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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010
Airport could have permanent
manager by late Aug.
Glen Boyd named interim manager
BYBENMUNRO
THE JACKSON County
Airport could have a perma
nent manager in place as early
as late August to fill the posi
tion of former manager Bob
Stapleton.
“We’re looking at the lat
ter part of August or early
September,” county manager
Darrell Hampton said.
The airport has been with
out a manager since Stapleton
resigned in early June. The
county continues to advertise
the position to the aviation
community, Hampton said.
“We want to give it a little
more opportunity to get it out
there, because it’s not been
out there very long,” Hampton
said.
The county has, however,
hired an interim manager,
Glen Boyd, to run the day-to-
day operation of the airport
until then.
Boyd was hired June 21,
Hampton said.
Boyd, who is from Roanoke,
Ala., has over 10 years experi
ence in airport jobs similar to
the interim manager position
he holds now.
early Sept.
A licensed pilot, Boyd
was working with Roanoke’s
airport before accepting the
interim manager position in
Jackson County. Boyd used to
manage airports in Winder and
LaGrange, Hampton said.
“He’s been around it for
most of his career,” he said.
The airport manager posi
tion is actually a county posi
tion, not a Jackson County
Airport Authority position.
But the airport authority will
be closely involved with the
hiring process for the full
time replacement, Hampton
said.
Beer, wine application OK in Pendergrass
BY SHARON HOGAN
THE PENDERGRASS City Council
unanimously approved a beer and wine
application for a new convenience store on
June 29 at the monthly council meeting.
The second public hearing on the applica
tion was held prior to the council meeting.
Shehead Khoja, Diamond Gas and Food
Mart, LLC, plans to build a convenience
store at the corner of Village Parkway
(Wayne Poultry Road) and Highway 129
Bypass. Entry to the store will be off of
Village Parkway.
Pendergrass City Administrator Rob
Russell said, “The application is for beer
and wine only, no liquor. This is a family-
owned business. They already have a store
in Bethlehem. Ga.”
Russell also advised that plans submitted
to the city show the store with the same type
of facade as the RaceTrac in Jefferson.
George Sanders, Church Street, said, “I
am not really opposed, but how many gas
stations do we really need in a two-mile
radius? Can they compete with QT and
RaceTrac?”
Khoja said, “We will have to be competi
tive.”
Khoja also said the new store will fea
ture items such as Hunt Brothers Pizza and
Chester’s Chicken.
Council member Judy Stowe made the
motion to approve the application and
council member John Stowe seconded the
motion. Council member Hilda Gee voted
in favor of the motion.
Council member Thomas Marlow was
absent from the meeting.
Early voting continues through July 16
BY ANGELA GARY
EARLY VOTING for the
July 20 election will be held
through July 16.
Voters may cast a bal
lot from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mondays through Fridays in
the Administration Building
in Jefferson through July 9.
The next week, voting will
be held from 9 a.m. to 7
p.m. in the Administration
Building and the satel
lite voting precincts in
Commerce and Braselton.
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
preGtion
update
Miller and Jimmy Norman,
both Republicans, quali
fied.
QUESTION ON
REPUBLICAN BALLOT
The Republican ballot
will also have the following
question on it: Do you sup
port 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 biologi
cal beginnings until natural
death?
STATE-WIDE RACES
Among those to be on the
ballot for state-wide races
include:
•Governor: Jeff Chapman,
(R) Alpharetta; Nathan
Deal, (R) Gainesville; Karen
Handel, (R) Alpharetta; Eric
Johnson, (R) Atlanta; 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) incum
bent, 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.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY: JULY 20, 2010
For Commissioner of Labor
(Vote for One)
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Attorney: Nicholson can fund water projects
AT WATER MEETING
Mayor Ronnie Maxwell and Tully Westmoreland are
shown at a recent Nicholson Water Authority meeting.
Photo by Brandon Reed
BY BRANDON REED
NICHOLSON mayor
Ronnie Maxwell got his
answer last week on his ques
tion of the use of SPLOST
money for Nicholson Water
Authority projects.
During a work session
between the NWA and the
city council last week, water
authority attorney Tom
McCormick said there are
no restrictions to the proj
ects in the intergovernmen
tal agreement between the
city and the water authority.
“There’s really no restric
tions in the line of reasoning
you offered last time about
the ownership of the lines.”
McCormick told Maxwell.
“In my opinion, there’s
nothing in it that requires
that.”
Maxwell had raised con
cerns at a previous work
session about being able to
legally use SPLOST funds
on projects that the city has
no ownership over.
McCormick also said that
state SPLOST regulations
also allows that if it deals
with a local authority, it can
be funded by SPLOST.
“That’s pretty much what
our attorney said too,”
Maxwell said.
“That’s what we came
back for, to have that clari
fied and I think it is. so at
our next work session, we’ll
discuss the projects.”
The city’s next work ses
sion is scheduled for July
22.
At the previous intergov
ernmental workshop, the
NWA had provided several
possible SPLOST fund
ed water upgrades. They
included a $41,000 project
on Peach Street, a $37,000
project on James Maxwell
Road, along with $100,000
for meter replacement for
customers inside the city
limits, and $169,000 worth
of refurbishment work on
a 75,000-gallon tank. The
water authority also present
ed a project to tie in Tacjabs
Road in to the eight-inch
line on Highway 441 that
had no dollar estimate at the
time of the workshop.
Pendergrass increases garbage fees
BY SHARON HOGAN
GARBAGE FEES in Pendergrass are
increasing by $1 per month.
The city council approved a resolution at
its June 29 meeting to increase the monthly
fee from $14 per month to $15 per month.
City administrator Rob Russell reported
to the council that upon the completion of
a sanitation study, it was determined that
the city is losing $300 per month on the
garbage collection.
Council member Hilda Gee made
a motion to approve the resolution and
council member Judy Stowe seconded
the motion. Council member John Pethel
abstained from the vote and council mem
ber Thomas Marlow was absent from the
monthly meeting.
Residents 65 years of age and older will
continue to receive free garbage pickup.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the June 29 meeting:
•the council unanimously agreed for
Tolbert to sign off on the HB 489 shared
services agreement with Jackson County.
•the council agreed for Tolbert to sign
an agreement on the county-wide SPLOST
project. Russell advised SPLOST 5 would
be on the ballot for a vote in November.
The city agreed to allocate 70 percent of its
SPLOST 5 revenue, projected at roughly
$350,000. to a library addition, as well as
15 percent to roads and bridges and 15 per
cent to parks and recreation.
•Renee Martinez presented the monthly
library report for June. “Our summer read
ing program is under way and we have 23
children joined so far,” she said. “We’ve
had four summer programs, two in Talmo
and two here in Pendergrass. We have four
more scheduled for July.” Martinez report
ed the final numbers should be available
for the council at the July meeting. “We’re
also gathering new officers for the Friends
of the Pendergrass Library group,” she said.
“To find out how to become a member,
just call the library and we’ll give you that
information.” The library is accepting book
and media donations. Martinez reported a
book sale early in June raised about $100,
which was used to purchase prizes for the
children’s reading program and to purchase
decorations that are in the children’s room.
The next regularly scheduled council
meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
July 27. at the Pendergrass Depot.
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