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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
DDP/kns 10/4/05
Our file no 51429605-FT2
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT ANY INFORMA
TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE
6967 9/8 - 9/29
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the Power of
Sale contained in a Security Deed
given by Alan B. Johnson to Market
Street Mortgage Corporation, dated
February 10, 1999, recorded in Deed
Book 1428, Page 527, Houston
County, Georgia Records, as last
transferred to Secretary of Veterans
Affairs by assignment recorded in
Deed Book 2922, Page 60, Houston
County, Georgia Records, conveying
the after-described property to secure
a Note in the original principal amount
Of SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY AND 0/100 DOL
LARS ($69,360.00), with interest
thereon as set forth therein, there will
be sold at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash before the courthouse
door of Houston County, Georgia, with
in the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in October, 2005, the follow
ing described property: SEE EXHIBIT
A' ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A
PART HEREOF
EXHIBIT ‘A’: All that tract or parcel
of land lying and being in Land Lot 175,
sth Land District, Houston County,
Georgia, being known and designated
as Lot 9, Block “B", Section No. 1,
Green Acres Estates Subdivision,
according to a plat of survey prepared
by Waddle Surveying Co., dated June
23, 1959 and recorded in Plat Book 5,
Page 274, Clerk’s Office Houston
Superior Court.
The debt secured by said Security
Deed has been and is hereby declared
due because of, among other possible
events of default, failure to pay the
indebtedness as and when due and in
the manner provided in the Note and
Security Deed. The debt remaining in
default, this sale will be made for the
purpose of paying the same and all
expenses of this sale, as provided in
Security Deed and by law, including
attorney’s fees (notice of intent to col
lect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to
any outstanding ad valorem taxes
(including taxes which are a lien, but
not yet due and payable), any matters
which might be disclosed by an accu
rate survey and inspection of the prop
erty, any assessments, liens, encum
brances, zoning ordinances, restric
tions, covenants, and matters of record
superior to the Security Deed first set
out above.
To the best knowledge and belief of
the undersigned, the party in posses
sion of the property is Alan B. Johnson
or a tenant or tenants and said proper
ty is more commonly known as 1202
Green Street, Warner Robins,
Georgia 31093.
The sale will be conducted subject
(1) to confirmation that" the sale is not
prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code and (2) to final confirmation and
audit of the status of the loan with the
holder of the security deed.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs as
Attorney in Fact for Alan B. Johnson
Daniel D. Phelan
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb,
Nichols & Clark, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
DDP/lc 10/4/05
Our file no. 51694803-FT4
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA
TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
6968 9/8 - 9/29
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
Because of default in the payment
of the indebtedness, secured by a
Security Deed executed by Shelia D.
Odom to Group Financial Southeast
dated the 4th day of September, 1997
in the amount of $43,650.00, and
recorded in Deed Book 1303, Page
393, HOUSTON County, Georgia
Records as last transferred to Bancorp
South by assignment; the under
signed, Bancorp South, pursuant to
said deed and the note thereby
secured, has declared the entire
amount of said indebtedness due and
payable and pursuant to the power of
sale contained in said deed, will on the
first Tuesday in October, 2005, during
the legal hours of sale, at the
Courthouse door in HOUSTON
County, sell at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash, the property
described in said deed to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in Land Lot 170 of the
Fifth Land District of Houston County,
Georgia, being known and designated
as Unit 4, Building Number 8, Harbour
Towne Condominiums, together with
it’s appurtenant percentage of undivid
ed interest in the common elements,
as described in that certain declaration
for Harbour Towne Condominiums, of
record in Deed Book 712, Pages 482-
SI 7, as the same may be amended
from time to time, and on as built plan
prepared by Waddle and Company,
dated September 16, 1986, together
with the condominium plans, as
amended from time to time, are incor
porated herein by reference thereto for
all purposes.
This conveyance is subject to all of
the provisions of said Declaration and
the Georgia Condominium Act
O.C.G.A. Title 44-3-70), as amended
from time to time, which provisions the
grantee herein assumes and agrees to
observe and perform.
which has the property address of
320 Tallulah Trail, Warner Robins,
GA., together with all fixtures and other
personal property conveyed by said
deed.
The sale will be held subject to any
unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of
way, easements, protective covenants
or restrictions, liens, and other supen
or matters of record which may affect
said property. •
The sale will be conducted subject
(1) to confirmation that the sale is not
prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code and (2) to final confirmation and
audit of the status of the loan with the
holder of the security deed.
