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cmcraike Volume 150 efvotndmm cPaptfi life Mwcate-'Dmcmt » CRAWFORDVILLE, GA 30631 TALIAFERRO COUNTY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024 NUMBER 8 Can you help? The Historical Society needs help establishing the donor of this McCaskey Sales Account Record fixture. (The older one is ours, the nicer one is an image from the internet.) If you \ know where in Taliaferro County it came from, which store of business, and who donated it, we’d love to know. If you can help, pleae call, text or email Katie Price, Pres. TCHS 770- SI 6-5786 or taliaferrohistsoc@ gmail.com. Attention citizens of Crawfordville The MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL want to remind the citizens of an important city problem. This problem involves animals off leash and uncontrolled. Several incidents have occurred involving loose and uncontrolled dogs. Two dogs, one looking like a German Sheppard and one white with a black spot visited a home in town recently and killed a pet cat, jumped up on the front porch of the house as the owner tried to get them to leave. Please remember that there is a great deal of legal liability if your uncontrolled animal causes harm to a person or property. A wandering animal can be picked up by the city and held until identified and appropriate fines paid. It is the owner’s responsibility to control their animals at all times. If you have any questions, please call City Hall (706) 456-2605. Sharon Shenanigans Sharon Shenanigans - Community Fair Saturday, April 27 2024 10AM 4PM Sharon/Raytown Community House 302 Raytown Rd Sharon, GA 30664 Sharon Shenanigans is only a couple of months away. If interested in booth space, please go to sharonshenanigans.com for a vendor application. If you’d like to be an entertainer that day, please call Renee Brown, 706- 401-9022. The New Apostles and Shaky Rock are already booked. Entertainment will be continuous during the day, beginning at 10AM. Dancers, orators, singers and musical groups are welcome to secure a spot. Again this year, there will be crafts, crafts and more crafts. Food is a major attraction also. Plants for your spring garden, both vegetable and ornamental, Springfield Baptist Black History Program The Springfield Baptist Church located at 1320 Springfield Road, Crawfordville GA. The Springfield Baptist Church family invites everyone to fellowship with us in our Black History Program Service to be held on February 25,2024, at 2:00 PM. Thanks, James E. Wright, Sr., Pastor always sell out early. At this point we have woodworkers, jewelry makers, jams and jellies and, of course, our very own Buddy Patterson will have his great plants and special SS t-shirts at a really great price. We will give away trees again and there will be fun for the kiddos with bouncy houses and a scavenger hunt with prizes. Make plans to be there on April 27, from 10am until 4pm. More details will be available soon. Keep watching and waiting. Springfield Baptist Church Food Bank The Springfield Baptist Church located at 1320 Springfield Road, Crawfordville, GA Rev James E. Wright, Sr. Pastor. The Food Bank is open for Food Distribution every 3rd Saturday, from 09:00 am to 12 Noon. Food is Distributed from the Church Fellowship Hall. You are Welcome to visit. Thanks, James E. Wright, Sr., Pastor Mr. Edward J Sigman, Jr. Ms. Essie Sigman Food Bank, Managers Lake Oconee Academy Lady Titans capture 1-A Division II, Region Championship title against Warren County, 57-55 Kendall Richards for City Council, Post 3 I am Kendall Richards “The Crawfordville Candidate”. I am running in the March 12 election in order to retain my seat on the City Council. I have served on the council for over a year and have been appointed Mayor Pro Tern. I believe my work in State and Local Governments has given me the skills and knowledge to handle government problems. This kind of knowledge and ability is very much needed as our national politics gets more and more complicated, and will, no doubt, affect state and local governments at some time. I ask for your vote and support as we work together to make Crawfordville better and better. Homeschool children from area tour Greensboro Submitted by Ivy Webb Cowherd Homeschool mom and Greene County local Left to right back row: Abby Manders, Paisley Bowman, Joleigh Dyches, Emma Cowherd; front row left to right: Aurbee Benkoski, Madelyn Dyches, Addison Benkoski, Aiden Benkoski, Maverick Bowman and Brody Benkosk Local Homeschool Group went on a walking tour of downtown Greensboro, visiting multiple historic sites, and hearing about local history. The tour started at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, from there they walked to Banksouth, L. L Wyatt Jail, where they heard stories of the famous law man, then to the Old Goal where they imagined what life was like there for the prisoners. Next they walked to Festival Hall, walking inside to see the beautiful art pieces hung inside and learning about basketball games, sock hops, and lots of concerts that have taken place there over the years. Then to the Courthouse where they marveled at the Greek architecture and paid their respect at the memorials for the veterans of wars. They then walked to The Herald Journal newspaper office where they learned that a newspaper has been published in Greensboro for over 150 years, and has been owned by the same family for 118 years and is still operated by a member of that family. As they were learning about this the children were welcomed in by the man himself, Mr. Carey Williams, and his staff. Then on to Main and Broad Street where they stopped to take a picture at the Greensboro mural and then pointed out Genuine Georgia, and The Big Store where the kids then heard the story of one of Greensboro’s most famous persons, Oscar. As they continued the tour they pointed out Maggie Lane which used to be Hunters Drug Store where they heard about the dog that would come in for ice cream and it charged the cost to his owner. They also learned what an EHB (empty hotdog bun) was, that Hunter’s Drug Store was also famous for serving. They then crossed the street to Greensboro Jewelers Building, where they looked at the vents in the sidewalk and learned it was a bakery and candy store, and heard about the robbery that took place not of jewelry but of a marble slab. The group continued down the sidewalk stopping to look down towards Oconee Brewing Co. that at one time bottled Chero- Cola, the Loft Apartments which used to be a mill that employed lots of people locally and talked of other notable places to visit in Greensboro and throughout the county. The kids as well as the parents learned something about this little town that holds so much history. We would like to thank the local business that let us tour as well as the Downtown Greensboro Website for providing lots of information. We encourage everyone to visit the website and take a tour in your own backyard. You will be amazed at the things you know or the things you don’t know. Celebrating CpI. Kelvin Williams on National School Resource Officer Day February 15 was National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day and Sheriff Tia M. McWilliams salutes CpI. Kelvin Williams for his exemplary service to the Taliaferro County School. On July 21,2023 CpI. Williams completed 40 hours of School Resource Officer training at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Georgia. CpI. Williams began his career with the Taliaferro County Sheriff’s Office on June 11, 2021 and makes history as Taliaferro County Sheriff’s Office 1st deputy to attend school resource officer training. Sheriff McWilliams further thanks the entire TCSO team for their service and contributions to the students, faculty, and staff of the Taliaferro County School.
