron
Municipal Complex
-Medical Center of Peach County
meets third Wednesday of every
month, 9 a.m. Board room at hos
pital.
-Hospital Authority meets at 12
noon on the fourth Tuesday in Jan.
April, July & October.
-Byron Main Street/CVB/DDA
board meets at 5 p.m. every first
Monday of the month, at Welcome
Center.
-Byron Planning and Zoning
Commission, fourth Thursday, 5
p.m.
-Peach Public Libraries, Board
of Trustees - The board meets
the second Thursday of February,
April, June, August, October, and
December at 5:15 p.m. in the
Meeting Room at Thomas Public
Library, Fort Valley, unless otherwise
specified.
THE ICU MINISTRY provides hope
to others in need. Handmade bags
are delivered to area hospital waiting
rooms with toiletry items, pillows
and blankets, magazines, etc. for
the family. Items for bags are always
needed. If you are interested in
volunteering or donating supplies call
Para at 214-5560. Icukits.blogspot.
com oricukits@gmail.com. ICU Sur
vival Kits Ministry. We meet every
second and fourth Thursday at the
Byron Depot from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
BYRON AL-ANON meets Monday
mornings, 11 a.m. and Saturdays
@ 10:30 a.m., 101 Murdock Lane,
Byron (the new Community Center).
Newcomers always welcome. Call
478-714-9393 for more information.
SCRAPBOOKING AT THE DEPOT
Meets every 1st and 3rd Wednesday
and Thursday at the Train Depot. 10
a.m. - 4 p.m. This is a free event, just
bring your scrapbooking supplies
and enjoy the fun with Fran (478)
333-6474.
BYRON BAPTIST CHURCH
SERVICE Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.
Classes for all ages from birth to
seniors. Morning worship service:
10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. Evening
worship service: 6 p.m. in the sanc
tuary. Wednesday Prayer/Worship
Service 6:30 p.m. in sanctuary; youth
in the chapel; children in the gym.
Programs on Wednesday night. 100
W. White Road. 478-956-4670.
THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
OF MIDDLE GEORGIA, We are
a national nonprofit organization
dedicated to helping bereaved
parent by providing highly personal
comfort, hope and support to every
family experiencing the death of a
child, a brother, sister or a grandchild
and helping others to better assist
the grieving family. Chapter meetings
are held the 2nd Monday of each
month at 7 p.m. at CrossLife Church,
3768 Eisenhower Parkway, Macon
and the 4th Thursday of each month
at 7 p.m. at Byron United Methodist
Church, 103 W. Heritage Blvd.,
Byron. Please contact for more
information Karla Chidester (478)
954-4592 or visit www.compassion-
atefriends.org.
The COMFORTING QUILTERS
provide quilts to those in hospice and
others in need. The CQ meets the
third Saturday of each month at 200
E. Heritage St., downtown Byron, 10
a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information
contact Julie at 478-978-0842 or
comfortingquilters@gmail.com.
TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY
(TOPS) holds meetings at the
Peach County Hospital cafeteria
every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. This is
a safe and welcoming environment
where the scale goes up to 750 lbs.
GEORGIA DRIVER’S EDUCATION
GRANT SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM is available to Georgia
students between the ages 15-17.
Training consists of 30 hours
classroom time and 6 hours behind
the wheel. Teen drivers and their
parents or guardians apply by
completing an online application
by visiting www.georgiadrivers.
ga.gov. Online applications are due
by the 5th day of each month. More
information is provided online.
GENTLE YOGA offered by Mindful
Mountain Mediation & Movement
on Mondays 6-7:15 p.m. at the
Helping Hands Now Inc. (old
elementary school), 801 Chamlee
Drive, Fort Valley. Suggested
donation of $10 per class. If you
are unable to donate, you are still
welcome. Register at https://www.
eventbrite.com/e/empowering-yoga-
2018-tickets-42596410009. Lisa
Cummings, certified yoga instructor.
