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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016
THE COMMERCE NEWS • THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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Offering samples
Joe Misavage of Piedmont, SC, offers visitors at
the Maysville Autumn Leaf Festival samples of his
Galaxy Mini Donuts Saturday morning.
A spin on the water
Jesse Stapp of Commerce goes for a spin in the Treadmill inflatable Saturday morning at the Maysville
Autumn Leaf Festival.
Scenes from the 49th annual Maysville Autumn Leaf Festival
A pony among horses
Large turnout
A young rider in the Maysville Autumn Leaf Festival enjoyed a buggy ride as
the horses pranced through the downtown Saturday morning.
Perfect autumn weather produced a heavy turnout last weekend for the 49th
annual Maysville Autumn Leaf Festival.
The parade begins
Attendees of the Maysville Autumn Leaf Festival last Saturday morning lined the road and the railroad
tracks for the annual festival parade.
Council ••• Cont. from Page 1A
someone and send them to the academy. $15,000 to
$18,000, at least.”
“More than that,” offered mayor pro tern Keith Burchett.
“Every time we turn one of those officers, it’s a ton of
money,” Hill continued. “It’s more than buying a new uni
form and a pistol.”
The department has 22 sworn officers. It needs 12
vehicles, aside from the K-9 and administrative vehicles,
said officer Chris Richey, who made a presentation to the
city council. The department currently has nine “front-line
vehicles,” and several of those are approaching 100,000
miles, at which point they are generally not considered
dependable enough for full-time service.
“Right now, with two officers in one car doing 30,000
miles a year on average,” Richey said. “Take one officer
out, that leaves roughly 15,000 miles.”
The plan is to not buy any more vehicles for four years,
then to resume buying two new cars annually.
Wascher said he will have a policy covering take-home
vehicles before the new vehicles are in service, which
could be two months after the council approves the pur
chase.
Cont. from Page 1A
Local AA chapter
meets 4 times weekly
LOST ...
with SPLOST, DOR remits
the entire amount to the
county, which apportions it
out to the municipalities on
a population-based formula.
Since both taxes are
one-percent sales taxes,
SPLOST’s better perfor
mance relative to budget is
likely related to more con
servative expectations when
Jackson County and its
municipalities drafted plans
for SPLOST 5.
In addition to LOST and
SPLOST, the three school
systems in Jackson Coun
ty share in the proceeds of
an education local option
sales tax (ELOST) accord
ing to an enrollment-based
formula.
The Breezy Knob chapter
of Alcoholics Anonymous
meets four times a week at
69 Central Avenue (across
from First Commerce
Bank) in Commerce.
Meeting times are:
•Sunday 7 p.m., open
discussion
•Tuesday, 8 p.m., open
discussion
•Thursday, 8 p.m., open
discussion
•Saturday, 8 p.m., open
discussion, open literature
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