Notice has been given of intention to
collect attorneys’ fees in accordance
with the terms of the note secured by
said deed
Said property will be sold as the
property of Sheila D. Odom and the
proceeds of said sale will be applied to
the payment of said indebtedness, the
expense of said sale, all as provided in
said deed, and the undersigned will
execute a deed to the purchaser as
provided in the aforementioned
Security Deed.
Bancorp South Attorney in Fact for
Sheila D. Odom
Anthony DeMarlo, Attomey/adp
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404)373-1612
www.mccurdycandler.com
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A
DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
6966 9/8 - 9/29
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the Power of
Sale contained in a Security Deed
given by Tracey J. Davis and Wanda J.
Davis to Alliance Funding, a division of
Superior Bank FSB, dated August 1,
2001, recorded in Deed Book 1831,
Page 46, Houston County, Georgia
Records, as last transferred to Beal
Bank, S.S.B. by assignment recorded
in Deed Book 2373, Page 90, Houston
County, Georgia Records, conveying
the after-described property to secure
a Note in the original principal amount
Of SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND 0/100
DOLLARS ($77,250.00), with interest
thereon as set forth therein, there will
be sold at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash before the courthouse
door of Houston County, Georgia, with
in the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in October, 2005, the follow
ing described property: SEE EXHIBIT
’A’ ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A
PART HEREOF
EXHIBIT ‘A’: All that tract or parcel
of land situate, lying and being in Land
Lot 149 of the Fifth Land District of
Houston County. Georgia, being
known and designated as Lot 5, Block
“A’’, Extension 4, Tanglewood Estates
Subdivision, according to a plat of sur
vey prepareu by Waddle & Co., dated
January 6,1976, recorded in Plat Book
18, Page 104, Clerk’s Office, Houston
Superior Court. Said plat and the
recorded copy thereof are hereby
made a part of this description by ref
erence for all purposes.
There are improvements located
thereon known under the present sys
tem of numbering as 122 Foxfire
Drive, Warner Robbins, Georgia.
This is the same property conveyed
to Sheryl M. Davis by deed recorded in
Deed Book 1035, page 667 said
Clerk’s Office.
The debt secured by said Security
Deed has been and is hereby declared
due because of, among other possible
events of default, failure to pay the
indebtedness as and when due and in
the manner provided in the Note and
Security Deed The debt remaining in
default, this sale will be made for the
purpose of paying the same and all
expenses of this sale, as provided in
Security Deed and by law, including
attorney’s fees (notice of intent to col
lect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to
any outstanding ad valorem taxes
(including taxes which are a lien, but
not yet due and payable), any matters
which might be disclosed by an accu
rate survey and inspection of the prop
erty, any assessments, liens, encum
brances, zoning ordinances, restric
tions, covenants, and matters of record
superior to the Security Deed first set
out above.
To the best knowledge and belief of
the undersigned, the party in posses
sion of the property is Tracey J. Davis
and Wanda J. Davis or a tenant or ten
ants and said property is more com
monly known as 122 Foxfire Drive,
Warner Robins, Georgia 31093.
The sale will be conducted subject
(1) to confirmation that the sale is not
prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code and (2) to final confirmation and
audit of the status of the loan with the
holder of the security deed.
Beal Bank, S.S.B. as Attorney in
Fact for Tracey J. Davis and Wanda J.
Davis
Daniel D. Phelan
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb,
Nichols & Clark, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
DDP/jje 10/4/05
Our filono. 51904902-FT4
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA
TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
6969 9/8 - 9/29
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the Power of
Sale contained in a Security Deed
given by Alison M. Williams to
Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., dated December 31,
2003, recorded in Deed Book 2883,
Page 116, Houston County, Georgia
Records, as last transferred to Taylor,
Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. by
assignment to be recorded in the
Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of
Houston County, Georgia Records,
conveying the after-described property
to secure a Note in the original princi
pal amount of EIGHTY-FOUR THOU
SAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY
NINE AND 0/100 DOLLARS
($84,179.00), with interest thereon as
set forth therein, there will be sold at
public outcry to the highest bidder for
cash before the courthouse door of
Houston County, Georgia, within the
legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday
in October, 2005, the following
described property: SEE EXHIBIT ‘A’
ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A
PART HEREOF
EXHIBIT ‘A’: All that tract or parcel
of land lying and being in Land Lot 194
of the 10th Land District, Houston
County, Georgia, being known and
designated as Lot 55, Block C, Section
3, Phase 2 of Turtle Creek Subdivision,
according to a plat of survey recorded
in Plat Book 22, Page 274, Clerk's
Office, Houston Superior Court. Said
plat and the recorded copy thereof are
incorporated herein for all purposes.
