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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
THE JACKSON HERALD
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Yates to seek another term on Board of Commissioners
DISTRICT 4
Commissioner Bruce Yates
will seek a second term on
the Jackson County Board
of Commissioners. Yates
made his intention known
at Monday night’s meet
ing.
Qualifying for the post
will be April 26-30, with
a primary set on July 20.
The general election will
be held in November.
“I appreciate the direc
tion that Jackson County
is moving and am pleased
to be part of the direction,”
he said in a statement.
YATES
“Looking over my prior
three years, I believe we've
made progress for the good
of all citizens of the coun
ty. Further, I believe we’ve
made progress in the west
Jackson County district I
have the honor and privi
lege to represent.”
Yates cited the plan
ning process, transporta
tion, public safety, town
hall meetings and recre
ation issues in which he has
been a catalyst, along with
his availability to citizens
throughout the county.
“Government should be
a custodian of the people’s
wishes and should be a
good steward of the peo
ple’s money,” he contin
ued in a statement. “Using
sound fiscal practices, a
long range vision for the
county and a teamsmanship
approach to government,
we’ve made progress which
I will talk about during the
upcoming campaign.”
Yates, 65, and his wife
live in the Clover Mill
Farms area in West Jackson.
He works part-time for the
Jackson County school sys
tem and is a former mem
ber of the Braselton Town
Council.
Another candidate in race for 47th District State Senate seat
SAYING “enough is
enough,” Oglethorpe County
resident Doug Bower, 62,
has announced his plans to
seek the 47th District State
Senate seat now held by
Ralph Hudgens. Hudgens,
who will run for state insur
ance commissioner, is not
seeking re-election.
Bower joins former
Braselton mayor Pat
Graham, Hoschton busi
nessman Kelley Gary and
Winder businessman Shane
Coley as those who have
announced their candidacy
for the District 47 State
Senate race. Qualifying will
be held in April with a pri
mary set in July.
The 47th State Senate
district includes Barrow,
Madison and Oglethorpe
counties, and parts of
Jackson, Clarke and Elbert
counties.
Bower, a profession
al counselor and a for
mer Oglethorpe County
Commissioner, will qualify
as a Republican. His cam
paign theme is: “Enough is
enough.”
“We are going through a
very difficult economic time,”
Bower said. “Therefore, I
BOWER
am going to run a very low-
budget campaign. If I can’t
get elected on the strength
of the will of the people, I
am not interested in holding
a State Senate seat.”
Bower, who lives in
Arnoldsville, first ran a
“nontraditional” campaign
for Congress in 1992 as
a Democrat, but said he
learned during the process
that he was a better match
in the Republican Party. He
ran for the Georgia House
of Representatives as a
Republican in 1994, 1996
and 1998. He was elected
to the Oglethorpe County
Board of Commissioners in
2002, served one term and
did not seek re-election. He
is a former chairperson of the
Oglethorpe County GOP.
“I am also aware of the
disappointment in partisan
politics,” Bowers said. “It is
past time for elected officials
to work together to address
problems. We’ve got to lis
ten to the citizens and to
each other and find work
able solutions. If we make
decisions that don’t have
the desired effect, then
we need to change them
instead of blaming others
for the failure.”
Bower identified issues
during the campaign that will
include education, transpor
tation infrastructure, health
and the economy as major
issues.
His educational back
ground includes an associ
ate of arts degree in nursing
from Manatee Community
College, Bradenton, FL., a
bachelor of science degree
in pre-med from Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta, a mas
ter of divinity degree from
Columbia Theological
Seminary, Decatur, and a
Ph.D. in counseling from the
university.
He is circuit rider on the
Bishop Circuit, a part-time
appointment with the North
Georgia Conference of the
United Methodist Church.
He also operates Counseling
Ministries, which offers
short-term counseling “to
individuals struggling with
personal issues.”
Bower is an elder in the
North Georgia Conference
of the United Methodist
Church. He is a Kiwanian,
serves on the Oconee River
Resource Conservation and
Development Committee
and chairs the Special Needs
Committee of the Host
Committee of the North
Georgia Conference of the
United Methodist Church.
He has served on the
Community Service Board
of Advantage Behavioral
Health Systems and
the Oglethorpe County
Senior Citizens Advisory
Committee. He served on
the boards of Action, Inc.,
the Revenue and Finance
Committee of the Association
County Commissioners of
Georgia and the United Way
of Northeast Georgia. He
chaired the Committee on
Native American Ministries
for the North Georgia
Conference of the United
Methodist Church.
JHS graduate interim
president at Lanier Tech
A JEFFERSON High
School graduate is the
interim president of Lanier
Technical College follow
ing the appointment of for
mer Lanier Tech president
Michael Moye as president
of Central Georgia Technical
College in Macon.
