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Banks County News
www.BanksNewsTODAY.com d Banks County’s Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016
504 • Homer, Banks County, GA 30547 • A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. • 24 Pages, 2 Sections Plus Supplements • Vol. 48 No. 21
BCES to be
in 'Feed
My School'
program
Banks County Elementa
ry School has been named
as a participate in the state’s
“Feed My School” program.
Georgia Agriculture
Commissioner Gary Black
announced eight schools
that are now a part of the
Georgia Grown Feed My
School for a Week (FMS)
program. This makes 27
school systems across the
state that are participating
in the program.
Commissioner Black
says the FMS school sys
tems are on the forefront
of the farm to school move
ment in the state and key
to the success of the 20/20
Vision for School Nutrition
in Georgia which aims to
have at least 20 percent of
every meal in every Georgia
public school every day to
be comprised of Georgia
products by the start of the
2020 school year.
“These school nutrition
directors are setting the
example of how to pur
chase local products for
school systems, all while
improving the nutritional
value for students,” Com
missioner Black said. “We
look forward to working
with these schools this year
and beyond to promote
local and healthy eating in
school systems throughout
the state.”
Stacey Morgan is the
school nutrition director for
the Banks County School
System.
Feed My School for a
Week first launched in 2011
to help bridge the gap in
nutritional value and qual
ity of food served in Geor
gia schools, while provid
ing more farm to cafeteria
opportunities. Through the
efforts of schools selected
for the FMS program, the
Georgia Department of Agri
culture is able to identify
local agricultural products
available to school systems.
Tea Party
forum set
The Tea Party of North
east Georgia will host a polit
ical forum at 6:30 p.m. on
Thursday May 5, at Grove
Level Church in Maysville
where each candidate will
be given the opportunity
to give a short speech and
answer specific questions.
For more information,
call 706-654-8292 or 770-540-
4150.
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for mailing label
Sports
Photos from the Blue
vs. White spring
football game
Community
Photos from the
Banks Co. JROTC
Military Ball I2A
Index
•Crime
•Obituaries
•Classifieds
•Legals
•Sports
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Early voting under way in Banks Co.
Early voting is under way for the
May 24 General Election.
Early voting will continue through
May 20 at the Banks County Board
of Elections and Registration Office.
Hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
every Monday through Friday, and
9-4 on Saturday, May 14.
Absentee ballots will be available
through Friday, May 20.
The Board of Elections and Reg
istration Office is located at 226
Candler Street in Homer.
ON THE BALLOT
Candidates in the May 24 election
include the following:
United States Senate,
Republican candidates
• Mary Kay Bacallao
• Derrick Grayson
• Johnny Isakson
United States Senate,
Democratic candidates
Jim Barksdale
• Cheryl Copeland
• John F. Coyne III
• James Knox
9th Congressional
District representative
• Paul Broun
• Doug Collins, incumbent
• Roger Fitzpatrick
• Bernie Fontaine
• Mike Scupin
Public Service
Commissioner
• Kellie Pollard Austin
•Tim Echols, incumbent
• Michelle Miller
50th District
State Senator
• Roy Benifield
• John Wilkinson, incumbent
Sheriff
• Mark Bandy
• Bob Blackwell
• Carlton Speed, incumbent
Coroner
• Cameron Boswell
• Bobby Eubanks, incumbent
• Mark Savage
County Commission chairman
• Jimmy Hooper, incumbent
• Will Ramsey
County Commissioner,
District 2
• Freddie Dalton
• David Duckett, incumbent
• David Jones
County Commissioner,
District 4
• Charles Turk, incumbent
• Jerry Baker
Probate Court Judge
• Keith Gardiner
• Shannon Gowder
• Helen Hewell
Carolyn Hooper
BCHS Graduation
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Top seniors
The Banks County High School seniors with the highest grade point averages include: (L-R) Salutatorian Chris McCrackin,
First Honorarian McKenzie Simpson and Valedictorian Alex Amato.
BCHS graduation planned May 20
Banks County High School’s graduation is set for 8 p.m. on Friday May 20, at
Leopard stadium.
Alex Amato is valedictorian and Christopher McCrackin is salutatorian. McK
enzie Simpson is the first honorarian.
Honor graduates are: Rodolfo Alcaraz-Navarrete, Alex Amato, Jessica Beck,
Taylor Boisclair, Grayson Boyd, Kelsie Boyd, Sarah Bray Tyler Bryant, Trevae
Cain, Erika Carlan, Amber Caudell, Emily Coker, Madisen Dorsey, Andrew
Elliott, Alexis Enman, Scarlett Flynn, Tara Ford, Logan Galloway Grasyn Han
sen, Andrea Harris, Emily Hart, Holly Hester, Katelyn Hinton, Logan Hubbard,
Taylor Hunt, Aubrey Ingram, Jaylyn Lack, Michael Ledford, Nathaniel Lee,
Autumn Lingerfelt, Johnny Lozano, Liam Mahan, Emma McCarthy Christopher
McCrackin, Taylor McCurry Eryn McIntyre, Katlyn Mealor, Logan Nix, Jessica
Noguera-Figueroa, Zachary Orr, Madison Parks, Mallory Parson, Dylan Patrick,
Zackary Patrick, Sarah Perry Hannah Poole, Erin ityder, Morgan Itylee, Linda
Simpson, Zezmon Steeple, Emilee Turner, Kayleigh West, Caelan Whitfield,
Maty Wilbanks, James Wood and Jade Yang.
There is no reserved seating permitted in the stadium for graduation and the
gates open at 6 p.m.
In the event of rain, the graduation ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Satur
day May 21, at the stadium.
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Baldwin moves forward with city hall renovations
BY SHARON HOGAN
The Baldwin City Council took
another step forward with renova
tions to the new city hall building.
At it’s May meeting, the council
unanimously approved a contract
with MD Enterprises, Alto, for the
renovation work at a cost not to
exceed $50,000.
Mayor Jerry Neace said the ren
ovation work on the former South
State Bank building on Highway
441, next to Dairy Queen, would
cover everything except inside
painting, flooring and the security
system.
Funding for the renovation work
will come out of the city’s water
fund.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the monthly
meeting, the council:
• approved moving forward with
an Appalachian Regional Commis
sion (ARC) grant for the city’s pro
posed South Highway 365 Corridor
Water System Improvements. Jerry
Hood, EMI, presented a proposal
not to exceed $10,100 for prepara
tion of a pre-application, assistance
in acquiring local business support
letters and reviewing and determin
ing current fire flow capacity. This
will be paid out of the city’s capi
tal improvement water and sewer
fund. The proposed cost of Phase I
of the project is $595,000. The grant
application is for a $300,000 grant
with a 30 percent match.
•unanimously approved a con
tract for fiber service with Trail-
wave, fiber optic service by Haber
sham Electric Membership Corpo
ration, at a cost of $50 per month
for up to 30 Mbps.
• approved spending $2,795 with
NAFECO, Decatur, Ala., to pur
chase a fire hose testing machine.
The funding for this will come out
of Special Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax (SPLOST) revenue for
public safety.
• unanimously approved a
30-day extension, beginning May
10, 2016, of the sign moratorium to
allow the city attorney time to gath
er additional information for a pro
posed sign ordinance amendment.
• in a 4-1 vote, approved a GCIC
form contract. Council member
Joe Elem abstained from the vote.
•approved placing the city’s
water plant reservoir dredging proj
ect out for bid. Fletcher Holliday,
EMI, advised work would begin on
the bid packet and bids should be
received and opened at the end of
June or first of July.