The debt secured by said Security
Deed has been and is hereby declared
due because of, among other possible
events of default, failure to pay the
indebtedness as and when due and in
the manner provided in the Note and
Security Deed. The debt remaining in
default, this sale will be made for the
purpose of paying the same and all
expenses of this sale, as provided in
Security Deed and by law, including
attorney's fees (notice of intent to col
lect attorney's fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to
any outstanding ad valorem taxes
(including taxes which are a lien, but
not yet due and payable), any matters
which might be disclosed by an accu
rate survey and inspection of the prop
erty, any assessments, liens, encum
brances, zoning ordinances, restric
tions, covenants, and matters of record
superior to the Security Deed first set
out above.
To the best knowledge and belief of
the undersigned, the party in posses
sion of the property is Alison M.
Williams or a tenant or tenants and
said property is more commonly known
as 103 Pine Hollow Drive, Warner
Robins, Georgia 31088.
The sale will be conducted subject
(1) to confirmation that the sale is not
prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code and (2) to final confirmation and
audit of the status of the loan with the
holder of the security deed.
Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage
Corp. as Attorney in Fact for Alison M.
Williams
Daniel D. Phelan
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb,
Nichols 8 Clark, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
DDP/kns 10/4/05
Our file no. 51427505-FT2
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO
COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA
TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
6970 9/8 - 9/29
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
BY VIRTUE OF THE POWER OF
SALE contained in that certain Deed to
Secure Debt from TAMMY PALFREY
to SECURITY BANK OF HOUSTON
COUNTY, dated December 17, 2001,
recorded in Deed Book 1960, Page
321 et seq., Deed Records of Houston
County, Georgia, and modified by
instrument of record in Deed Book
2798, Page 249, Deed Records of
Houston County, said Deed to Secure
Debt being given to secure a certain
promissory note of even date therewith
in the original principal amount of
Forty-Five Thousand One Hundred
Three & 64/100 Dollars ($45,103.64),
with interest thereon as provided in
said note until paid, together with any
and all renewals and extensions there
of, in whole or in part, but also any and
all other and further indebtedness
owing by the Grantor to the Grantee,
its successors and assigns, there will
be sold by the undersigned at public
outcry, during the legal hours of sale
before the Courthouse Door of
Houston County, Georgia, on the first
Tuesday in October, 2005, to-wit
October 4, 2005, to the highest and
best bidder for cash, the following
described property:
All that tract or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in Land Lots 15 and 18
of the Eleventh Land District of
Houston County, Georgia, known and
designated as Lot 12, Block ‘A’,
SANDY RUN HEIGHTS SUBDIVI
SION, according to a plat of survey of
said subdivision prepared by Waddle &
Co., certified by Walter 0. Clements,
Georgia Registered Land Surveyor No.
1967, dated October 1,1981, a copy of
which is of record in Map Book 24,
Page 107, Clerk’s Office, Houston
Superior Court. Said plat and the
recorded copy thereof are hereby
made a part of this description by ref
erence thereto for all purposes.
To the best of the undersigned’s
knowledge the street address for this
property is 104 Vern Court, Bonaire,
Georgia 31005.
The debt secured by said Deed to
Secure Debt has been and is hereby
declared due because of, among other
possible events of default, the failure of
the Grantor to pay as and when due
the indebtedness evidenced by the
promissory note secured by said Deed
to Secure Debt. Notice has been given
of intention to enforce provisions for
collection of attorney’s fees in accor
dance with the legal requirement and
the terms of the Deed It Secure Debt
The debt remaining in default, this sale
will be made for the purpose of apply
ing proceeds thereof in accordance
with the terms of the Deed to Secure
Debt, including the payment of the
indebtedness secured by the Deed to
Secure Debt, accrued interest and
expenses of the sale and other sums
secured by the Deed to Secure Debt,
including attorney’s fees, and the
remainder, if any, shall be applied as
provided by law.
