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o o JUNE 25, 2015 Madison County Journal ■t r v < -—-w v < ■# # ^ v i r « /\ ^ ^ A T r» /41 nrvvi T /~vi a 1 r I Y^A I A A n Merged with The Comer News and The Danielsville Monitor, 2006 MadisonJoumalTODAY.com 50< Vol. 30 No. 25 • Publication No. 1074-987 • Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia 30633 • A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers Inc. • 24 Pages, 2 Sections Plus Supplements LOCAL EVENTS 4th of July celebration coming soon The City of Colbert will celebrate July 4th Independence Day with the parade beginning at 9 a.m. A variety of live enter tainment from the stage all afternoon hosted by Danny Anthony and Mayor Chris Peck and featuring the BaCuPs, Conner Mack Tribble, C.J. Bidinger and others. Deena and Emily Parham will present music under the pavilion during the lunch hour, where barbecue will be served for $9 a plate. There will be a variety of concessions and vendors on hand with their hand crafted items and arts. “There will be lots of activities for the adults and children alike,” orga nizers said. The horseshoe pitching tournament starts at 11 a.m. next to the Eberhardt Log Cabin. “You do not need to be a professional to try your pitching skills.” organiz ers said. “Be sure to visit the museum and travel with Linda Fortson back in time and learn of the history and hear of some of the early residents and how Colbert came to be in existence.” The Red Caboose has been restored and will be open from 11 a.m. to — See “Colbert” on 2A INSIDE Index: News — 1-3A Opinions — 4-5A Socials — 7-1OA, 12A Crime — 6A Obituaries — 11A Sports — 1-4B Churches — 5B School —6B, 12B Classifieds — 7-8B Legals — 9-11B Contact: Phone: 800-795-2581 Mail: P.O. Box 658, Danielsville, Ga. 30633 Web: MadisonJournalTODAY. com BIRTHDAY WISHES Marguerite Ward, 88, enjoys a motorcycle ride June 20 with Scott Pulliam. Photo by Harry Rice Joy Ride Hampton House resident fulfills unusual birthday wish Marguerite Ward (front) is pictured Monday in her Hampton House room with caregiver Arlean Butler, Jo Rice and Harry Rice. Zach Mitcham/staff By Zach Mitcham zach@mainstreetne ws. com Marguerite Ward has blown out many birth day candles in her 88 years. But her birthday wish at a lunch at Cheddars dropped the jaws of her stepdaughter, Jo Rice and Rice’s husband Harry, Madison County’s for mer Magistrate Judge. This wasn’t a wish for a book, or a quilt or flowers. No, the Hampton House resi dent in Colbert wanted to feel the roar of the engine and the wind on her face. She wanted to ride on the back of a motorcycle. Harry and Jo laughed and looked at each other: “Scott,” they said. That birthday wish was going to come true. And so former Madison County Sheriff’s Office inves tigator Scott Pulliam, who now works with his brother operating a tree service, drove up to the Hampton House on his 2002 Honda BTX 1800 Retro Custom Saturday, June 20, with Ward wait ing in a pants suit, blaz er, leather gloves and a beret. She was ready to ride. Pulliam said she could ditch the gloves. It was pretty hot. She also swapped the beret for a helmet and was told to hold on tight. And off they went. “She didn’t move her hands the whole time,” said Pulliam. “We went up to Colbert and went around Shoal Creek and just made the big loop and she giggled like a school girl the whole time. She had a ball. And as soon as we got in sight of the Hampton House — and of course, Harry and Jo were stand ing out front — she started hollering ‘We did it, we did it!’” Ward said the ride “went by very fast” and was “fun, definitely fun.” “It was a wish come true,” she said. Pulliam said the expe rience was as rewarding for him as it was for Ward. “The personal satis faction that I got from watching her face, it’s unmeasurable,” said Pulliam. — See “Ride” on 2A Happy and playing Mailing Label Below Vivien Hajdu, 10, smiles as she hits a volley during this week’s Madison County volleyball camp. See more volleyball photos on Page 3B. Dallas Bordon/staff ELECTIONS Qualifying for BOC seat starts July 6 Qualifying to fill the open seat at the Madison County commissioners’ table will be held in early July. Mike Youngblood resigned abruptly June 1 as District 3 commission er. The commissioners recently agreed to set the qualifying fee at $216 for those wishing to fill his unexpired term, which runs through 2018. Qualifying begins on Monday, July 6, and ends at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. A special election will be held Tuesday, Sept. 15. Early voting at the board of elections office will be held Aug. 24 - Sept. 11 during regular business hours and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. Only the precincts of Hull and Pittman (with 3,182 registered voters currently) are eligible to participate in the special election. All persons who are not registered to vote, but desire to vote in the special election can regis ter at the elections office through the close of busi ness on Aug. 17. Youngblood’s pay at the time of his resigna tion was $13,518 annual ly. The base annual sala- — See “BOC” on 2A CITY NEWS Election planned to fill Hull council seat Wayne Melton has resigned from the Hull City Council and the post will be filled during the general election Nov. 3. Qualifying will be held Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m„ Sept. 1 from 6 to 7 p.m. and Sept. 2 from 5 to 6 p.m. The Hull council was informed at its June meet ing that a certificate and flag had been received from Congressman Doug Collins, certifying that the flag had been flown over the United States Capitol May 27. 2015, to com memorate the founding of the City of Hull in 1905. The council voted to encase the flag and certif icate in a glass enclosure and display it at city hall. The council discussed possibly using sales tax funds to replace sidewalks on Glenn Carrie Road. The council talked about restrictive convenants in Hidden Falls Subdivision and discussed a resident in the subdivision having goats, which was pro hibited by the covenants. The city attorney advised the council that the resi dents of the subdivision, not the council, needed to address the issue.
