The Elberton Star Serving the Granite Capital of the World since 1887 Volume 130, Number 10 1 Dollar WEDNESDAY March 8, 2017 Remember to ‘spring forward’ - Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday, Page 1B H Celebrating 130 years of service to Elbert County Call 706-283-8500 H Index Subscribe today Local $30 In state $34 National $42 Senior discount $2 Johnson wins Wilhite Award, Almond wins Beahringer Award, Page 1B Calendar ....................3 Church news...........12 Classifieds...............14 Legals......................15 Looking back .........13 Obituaries.................5 Op ed........................7 Public record.............4 Sports..................9-10 CITY COUNCIL TALKS THINGS OVER AT RETREAT ‘Soft opening’ for Samuel Elbert Hotel House bill on state tax refunds, insurance denials frustrate EMH Authority See HOTEL on Page 2 Making a difference at EMH See WARNER on Page 2 City’s prize renovation project - hotel, restaurant - now open Warner delivers TAD message to Elberton council By Shana Toney Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman Development Authority Director Rusty Warner pitched his proposed Tax Allocation District (TAD) to the Elberton City Council Saturday. The City of Elberton’s an- nual planning session was held at Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course at Lake Richard B. Russell State Park. Warner explained the TAD to the city council as a “public private partnership” that al- lows the development author- ity to work with new invest- ments and developers that come into the community by using new tax dollars — not existing tax dollars. Warner again stated that taxes will not go up with the implementation of the TAD, which he knows is a point of concern. Though the corridor for the TAD has not been identi- fied yet, the county commis- sioners are currently looking it over. “It’s in the county’s hands right now,” says Warner. Since Warner has been with Elbert County, the coun- ty became the 60th site in the State of Georgia to be Geor- gia Ready for Accelerated De- velopment (GRAD) certified, which is “an accelerated pro- gram that puts us on the top of the list for the state selec- tors to look at our property in the industrial park for their prospects to be first,” accord- ing to Warner, “It paves the way for all those small costs that developers typically don’t like to pay.” Warner continued his pre By Gary Jones Although Elbert Memorial Hospital (EMH) was utilized more in the month of January, an unusual number of health insurance company denials for reimbursements plagued the hospital, according to EMH Chief Financial Of- ficer Kelly Cox. “It was probably the difference be- tween the hospital making money and losing money in January,” Cox told the EMH Authority Board in a meeting last week. According to Cox, the hospital lost $141,000 in January, as opposed to a loss of $164,000 a year ago. But, Cox told the authority that Janu- ary saw the hospital have its “stron- gest utilization since 2013” during the month, and that the hospital was able to control expenses for the month. Because of the amount of insurance denials, Cox said EMH will establish a “denials management department” so that the hospital can have answers for questions from insurance companies. Cox said local physicians have as- sisted the hospital with justification for medical care, but it puts strain on EMH staff and the physicians because of the time it takes. Something else that could have made a difference in the hospital making mon- ey or losing money during the month was legislation introduced by District 33 House Rep. Tom McCall. House Bill 81 would have given Geor- gia hospitals the ability to garnish state income tax refunds if the person getting the refund had an outstanding hospital bill. The bill was modeled after a similar South Carolina state law. However, the bill never made it to the house floor because it was held up by the Georgia Hospital Association, ac- cording to EMH Authority Chairman Daniel Graves. “The bill would take no money from the taxpayers of Georgia,” said Graves. “We appreciate Rep. McCall introducing the bill.” He told the authority that the bill could also make the difference monthly in whether or not the hospital makes money or loses money. By Shana Toney Catrina Goudelock, Execu- tive Director of the Elberton Dowtown Development Au- thority and now manager of the Samuel Elbert Hotel, rounded out the City of Elber- ton planning session Satur- day at Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course as she spoke to the city council about her vision for the Samuel Elbert Hotel and Main Street. Goudelock’s main focus right now is the success of the Samuel Elbert Hotel, which is now open, The hotel’s “soft opening” was Monday, and Goudelock said the hotel will have a “grand opening” April 1. Operations are up and running at the hotel, which is now fully staffed with four hotel associates, a housekeep- ing supervisor, one full time housekeeper, and four part time housekeepers. With 27 rooms throughout the second, third and fourth floors, the hotel features 12 premium rooms and 15 stan- dard rooms, though there is nothing about any of the rooms that feels standard with its upscale style that compliments Elberton’s small town charm. Rates for the rooms start at $119 and range up to $189 per night. All rooms are equipped with 42-inch flat screen TVs, a Keurig coffee brewer, a mini fridge, large standing show- ers, spacious floor plans, and downtown views of Elberton. The hotel also features a downstairs lobby with gran- ite accents and a meeting room with a terrace off the first floor. Goudelock takes pride in the fact that out of 27 rooms, no two are the same. The architecture of the historic building makes each room have its own unique structure and layout. “If you stayed here 27 times, every time would be a differ- ent experience,” she says. One key component to the success of the hotel is attract- ing guests to become “repeat guests” from organizations such as the granite indus- try and others, according to Goudelock. She is also excited about the fact that the hotel gives the city the ability to work more closely with the granite indus- try, as a lot of their guests will be people from all over who come to Elberton to do busi- ness in the granite industry. Goudelock says that her “main goal” is to be able to project by the first year who will be repetitive by the sec- ond year. Goudelock is persistent in her efforts to make network- ing connections in surround- ing counties to attract tourists who visit those areas to Elber- ton’s “boutique” hotel. City Manager Lanier Dunn makes a presentation at the city’s retreat Saturday. (Photo by Toney) A ribbon-cutting for White Plate Restaurant Monday featured (L-R) Bill Daughtry, Lou Harden, Sydonna Harden, Mayor Larry Guest, Phyllis Brooks, Val Evans and Pam Brown. Below, hotel manager Catrina Goudelock makes a presentation to the city council at a retreat Saturday at Lake Russell. (Photos by Toney) MADDEN’S PHARMACY 101 College Ave., Elberton 706-283-1701 www.maddenspharmacy.com WE DELIVER! Tommy Fields 320899 Follow us:
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The Elberton StarServing the Granite Capital of the World since 1887Volume 130, Number 10 1 Dollar
WEDNESDAYMarch 8, 2017
Remember to ‘spring forward’ - Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday, Page 1B
HCelebrating 130 years of service to Elbert County
Call 706-283-8500HIndex Subscribe today
Local $30In state $34National $42Senior discount $2
Johnson wins Wilhite Award, Almond wins Beahringer Award, Page 1B
Legals......................15Looking back .........13Obituaries.................5Op ed........................7Public record.............4Sports..................9-10
CITY COUNCIL TALKS THINGS OVER AT RETREAT
‘Soft opening’ for Samuel Elbert Hotel
House bill on state tax refunds, insurance denials frustrate EMH Authority
See HOTELon Page 2
Making a difference at EMH
See WARNERon Page 2
City’s prize renovation project- hotel, restaurant - now open
Warner deliversTAD message toElberton councilBy Shana Toney
Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman Development Authority Director Rusty Warner pitched his proposed Tax Allocation District (TAD) to the Elberton City Council Saturday.
The City of Elberton’s an-nual planning session was held at Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course at Lake Richard B. Russell State Park.
Warner explained the TAD to the city council as a “public private partnership” that al-lows the development author-ity to work with new invest-ments and developers that come into the community by using new tax dollars — not existing tax dollars.
Warner again stated that taxes will not go up with the implementation of the TAD, which he knows is a point of concern.
Though the corridor for the TAD has not been identi-fied yet, the county commis-sioners are currently looking it over.
“It’s in the county’s hands right now,” says Warner.
