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FOURTH IN THE WORLD SERIES
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Vol. 134
No. 23
20 Pages
2 Sections
www.CommerceNewsTODAY.com
Commerce Slews
Wednesday
JULY 22, 2009
50 Cents COVERING THE COMMERCE AREA SINCE 1875
Maysville
Considering
Beer, Wine
By The Drink
To pour or not to pour,
that is the question.
It will be the question for
the Maysville City Council
following a vote Monday
July 13, authorizing the
city attorney to draft an
ordinance for the sale of
beer and wine by the drink
in city restaurants.
“It has been a hold item
on the agenda for six or
eight weeks. It was not
going to go away,’' said city
clerk Barbara Thomas of
the issue.
According to Thomas,
the draft of the ordinance
should be available for
discussion by the coun
cil at its July 30 work
session. The council will
set a date for a public
hearing, take input from
the public at the hearing,
then schedule a meeting
at which the council will
vote yea or nay on the
ordinance.
The matter does not
require a public referen
dum, Thomas noted. Beer
and wine can be pur
chased by the package in
convenience stores.
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THURSDAY, JULY 23
Isolated T-storms: Low, 65;
high, 90; 30% chance rain
FRIDAY, JULY 24
Partly cloudy: Low, 66; high,
90; 20% chance rain
SATURDAY, JULY 25
£7"'
Partly cloudy, Low, 68; high,
90; 20% chance rain
SUNDAY, JULY 26
Scattered T-storms: Low, 65;
high, 83; 30% chance rain
Precipitation this month
.46 inches
Precipitation This Year
26.56 Inches
INDEX
Church News 3B
Classified Ads 5-7B
Calendar 3A
Crime News 6A
News Roundup 2A
Obituaries 4B
Opinions 4A
School News 10A
Sports 1-2B
Social News 1 1A
Ramping Up The Concrete
Workers pour the last
section of concrete in
the boat ramp under
construction at the
Bear Creek Reservoir
in southwest Jackson
County. The first pub
lic boating access to
the 505-acre regional
drinking water reservoir
should be completed
in late August — more
than seven years after
the reservoir itself was completed — and includes a parking lot, guard kiosk
and bathroom facilities. Photos by Mark Beardsley
2 Companies
Looking At
Jackson Sites
By Mark Beardsley
After June, in which not
one new industrial devel
opment project looked at
Jackson County, things are
picking up in July.
Shane Short, president of
the Jackson County Area
Chamber of Commerce,
briefed the Jackson County
Industrial Development
Authority last Friday on
new prospects.
Among them was a com
pany that manufactures
concrete materials that is
looking for 200,000 square
feet of space at a couple
of sites. Lt would hire 100-
125 people. Short said the
company visited Jackson
County the previous week.
A Korean company that
manufactures electric
cars is looking at a site in
Jackson County — along
with several other sites in
Georgia and other states.
It plans to hire 300-350
workers.
In addition, Short said,
the chamber sent propos
als to two “bio-compa-
nies," one of which would
hire 40 people, utilize a
50,000-square-foot facility
and manufacture testing
kits.
“These are high-paying
jobs and the equipment
is very expensive," Short
said.
Jackson County has
linked itself with several
other counties to form
the “innovation crescent,"
where the focus is on
attracting bio-technical
Cont. on Page 3A
Pat Graham To Seek
Dist. 47 Senate Seat
Braselton
Mayor Pat
Graham won’t
run for re-elec
tion this fall
and will instead
seek the Georgia
State Senate
seat currently
held by Sen.
Ralph Hudgens.
Hudgens is running
for Georgia Insurance
Commissioner, thus open
ing up the Senate District
47 seat.
Graham, a Republican,
said her campaign would
be based on “conservative
principles."
Pat Graham
“Over the last
eight years, we
have relied on
conservative
principles and
worked to trans
form Braselton
into a recog
nized City of
Excellence," she
said. “We have
never raised taxes and
yet the city is in solid
financial shape. I’ll rely on
those same conservative
principles and manage
ment experience to help
prevent any tax increase
Cont. on Page 3A
Maysville
Allocates Fund
To Finish
Restrooms
By Justin Poole
Maysville approved
an additional $3,500 to
complete the work on
the public restrooms off
of Oak Alley during a
called meeting Monday
night.
The restrooms were
approved months back
as a way for the city to
curb costs during fes
tivals and city events
when portable facilities
are rented. The addition
al funds coming from
the 2000 Jackson County
SPLOST set aside for
recreation will cover the
$3,507.75 cost of com
pleting the restrooms.
During earlier meetings
on the project, the coun
cil discussed only open
ing the restrooms during
city-sanctioned events to
prevent vandalism.
3 Items On Planning Commission Agenda
By Mark Beardsley
Three residents will come before
the Commerce Planning Commission
Monday night seeking the city’s bless
ings to improve their property.
The planning commission, which
makes recommendations to the
city council, meets at 7:00 in the
Peach Room of the Commerce Civic
Center.
Supplicants include:
•Brandon Wilbanks, 87 Harber
Street, who seeks variances on the
side-yard setback for a house he is
buying and improving. Work was
already under way on the project
when the Department of Building
Cont. on Page 3A
World Series Crowd
Thirty-five 11-year-old Dizzy Dean All-Star teams
brought hundreds of fans to Jackson County last
week. They gathered for opening ceremonies
of the Dizzy Dean World Series Thursday night
at East Jackson Comprehensive High School
(above), started tournament play Friday at East
Jackson Park in Nicholson. The championship
game will be played today (Wednesday).
Photo by Brandon Reed