The Technical College
System of Georgia appointed
Russell Vandiver, formerly
vice president for economic
development at Lanier Tech,
to the interim position effec
tive this past Monday.
Vandiver graduated from
Jefferson High School in
1971, got his bachelor of
science degree from West
Georgia four years later,
added a master’s in public
administration from Brenau
University and a specialist in
technical education degree
in 1989 at the University
of Georgia, then became a
certified economic develop
ment trainer in 1990.
He’s spent 34 years at
Lanier Technical College
focusing on workforce
training, during which he’s
implemented Quick Start
Training for more than 400
companies, provided cus
tomized contract training
for more than 2,500 firms,
and helped develop a num
ber of programs, courses and
protocols related to work
force training. He started the
Manufacturing Innovation
Center at Lanier Tech in
2006 and the Manufacturing
Development Center (a
business incubator) in
Gainesville in 2007.
Road work under way
at Shoreline Drive
THE JEFFERSON Public
Works Department closed
Shoreline Drive near the
boat ramp on Tuesday, Feb.
16, to make major repairs to
the road.
A temporary easement
is in place to direct traffic
through the adjacent Bailey
Farms Subdivision. The tem
porary crushed stone road is
located between Shoreline
Drive on the western side of
the lake and Bailey Drive.
The work is expected to
be complete in one week.
Street to be closed in Jefferson
THE ATHENS Street
exit at the Jackson County
Administrative Building that
is closest to the planning and
tag offices will be closed Feb.
22-29 for maintenance repairs.
Clarification
THE FRONT page of the C-section located inside this
week’s issue contains the incorrect date. It has Jan. 20 on it.
It should be Feb. 17.
REMEMBERING RICHARD MASSEY
The Jackson County Board of Health remembered long
time member Richard Massey Feb. 3 with a framed res
olution commemorating his service. Chairman Henry
Slocum, center, presents the resolution to Massey’s
widow, Charlotte Massey, left, and son Rick Massey,
right.
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Clear Form
PT-50R (rev 12/09)
TAXPAYER’S RETURN OF REAL PROPERTY
COUNTY
TAX YEAR
O C.G.A. Section 48-5-15(a): “All improved and unimproved real property in this state which is subject to taxation shall be returned in person or by mail by the person
owning the real property or by his agent or attorney to the tax receiver or tax commissioner of the county where the real property is located." Taxpayer or taxpayer's agent
must complete Sections A. B. and C and sign in Section D To avoid a 10% penalty, file not later than the due date of
SECTION A: PROPERTY INFORMATION
MAP & PARCEL IDENTIFICATION
TAX DISTRICT
ACCOUNT NO
If property is in a
covenant, list year
covenant first began
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
SECTION B: OWNER INFORMATION
PREVIOUS YEAR INFORMATION
CURRENT YEAR INFORMATION
(IF DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS YEAR)
NAME
NAME
ADDRESS 1
ADDRESS 1
ADDRESS 2
ADDRESS 2
ADDRESS 3
ADDRESS 3
CITY. STATE. ZIP
CITY. STATE. ZIP
DAYTIME PHONE NO
(Optional)
DAYTIME PHONE NO
(Optional)
SECTION C: FAIR MARKET VALUE INFORMATION:
TYPE OF REAL
PROPERTY
LAND
LAND
IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVEMENT
TOTAL
PREVIOUS YEAR S 100% CURRENT YEAR
FAIR MARKET VALUE TAXPAYER 100% STATED
FAIR MARKET VALUE
* CLASS REFERENCE R - RESIDENTIAL
A - AGRICULTURAL
C-COMMERCIAL * STRATA REFERENCE 1 - IMPROVEMENTS 5 - LARGE TRACTS
I- INDUSTRIAL 3-LOTS 6 - PRODUCTION/STORAGE/AUXILIARY
4- SMALL TRACTS
SECTION D: TAXPAYER’S DECLARATION AND SIGNATURE
“I do solemnly swear that I have carefully read (or have heard read) and have duly considered the questions propounded in the foregoing tax list, and that the value placed by me on the property
returned, as shown by the list, is the true market value thereof, and I further swear that I returned, for the purpose of being taxed thereon, every species of property that I own in my own right or have
control of either as agent, executor, administrator, or otherwise and that in making this return, for the purpose of being taxed thereon. I have not attempted either by transferring my property to
another or by any other means to evade the laws governing taxation in this state I do further swear that in making this return I have done so by estimating the true worth and value of every species
of property contained therein*
TAXPAYER OR AGENTS SIGNATURE DATE
Filing of this document will create a review of the county's value of the property being returned Reasonable notice is hereby provided than an onsite inspection by a member of the county appraisal
staff may be required Said property visit will be for the purpose of determining the correctness of the information contained in the county's appraisal record for the improvement date and condition of
the property
SECTION E: FOR TAX ASSESSORS OFFICE USE ONLY
TOTAL ACRES
TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE
10% PENALTY