Since Warner has been with Elbert County, the coun-ty became the 60th site in the State of Georgia to be Geor-gia Ready for Accelerated De-velopment (GRAD) certified, which is “an accelerated pro-gram that puts us on the top of the list for the state selec-tors to look at our property in the industrial park for their prospects to be first,” accord-ing to Warner, “It paves the way for all those small costs that developers typically don’t like to pay.”
Warner continued his pre
By Gary Jones
Although Elbert Memorial Hospital (EMH) was utilized more in the month of January, an unusual number of health insurance company denials for reimbursements plagued the hospital, according to EMH Chief Financial Of-ficer Kelly Cox.
“It was probably the difference be-tween the hospital making money and losing money in January,” Cox told the EMH Authority Board in a meeting last week.
According to Cox, the hospital lost $141,000 in January, as opposed to a loss of $164,000 a year ago.
But, Cox told the authority that Janu-ary saw the hospital have its “stron-gest utilization since 2013” during the month, and that the hospital was able to control expenses for the month.
Because of the amount of insurance denials, Cox said EMH will establish a “denials management department” so that the hospital can have answers for questions from insurance companies.
Cox said local physicians have as-
sisted the hospital with justification for medical care, but it puts strain on EMH staff and the physicians because of the time it takes.
Something else that could have made a difference in the hospital making mon-ey or losing money during the month was legislation introduced by District 33 House Rep. Tom McCall.
House Bill 81 would have given Geor-gia hospitals the ability to garnish state income tax refunds if the person getting the refund had an outstanding hospital bill. The bill was modeled after a similar
South Carolina state law.However, the bill never made it to
the house floor because it was held up by the Georgia Hospital Association, ac-cording to EMH Authority Chairman Daniel Graves.
“The bill would take no money from the taxpayers of Georgia,” said Graves. “We appreciate Rep. McCall introducing the bill.”
He told the authority that the bill could also make the difference monthly in whether or not the hospital makes money or loses money.
By Shana Toney
Catrina Goudelock, Execu-tive Director of the Elberton Dowtown Development Au-thority and now manager of the Samuel Elbert Hotel, rounded out the City of Elber-ton planning session Satur-day at Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course as she spoke to the city council about her vision for the Samuel Elbert Hotel and Main Street.
Goudelock’s main focus right now is the success of the Samuel Elbert Hotel, which is now open,
The hotel’s “soft opening” was Monday, and Goudelock said the hotel will have a “grand opening” April 1.
Operations are up and running at the hotel, which is now fully staffed with four hotel associates, a housekeep-ing supervisor, one full time housekeeper, and four part time housekeepers.
With 27 rooms throughout the second, third and fourth floors, the hotel features 12 premium rooms and 15 stan-dard rooms, though there is nothing about any of the rooms that feels standard with its upscale style that compliments Elberton’s small town charm. Rates for the rooms start at $119 and range up to $189 per night.
All rooms are equipped with 42-inch flat screen TVs, a Keurig coffee brewer, a mini fridge, large standing show-ers, spacious floor plans, and downtown views of Elberton.
The hotel also features a downstairs lobby with gran-ite accents and a meeting room with a terrace off the first floor.
Goudelock takes pride in the fact that out of 27 rooms, no two are the same.
The architecture of the
historic building makes each room have its own unique structure and layout.
“If you stayed here 27 times, every time would be a differ-ent experience,” she says.
One key component to the success of the hotel is attract-ing guests to become “repeat guests” from organizations such as the granite indus-try and others, according to Goudelock.
She is also excited about the fact that the hotel gives the city the ability to work more closely with the granite indus-try, as a lot of their guests will be people from all over who come to Elberton to do busi-ness in the granite industry.
Goudelock says that her “main goal” is to be able to project by the first year who will be repetitive by the sec-ond year.
Goudelock is persistent in her efforts to make network-ing connections in surround-ing counties to attract tourists who visit those areas to Elber-ton’s “boutique” hotel.