To the best of the undersigned’s
knowledge and belief the property is in
the possession of Tammy Palfrey and
said property will be sold as the prop
erty of the said Tammy Palfrey. Said
property will be sold subject to all
unpaid ad valorem taxes, special
assessments, any unpaid utility bills
constituting liens against the property,
and all restrictive covenants, ease
ments and other matters of record
superior to and existing at the time of
the recording of the Deed to Secure
Debt. The undersigned will execute a
deed to the purchaser at said sale as
provided in the Deed to Secure Debt.
SECURITY BANK OF HOUSTON
COUNTY, as Attorney-'ri-Fact for
TAMMY PALFREY, acting under and
by virtue of the Power of Sale con
tained in said Deed to Secure Debt
Lisa R. Coody
Post Office Box 8269
Warner Robins, Georgia 31095
6971 9/8 - 9/29
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
By virtue of a Power of Sale con
tained in that certain Security Deed
from Howard J. Taylor to EquiVantage
Inc., dated October 31,1997, recorded
in Deed Book 1319, Page 442,
Houston County, Georgia Records,
said Security Deed having been given
to secure a Note of even date in the
original principal amount of THIRTY
NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($39,600.00)
with interest thereon as provided for
therein, said Security Deed having
been last sold, assigned and trans
ferred to Credit Based Asset Servicing
and Securitization LLC, there will be
sold at public outcry to the highest bid
der for cash before the courthouse
door of Houston County, Georgia, with
in the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in October 2005 the following
described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in Land Lot 192 of the Fifth
Land District of Houston County,
Georgia, being known and designated
as Lot 14, Watson Heights
Subdivision, according to a plat of sur
vey prepared by Fickling & Walker
Development Co., dated July, 1958, of
record in Plat Book 5, Page 91, Clerk’s
Office, Houston Superior Court. Said
plat and the recorded copy thereof are
incorporated herein for all purposes.
Said property is commonly known
as 200 Kingsbury Circle, Warner
Robins, GA 31088
The indebtedness secured by said
Security Deed has been and is hereby
declared due because of default under
the terms of said Security Deed and
Note, including but not limited to the
nonpayment of the indebtedness as
and when due. The indebtedness
remaining in default, this sale will be
made for the purpose of paying the
same, all expenses of the sale, includ
ing attorney’s fees and all other pay
ments provided for under the terms of
the Security Deed and Note.
Said properly will be sold subject to
the following items which may affect
the title to said property: all zoning
ordinances; matters which would be
disclosed by an accurate survey or by
an inspection of the property, any out
standing taxes, including but not limit
ed to ad valorem taxes, which consti
tute liens upon said property; special
assessments; all outstanding bills for
public utilities which constitute liens
upon said property; all restrictive
covenants, easements, rights-of-way
and any other matters of record supe
rior to said Security Deed. To the best
of the knowledge and belief of the
undersigned, the party in possession
of the property is Howard Taylor or ten
ants).
CREDIT BASED ASSET SERVIC
ING AND SECURITIZATION LLC as
Attorney in Fact for HOWARD J. TAY
LOR
Contact: Nicole Dunn (ext. 1277)
Morris, Schneider & Prior, L.L.C.
1587 Northeast Expressway
Atlanta, GA 30329
(770)234-9181
MSP File No. 416.0513857\NAD
Ad Run Dates:
09/08/2005,09/15/2005,09/22/2005,09
/29/2005
Web
Site:www.foreclosures.msplaw.com
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFOR
MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
6889 9/8 - 9/29
NAME CHANGE
NOTICE OF PETITON
TO CHANGE NAME
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: STEVA LAJUANDA JONES
Date of Birth: January 10, 1964
05-V-82248-N
Notice is hereby given that Steva
Lajuanda Jones, petitioner, filed her
Petition to the Superior Court of said
county on the 12th day of 2005, pray
ing for a name change from Steva
Lajuanda Jones to Steva Lajuanda
Cook. Notice is hereby given pursuant
to law to any interested or affected
party to appear in said court and to file
objections to such name change.
Objections must be filed with said court
within 30 days of the filing of said peti
tion.
This day of _ , 2005
Prepared by:
ANGELA W. SAMMONS
SAMMONS & SAMMONS
127 Carl Vinson Pkwy.
Warner Robins, GA 31088
478/923-0238
6871 8/18 - 9/8
NOTICE OF PETITION
TO CHANGE NAME
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: AMANDA CARPENTER,
05-V-81986-N
Notice is hereby given that Amanda
Carpenter, petitioner, filed her Petition
to the Superior Court of said county on
the 15th day of July, 2005, praying for
a name change from Amanda
Carpenter to Amanda Clayton Notice
is hereby given pursuant to law to any
interested or affected party to appear
in said court and to file objections to
such name change. Objections must
be filed with said court within 30 days
of the fi'ing of said petition.
