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Issue 2 Thursday, January 9, 2020
The Voice of Crawford County Since 1921
also serving Byron and Peach County
1 Section, 8 Pages One Dollar
goal to assist youth in mat
ters of education and health.
Locally, the civic club has
promoted education, back to
school needs, and extending
for the mission, supported
educators needs throughout
Crawford County.
Annually, Kiwanis has
made possible STAR Student
and STAR Teacher as well as
Valedictorians and Salutato-
rians throughout many of the
66 years of service to Craw
ford County and Roberta.
According to Kiwanis Vision,
it is the intent, “Kiwanis will
be a positive influence in
communities worldwide —
so that one day, all children
will wake up in communities
that believe in them, nurture
them and provide the sup
port they need to thrive.”
Locally Crawford County
Kiwanians work toward
same goal in Roberta, in
schools and on the play
ground supporting sports to
books, reading, education of
all children, All volunteers,
Kiwanis fills many needs in
the local community. Not
just a lunch, but actions
taken to provide service to
Crawford County youth in
school and out. Come join
efforts to further youth
in our community and
Join. Meetings are held on
Wednesday’s at Hudson’s
Restaurant.
Gwen Kite, left, Crawford County 2020 Census recruiter is inside the government complex a
few times a week. She will be glad to sign you up to work for the Census and jobs are avail
able. She is answering questions for Kerry Dunaway, right, about doing the Census at home
and other questions. Dunaway is a former sheriff of Crawford County and is part of Greenway
Farms.
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Chamber banquet set for February
new year means it’s or couple deserving through Individual of the Year
coupTe deserving through
getting time for the Rober-
ta-Crawford County Cham
ber of Commerce’s annual
awards banquet and meet
ing. This year, it will be held
at the Conference Center at
the Crawford County Gov
ernment Complex on Thurs
day, February 27, 2020.
The Chamber is still work
ing on preparations but the
awards will be the same as
in previous years. You can
nominate someone you
know for any of the awards.
The Lifetime Achievement
Award is for an individual
years of service to the
community, economic or
success.
The Unsung Hero Award is
given to an individual or in
dividuals whose behind the
scene service to the commu
nity merits recognition for a
selfless one-time act which
benefitted the community
or another resident and
along-time service which has
enriched the quality of life in
Crawford County.
Group of the Year award
is based on activities during
the prior calendar year.
award highlights the nom
inees involvement in the
community and impact on
the community.
Youth of the Year award
is also based on activities
during the prior calendar
year and takes achieve
ments, etc. into consider
ation.
Nominations must be sub-
mited on the forms which
you can find at the Chamber
office or at the office of The
Georgia Post. Mark your cal
endars now to attend and get
those nominations flowing.
Demonstrations
on new voting
equipment are
available to you
BY KRISTI WATKINS
The Georgia Post
Crawford County Board
of Elections is holding a
demonstration for voters in
Crawford County on the new
equipment being used for
the March 24th election.
Brenda Peacock, Elections
Supervisor for Crawford
County, is holding demon
strations for voters through
January 31st at the Crawford
County Government Com
plex in the Elections Office.
The new system is fairly
simple. Peacock stated there
would be more poll workers
on site at the precincts to
ensure the process moves
smoothly.
The process for the voter
is to show their identifica
tion and sign in to the Poll
Pad (tablet) where the Poll
Pad will create an electronic
voter card. Once the card is
created, the voter will place
the card in the next ma
chine.
The ballot will then be
shown on the screen for
voters. Voters will then vote
for the candidate of choice.
Voters can review their bal
lots cast on the screen where
the machine will direct the
voter to print the ballot. This
gives the voter the option of
reviewing their ballot before
ballot is cast.
If the voter notices the
paper ballot has an error be
fore it is locked in place, the
voter will start the process
from the beginning.
Once the voter has
reviewed the ballot and
accepts the printed ballot,
the voter will then place the
printed ballot into the ma
chine that looks like a print
er/scanner. The machine
will then scan the barcode
and lock the printed ballot.
Peacock stated there are
many misconceptions about
the voter leaving the facility
What is the state flower? (Vote for One)
Vote for The Cherokee Rose (R)
What is the state bird? (Vote for One)
Vote for The Brown Thrasher (R)
Georgia is the nation's number one
producer of the three P's. What are they.
(Vote for One Group)
Vote for Peanuts. Pecans, and
peaches (R)
Atlanta was not Georgia's first capitol -
where are the other locations the capitol
has been located? (Vote for up to Four)
Vote for Savannah
Vote for Louisville
Vote for Milledgeville
Vote for Albany
What year was Georgia founded. (Vote
for One)
Vote for 1788
What is the state tree? (Vote for One)
Vote for The Cherry Blossom
Mrs. Brenda Peacock, Crawford County Elections Supervisor,
demonstrates how the new voting equipment will work. It
will be in use for the upcoming primaries and the rest of the
time. Demonstrations are available to citizens at her office
as well. You will get to review a printed ballot but you cannot
take the ballot with you.
Business license deadline approaching
If you are operating a business in the unincorproated areas
of Crawford County you have a deadline approaching. Jan
uary 31, 2020 is the deadline to acquire a 2020 Business
Licenses for unincorporated Crawford County.
Any person who, within the unincorporated area of Crawford
County, Georgia, engages in, causes to be engaged in, and/or
represents himself to be engaged in, any occupation or activi
ty with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, either directly
or indirectly, and shall include any person advertising by any
means, including but not limited to signs, cards, circulars,
newspapers, etc. that he is engaged in a business of any kind
is required to obtain a Business License.
Visit the county website to print an application. Completed
applications and payment can be mailed to the Planning and
Zoning office at: PO Box 1054, Roberta, GA 31078.
with paper in hand, but it is
not true. The paper ballot
will be locked in the machine
until the poll workers at each
precinct remove the locked
ballots into a secured locked
box and will then be taken
to the Elections Office for a
final count.
Once at the Elections
Office, the ballots will be
removed from the secured
locked box and fed into
another machine for the
printed ballots to be tallied.
A representative from
Dominion (new equipment
company) will be in each
Georgia county during the
election to make sure things
run smoothly with the new
equipment throughout the
state.
To register for the upcom
ing Presidential Preference
Primary, you must register
prior to February 24, 2020.
Early voting begins March
2nd and will run for 15 days
(3 weeks) with one Saturday
for voting that will be held
on March 14th. Voting day
for the Presidential Prefer
ence Primary will be held on
Tuesday, March 24th.
The new machines are
state mandated and the state
is paying for the equipment.
Peacock says she expects to
receive about 40 units before
March 2, 2020. Currently,
there is only one unit on site.
If you’d like a demonstra
tion of the new equipment
visiting the elections office
inside the Crawford County
Government Complex. They
will be glad to oblige you.
Sign up to work for Census
Kiwanis Club to celebrate birthday
Kiwanis is locally strong
with vision for youth
January 21, 2020 is Ki
wanis’ 105th birthday! it is
nearing seven decades cele
bration for Crawford County
Kiwanis. Local Kiwanians
are proud of accomplish
ments during the 66 years,
on April 22, 2020, serving
local children and youth
nationwide and gl obal pro
grams supporting youth.
Local Kiwanis has seen its
difficulties in membership
but never varied from the