City Manager Lanier Dunn makes a presentation at the city’s retreat Saturday. (Photo by Toney)
A ribbon-cutting for White Plate Restaurant Monday featured (L-R) Bill Daughtry, Lou Harden, Sydonna Harden, Mayor Larry Guest, Phyllis Brooks, Val Evans and Pam Brown. Below, hotel manager Catrina Goudelock makes a presentation to the city council at a retreat Saturday at Lake Russell. (Photos by Toney)
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Athens Tech gets Caterpillar equipment from governor’s World Class programAthens Technical College recently purchased two pieces of Caterpillar equipment using funding from Georgia Governor Nathan Deal’s World Class Lab program. The brand new Caterpillar equipment, one of which was made in Athens, will be used for instruction in the Diesel Equipment Technology Program that is housed on the Elbert County Campus of Athens Technical College. Shown at the Elberton campus in front of the Charles W. Yeargin Building with the equipment are (L-R) Chris Arrera, Jonah Bishop, Frederick Walton, Nathan Major, Cody Berryman, Charles Dawson, Athens Technical College Dr. Andrea Daniel, Al McCall, Tina Bone, Chancey Howington, James Barnes, Dyson Christian, Levi Baxter and Kenneth Long.
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American Legion Post 14 recognized for growthThe American Legion Department of Georgia District 10 honored American Legion Post 14 in Elberton for growth and membership. The local American Legion Post 14 was honored at the Hartwell American Legion Post 109. Shown at the award presentation are (L-R) James Tate, Sergeant-At-Arms George B. Eberhardt, Chaplain James R. Zanders, Commander Wilbert Williams, Service Officer Bobby G. Hunt and Second Vice Commander Terry Burton.
Spay and neuterservice sponsoredby Humane Society
A spay and neuter ser-vice opportunity for local pet owners will be held Saturday, March 11 at Tractor Supply Company.
The service will be of-fered from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event is being sponsored by the Elbert County Humane Society.
Pet owners can pay $30 cash or provide a money order to receive a certifi-cate good for the entire cost of spay or neuter at one of three participating veterinarian offices.
Only 100 certificates are available (maximum three per family).
The Elberton Sister City Committee announced participants for the student exchange in Japan this summer. After interviews with all applicants, the com-mittee selected Toshia Dunbrack (chaperone), Addison Barker, Hunter Cavanaugh, Madeline Daughtry, Dayna Drake, Anna Kubas and Logan Vaughn. Caroline Size-more is first alternate and Spencer Daughtry is second alternate.
The hotel’s booking engine is now up and running at www.elberthotel.com.
Other topics that Goudelock touched on in her pre-sentation include the Chic-fil-A truck that Goudelock pushed hard to get here in Elberton.
Thanks to Goudelock, the Chic-fil-A truck is now at The Elberton Arts Center on March 10, 17 and 24 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Goudelock can’t guarantee whether or not Chic-fil-A will come to Elberton anytime soon, but she empha-sized the importance of the truck doing well during its short time in Elberton, so that potentially Chic-fil-A corporate offices will see that the chain will do well in the community.
Goudelock also stated that the numbers were “astro-nomical” on the Chic-fil-A trucks first day this previ-ous Friday, which is a good sign.
The truck sold out four times before closing. Goudelock’s other working developments include
the possibility of a new shoe store, a new grocery store, and three new fast food chains that she is presently working with.
Goudelock also stated that the Downtown Develop-ment Authority (DDA) is actively trying to help pro-mote and build the downtown community.
According to City Manager Lanier Dunn, the city has a revolving loan fund and will need to make a loan within 60 days or will lose the grant program, accord-ing to a letter sent by the state.
The city will partner with the DDA board in order to avoid losing the loan.
Prospective plans for the loan include the purchase and renovation of the Bailey building located adjacent to The Elberton Star building.
