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Issue 26 Thursday, June 25, 2020
County begins
budget process;
includes 5% cut
BY KATELYN JENNINGS
The Georgia Post
Crawford County an
nounced last week they have
begun the process of put
ting together their budget
for 2021. There will be 5%
budget cut, which totals
$326,639.00. The total
budget for the year will be
$6,998,061.00. However,
these numbers could vary
once finalized.
The construction of the fire
station in Musella has offi
cially started. They cleared
the land where the station
will be on June 16th.
The Commissioners an
nounced there is an Inert
Landfill in the county on
Jackson Road, near Mat
thews Road. This landfill will
accept trees, limbs, brick,
mortar, etc. The cost to use
the landfill will be $45 per
ton, and $10 for anything
under a ton.
The hours of operation will
be Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday from 10 am until
3 pm. The Inert Landfill
will open on July 8th, 2020.
Shop location at the landfill
will be discussed at a later
meeting.
The Transfer Station,
located on Fairplay Hill
Road, will still be open for all
other items that need to be
disposed of. However, they
will be adjusting their hours
of operation. Effective July
8th, 2020, they will be open
on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday from 10 am until
3 pm.
Commissioner Justin Spill-
ers will spearhead a project
concerning a proposal from
Southern Dirt Works to haul
concrete, mortar and brick
to the county shop area to be
grounded/milled later and
sold to the county for road
material.
The proposal was presented
by County Manager Fabian
Hollis and after questions on
costs, etc. Spillers motioned
to table the matter until
more information could be
obtained. Spillers will report
back his findings.
The Crawford County
Emergency Declaration ends
June 26 as voted on by the
board. County Attorney Joel
Sherlock will prepare an
amendment to synchronize
the county declaration date
with the Governor’s declara
tion and to extend automat
ically upon any future state
extensions. Commissioners
John Thomas and Sterling
Braswell did not attend this
meeting.
Hollis briefed the board on
the new upgraded audio/
visual equipment to be in
stalled in the courtroom for
the Superior Court Judges.
The board went into a
closed executive session to
discuss the Transit Grant
which was on the regular
agenda but moved to closed
session. Reason given was
that there were personnel
matters related to the grant
funds. Personnel discussions
are allowed in closed session.
Upon resuming regular
session, the three commis
sioners present approved the
Transit Grant and expen
ditures as outlined in the
budget.
Crawford County
School
Calendar 2020-2021
July 29-Aug 3
Pre Planning
August 4
Students' first day
September 7
Labor Day Holiday
September 10
Progress Reports
October 6
End of 1 st Quarter
October 7
Report Cards
October 8
Early Dismissal Parent-Teacher 2-6 p.m.
October 12
Columbus Day Holiday
November 11
Veterans Day
November 12
Progress Reports
November 23-27
Thanksgiving Holiday
December 17
Students last day of 1 st semester
December 18
Teacher Workday
January 4-5
PL/Teacher Workday
January 6
Students return from Christmas
January 13
Report Cards
January 18
MLK Holiday
February 10
Progress Reports
February 12 8il5
Presidents Day Holiday
March 12
End of 3 rd Quarter
March 17
Report Cards
March 18
Early Dismissal Parent Teacher 2-6 p.m.
April 5-9
Spring Break Holiday
April 28
Progress Report
May 21
Students Last Day/Graduation
May 24-26
Post Planning
The Voice of Crawford County Since 1921
also serving Byron and Peach County 1 Section 10 Pages One Dollar
Book signing for former educators Saturday
Cover of Hunt and Trammel’s book on bullying.
David Hunt and Norma Jeanne Trammel
BY KRISTI JENKINS
The Georgia Post
Former Crawford County
educators have teamed up to
create a new children’s book
and will be holding a book
signing this Saturday, June
27th at Dickey Farms from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.
David Hunt and Norma
Jeanne Trammel, former ed
ucators with Crawford Coun
ty Schools, will have “Willie
Takes the High Road”, their
first book in a series, avail
able to the community at the
book signing on Saturday.
Willie and Susie will take
on many travels through the
series which help with les
sons and specific life skills for
children ages 4-7. This first
book is about bullying.
It had been years since
Hunt and Trammel had any
contact. Hunt and his late
wife, Cindy, also a Crawford
County School board office
employee, remained in Craw
ford County after teaching
and becoming principal of all
three schools. Trammel and
her husband Gene, former
Superintendent of Crawford
County Schools for 10 years,
moved to Monticello and
retired from Jasper County
schools. Both Hunt and
Trammel retired after 30
years in education.
Trammel works in watercol-
or, oils, pastels and acrylics
and has traveled the world
sketching and painting on
location.
Hunt as you would guess,
loves animals and even wrote
a song about Willie which is
included in the book.
Willie and Susie are both
nine-year-old furbabies of
Hunt. Willie, who is a Mal
tese Yorkie mix, is a sweet
loving boy along with his
sister, Susie, who is a Peking
ese Shih Tzu mix who both
get along well. There are no
sibling fights as with most
children.
Other characters in he book
include Zoe and Brutus,
neighborhood dogs, Scout
who is a bully at first, and Al
the Owl. Willie has to make a
choice on whether to retaliate
bullying or take other action.
As suggested by the title,
Willie decides the best course
of action after confering with
Susie and the wise owl.
Hunt decided to create
the book with Willie and
Susie as the main characters
and wanted Trammel to do
the illustration for the book.
Knowing she had a talent
with her art and not having
her contact information,
he contacted Trammel’s
son, Clem,who is a banker
in Rome, to get her contact
information.
Trammel, who has done
illustrations for two other
books and in the process of
publishing another book,
jumped at the chance to work
with Hunt. Watercolor is
her love but she uses other
mediums as well. They met
with Hunt explaining what
he wanted on the pages of his
story. It took Hunt approx
imately six months to write
with changes and Trammel
worked on the project about
the same amount of time
although it wouldn’t have
taken as long if she were to
have worked on it consistent
ly, she said.
The book is dedicated to
Hunt’s daughter, Amy, who
lives in Warner Robins and
is a nurse at Navicent in
Macon.
Be sure to attend the book
signing at Dickey Farms Sat
urday to meet the author and
illustrator, who are former
Crawford County educa
tors, and get a personalized,
signed book for only $12.
Other books in the series
with Willie and his sister
Susie will be coming out soon
so stay tuned.