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The True Citizen, Wednesday, May 5, 2010 — Page 7
Getting the dirt on blueberry production
Byne hosts farm tour for Whole Foods
By Anne Marie Kyzer
annemariek@thetmecitizen.com
The dirt, the bugs, the big pile
of yard waste piled high in the
distance... this is DickByne’s para
dise.
Byne’s passion for organic
farming is as rich as the flavor in
his blueberries and he had a
chance to share it Tuesday.
He welcomed more than 75
guests, including around three
dozen employees of Whole Foods
Market from Atlanta, for a tour
of his organic Byne Blueberry
Farm.
From soil testing to
composting, the Whole Foods
folks heard a variety of presen
tations from local extension
agents, city officials, beekeepers
and others.
Several more Burke County
farmers were also on hand shar
ing local products like fresh milk
and blueberry ice cream.
Byne hosted the event to help
Whole Foods employees learn
more about how the products
they sell are grown.
“My whole purpose for this is
for them to be exposed to agri
culture in Burke County, so they
can talk fluently about agricul
ture to the customers that come
into Whole Foods,” Byne said.
“They have a lot of interaction
with customers, and this will give
them fuel to interact even bet
ter.”
Whole Foods is Byne’s largest
customer and a company he says
appreciates the way he likes to
farm.
Cam Shepherd, right, explains the packing process at the Byne farm.
Alex Rilko, of the Whole
Foods distribution center in At
lanta, appreciates Byne’s passion
for the land most of all.
“He cares about the dirt, the
environment,” Rilko said. "He
just loves what he does and it’s
contagious, too.”
Brent Demarest, who oversees
produce purchasing in the south
ern region of the U.S., said Byne’s
passion pays off in the quality of
his berries.
“He’s growing a high quality
product and growing it in the
right way, in my opinion,” he
said. “Dick just cares a lot about
his product.”
They add that Byne’s farm tour
helps Whole Foods employees
understand how to better market
and sell products from the farm.
“The team gets excited when a
customer comes in and they can
say ‘Here’s the process’,” Rilko
said.
Byne watched the flurry of ac
tivity on his farm, satisfied that
a new group of people had been
introduced to the good life on a
farm.
The group finished off the day
with a lunch cooked by the Burke
County High School FFA orga
nization followed by dessert
.. .blueberry pie, of course.
Byne shows off his
Rabbiteye blueberry
bushes.
Waynesboro ice plant project is a go
By Elizabeth Billips
lizbillips@yahoo.com
The City of Waynesboro will
cut a few comers and cough up
at least $200,000 to see the long
awaited ice plant project come to
fruition.
For several years, city officials
have been planning to convert the
historic, but dilapidated, Barron
Street building into an 8,000-
square foot meeting facility with
a section of badly needed office
space.
It would also have public
restrooms and serve as a trail head
for the greenway which is cur
rently under construction.
A $600,000 Department of
Transportation grant was ex
pected to pay for the bulk of the
project, but plans were thrown
into limbo last month when city
officials learned the $856,310
low bid was withdrawn because
of an error in the electrical esti
mates.
The next lowest bid, put in by
John W. Spratlin & Son, LLC
came in around $1.1 million ...
leaving the city shy a whopping
$500,000.
With $ 100,000 already spent on
engineering, city council had to
decide Monday night whether to
take the grant and foot the rest of
the bill or abandon the project and
spend their SPLOST cash on
demolition.
City Administrator Jerry
Coalson said that while there was
no guarantee, city council could
accept the $1.1 bid and then ask
Spratlin to peel off some the ex
tras, like a paved real - parking lot,
to get the price back down to the
$800,000 range.
“I don’t like the idea of using
SPLOST money for projects like
this... I never have,” he said, call
ing the renovations a good invest
ment for the city. “But when the
state is going to give us $600,000
and the city’s investment is only
$200,000 it’s hard to say ‘no.’”
While there was concern over
the ability to negotiate, and the
total price tag if those negotia
tions were to fail, city council
decided to take the bid following
a 5-0 vote (Willie Williams was
absent).
Coalson said the renovations
will take around four months.
Georgia Power selects Eavenson as region VP
From Staff Reports
Truitt Eavenson has been se
lected to succeed Walter Dukes
as vice president over Georgia
Power’s East Region.
Eavenson took over his du
ties here May 1 after leaving his
position as general manager of
Transmission and Distribution
for the company’s Coastal Re
gion.
As East Region vice presi
dent, he will oversee engineer
ing, construction, and mainte
nance of distribution
lines, customer service,
and public relations in
Augusta and the Cen
tral Savannah River
Area.
“Truitt is well posi
tioned for this opportu
nity given his proven
leadership ability in Truitt
many facets of our Eavenson
company’s business,”
president & CEO Mike Garrett
said. “With his opera
tions experience and
understanding of our
company’s external
environment, Truitt
will be a valuable ad
dition to our leader
ship team.”
Eavenson has been
with Georgia Power
for 26 years, working
in a variety of posi
tions including distribution,
fleet, state legislative affairs,
and safety and health.
A native of Carnesville,
Eavenson earned a Bachelor of
Science in agricultural engineer
ing from the University of Geor
gia and a Master of Business
Administration from Georgia
State University. He also par
ticipated in the Harvard Univer
sity Program for Management
Development.
STAR scholarship to honor Burke Co. teacher
By Anne Marie Kyzer
annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
Barbara Tinley’s legacy as an
educator in Burke County will
be carried on through a schol
arship.