Though it would need a significant amount of work, the plan, according to Dunn, is to turn it into apart-ment buildings on the upper level and two retail stores on the lower level.
With the potential of these developments, Goude-lock is optimistic that the Samuel Elbert Hotel will be-come the downtown “hub” and says it will be a great asset to the community.
sentation by listing the five goals that he currently has for the Development Authority in order to make Elbert County eager for new business to create a growing economy.
Those goals are to retain and expand existing busi-ness; to recruit new jobs and companies; to identify re-development and development opportunities; to mar-ket competitive advantages; and to improve capacity for economic development. The Development Author-ity has implemented the new slogan ‘Future Focused’ for Elbert County, Elberton, and Bowman, which is the center theme for the development authority’s rede-signed website at www.gowithelbert.com.
Warner also congratulated the city on the Samuel Elbert Hotel and says that it is “huge” that Elberton now has the hotel.
Warner is proactive in his pursuit to encourage peo-ple and developers to move here. He says a big selling point in moving to Elberton is the hospital, which is one of three main concerns many have when relocat-ing.
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Come join us! We will be accepting donations of money, pet food, old clean towels and other pet supplies. Barbecue sandwiches from Satchamo’s in Hartwell, drinks and goodies will also be available for purchase.
Tractor Supply Co. in ElbertonSaturday, March 11, 2017
10 a.m.-2 p.m.HOW IT WORKS
You pay $30 cash or money order and you receive a certifi cate good for the entire cost of spay or neuter at one of three participating vet offi ces. Only 100 certifi cates are available so come early!
LIMITATIONSOnly family pets are included. This does NOT include feral cats. Only three (3) certifi cates per family.
SPAY AND NEUTER CERTIFICATES
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Thursday, March 9
Laureate Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and Georgia Iota Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will meet with all chapters for rituals at the Masonic Lodge at 6:30 p.m., according to President Connie Tillison.
Friday, March 10
Chick-fil-A’s new food truck will be in Elberton today. The truck is sponsored by The City of Elberton, the Downtown Development Authority and Main Street Program. Chick-fil-A will set up in the Elberton Arts Center from 3 until 7 p.m., or until food is sold out.
“M*A*S*H” theatre performance, Historic Elbert Theatre, 7 p.m. For more information call 706-283-1049.
Saturday, March 11
“M*A*S*H” theatre performance, Historic Elbert Theatre, 7 p.m. For more information call 706-283-1049.
Elbert County Humane Society spay and neuter service opportunity for local pet owners at Tractor Supply Company. Service from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Cost is $30 and proof of up-to-date rabies vaccination (or pay for vaccination). Sandwiches, drinks available for purchase.
Elberton Elks Lodge No. 1100 presents Second Annual Granite City Beach Music and Shag Night. Dinner (Low Country Boil) from 6 until 9 p.m. then dancing featuring legendary DJ Pat Patterson from 7 until 11 p.m. Trophies and cash prizes, tickets $20 in advance or $25. Contact Amy at 706-283-5000 or the lodge at 706-408-0586 for more information.
Sunday, March 12
“M*A*S*H” theatre performance, Historic Elbert Theatre, 2 p.m. For more information call 706-283-1049.
SPRING FORWARD! Daylight savings time begins at 2 a.m.
Monday, March 13
The March meeting of the Elbert County Historical Society will be held at 6 p.m. at the Elbert County Library. The program will be presented by Roy Hartley, former superintendent of Elbert County schools.
Tuesday, March 14
The Book Review Club meets at 3 p.m. in the clubhouse of Magnolia Estates. Bonnie McAlarney will present the program on “The Gift of El Tio” by Larry Buchanan and Karen Gans.
Coming up Chick-fil-A’s new food truck will be in
Elberton March 17 and March 24. Sponsored by The City of Elberton, the Downtown Development Authority and Main Street Program. Chick-fil-A will set up in the Elberton Arts Center from 3 until 7 p.m., or until food is sold out.