Call 478-737-6356 or learn more at
mmmmonline.com
BYRON UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH COLLEGE STUDENT
SUNDAY will be held Sunday,
December 30th. Come hear our
college students lead us in the word.
We will have one combined service
which will be held at 10:30 a.m.
BYRON UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
LIVE will restart January 9th at 6
p.m. Bring your children for a great
experience.
PEACH REGIONAL CHAMBER
OF COMMERCEANNUAL
PRE-LEGISLATIVE EVENT
will be held January 3rd at 6:00
p.m. at Gottwals Books HQ
(formerly Peach Auction Sales) at
660 Peavy Road, Byron. State
Representatives and Senator will be
speaking to the community before
they go hammer out the legislative
details during the 2019 session at
the capitol.
We are blessed with a
hardworking team that represents
us and thank Representative Robert
Dickey, Representative Patty
Bentley and Senator John Kennedy
for spending the evening with us!
We hope to see you there!
Calendar deadline
is Friday at 5 p.m.
Moving?
Be sure to let us know so you don’t
miss the Byron Buzz!
Call us at 478-836-3195 or
email us 1L ;
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Department of Driver Services (DDS) Warns of
Unofficial DMV Websites/Apps Charging Fees
Department of Driver Ser
vices (DDS) Commissioner
Spencer R. Moore urges cus
tomers to be careful of third
party websites and Apps
when trying to access the
Georgia Driver’s Manual or
obtain other driver licensing
services and information.
Third party Internet sites
such as www.DMV.organd
www.Drivers-Licenses.org
are not connected with or
sanctioned by the DDS. The
list of imposter websites
directed at Georgia drivers
is long, but there are tips to
ensure you are on the correct
site for Georgia drivers.
“Customers have contact
ed DDS after they realized
that they were on a private
DMV site that has charged
them for information that
is free on our website,” said
Commissioner Moore. “DDS
does not charge for any
training manual or informa
tional material. The official
DDS website is www.dds.
georgia.gov and can also be
accessed through the state’s
portal www.georgia.gov.”
Most customers arrive
at these sites by doing a
browser search for “Georgia
DMV,” “Georgia License
Renewal” or similar generic
searches. Please read the
pages of these sites careful
ly, because by law they are
required to inform users that
the site is not affiliated with
any State or Government
Entity. They are privately
owned sites that will have
.com or .org at the end of
their website address (url).
The official state of Georgia
websites will have .gov as
is the case with www.dds.
georgia.gov.
Those young drivers study
ing for their first driver’s li
cense should be particularly
mindful when accessing any
website or App that offers to
provide the questions for the
Georgia Road Rules and/or
Road Signs Test. All the in
formation for passing State
of Georgia driver’s testing
is included free of charge in
the Georgia Driver’s Manual
and can also be accessed on
line at http://www.eregula-
tions.com/georgia/driver/.
Similar unofficial sites are
available for almost every
other state. The sites are
offering tips on how to pass
an exam or other materi
als for as much as $20.00.
Customers should also be
careful about providing per
sonal information when us
ing external sites. The DDS
does not collect any personal
information from customers
seeking to download a driv
er’s manual. DDS Online
Services that do require
payment are only collected
through each customer’s
online personal account,
and personal driver’s license
information is only needed
when that password-protect
ed account is created.
Customers who have
reached the private websites
by error should contact the
site for instructions on how
to return any information
for a refund. Customers
may file a formal complaint
with the Governor’s Office of
Consumer Protection (OCP)
by visiting their website at
http: //consumer.georgia.
gov/ or may call their Intake
Department at (404) 651-
8600.
As a reminder, the official
DDS website is www.dds.
georgia.gov and can also be
accessed through the state’s
portal www.georgia.gov.
NOTE: Customers can
also download the DDS 2
GO Mobile App or use DDS
Online Services to perform
most functions.
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