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Vol. 141, No. 12 - Waynesboro, Ga. 30830
Established in 1882
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - $1.00
Commission may slash supplements
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
The Burke County Board
of Commissioners discussed
doing away with local supple
mental pay during their retreat
May 1.
Elected officials’ base sala
ries along with state supple
ments are determined by state
law, but extra local supple
mental pay is determined by
the commissioners.
For Sheriff Alfonzo Wil
liams , that means $29,613.52
in local supplemental pay,
bringing his approved salary
to more than $110,000. That
exceeds the statutory salary
by more than $30,000.
The Clerk of Court, State
and Chief Magistrate judges,
along with the commissioners
and coroners all receive local
supplements.
Associate Magistrate judg
es receive 90% of the Chief
Magistrate’s pay, according
to state law.
“So, when the Chief Mag
istrate’s pay goes up, the as
sociate Magistrate’s pay goes
up,” County Manager Merv
Waldrop said.
The supplements are paid in
addition to 5% local longevity
increases.
The board discussed the
history of granting supple
mental pay and how one
elected official’s request and
approval has to led to several
requests.
“Everything has unintend
ed consequences,” Waldrop
said.
Commissioner Evans Mar
tin suggested the board devel
op a policy that states Burke
County offers no more sup
plemental pay. Commissioner
Tommy
Nix sug- ®EE
gested an SUPPLEMENTS,
increase in 9A
for elected officials
BURKE COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS
LOCAL SUPPLEMENTS
local supplement
local longevity increase
SHERIFF
$
29,613.52
CLERK OF COURT
s
-
TAX COMMISSIONER
s
-
PROBATE JUDGE
5
-
MAGISTRATE JUDGE
$
9,400 00
ASSOCIATE MAGISTRATE JUDC
$
8,460 00
STATE COURT JUDGE
S
24,000.00
5% LONGEVITY
SOLICITOR
$
-
5% LONGEVITY
COMMISSIONERS
$
=
CORONER
$
-
5% LONGEVITY
Local supplemental pay is costing the county more than
$70,000.
Oh, I wish
I were an
Oscar Mayer
wiener....
Jaxson Keefer poses in front of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile during a stop at Burke Perk Thursday.
Boss Hog hea ts
up on Friday
DIANA ROYAL* jdianaroyal@gmail
Forty-two teams are look
ing to take the coveted victory
lap this weekend.
Boss Hog is back in busi
ness for its 15th year, and
organizers promise it’ll be
well worth the wait that the
pandemic forced in 2020.
Competitors from across
the United States will head
to Waynesboro for the May
14-15 cookoff, hoping to
snag some of the more than
$11,000 dollars up for grabs
from the Boss’ piggy bank.
The grand champion stands
to earn $2,000 and the reserve
grand, $1,000. Third and
fourth overall will win $500
and $250, respectively.
And that’s not all the cash
being awarded in this Kansas
City Barbeque Society sanc
tioned event; first through
10th place finishers will re
ceive a check in each of the
four categories: chicken, pork
ribs, pork and beef brisket.
This year’s roster includes
Boog-a-Lou Smoke Crew
of Crawfordville, Fla.,Killer
B’s BBQ and Maya Jane
BBQ, both of Evans, Smoke
Central BBQ of Lake City,
S.C., and Yes, Dear BBQ of
Savannah — all teams who
have earned bragging rights
as grand champion since The
Boss’ inception.
Celebrity chef Johnny
Trigg, who doubles as pitmas-
ter of Smokin’ Triggers, will
also be among competitors.
Trigg, who has appeared on
TLC’s BBQ Pitmasters, is a
two-time grand champ of the
Jack Daniels World Champi
onship Invitational.
The Boss Hog Cook-off
will be held at Mr. Golf Carts
Distribution Center, just
off Highway 56 North in
Waynesboro. Advance and
People’s Choice tickets may
be purchased at First National
Bank of Waynesboro or online
at www.bosshogcookoff.com.
People’s Choice “judges” will
pay a flat fee to taste samples
from each participating team
and vote for their favorites.
Children 12 and under get
in free, and their activities
are free as well. Gates open
at 5 p.m. on Friday and at 10
Saturday morning.
An array of activities and
mini competitions will take
place, like the Queen of the
Wing Reverse Beauty Pag
eant, the King of the Wing
Chicken Wing Contest (with
free wings on Friday while
supplies last), Anything
Strawberry, the Waynesboro
Weiner Hotdog Eating Con
test, Hog Calling Contest,
mechanical bull
riding, live mu
sic and much
more. There’s
SEE
BOSS,
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Overseas shortages affect local businesses
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Even as the number of
COVID-19 cases decreases,
local businesses are
experiencing the lingering
effects of the pandemic.
Crystal Preston is the
manager at Phinazee and Son
Funeral Home. The pandemic
has caused a shortage of
vaults and headstones, due
to the lack of available raw
materials mixed with a large
number of deaths, she said.
Many headstones are created
overseas and increased
shipping costs have raised
the prices up to 5%.
Preston said the time it
takes to receive headstones
has tripled.
Tommy Powell, owner
of Capital Furniture, said
he didn’t see a decrease in
furniture availability during
the height of the pandemic
like he is experiencing now.
“Since December, it’s all
gone to hell in a hand basket,”
he said.
Furniture plants in
Indonesia and Vietnam shut
down for three-to-four-
months last year, creating
a delay in manufacturing.
Additionally, it takes three
or more months for the
furniture to make its way to
American ports. Quarantined
dockworkers and a shortage
of truckdrivers are furthering
the delay of delivery to
warehouses throughout the
country.
Wholesale warehouses that
Powell normally purchases
from are virtually empty.
Upholstered furniture
companies experienced state
mandates that limited the
number of people who could
work in certain sized areas.
“They are producing 25%
of what they would normally
produce,”
Powell said. SEE
“The last I SHORTAGES,
checked with 12A
Earl Huddleston, the parts and service director at William
Mizell Ford, said the global semiconductor shortage is
greatly impacting new vehicle inventory.