THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007 - PAGE 5A
Shows Supreme Champion
Shows Division Winner
Landis Seagraves’ heifer, “Caro,” won Overall
Supreme Champion at the AgGeorgia Farm
Credit Heifer Show. Seagraves also won first
place in fourth grade showmanship. She is a
fourth grade Jackson County 4-H’er.
Macy Seagraves, Jackson County 4-H’er, exhib
ited the winner of first place in the Simmental
Division at the AgGeorgia Farm Credit Heifer
Show. In addition, she placed first in sixth grade
showmanship.
ProLogis To Expand Its Industrial Park
By Kerri Testement
An industrial park in Jefferson
plans to expand its property near
Interstate 85 along one of Jackson
County’s busiest areas for indus
trial growth.
ProLogis will build a second
phase of its industrial park on
Toy Wright Road, near Valentine
Industrial Park, which includes
TACG.
The Jackson County Planning
Commission recommended
approval Thursday of a request to
rezone the 198.075-acre tract from
the A-2 to LI. Radlo Foods Inc.
owns the property.
The Jackson County Board of
Commissioners is slated to vote
on the planning commission’s
recommendation Jan. 21 at 6
p.m.
The first phase of the ProLogis
industrial park is being developed
in the city limits of Jefferson. The
second phase calls for five indus
trial buildings totaling more than
2.5 million square feet.
ProLogis plans to extend Toy
Wright Road through most of the
property from Valentine Industrial
Parkway to Wayne Poultry Road.
A civil engineer representing the
applicant told the planning com-
mission that ProLogis is one of
the largest industrial development
companies in the world, which
usually doesn’t sell its buildings.
The Northeast Georgia Regional
Development Center recently
completed a Development of
Regional Impact (DRI) for the
project and found it in the “best
interest of the state,” according
to county planning department
staff.
In other business, the planning
commission recommended:
•denial of a request by David
Archer to rezone 6.033 acres at
129 Harrison Johnson Way from
A-2 to HRC for a proposed used
car dealership. Archer said when
U.S. Hwy. 129 was expanded,
the Georgia Department of
Transportation took a portion of
his property. The property no
longer includes access to the fed
eral highway. Harrison Johnson
Way has access to New Kings
Bridge Road . Archer had a grand
fathered business on the site that
lost its business location with the
widening project. He built a struc
ture on the site in 2006 using a
building permit for an agricultural
building, according to the county
planning department staff. The
BOC denied a map amendment
change related to the request in
March 2007, but later approved
the request in September 2007.
Planning commission member
Don Segraves initially offered to
send no recommendation to the
BOC, since the board didn’t fol
low the previous recommendation
of the planning commission, he
said. The county planning depart
ment staff had recommended
denial of the request.
•approval of a request by
the Day Design Group Inc. to
rezone 15.416 acres at 7540 Ga.
Hwy. 53 from A-R to NRC in
order to use the existing site
and home for commercial pur
poses. The property is owned by
Howard M. Duck and William F.
Duck. The property is located
next the Hunting Hills subdivi
sion. The applicant plans to use
an existing house for a commer
cial purpose in the first phase of
development, and later develop
the property for potentially five
buildings totaling 66,000 square
feet. Jeremy McElroy of the Day
Design Group said the plans
submitted to the county for the
site are only a concept plan
and the maximum possibilities
— Chamber Taps Roy Stowe As Chairman
Cont. from Page 1A
have their graduation ceremony
at an event by itself instead of as
part of the chamber’s annual ban
quet. In addition to bringing more
attention to the class, the move
will shorten the Jan. 31 banquet.
•a comment by Shore indi-
cating that in January he will
reveal a “plan of action based
around increased revenue for
next year.”
• a report by Schingler,
who chairs the Membership
Development Committee that
the chamber added 111 new
members during 2007, bringing
total paid membership to 548 as
of last Friday.
•approval of an amended
“endorsement policy” that more
or less states that the chamber
will not make political endorse
ments.
— Character Traits For A Survivor
Cont. from Page 4A
by exercising and eating right I’d
be able to fight in the physical chal
lenges that “Survivor” requires.
Ability to say what you believe:
I have never met Greg Perry, but
have spoken with him on the
phone. I really enjoyed my con
versation and it was obvious that
he will say whatever he believes. I
like that! He is not worried about
offending anyone — only standing
up for what he thinks is right. I
will definitely need that character
istic while trying to decide which
victim to vote off at the tribal
council.
So, if anyone has any connec-
tion with CBS, please let me know.
I will quickly meet with the afore
mentioned folks and learn how I
can be a winning contestant on
“Survivor.” Wish me luck!
In addition to being a “Survivor”
fan, Tricia Massey is a stay-at-home
mom and a member of the Commerce
Downtown Development Authority.
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for the site, and development
will not take place for at least
five years. In making the rec
ommendation for approval, the
planning commission said the
applicant must meet all of the
right-of-way requirements made
by the DOT, which is planning
to expand Hwy. 53. The site
must also provide access to
additional property owned by
the Ducks’ that is landlocked.
• approval of a request by Susan
Campbell to change a zoning
condition that would affect the
Wicklow Subdivision in West
Jackson. The property includes
18.9 acres located off Boone
Road and Wicklow Court. Sue
Campbell Properties Inc. owns
the property. Campbell requested
that a zoning condition requiring
an eight-foot privacy buffer be
installed between her property
and the adjacent existing agricul
tural structures be removed. Two
chicken houses are located next
to the proposed subdivision on a
hill. Campbell said installing the
fence would require the removal
of several large trees that natu
rally provide a buffer between the
properties. The county planning
department staff recommended
that if the BOC approves the
request, it also return a $20,300
surety Campbell paid the county
for completing the fence at a later
date.
•approved a text amendment
to the county’s unified develop
ment code that would address
the land/use that are permit
ted to be applied toward the 20
percent minimum open space
requirement in open space sub
divisions and master planned
developments.
•postponed a decision on a
text amendment to the unified
development code to revise two
tables to clarify the permitted
uses in each zoning district, pro
vide for definition of various uses
and amend the permitted uses in
some districts.
BJC Nursing Home 'Decks
The Halls' For Christmas
What started as a 16th century German tradition of decorat
ing homes with Christmas trees to commemorate the Christmas
season continues for the residents of BJC Nursing Home as
facility employees, families of residents, and physicians “Deck
the Halls.”
Nursing home administrator, Joy King, suggested a decorating
challenge for employees to decorate the doors of the residents
on each of the five units. The original plan was to award the
employees of the unit having the most decorated doors with a
pizza celebration. Once word spread about how enthusiastic
the residents were and how involved family members became,
what started as a contest became a mission. Just as children
eagerly await the arrival of Santa, the residents fervently waited
for their turn to have their door adorned with shiny paper, gar
land, ribbons, bows, Christmas trees, presents, stockings, and
many other unique items.
Once all the doors were finished, the residents strolled down
the halls comparing the various pieces of art. Numerous doors
were personalized to meet the hobbies and wishes of the resi
dents.
“With every door decorated and everyone working so hard,
we decided to give a pizza party to all five units” stated King. A
total of 110 doors, 95 belonging to residents, were decorated.
Jolly Agers To Meet Next Tuesday
The Jolly Agers of the First Baptist Church of Commerce will
meet for a covered-dish lunch at noon Tuesday, Jan. 8, in the fellow
ship hall of the church.
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