Beauty and the Beast Movie, Historic Rock Gym, March 17, 18 and 19. Admission $7.50.
Quilt-Making Class at Elbert County Public Library, on Saturdays through April 8. Space is limited to 12 seats. Call 706-283-5375 to register.
Colon Cancer Awareness Banquet, Saturday, March 18 at 7 p.m. at the Historic Rock Gym. Tickets $25 each. For more information contact Pam Allen at 706-2076575
Second Annual Devil Dash 1 Mile Walk and 5K, Saturday, March 18. Pre-race registration $25 for adults. Race day registration $30. Registration at 8 a.m., race begins at 9 a.m. For more information call 706-213-4100.
Friends Helping Friends Beauty Pageant and Silent Auction, March 18 at Elbert County Middle School Auditorium. Donations accepted at the door.
Elbert County Chamber of Commerce 93rd Annual Meeting at the Historic Rock Gym, Thursday, March 23. Speaker is Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Wine reception at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., program at 7:30 p.m. Silent auction to be held. Tickets
$35 per person. Call Chamber of Commerce at 706-283-5651.
“Savannah Sipping Society” theatre performance on March 31 in the Historic Elbert Theatre. Call 706-283-1049 for more information.
Emerging Technologies Day, Athens Technical College’s Elbert Campus, April 12 from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. Food, games, learning with augmented reality, drone flight and personal robots.
Richard B. Russell State Park Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 15, 10 a.m. Event will be held at Russell State Park Disc Golf Course at 10 a.m. There will be 500 hidden eggs and 10 Golden Eggs with an Easter surprise. Two age groups, five-and-under and six to 12 years of age. For more information call 706-213-2045.
OngoingHumane Society of Elbert County is
taking applications for spay and neuter assistance for Elbert County pets. Applicants can qualify depending on income. Applications can be picked up at Woodson’s Florist, Southern Farm Hardware or Elbert County Public Library. For more information, call 770-862-5412.
Keep Elbert County Beautiful meets second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the old Beaverdam School. For information contact Laura Settembrino at [email protected] or call 706-567-0481.
Free family history assistance offered on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saints. The church is located at 1156 Willie Black Road. For more information call 614-747-1738.
VFW/Auxiliary Post 5456 meets every third Tuesday of each month with dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m.
Northside Neighborhood Watch meets the last Tuesday of each month at Calvary Presbyterian Church at 118 Carey Street. Covered dish supper at 6 p.m. and meeting at 6:30 p.m. For more information call 706-283-1488.
Sunny Acres Neighborhood Watch meetings held on the second Thursday of the month at Francis Asbury United Methodist Church at 7 p.m.
Hooks and Needles, a local hobby/craft club, will meet at the Elbert County Library every Friday from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. All knitters and crocheters are welcome. Beginners are welcome.
Elbert County Democratic Party meets on the third Thursday of each month at the Elbert County Civic Center. Meeting time is 7 p.m.
Friendship Quilters meet at Francis Asbury United Methodist Church on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. For more information call Evelyn Oglesby at 706-283-1745.
Zumba in the McWilliams Park Gym on Mondays and Thursdays, 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Cost is $5 per class (discount cards available). Instructors are Patsy Suttles and Ashley Driver. Call 706-213-9285 for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous 5th Tradition, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for closed discussion from 12:15 until 1 p.m. at the AA Clubhouse, Elbert Street between Hunan’s and Walmart. There is also a meeting on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. at the same location and it is an open meeting.
Alcoholics Anonymous of Elberton holds meetings twice weekly at its meeting house located between Walmart and Hunan Motel and Restaurant on Highway 17 in Elberton. Meetings begin promptly at 8 p.m. on Sunday and Thursday nights. For more information on these meetings and others in the area, please call Hillbillies In Recovery at 706-988-5906.
