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VOL. 135 NO. 50 28 PACES 2 SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS A PUBLICATION OF MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY GEORGIA 30549 75« COPY
— Inside —
Area news:
•Work on new park to
be finished this month
page 2A
Op/Ed:
•'Time to end
Jefferson speed traps'
page 4 A
Sports:
•County to host Dizzy
Dean World Series tour
ney page 1B
Features:
•The Veggie Patch at
Bouchard Farms
page 1C
Other News:
•Public Safety
pages 6-7A
•Legals
pages 10-11C
•Church News
page 7C
•Obituaries
page 6C
•School News
pages 4-6B
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4 8 7 9 1 4 1 4 0
Memorial Day observance held in Jefferson
AMERICANS ARE mov
ing back toward remembering
those who died for the United
States during wartime, Jackson
Countians were told Monday.
That's a trend away from the
culture of not appreciating those
sacrifices in past years.
Capt. William Hayes, com
mander of the U.S. Navy
Supply Corps School, Athens,
made those remarks during
his Memorial Day speech in
Jefferson.
The community officially
observed the special day with a
program at the American Legion
Post 56. Heavy rain prevented it
from being held at the historic
Jackson County Courthouse, as
had been planned.
Legion members said
Monday's event was the first of
an annual program to be held on
Memorial Day.
Approximately 90 attended.
Captain Hayes cited the sac
rifices of the county’s residents
who “gave their all” to preserve
freedom during past and present
wars. The names of all known
A Memorial Day program was held at the American Legion Post 56 on Monday.
Heavy rain led to it being moved from the historic Jackson County Courthouse to
the legion building in Jefferson. See more photos on page 8A.
residents were read aloud dur- World War I. posted and recovered the flags
ing the program, starting with The Navy’s color guard before and after the program.
Brooks Benton gave his ren
dition of the “Star Spanglec
Banner,” while Alex Irvin witl
the Jefferson High School Junioi
Reserve Officers Training Corp;
(ROTC), played a bagpipe while
the U.S. flag was lowered tc
half-staff.
Members of the Athens Nava
School attended the ceremonies
along with members of the Jr
ROTC.
Bob Stites. Legion public
ity chairman, introduced those
present and Post 56 commands
Harvie Lance gave opening
remarks.
Jim Joiner, Jefferson mayor
welcomed those present.
The Jefferson Police
Department fired a 21-gur
salute outside the post building
in memory of those who hac
lost their lives during times ol
war.
Michaela Thomas playec
‘Taps” near the end of the pro
gram.
Post Chaplain Jim Wofforc
gave the opening prayer anc
benediction.
MARCHING IN FOR CEREMONY
East Jackson Comprehensive High School seniors are shown marching in for the
graduation ceremony Wednesday, May 26. It rained earlier in the day but it stopped
in time for the ceremony to be held at the football stadium. See additional photos
on page 8B. Photo by Brandon Reed
Relay for Life ahead this weekend
THE 2010 Relay for Life of Jackson County will
take place at East Jackson Comprehensive High
School on June 4-5, with 45 teams to participate.
The schedule is as follows:
•5:30 p.m.: Survivor Hospitality Area opens
(Bingo at 8 p.m. for survivors).
•5:30-6 p.m.: Glory Road.
•6 p.m.; “Begging Baby Buggy” contestants.
•6:15-6:45 p.m.; EB Reese.
•7-7:45 p.m.; opening ceremonies. Colors will
be presented by the EJCHS ROTC. E.B. Reese
will perform the National Anthem, Steve Kinney
will give the welcome and invocation, a “Happy
Birthday” will be given in honor of Howard
Pollack and Harlie Ray, and a survivor lap will be
held.
•7:45 p.m.; winner announced from the “Begging
Baby Buggy.”
•7:50-8:15 p.m.: Chuwl Joy Dance
•8:15-9:30 p.m.: Blue Billy Grit.
•9:30-9:45 p.m.; Luminary Service (all activities
will stop during this time.)
•9:45-10:30 p.m.; Jessica Berzack.
•10:30 p.m.; Ms. Relay Pageant.
•midnight-after midnight; games.
•6:45 a.m.: clean up lap.
•7 a.m.; closing ceremony (final lap will fol
low).
Early voting to continue through July 20
BY ANGELA GARY
EARLY VOTING for the July
20 election will be held through
July 9.
Voters may cast a ballot from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays in the Administration
Building in Jefferson.
The only local race is in the
West and North Jackson areas for
the District 5 seat on the Jackson
County Board of Education.
Steven Bryant and Randall
Skelton are both seeking this
seat. Incumbent Jill McEver is
not seeking re-election.
The State Senate District 47
seat that covers Jackson County
will also be on the ballot. Those to
qualify were: Kelley Gary, Shane
Coley, Doug Bower and Frank
Ginn, all Republicans, and Tim
Riley, a Democrat. Incumbent
Ralph Hudgens (R) is running for
state insurance commissioner.
In the State Senate District
49 seat that covers a portion of
Jackson County, Butch Miller
and Jimmy Norman, both
Republicans, qualified.
