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APRIL 23, 2025 Madison County Journal Merged with The Corner News and The Danielsville Monitor, 2006 • U MadisonJournalTODAY.com Merged with Vol. 42 No. 16* Publication No. 1074-987* Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia 30633 * A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers Inc. *16 Pages, 2 Section Plus Supplements $1.00 ‘Inside Scoop’ cancelled Chamber shuts down event with Sen. Ginn & state reps as locals protest Franklin Springs industrial development Easter in the park Locals attend rec. dept. * 38th Annual Easter Egg Hunt By Caleb Rollins caleb@mainstreetnews.com The Madison County Chamber of Commerce cancelled its “Get the In side Scoop” Post Legisla tive Session Update event on Thursday, April 17, as citizens across Madison and surrounding counties protest an incoming Frank lin Springs wastewater treatment facility and other Franklin Springs explains wastewater treatment By Caleb Rollins The Franklin Springs City Council held a meet ing on Tuesday, April 15, in front of a packed room of concerned citizens. A group of protestors also gathered outside along the road, holding signs that read “Save the Broad River” and “Stop the Rendering.” Citizens from Franklin, Madison and other coun ties along the Broad River have grown concerned in recent weeks about a new wastewater treatment fa rumored industrial plants along the Broad River. The event, which was set to take place at Moon Farms in Colbert, would have fea tured Senator Frank Ginn, Representative Rob Lever ett and Representative Alan Powell as guest speakers. According to Chamber President and CEO Anna Strickland, the Chamber re ceived a “very large volume cility coming to Franklin Springs, as well as rumors that the city intends to bring in a chicken render ing plant. The meeting was deemed an “elevated se curity event” by Franklin Springs Police, following “a number of threatening posts on Facebook,” the department said in a Face- book announcement on April 14. Moore opened the meet ing by addressing the ru mored rendering plant. “As stated last month, of phone calls, messages and emails” inquiring about the purpose of the event. Multiple Facebook posts and comments were also made leading up the event in which locals stated the event could be an opportu nity to ask state representa tives about the issues per taining to the wastewater See Chamber, page 3A Photos by Cheyenne Tolleson Local children enjoy snow cones after collecting Easter Eggs at the Madison County Recre ation Department’s 38th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19. the City of Franklin Springs has not signed any contracts or agreements with Pilgrim’s Pride,” he said. “The only proj ect the city is aware of is the building of its own wastewater treatment fa cility on property owned by the city, located within the city limits of Franklin Springs.” Moore went on to say that the city is “aware” of recent social media activi ty that it has deemed “cate gorically false”, “mislead- See Wastewater, page 3A we 02 CAS A/ The 211.220 2 A local family sits in the grass an looks over their spoils after hunting eggs at the rec. dept.’s Sammy Haggard Park. MC volunteer firefighters attend pressurized container fire control training On April 5, around 25 Madison County firefight ers and five Elbert Coun ty firefighters attended an eight-hour Pressurized Container Fire Control class at the new Madison Index News — 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A Opinions — 4A Crime — 6A Socials — 2A Schools — 5A Churches — 3B Obituaries — 4B-5B Sports —1B-2B Classifieds — 7A Legals — 6B-8B MAILING LABEL County Fire Training Cen ter on Colbert-Danielsville Road in Danielsville. Several Madison County fire department leaders and other firefighters attended the class to operate equip ment and support the fire training operations. The class, which falls under Hazardous Materi als training, is designed for firefighters and fire officers who may be called upon to handle emergencies involv ing pressurized containers, such as Propane Tanks, commercial tanker trucks and other types of pressur- ized/flammable liquid stor age containers. The training provides lifesaving information about fires involving pres- surized containers, the in herent risks and dangers associated with these types of fires and how to con trol or when not to control these fires. Topics include fire attack tactics, behavior of pressurized containers exposed to fire, physical properties of common sub stances stored under pres- sure and control of Liquid Propane (LP) gas fires. Especially usefill were the practical exercises in volving LP gas fires with a specially designed Propane Tank prop. Members from various volunteer fire departments from around the county at tended and worked together to extinguish the simulated fires. “This training helps keep our citizens safe and gives our firefighters the necessary knowledge to stay safe when respond ing to pressurized contain er fires, which can lead to catastrophic tank failures and massive explosions,” said Shiloh Volunteer Fire Department Chief Butch McDuffie. “The Madison County Firefighters Asso ciation and our Firefighters would like to thank Pied mont Propane for the do nation for several hundred gallons of propane needed to have the class, and the Comer VFD for providing the evening meal.” Photos by Andrew King Local volunteer firefighters from Madison and Elbert coun ties work to put out a fire during a live-burn training exercise at the Madison County Fire Training Center in Danielsville 4879 1 4144 Local volunteer firefighters undergo a live-burn training exercise. 1 1 CM Vi 4