This day of , 2005.
Prepared by:
WALTER G. SAMMONS, JR.
SAMMONS & SAMMONS
127 Carl Vinson Pkwy.
Warner Robins, GA 31088
478-923-0238
6881 8/25 - 9/15
NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: BECKY MILINDA AMMONS,
Petitioner.
Civil Action File No. 05-V-82286-N
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the
17th day of August, 2005, BECKY
MILINDA AMMONS filed a Petition in
the Superior Court of Houston County,
Georgia, seeking a name change. The
petition seeks to change her name
from BECKY MILINDA AMMONS to
BECKY MILINDA COLEMAN. Any
interested or affected party has the
right to appear and file objections. At
the expiration of thirty (30) days from
the filing of the Petition, upon proof of
publication, and if no objection is filed,
the Court shall proceed to hear and
determine all matters raised by said
Petition.
LYNN YOUNT HAMILTON
Attorney for Petitioner
Georgia State Bar No. 783490
P. 0. Box 8587
Warner Robins, Georgia 31088
(478)922-3889
6886 8/25 - 9/15
NOTICE
OF FILING PETITION
FOR NAME CHANGE
OF MINOR CHILD
HOUSTON COUNTY
GEORGIA
Notice is hereby given that
Cassandra Washington filed a Petition
to change minor child’s ISHMAEL
JACKSON, in the Superior Court of
Houston County, Georgia on the 22nd
day of August, 2005, praying for a
change in his name from ISHMAEL
JACKSON to ISHMAEL MILLER
WASHINGTON. Notice is hereby
given, pursuant to Law, to any interest
ed or affected party to appear in said
Court and file objections to such name
change. Objections must be filed with
said court within thirty (30) days of the
filing of said Petition.
This 22nd day of August, 2005.
CASSANDRA M. WASHINGTON
Sworn to the subscribed before me
this 22 day of August, 2005.
Kourtney Reid, NOTARY PUBLIC
My commission Expires: 7/29/2009
6928 9/1 - 9/22
NOTICE OF PETITION
TO CHANGE NAME
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
CIVIL FILE NO: 05-V-81942-N
Notice is hereby given that AMY
JOALLISON GRACE NASTASE, the
undersigned, filed her petition to
change her name in the Superior Court
of Houston County, Georgia on the
18th day of August, 2005, praying for a
change in her name from AMY JOAL
LISON GRACE NASTASE to AMY
JOALLISON GRACE NASTASI. Notice
is hereby given, pursuant to Law, to
any interested or affected party to
appear in said Court and file objections
to such name change. Objections must
be filed with said court within thirty (30)
days of the filing of said Petition.
This 18th day August, 2005.
AMY JOALLISON GRACE NAS
TASE
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 18th day of August, 2005.
Mary W. Walker
NOTARY PUBLIC, Houston County
My Commission Expires: 07-07-09
6933 9/1 - 9/22
NOTICE OF PETITION
TO CHANGE NAME
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
CIVIL FILE NO: 05-V-81942-N
Notice is hereby given that GREGO
RY PHILLIP NASTASE, the under
signed, filed his petition to change his
name in the Superior Court of Houston
County, Georgia on the 17 day of
August, 2005, praying for a change in
his name from GREGORY PHILLIP
NASTASE to GREGORY PHILLIP
NASTASI. Notice is hereby given, pur
suant to Law, to any interested or
affected party to appear in said Court
and file objections to such name
change. Objections must be filed with
said court within thirty (30) days of the
filing of said Petition.
This 17 day of August, 2005.
GREGORY PHILLIP NASTASE
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 17 day of August, 2005.
Whitney deYampert
NOTARY PUBLIC, Houston County
My Commission Expires: 9/23/08
6934 9/1 - 9/22
NOTICES
NOTICE OF SALES AND USE
TAX ELECTION
TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
HOUSTON COUNTY
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that
on the 20th day of September 2005, an
election will be held in all of the
precincts of Houston County. At the
election there will be submitted to the
qualified voters of Houston County for
their determination the question of
whether or not a one percent sales and
use tax for educational purposes of the
Houston County School District (the
“School District") should be reimposed
within Houston County, upon the termi
nation of the one percent sales and
use tax for educational purposes
presently in effect, for a maximum peri-
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
od of time of 20 calendar quarters, for
the purpose of providing funds to pay
the cost of acquiring, constructing, and
equipping two new elementary
schools, two new middle schools, one
new high school, and, to the extent
funds are available, one additional new
elementary school, acquiring land for
future schools and instructional and
administrative technology improve
ments for existing schools, adding to,
renovating, repairing, improving, and
equipping existing school buildings
and other buildings and facilities useful
or desirable in connection therewith,
and acquiring any necessary property
therefor, both real and personal, all at a
maximum cost of $123,000,000.