QUESTION ON
REPUBLICAN BALLOT
The Republican ballot will also
have the following question on it:
Do you support an amendment to
the Georgia State Constitution so
as to provide that the paramount
right to life is vested in each
human being from the earliest
biological beginnings until natu
ral death?
STATE-WIDE RACES
Among those to be on the bal
lot for state-wide races include:
•Governor: Jeff Chapman,
(R) Alpharetta; Nathan Deal,
(R) Gainesville; Karen Handel,
(R) Alpharetta; Eric Johnson,
(R) Adanta; Ray McBerry, (R)
McDonough; John Oxendine,
(R) Norcross; Otis Putnam, (R)
Brunswick; Thurbert Baker,
(D) Atlanta; Roy Barnes, (D)
Marietta; Bill Bolton, (D)
Marietta; Carl Camon, (D) Ray
City; Randall Mangham, (D)
Decatur; DuBose Porter, (D)
Dublin; David Poythress, (D)
Atlanta.
•Lieutenant Governor: :
Casey Cagle, (R) incumbent,
Gainesville; Tricia Carpenter
McCracken, (D) Augusta; and
Carol Porter, (D) Atlanta.
•Attorney General: Sam
Olens, (R) Marietta; Preston W.
Smith, (R) Rome; Max Wood,
(R) Macon; Ken Hodges, (D)
Smyrna; Rob Teilhet, (D)
Smyrna.
•State Superintendent of
Schools: John D. Barge, (R)
Rome; Richard Woods, (R)
Tifton; Beth Farokhi, (D)
Marietta; Joe Martin, (D)
Atlanta; Brian Westlake, (D)
Decatur.
•Commissioner of
Agriculture: Gary Black, (R)
Commerce; Darwin Carter, (R)
Alma; and J.B. Powell, (D)
Blythe.
•Labor Commissioner: Mark
Butler, (R) Carrollton; Melivn
Everson, (R) Snellville; Terry
Coleman, (D) Eastman; and
Darryl Hicks, (D) Fayetteville.
Jefferson streetscape
project to begin Mon.
BYANGELA GARY
A PROJECT that has been
planned for more than one year
will get under way Monday
when work begins on the
Jefferson streetscape project.
Two meetings were held last
week with business owners and
interested citizens to go over
the project and the impact it
will have on downtown. Plans
are for all businesses to remain
open and accessible during the
six-month project.
“It will definitely get worse
before it gets better,” Jefferson
Mainstreet manager Beth
Laughinghouse said at a meet
ing held May 26 at a down
town business. “It’s going to get
messy. There may be days you
have to walk on a plank to get to
a business.”
The project will start with the
infrastructure with storm drains
being replaced and the water
and sewer pipes checked and
replaced if necessary. Other
plans are for new curb and gut
ters, sidewalks, benches, trash-
cans, a new parking “median”
on the south side of the square
and moving the Confederate
monument to the south side of
the square. The new monument
donation from the Sons of the
Confederate Veterans will also
go on the south side of town. A
street clock will be located on
the north side. The clock was
bought with proceeds from the
Corey Smith Concert. The last
phase of the project will be for
the streets within the scope of
the project to get a new top
coat of paving. Overhead lights
will be replaced in many areas
and 16 black wrought iron lamp
posts will be installed.
“This is a huge opportunity,”
city manager John Ward said.
“It will transform how the city of
Jefferson looks. Downtown will
be more accessible.”
Plans are for the contractors
to start work on the north side
of town and work east to west
and then go to the south side
of town.
“The goal is to rip it out and
put it back immediately,” Scott
Conard of Tri Scapes Inc. said at
last week’s meeting.
Ward said the parking at the
historic courthouse and on the
southside of town will be uti
lized during the construction.
Laughinghouse added, “We
have to train people to walk
more than 10 feet to get to a
business.”
Updates on the progress of
the work will be posted at www.
mainstreetjefferson.com.
Herald launches e-edition
READERS OF The
Jackson Herald now have a
new option to read the full
newspaper online. The new
e-edition is in addition to the
newspaper’s traditional web
site, jacksonheraldlTODAY.
com, which highlights head
line news and give readers a
chance to offer comments.
The new e-edition is the
full newspaper online where
readers can read individual
stories and view photos.
Access to the new offer
ing will be available for free
until July 13 at www.jack-
sonheraldtoday.com/eedi-
tion.
The e-edition will be avail
able via computer, iPad and
smartphones.
Among the features will be
a “reader” that will translate
stories into a verbal rendi
tion for the seeing-impaired.
In addition, the site allows
viewers to email photos and
stories to friends and family
and a variety of ways to view
articles online.
“This is just another venue
for our readers to get their
weekly newspaper in an
electronic format.” said co
publisher Scott Buffington.
For out-of-town readers
and the men and women in
the military overseas, the
new electronic access pro
vides immediate access rath
er than weeks of traditional
mail.
For all readers, the e-edi-
tion will provide not only
the current week's newspa
per, but an on-line archive of
past issues as well.
“This is the full edition
that complements our exist
ing top stories website,”
said co-publisher Mike
Buffington. “All of this fits
with our traditional paper
edition to deliver the most
comprehensive news cover
age of Jackson County avail
able, anytime, anywhere.”