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Vol. 142, No. 38 - Waynesboro, Ga. 30830
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Federal law creates Midville dilemma
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Midville City Council members
must determine if they can serve the
residents and still abide by federal
law.
Approximately 30 Midville resi
dents overwhelmingly voiced their
opposition November 1 to a pro
posed 255-foot 5G cell phone tower
right in the middle of town.
The proposed site is at 125 N.
Jones Street, next to the Midville Ex
press, on property owned by Charles
and Patricia Brannen. The Brannens
and New York-based Tillman Infra
structure have already entered into
a lease agreement. The tower would
be designed with a break point about
50 feet from the top enabling it to
collapse and fall on the Brannen
property in the event of an accident.
If approved, the tower would be
unmanned except for routine main
tenance conducted once per month.
Represented by Attorney Andrew
Rotenstreich, Tillman has an agree
ment with AT&T to build towers
where the telecommunications com
pany needs better coverage. Tillman
leases the property from owners and
builds and owns the towers on which
they lease space to AT&T. The po
tential exists for space to be rented
to other carriers that wish to improve
coverage in Midville.
“Think of it as a vertical strip
mall,” Rotenstreich explained. “So
hopefully by building this tower, if
allowed, it would be the last tower
needed in Midville.”
Under the current zoning, cell
towers are allowed with a special
use that must be approved by the
City Council. However, the city’s
ordinance limits the height of tow
ers to a maximum height of 50 feet.
Therefore, Rotenstreich has asked
for a variance for con-
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Midville Mayor (right) speaks to Attorney Andrew Rotenstreich before
the public meeting November 1 to address the construction of a 5G
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(l-r) Freddie Jones, named by Pamela Green as her “Most impactful student,” Ms. Jones and Principal
Dr.James Epps.
BLAKENEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Pamela Green is the teacher of
the year for Blakeney Elemen
tary School.
Pamela graduated from Geor
gia Southern University with a
Bachelor of Science in Education
in Early Childhood Education,
a Master of Education in Cur
riculum and Instruction and a
PBIS Endorsement. Aside from
her educational feats, Pamela is
proud of being selected 2021-2022
August Teacher of the Month and
4th Grade Chairperson for the 2021 -
2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
Pamela says that establishing
strong relationships with her students
and their families is the foundation of
her teaching. Through fostering con
nections with students, parents, col
leagues and the community, Pamela
is able to create relatable content
for her students to leam as well
as a safe environment for them
to thrive. One of her methods
of engaging the community is
organizing book drives for the
children of Burke County. Not
only is she able to impact her
students, but she is also able to
encourage the students to share
the value of reading with their
families.
Woman wanted in
sister’s shooting
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office
continues their investigation into an
incident last week that took place on
River Road and resulted in a 19-year-
old mother of three children suffer
ing a gunshot wound to the head.
According to Emma Bartlett’s
mother, Danielle Bartlett, Emma
required approximately eight hours
of surgery and will need intense re
habilitative services but is in stable
condition.
The incident took place across the
street from Made in the Shade Camp
ground and RV Park, in a camper
Tabitha Bartlett
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owned by Emma’s friend, Michael
Bradley Capper. When he and Emma
returned to the camper around 10
p.m. November 2, Capper had to
“pop” the lock open
when his key didn’t SEE
work, Danielle said. SHOOTING,
Having locked the
Victim in hit and run
related to missing child
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Sheriff Alfonzo Williams is of
fering a reward for information that
leads to the individual responsible
for a hit and run on the 9900 block
of Hwy 23 that resulted in the death
of Henry Dale Moss.
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office
assisted the Georgia State Patrol with
the fatality that occurred Wednesday,
November 2 on Highway 23 between
Claxton Road and Brigham Landing
Road.
When deputies arrived on scene
around 7:20 a.m. they
found Moss deceased SEE
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Pulling troops out of Iraq
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
In honor of Veterans Day, this
is the final installment of a 3-part
series on conflict in Iraq containing
interviews with two local men who
served.
Christopher Jones and Gregory
Fitzgerald Robinson are two Burke
County men who served their coun
try with military duties in Iraq.
Jones entered the U.S. Marine
Corp through the delayed entry
program in 1984, after he graduated
from T.W. Josey High School in
Augusta. Robinson, a Burke County
High School graduate, joined the
U.S. Army in 1997. Both men
ultimately served their country by
deployment to Iraq.
Pulling out of Iraq
The U.S. and Iraq began dis
cussing the partial withdrawal of
American combat troops from Iraq.
In January 2020, the Iraqi Council
of Representatives passed a measure
that called for the expulsion of all
foreign troops. President Donald
Trump began withdrawing troops
in March. The U.S. led coalition,
Combined Joint Task Force, began
transferring control over a number
of military installations back to
Iraqi security forces. However, in
February 2021, NATO announced
it would expand its mission to train
Iraqi forces; partially reversing the
U.S. led withdrawal. In July 2021,
President Joe Biden announced he
would end the U.S. combat mission
in Iraq. The combat mission formally
concluded December 9, 2021. The
decision to pull troops out of Iraq
was met with much controversy.
“Any president who pulled out
at any time would have been criti
cized for it,” Robinson reflected. “If
you think about the time that was
invested there, if they couldn’t do
anything after we pulled out after all
this time, they weren’t going to do
anything no matter when we left.”
Jones believes pulling out of Iraq
was the right thing to do. He believes
the U .S. has issues on the home front
that need to be tackled, some of the
most prevalent being racism, home
lessness and poverty.
“They have been fighting for
thousands of years,” he said of Iraq.
“They will never stop. It was worth
it for us to go over there and liber
ate them or help them find a better
way of life, but we have so many
problems here in the
United States, it is a SEE
conflict.” VETERANS,
Jones retired in o
As a member of the Masons, Christopher Jones (right) helped distribute
staples during a recent food bank.