If the reimposition of the sales and
use tax is approved by the voters in the
referendum described in this notice,
such vote shall also constitute
approval of the issuance of general
obligation debt (in the form of general
obligation bonds, promissory notes, or
other instruments, as the Board of
Education of Houston County (the
“Board") may approve) of the School
District in the aggregate principal
amount of $60,000,000 in conjunction
with the reimposition of the sales and
use tax, to be payable first from the
separate account in which are placed
the proceeds received by the School
District from the sales and use tax and
then from the general funds of the
School District, for the purpose of pro
viding funds to pay the cost of acquir
ing,’ constructing, and equipping two
new elementary schools, two new mid
dle schools, one new high school, and,
to the extent funds are available, one
additional new elementary school,
acquiring land for future schools and
instructional and administrative tech
nology improvements for existing
schools, adding to, renovating, repair
ing, improving, and equipping existing
school buildings and other buildings
and facilities useful or desirable in con
nection therewith, and acquiring any
necessary property therefor, both real
and personal, to pay capitalized inter
est incident thereto, and to pay
expenses incident to accomplishing
the foregoing. Such general obligation
debt, if so authorized, shall be dated as
of the first day of the month of delivery
or such other date(s) as the Board may
approve, shall be in such denomina
tion or denominations as the Board
may approve, shall bear interest from
date at such rate or rates as the Board
may approve but not exceeding five
and three-quarters percent (5.75%)
per annum in any year, and shall pro
vide for interest to be payable semian
nually on March 1 and September 1 in
each year, beginning March 1, 2006,
and the principal shall mature (by
scheduled maturity or by mandatory
redemption, as the Board may
approve) on the dates and in the
amounts as follows:
September 1 of the Year - Amount
2009 $11,500,000
2010 $11,500,000
2011 $15,000,000
2012 $22,000,000
The general obligation debt may be
issued in one or more series, and on
one or more dates of issuance as the
Board may approve; provided, howev
er, that the aggregate principal amount
of such general obligation debt shall
not exceed $60,000,000. The general
obligation debt may be made subject
to redemption prior to maturity, to the
extent permitted by law, upon terms
and conditions to be determined by the
Board.
Voters desiring to vote for the reim
position of such sales and use tax shall
do so by voting ’’YES” and voters desir
ing to vote against the reimposition of
such sales and use tax shall do so by
voting “NO,” as to the question pro
pounded, to-wit:
“Shall a one percent sales and use
tax for educational purposes of the
Houston County School District (the
“School District") be reimposed within
Houston County for a maximum period
of time of 20 calendar quarters, for the
purpose of providing funds to pay the
cost of acquiring, constructing, and
equipping two new elementary
schools, two new middle schools, one
new high school, and, to the extent
funds are available, one additional new
elementary school, acquiring land for
future schools and instructional and
administrative technology improve
ments for existing schools, adding to,
renovating, repairing, improving, and
equipping existing school buildings
and other buildings and facilities useful
or desirable in connection therewith,
and acquiring any necessary property
therefor, both real and personal, all at a
maximum cost of $123,000,000?"
“If reimposition of the tax is
approved by the voters, such vote shall
also constitute approval of the
issuance of general obligation debt of
the School District in the principal
amount of $60,000,000, to be payable
first from the separate account in
which are placed the proceeds
received by the School District from
the sales and use tax and then from
the general funds of the School
District, for the purpose set forth in the
above question, to pay capitalized
interest incident thereto, and to pay
expenses incident to accomplishing
the foregoing."
The several places for holding the
election shall be in the regular and
established precincts of Houston
County, and the polls will be open from
7:00 a m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date fixed
for the election. Those qualified to vote
at the election shall be determined in
all respects in accordance and in con
formity with the Constitution and laws
of the United States of America and of
the State of Georgia.
The last day to register to vote in
this special election is August 22,
2005, through 5:00 p.m.
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