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Vol. 136, No. 29 - Waynesboro, Ga. 30830 Established in 1882 Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - $1.00
By Michaela Carter
Mcarter.truecitizen@gmail.com
If you’ve visited The True
Citizen’s office on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays, then you’ve
most likely been greeted by a
sweet spirit sitting at the front
desk in the lobby. For those of
you who may be wondering
who this little lady is, meet
Mrs. Ruby Barefield. She is
94 years old and has no plans
to retire. Mrs. Barefield is still
rendering her services at The
True Citizen two days a week
after being employed here
since the late 70’s.
Born in Girard in 1921,
Mrs. Barefield has been a
resident of Burke County her
entire life. When she started
her career at The True Citizen,
newspapers were put together
by actually pasting the stories
on the page and taking a photo
with a giant camera. She had
never done printing work
before but with the help of a
few cooworkers, she took to
it quickly.
“I’ve learned what I know
by trial and error and also by
others teaching me,’’ she said.
Mrs. Barefield is now skilled
in many areas of the printing
business. She has experience
in making photo films, strip
ing negatives, padding and so
much more.
“She’s been the backbone
of the printing department for as
long as I can remember. When
people contact the printing de
partment, the first person they
want to speak to is Mrs. Bare
field,” said Phil Chalker, Vice
President of The True Citizen.
Mrs. Barefield can still recall
the days when technology was
evolving and how it changed
the dynamic of the printing
industry.
Even though technology ad
vances have made things a lot
easier, she does "miss some of
the older machines that were in
the building.”
Nevertheless, she has kept
up with all of the changes by
learning how to adapt to the new
technology.
“About 25 years ago I started
worrying about who would
replace Mrs. Barefield,” said
Roy Chalker, Jr., publisher of
The True Citizen, "After fretting
for a few years I finally realized
it was something we just don't
have to be concerned about.
She's not going anywhere."
Mrs. Barefield continues to
lend a helping hand by assisting
customers, writing orders and,
yes, still printing.
“I think she wants to keep
moving; she’s amazing,”
said Jill DuMars, The True
Citizen ’s Graphic Designer,
“She’s one of the longest
working women that I know.”
Many may wonder what
keeps her going.
“I just feel like a part of
it,” said Mrs. Barefield, “I’ve
been here so long that it is like
family. I love my job.”
HERMINE WHO?
IT'S TIME FOR
FARM FEST, Y'ALL
15 th Annual Ag
Celebration is
this weekend
The Waynesboro Shrine
Club will honor Burke
County’s farming heritage
with its 15th annual Farm
Festival this Saturday, Sept.
10.
Each year the club pays
tribute to local farmers and
the agricultural community
with a parade and entire day
of activities at the Southern
Bank Pavilion located at
Liberty and Ninth streets
in Waynesboro.
The festival opens at 9
a.m. and the parade will be
gin its route down Liberty
Street at 11 a.m. Farm Fest
continues through most of
the day with a classic car
cruise-in, live music, farm
ing and tractor exhibits,
children’s activities, and
lots of early bird Christmas
shopping opportunities.
Vendors and craftsmen will
be selling unique wares
ranging from homemade
soaps and handmade jew
elry to leather goods and
home interior items.
IT'S AN
ALL DAY THING
8:55 a.m.: Opening prayer, Rev.
Wes Lawson
9 a.m.: Vocalist Jessica Taylor
9:30 a.m.: Vocalist Shani Chas
tain
10 a.m.: Cricket Ridge Bluegrass
Band
11 a.m.: Parade
Noon: Vocalist Evangeline Craw
ford
12:30 p.m.: Center Stage Dance
Academy
1 p.m.: Watermelon Eating Con
test, Pie Eating Contest
1:30 p.m.: Brittany’s Dance
Academy
2 p.m.: Vocalist Gracy Mulling
2:30 p.m.: Vocalist Bill Cobb
3 p.m.: Racks by the Tracks win
ners announced; Ladies Auxiliary
Raffle
Tropical storm creates minimal problems for Burke
By Elizabeth Billips
lizbillips@yahoo.com
Burke County braced for the
worst ... but it never came.
Tropical Storm Hermine was
expected to dump more than 7
inches of rain here on her trek
across the East Coast on Friday.
Emergency personnel were
prepared for flash floods, iso
lated tornados and wind gusts
up to 55 miles per hour.
The storm battered Florida
after making landfall there on
Thursday, but for Burke County
and most of Georgia the near
hurricane impact was much less
than anticipated.
“We were very fortunate the
rain was spread out over six
teen to eighteen hours,” Burke
County EMA Chief Rusty Sand
ers said, noting hard rains dur
ing short periods pose the real
threat. “We were expecting a
good many dirt roads and a
few paved roads with culverts
to wash out ... but that didn’t
happen. “
Rain fall was extremely vari
able across the county with
some farmers reporting as many
as 6 inches in their gauges. The
weather station in Midville
recorded 3.74 inches of rain for
the day while the EMA station
in Sardis had 4.5 and other sta
tions had only 3 inches.
“With these kinds of storms,
you never know if it is going
to take up residence,” Chief
Sanders said, noting Hermine
made steady progress over
Burke County before slowing
over South Carolina. “When it
got to Barnwell, S.C., the storm
pretty much got over them and
stalled out ... they had washed
out roads and downed trees.”
Similarly, Hermine’s wind
gusts were expected to hit the 55
mph mark but barely breached
30.
From midnight to 6 p.m.,
emergency workers cleared
See Hermine,
continued on page 14
Planters EMC crews work to prevent a tree from falling on
the lines near Munnerlyn-Alexander Road
For the full scoop on the day's activities, see page 3.
FOR WAYNESBORO MAYOR
Special Election is March 22
By Elizabeth Billips
lizbillips@yahoo.com
A Special Election will be
held on March 22 to fill the
seat left open by the recent
death of Mayor Pauline W.
Jenkins.
Initially, officials had
hoped to avoid a,
special election
by including the
race in the Nov.
8 General Elec
tion; however
that time table
proved impos
sible due to state
requirements that man
date a 90-day notice to the
local Board of Elections.
The qualifying period has
not yet been set, but City
Administrator Jerry Coal-
SPECIAL
ELECTION
son expects it to be in late
December or early January.
Since mid-August,
Waynesboro’s vice-mayor
Herman Brown has been
acting as mayor - but that,
too, could change if he de
cides to seek office.
Because Waynesboro’s
charter does not
allow the city’s
elected officials
to qualify for
mayoral office,
a gap could be
created in the
municipal gov
ernment if one or
more council members
resign in order to run for
mayor.
Qualifying times are ex
pected to be announced by
next week.
Surfing:
Mlcaf Whitaker
Carol Thompson,
and Alan Tyson
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