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Newspaper Page TextBe the Change, Lead the Change The Georgia Post is 100 years old this year Thank you to our community! UNITED WE STAND 'FAMILY~COUNTR? Issue 45 Thursday, NOVEMBER 18, 2021 The Voice of Crawford County Since 1921 also serving Byron and Peach County 1 Sections 8 Pages, 2 Inserts One Dollar Flint gives $40,000 to Craw ford Structure fire claims two lives Two elderly citizens died in a fire on Veterans Day morn ing around 8:03. The Crawford County Sheriffs Office received a call about a structure fire at 2793 Highway 341 South. The Crawford County Fire Department responded and deputies helped with traffic. The location of the structure fire is between Cactus Hill Road and Horne Road. Two bodies were dis covered in the structure fire and were pronounced dead on the scene by Cor oner Sheldon Mattox. The victim’s names are Missouri Graddick, 99, and Johnny Wellons, 84, of Crawford County. Crawford County Sheriff Lewis Walker requested the Georgia Bureau of Inves tigation and the State Fire Marshal to assist with this investigation. This is an ongoing inves tigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, State Fire Marshal and the Crawford County Sheriffs Office to determine the cause of the fire. Further information will be provided later when avail able. Many improvements in city ongoing Flint Energies Foundation gave $40,000 and JoAnn Hamlin chose the projects on which the money would be used. The check replicas were presented at the annual Keep Roberta/Craw ford Beautiful Thanksgiving appreciation lunch Friday, November 12. The Roberta-Crawford Chamber of Commerce received $15,000 to replace the deck which is in need of repair. City of Roberta will make up any difference in cost. Pictured from left are Jeremy Nelms, Patti Temple, Susam Poole, Mayor Jay Andrews and Leighton Cooley. xck Covfily (jQf/\munihj Cer>4c IfiLw. ihxinvdl ■* c ^!oo .Ve» ■Hinting. The Community Center needs a new ceiling and lighting and other items and received $15,000 toward those items. Fabian Hollis, far right, county manager accepted. The clock in the City Park will be repaired with the $6,000 which should cover the total cost. From left are Nelms, Poole, Andrews and Cooley. The Roberta/Crawford Recycling Center received $4,000 for collection bags and receptacles. JoAnn Hamlin and Cynde Dickey accepted. Veterans Day program at CCMS Ltc. Wendel Noble was the speaker at the Veterans Day program last week at CCMS. He told students to be deter mined, have a play, stay in school and put God first. Willie Worsham, was in the hospital, and is responsible for start ed the Salute to Veterans 20 years ago. The JR0TC Drill team posted and retired colors and the CCMS Band played the National Anthem and Taps and a Salute to America. David Rodriguez was in charge of recognizing the Veterans. BY KRISTI WATKINS The Georgia Post If you haven’t noticed the new speed radars in front of the high school on East Agency, you may want to slow down during school hours. Signs have been up for a few weeks along with cameras. Don’t expect an officer to always issue a ticket, you will receive it by mail. Chief Ty Matthews stated he didn’t care if they made a dollar off the new radar cam eras, it is for safety issues and it works as long as we save a child’s life. A list of roads for radar was also amended by council for the high school. The city is still waiting on GDOT for the approval of cameras on Highway 80. New digital radios have been installed in all vehicles along with the police depart ment receiving portable radios once they leave their vehicle. Chief Matthews stated the county should go digital by the end of January or February per the sheriff due to addition al equipment the county has to purchase. Councilman Robert Cody also advised council and mayor on purchasing digital cameras for crime scenes. Cody stated if there is an investigation and the officers use their cell phones, the cell phones could be taken as evidence. Chief Matthews stat ed the police department has purchased a camera for every vehicle and has been paid out of the technology fees they receive from court costs. Jeff Harrison advised council of the ARPA funds the city has received is earmarked for certain items the city can spend the money towards. Harrison stated his crew could use the funds towards items the city needs for water and sanitation including the option of purchasing a trailer with a jetter (high pressure water for leaning out sewer lines) on a skid with a push camera which would run approximately $45,380 which would save approximately $25,000 purchasing it sepa rately. The other would be replac ing the aerators original to the plant which was quoted at $27,000 each if the company does it, and for the city to purchase the floating aerators would be $4,418 plus having an electrician to change the electrical. The decision would come as a want verses a need according to Mayor Andrews. This was only given to council as information since the city has until 2026 to spend the money. Harrison advised council to see if the prices come down in the next 12-18 months. No vote was cast. City employees will receive their Christmas bonuses again this year. Council voted for bonuses to be sent out at the first of December of $500 for full time employees and $250 for part time employees. Other items on the agenda were: • Recognizing the letter from CCREA on the city showing their support to the CCREA for the year. • Landscaping is changing at the City Hall thanks to the Crawford County Schools JROTC and Beta Club • House demo next door to City Hall has been finished • Recreational Trails Pro gram is a reimbursement grant and will not be sub mitting an application for the grant at this time. The city will be prepared for the next submission according to Mayor Andrews for extending a walking trail within the city. • Mayor and Council will continue a discussion on add ing a park for the community. • Council approved the Roberta Crawford County Chamber of Commerce to hold their Annual Christmas Parade through downtown Roberta along with the ven dors in the park and other activities which will be held on December 4th. • Mayor Andrews advised council members the city needs to participate and represent the city at commu nity meetings. He stated the city needs to be a part of the community/county. • The city also did not qualify for a CDBG grant for water improvements due to not scoring enough for the project. Childres retiring from RH next month RobertaHpusing.org Freddy Childres began with Roberta Housing Authority in March of 1996. During that time he has witnessed many changes. One of them is people coming and going more in the complex. That means repainting and re pairing before someone else moves in is a never ending job for the Maintenance su pervisor and employees. It has also become harder to keep up with the constant ly changing regulations. The thing he has enjoyed is that he works close to home and working with the people. He is retiring December 16th of this year with 26 and a half years at Roberta Hous ing so he can do the things he wants to do like golfing and fishing. Upon retirement he plans to enjoy life whenever he can with his wife Sherri and their son, daughter, seven grand children and three great grandchildren. He is leaving his position in the capable hands of Danny Austin. Upcoming •Roberta Crawford Chamber of Commerce raffle, Thursday, November 18, 6 p.m. CC Conference Center. Tickets, $50 and still available. • RCCOC annual Christmas Parade, Saturday, December 4th, 4 p.m.. Vendors in the park, tree lighting, lunch with Santa and Pictures, reading of nativity and awards.