Tinley taught at Waynesboro
and then Burke County high
schools for more than 30 years
before losing her battle with
cancer three years ago.
Twice she was selected as
STAR teacher, once at the be
ginning of her career and then
two years after she retired. She
was selected the last time by a
student she taught three years
prior when he was a freshman.
“To me that’s just perfect
bookends for a career educator,”
Bill Tinley said, noting how
special those awards were to his
late wife. "It just exemplifies
her whole career.”
Both of their sons, Billy and
Wesley, also earned the STAR
student honor when they were
seniors at Burke County.
For that reason, the Barbara
Caudle Tinley Memorial Schol
arship will be presented each
year to Burke County
High’s STAR stu
dent. The STAR stu
dent is the senior
who records the
highest SAT score
and is among the top
10 percent of the
graduating class.
The scholarship
will be in the amount
of $800 this year and will
likely increase to $1,000 in
years to come.
Tinley established the schol
arship in partnership with his
wife’s brother and sister, Rick
Caudle and Janis Jenkins.
“We just felt like we needed
to do that because so many of
Barbara’s students had ex
pressed how she affected their
lives,” Tinley said. “So many
of her former students that I’ve
seen have said what a great
teacher she was and how she en
couraged them. A number of her
students are teachers now.”
The scholarship will be
awarded for the first time to
BCHS senior Laurah Young,
and another will also be
given to Edmund
Burke Academy’s
STAR student Katie
Reeves. Tinley said his
wife watched Reeves
grow up and he felt she
would have wanted to
honor her accomplish
ment as well.
Tinley said the date
of each school’s honors day pro
gram makes the first presenta
tion of this award even more
special.
Reeves will receive her schol
arship at EBA’s honors day May
7, which is the anniversary of
Barbara Tinley’s passing.
Young will receive her scholar
ship at Burke County’s honors
day on May 10, which was Bar
bara Tinley’s birthday.
The scholarship is being ad
ministered though the Commu
nity Foundation for the Central
Savannah River Area. Tax-de
ductible donations to the schol
arship fund can be made through
the foundation by designating
gifts for the Barbara Caudle
Tinley Memorial Scholarship.
Barbara Tinley
In Memory
In Memory of Anna Marie Frye
Born to earth October 27. 1921
Returned to Spirit April 27. 2010
Anna Marie Sullivan Frye was born in Waynesboro, Ga„
Oct. 27,1921. She was the only child of Marie Manau Sullivan
and Lester Sullivan.
Her life was devoted to her faith, her family and to music,
for all of which she held an abiding passion.
Her father was the editor of the Waynesboro True Citizen, a
weekly newspaper founded by his grandfather in 1882, and
which is still in business today.
Before marriage she was a journalist for The Atlanta Con
stitution and worked at a personnel agency in Atlanta, where
she met her husband, Robert, when he came in to apply for a
job. They were married on June 13, 1951, at Glenn Memorial
Chapel in Decatur Ga. It was in metro Atlanta that they made
their home for over 40 years. Their marriage was blessed with
two children, Beverly Anne in 1953, and David Spencer in
1956.
Anna Marie loved music. She was an accomplished pianist
and organist, and frequently played for services and events at
various churches she attended, including Pine Mountain United
Methodist Church in Pine Mountain, Ga., and Panthers-ville
Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga. She also conducted
children’s choirs at summer camps at Panthersville Presbyte
rian.
Anna Marie also encouraged her children in their pursuit of
music. On one occasion, when David wanted to take voice
lessons, Robert told her that they could not afford it, so Anna
Marie took a job in order to pay for the lessons. Thus, she
went back to work, taking a job at the Lord’s Day Alliance of
the United States, where she served as secretary and adminis
trative assistant for many years.
Anna Marie’s commitment to her faith was underscored by
her many years of devoted service to the Presbyterian Church
Women and the unflagging support she extended to every con
gregation of which she was ever a member.
Her wish is that her ashes be scattered at Montreat, a Pres
byterian retreat center in the mountains of North Carolina.
She passed from this life on April 26, 2010.
She is survived by her devoted husband of 58 years, our
own Robert Spencer Frye, and her children, Beverly Anne
and David Spencer, a daughter-in-law, Paige Ann Billin-Frye,
and two grandsons, Martin Spencer and Anthony Closson.
In Memory of Mose J. Ellison
April 27,1930 to May 3, 2008
God has blessed us with the gift of an
other year
During that time, the sadness in our
hearts hegan to heal
Going on without you has made many
days lonely and blue
But our memories of you have seen us
through.
We still remember the way you dressed,
always sharp as a tack.
Full of advice and yes, jokes, too.
We keep them alive in remembrance of
you.
Our memories of you will live in our hearts forever.
Wife Josie Ellison
Children and Grandchildren
In Memory of
Lawrence Washington May 4,2006
Michael Washington July 27, 2007
Somebody loves you
More than you know
Somebody goes with you
Wherever you go
Somebody really and truly cares
And lovingly listens to all your prayers.
Don’t doubt for a minute that this not true.
For God loves all His children and takes care of them, too.
Your Mom and Family
Happy Mother’s Day
Nancy Jones Dixon
Your memory lives fresh in our minds.
Only God can heal our wounds.
Sadly missed,
The Family
Happy Mother’s Day
Mrs. Lillie Mae Coleman
We love you even more day by day.
Your Grands
Great Grands
and Great-Great Grands
Darren “Dotface” Jones
May 7-1977 - March 21, 2010
Gone but never forgotten.
Love you always,
Daddy, Little Girl and Family
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