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Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 3A
Seniors share blessings on Thankful Tree
Citizens at the Pike
County Senior Center
shared their blessings
by writing them down
on leaves and decorat
ing the center’s Thank
ful Tree with them.
New senior center
director Lavetrece
Walker said the thankful
tree was full of leaves
showing gratitude for
God, family, friends, the
senior center and much
more. The tree will
remain on display until
Thanksgiving.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Pictured with the Thankful
Tree are (l-r) Sarah Vaughn,
Carol Randall, Annie Hines
and Olivia Holmes.
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TRUE BILLS: And No Bills announced
by the 2021 Pike County Grand Jury
FROM PAGE ONE
Special presentments
are when the District
Attorney obtains a war
rant or charges a suspect
by taking those charges
directly to a Grand Jury
without an initial arrest
on that specific charge.
TRUE BILLS:
Austin Tyler Burgamy,
criminal damage to
property in the second
degree, reckless driving;
Timothy David Allen,
interference with govern
ment property, obstruc
tion of an officer, public
drunkenness, underage
possession of alcohol;
Daniel Ryan Dorsey,
fleeing or attempting to
elude an officer, posses
sion of methamphet-
amine, driving while
license suspended, oper
ating a vehicle without a
license, operation of un
registered vehicle, pos
session of a drug related
object, use of license
plate to conceal identity,
count two of fleeing or
attempting to elude an
officer, failure to maintain
lane, reckless driving, too
fast for conditions;
Kimberly Alexis Camp
bell, identity fraud;
Thomas Anderson
Cochran, burglary in the
first degree;
Dakaris Jamir Eller-
bee, burglary in the first
degree, obstruction of an
officer;
Christopher Blake
Ard, terroristic threats,
criminal trespass, disor
derly conduct, reckless
driving;
Michael Jacob Mc
Call, aggravated assault,
special presentment
aggravated battery and
possession of a knife
during commission of a
felony;
April Lynne Jordan,
arson in the first degree;
Chad Lee Clark, aggra
vated stalking;
Lydell Eugene Holmes,
influencing a witness;
Derrick James Sand
ers, aggravated child
molestation;
Jermaine Alexis Disola,
theft by receiving stolen
property, removal of
identification number,
involvement with motor
vehicle having identifica
tion removed, forgery in
the first degree, affixing
of plate to conceal or
misrepresent identity,
possession of altered
certificate of title;
Justin Blake Thomp
son, exploitation and
intimidation of disabled
adult, elder person or
resident, robbery by
sudden snatching, bur
glary in the first degree,
possession of tools for
commission of a crime,
aggravated stalking;
Jeremiah Joseph
Hartsell, seven counts of
entering an automobile,
manufacture of marijua
na, possession of firearm
during commission of
a felony, possession of
firearm by convicted
felon;
Anthony Michael Her
nandez, seven counts of
entering an automobile,
manufacture of marijua
na, possession of firearm
during commission of a
felony;
Lydell Eugene Holmes,
kidnapping, false impris
onment, aggravated bat
tery, burglary in the first
degree, arson in the first
degree, family violence,
aggravated assault, three
counts of aggravated
assault, family violence,
special presentments of
aggravated stalking, two
counts of aggravated
assault, family violence,
three counts of aggra
vated battery, family
violence, possession of
a knife during commis
sion of a crime and three
counts of possession of a
knife during commission
of a felony.
Zayvone Tornell
Green, two counts of bur
glary in the first degree
and 27 counts of entering
an automobile.
NO BILLS:
Stephanie Villiers, ag
gravated stalking;
Kraig Lee Mincey,
exploitation and intimi
dation of disabled adult,
elder person or resident
and criminal damage to
property in the second
degree.
Lighting of Concord
Friday, December 3 rd
5:30 p.m.
Noon til 8:30 p.m.
- Santa Claus
Photographer on site!
Enjoy Tasty Food Along
Main Street
Christmas Music
1 Pony Rides
1 Crackling Fire Boxes
> And More!
Santa arrives early this year
with visits by appointment only
beginning at noon and ending at 8:30 pm.