Harmony House Child Advocacy Center is seeking volunteers interested in helping Adult and Child Victims of sexual assault and severe physical abuse. To volunteer, contact Wendy Chitwood at 706-245-8700.
The American Legion Post 14 meets every second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Elberton’s V. F. W. Community Center.
To get in Community Calendar send your information to P.0. Box 280, Elberton, GA 130635; fax 706-283-9700; bring it by 25 North Public Square, or email to [email protected].
There will be a Colon Cancer Aware-ness Banquet Saturday, March 18 at The Historic Rock Gym beginning at 7 p.m.
The banquet will feature speakers Ja-mie Williams and Jennifer Hunt.
Williams is with the Athens Gastro-enterology Association and Hunt is with Elbert Memorial Hospital. The tickets
for the banquet are $25 each and all par-ticipants at the banquet are being asked to dress in blue.
Proceeds from the event will go to co-lon cancer patients and their families. Survivors of colon cancer will be recog-nized at the event. For questions about the event, call Pam Allen at 706-207-6575.
Mayor signs Colon Cancer Awareness Month ProclamationElberton Mayor Larry Guest (seated) signed a proclamation for the City of Elberton designating March 2017 at Colon Cancer Awareness Month in Elberton. Shown at the signing of the proclamation are (standing, L-R) Pamela Allen, organizer of the Colon Cancer Awareness Banquet at The Historic Rock Gym on March 18 at 7 p.m., Elberton Councilman Bobby G. Hunt and Anthony Eberhardt.
Colon Cancer Awareness Banquet March 18
Seen in the parkHaving fun during a birthday cookout at one of the picnic tables in Sutton Park are (L-R) Abigail Spratlin, Tina Wilmouth, River Wilmouth, Jimmy Wilmouth, Destiny Patman, Emerson Hughes and Micah Hughes. (Photo by Chuck Riley)
The 93rd Annual Meeting of the El-bert County Chamber of Commerce will be held on Thursday, March 23 at the Historic Rock Gym.
Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Secretary of State, will be the guest speaker for this annual Chamber of Commerce annual event.
A wine reception has been scheduled for 6 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m.
A program will follow beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m. with recogni-tion of special guests, presentation of awards and introduction of new officers and board of directors.
Chamber’s 93rd Annual Dinner on March 23
The Elbert Memorial Hospital Well-ness Center will offer Tai Chi classes on Mondays from 4 p.m. until 4:45 p.m. beginning March 20 and continuing through May 8.
Tai Chi is a Chinese Martial Art that holds the promise of bringing mind, body and spirit into harmony and has been shown over time to reduce stress
and heighten self healing. The Monday afternoon class is taught
by Susan Fricks.The total cost for the eight weekly
classes is $60. The minimum number of partici-
pants is five, and the maximum is 25. For more information on this class,
call 706-283-6831.
EMH Wellness Center offering Tai Chi classes
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General Movie Admission $7.50Ticket window open 30 minutes before showtime
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Beauty and the Beast (PG)Fri., March 17 – 7 p.m. | Sat., March 18 – 7 p.m. | Sun., March 19 – 2 p.m.
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HPolice Report
February 27
Mario Antoine Rodgers, 30, of 652 Pul-liam St. was arrested and charged with probation violation, bondsman off bond, and possession of marijuana-less than one ounce.
Deputies were dispatched to a Coggins Drive address in reference to damage to property.
Deputies responded to an Anderson High-way location in reference to a burglary.
Deputies responded to an assault on Pine Hill Drive.
Deputies were dispatched to Dewy Rose Post Office in reference to damage to a vehicle.
Deputies responded to a Whiteside Drive address in reference to a burglary that had just occurred.
Deputies responded to an additional Whiteside Drive location in reference to a theft by taking.
Deputies were dispatched to the Elbert County Detention Center (ECDC) in response to an incident of aggravated battery.
