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CRAWFORDVILLE, GA 30631 TALIAFERRO COUNTY, MAY 10, 2024
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Taliaferro County Market Day
Saturday, May 4 was Market Day at Taliaferro County Schools.
There were several booths and a bouncy house. There was food,
arts and crafts, plus items that were for sell after people did a little
spring cleaning.
The Agriculture Department sold plants at Market Day.
Taliaferro County
Crawfordville, (Jj\
September 2,2024
The Labor Day planning committee is busy planning for this
year’s event.
Contact Randy Stewart if you would like to support the planning
of or the
Labor Day event activities, randyhstewart@aol.com phone or
Text: 734-904-6010.
A H Stephens Historic
State Park Events
There is lots going on at the
park this month. Be sure and
mark your calendars for these
fun events.
May 11, 1PM, Make Mom’s
Life Beautiful
Come join the fun on a very
special weekend to craft a
postcard from nature for a very
special mom. Materials will be
provided for a $3 fee. Parking
fee of $5 required.
May 17, 7:30PM until 9:30PM,
Movie Night on Lake Liberty
Join us for a movie for the
family. Bring spare change for
popcorn, sno-cones and drinks.
$5 parking fee required.
May 18, 1PM, Craft a Bird
Feeder
Fashion a lovely birdhouse
with supplies provided for a $3
fee. Parking fee is $5.
Kimora Harper running for
state championship
Last week Greene County ran in a sectional meet. Each team had
to placed top 8 to advance to the state championship. Greene girls/
boys have a great chance to bring home a championship depending
on how they perform this weekend.
Kimora Fiarper advances for the third year in a row to compete in
the state championship she will be running in the 1600 meter run,
4x400 meters and 4x800 meters.
Disparaging signs are a
disgrace in our community
The Committee to Elect
Chip Hardin has become
aware of yard signs using
profanity and disparaging Chip’s
opponent, Jaye Jones, in the
Superior Court Judge race.
Our Committee, Chip and our
supporters are not affiliated with
this smear campaign in any
way, and we admonish those
individuals who felt compelled
to take such action. We have
notified the Sheriff’s department
in all the counties where the
signs have been sighted. If
you see a sign such as this,
we encourage you to reach out
to your local county Sheriff’s
office and report it immediately
so that the perpetrators may be
intercepted. We cannot as a
committee legally remove these
signs. We do feel a sense of
urgency to remove these signs
as we do not condone the
language and sentiment.
Taliaferro County Sheriff’s Office
investigates tragic fatality of local resident
On Sunday, May 5, 2024,
Richard L. Manago, Jr., age
66, of 381 M. L. King, Jr. Drive,
tragically lost his life after being
struck by a CSX Railroad train.
The accident occurred near
the 300 block of M. L. King, Jr.
Drive. Manago was last seen at
approximately 2:45 pm near 467
M. L. King, Jr. Drive where he
advised his son he was about to
go home.
At approximately 3:09 pm
the Taliaferro County Sheriff’s
Office received a 911 call from
CSX Railroad Police reporting
someone had been struck by
a train. The Taliaferro County
Sheriff and Deputies, Taliaferro
County Fire Department,
Wilkes County EMS, and the
Taliaferro County Coroner and
Deputy Coroner responded to
the scene. Taliaferro County
Sheriff, Tia McWilliams, also
requested the assistance of the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
who sent an investigator and
crime scene specialists.
Taliaferro Coroner Milton
Alexander pronounced Manago
at 4:00 pm. An autopsy is being
performed by the GBI Medical
Examiner’s Office.
Sheriff McWilliams states, “I
extend my heartfelt condolences
to the Manago family. I offer
each of you my support at this
difficult time, and I pray God
comforts you during your time of
bereavement.”
Retirement Ceremony in honor of
AMCS (AW/SW) Joshua S. Roberson, USN
A retirement ceremony was
held Friday, April 19, 2024 at the
National Naval Aviation Museum
in Pensacola, Florida in honor
of AMCS (AW/SW) Joshua S.
Roberson, USN.
AMCS (AW/SW) Roberson
was born in Rome, Georgia
and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in
January 2002 from Lake Mary,
FL. He completed Boot Camp
in Great Lakes, Illinois, and
Aircraft Structural Mechanic “A”
School in Pensacola, Florida.
Then advanced composite ”C”
School, aeronautical welding
”C” school, aircraft paint and
final finish school, F18A/B/C/D
career school, hazmat schools
in Virginia.
His operational duty
assignments include: Aircraft
Intermediate Maintenance
Department (AIMD) Oceana
Sea Operational Detachment,
USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS
Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Fleet
Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic
(FRCMA) Sea Operational
Detachment, and USS wight D.
Eisenhower (CVN 69).
His shore assignments
include: NS Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico, FRC Oceana,
Strike Fighter Squadron 106
(VFA 106) in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, and Naval Aviation
Technical Training Command
(NATTC) in Pensacola, Florida.
His current assignment is with
Naval Education and Training
Security Assistance Field
Activity (NETSAFA) where he
serves as the Senior Enlisted
Leader for NETSAFA and
NETSAFA International Training
Center (NITC). He is married
to an amazing wife and has
two wonderful daughters and a
great son.
Security Assistance Field
Activity Aircraft Structural
Mechanic Senior Chief (Aviation
Warfare Specialist/ Surface
Warfare Specialist) Joshua S.
Roberson, is the son of Alan and
Karen McCall of Gainesville,
Florida. He is Robert Harold
and Myrtle Kendrick, of
Crawfordville, GA.
Community Health Care Systems, Inc.
TALIAFERRO
WELLNESS DAY
I —
May 30, 2024
9 AM-3 PM
Taliaferro County
Court House
113 Monument St.,
Crawfordville,
GA 30631
Please Reach Out To:
Sara Bloodworth, CHCS Outreach
Coordinator
Phone Number: (478) 456-6246
Email: Sara.bloodworth@chcsga.org
Or:
Josie Glover, CHCS Outreach Coordinator
Phone Number: (478) 697-3405
Email: Josie.glover@chcsga.org