(signup genius link: https://www.signupgenius.
com/go/10C0F4B A4 AF2 AAAFFC34-lighting)
You only need one slot per child/family.
Santa’s photographer will be on site to capture
that special moment with your child!
To be courteous to all Santa’s visitors and keep
things flowing, pictures with Santa will be
limited to the professional photographers’
options of 1) a digital photo (email) for $15
or 2) a maximum of 2 photos taken by our
photographer with your device.
Letters To Santa Wanted
Santa’s helpers at the Pike County Journal
Reporter want to make sure your letters
get to the North Pole before Christmas.
Letters may be mailed to:
P.O. Box 789, Zebulon, GA 30295,
dropped off at our office on the square
in Zebulon or emailed to
news@pikecountygeorgia.com.
Letters will be
published in the
Wednesday,
December 22
edition.
Deadline for letters
is noon,
Friday,
December 3.
Concord up to 43 WIFI customers
BY DWAIN W. PENN
Dwain@pikecountygeorgia.com
At the November
9 meeting of Concord
council, members were
provided a new, easier
way of reviewing city
financial records. The
annual budgets, distin
guished for years as
general and utilities were
reorganized among eight
accounts, each with a
balance sheet of activi
ties. Three new accounts
created, each originally a
budget line item, were Ju
bilee, Strickland Commu
nity Center and Concord
Wireless Internet.
David Stewart spoke
about the internet proj
ect and his willingness of
solving reception difficul
ties and installing new
services in the area.
“1 want to dedicate a
day to install new ser
vices in the city,” said
Stewart. “I’m willing to
accommodate the pub
lic’s schedule to install at
a time that is convenient
to the customer. The day
to designate can be Mon
day, Tuesday or Wednes
day to make ourselves
readily available.”
“Eight months into the
ISP service and there are
43 customers now. We’ve
created a map showing
where customers are
located. A Cloud-based
service provides infor
mation on the health of
city antennas. And even
an invoicing system has
been developed.”
Stewart was pleased
to provide WIFI service
in downtown Concord
at such a low cost. It
brought the vital service
to the recent Jubilee
and the satisfaction of
vendors may result in a
bigger event next year.
Extended services in Hill
top and Concord Estates
have experienced really
good internet speeds.
COUNCIL ALSO:
• Received the status
of the Strickland Com
munity Center upgrades
and Jubilee results from
deputy city clerk Anita
Neath. Electric bills were
reduced by 50% and
doing away with AT&T
monitoring cut cost by
87% per month. The Jubi
lee went amazingly well
with most vendors doing
their personal best. Ex
penses were higher with
Covid-affected port-a-
potty rentals and paying
salaries for four workers.
• Heard the water
department report from
superintendent Doug
Neath. Water loss was
less in October than
in September despite
chronic leaks and wa
ter thefts at remote
hydrants. Residents
are encouraged if they
see something, say
something in helping to
protect the water system.
Recent damages to water
meters will result in a
resolution to be passed
by council to allow the
city to recover its cost
of repair or replacement.
Wastewater ponds had
no EPD violations in
October.
• Agreed to keep the
current millage rate of
6.018. It will create a
budget deficit of $10,000.
However, the city will
cover the loss from
surplus funds such as a
higher than anticipated
inflow of sales tax or dip
into the general improve
ment fund; status to be
reviewed six months into
the new budget.
SOLDIER: Earns honor from PGMS
FROM PAGE ONE
“There are 30 tasks
ranging from medical,
patrols, 10 different
weapons systems,
land mines, land navi
gation (both daytime
and nighttime), PT
test etc. The final test
was a 12-mile ruck
march at 4:00 in the
morning carrying 45
pounds. If his pack
weighed anything
less than 45 pounds
he would have failed.
This is just one exam
ple of the difficulty of
the tasks,” the nomi
nation said.“Each
task must meet speci
fied guidelines and/
or time constraints.
It is a very difficult
badge to earn. Most
soldiers do not earn it
on their first attempt.
SPC Child earned his
on the first attempt.
Out of a little over 200
soldiers that attempt
ed it, 180 failed. Child
has always earned
the respect of both
his fellow enlisted
soldiers and officers
alike.”
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