An incident occurred at ECDC involving obstructing or hindering of law en-forcement and obstructing or hinder-ing of an Emergency Medical Techni-cian (EMT).
February 28
A domestic dispute was reported to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies responded to a Nickville Road residence in reference to a juvenile complaint of contributing to delin-quency of minor.
Deputies responded to an Elbert Street business in reference to a person re-trieving some property on Morgan Lane.
Deputies were dispatched to a Ritchie Cir-cle residence in reference to a domestic dispute.
Deputies responded to the sheriff’s office in reference to harassment.
Joy Noelle Billings, 33, of 1966 Fork Creek Road, Bowman was arrested and charged with pedestrian under the in-fluence of alcohol/drugs.
Jeffery Chase Smith, 20, of 139 Park Street was arrested and charged with proba-tion violation-felony.
Leondric Cortabious Brown, 18, of 1300
Mineral Springs Road was arrested and charged with battery and cruelty to children in the 3rd degree or subse-quent offense.
Tony Lucius Blackwell, 49, of 1220 Robin-wood Lane was arrested and charged with four court orders of incarceration.
Timothy McKinley Becton, 28, of 1619 Melody Lane was arrested and charged with probation violation-felony.
Leon Joseph White, 57, of 1288 Old Mid-dleton Road was arrested and charged with trafficking in cocaine, illegal drugs, marijuana, or methamphetamine.
March 1
Joshua Keith Conley, 38, of Orwell, Ohio was arrested and charged with posses-sion of marijuana-less than one ounce and possession and use of drug related objects.
Travis Odale Brown, 30, of 829 Mercer Drive was arrested and charged with obstructing or hindering law enforce-ment, failure to appear/bench warrant-felony, and probation violation after attempting to flee a scene on foot. He was also served with two outstanding warrants at ECDC.
Deputies responded to a domestic dispute over child custody at a Martin Road res-idence.
Damage to property on Bowman High-way was reported.
Theft by taking on Limo Road was report-ed.
Moriah Lane Mills, 22, of 423 Elm Street was arrested and charged with proba-tion violation.
Dean James, 55, of Athens was arrested and charged with probation violation-felony.
Mhyia IIkera Huff, 19, of 353 Campbell St. Ext. was arrested and charged with criminal trespass.
Jessica Montime Williams, 35, of Daniels-ville was arrested and charged with probation violation-misdemeanor.
March 2
Deputies were dispatched to an Edna Road residence in reference to a run-away juvenile.
Deputies were dispatched to a Hartwell Highway location about some damage to a vehicle and barn.
Deputies spoke with someone in refer-ence to theft.
Deputies responded to a Mineral Springs Road residence to reference to a civil dispute.
Deputies responded to a Country Manor Lane address in reference to damage to vehicle.
Deputies were dispatched to a Calhoun Falls Highway location in reference to trespassing.
Kevin Lenard Thompson, 39, of Atlanta and Natalia A. Seico, 31, of Marietta were arrested and charged with pedes-trian under the influence of alcohol/drugs after deputies responded to a call of suspicious vehicle at the Guide-stones.
Deputies met with a complainant at the sheriff’s office in reference to criminal trespass at a Dempsey Road location.
Wesley Eric Fleming, 23, of 131 Carey St. was arrested and charged with proba-tion violation-felony and probation violation-misdemeanor.
Christopher Shante Harper, 34, of 1777 Sweet City Road was arrested and charged with probation violation-mis-demeanor.
March 3
Deputies responded to a Deer Haven ad-dress in reference to a scam.
Criminal damage to government property was reported at ECDC.
A criminal trespass incident on Indian Hill Road was reported.
Scott Maurice Long, 49, of 1113 Campbell St. Ext. was arrested and charged with obstructing or hindering law enforce-ment and disorderly conduct in refer-ence to a domestic dispute.
A delayed accident was reported to the sheriff’s office.
Unta Duran Mattox, 32, of 1412 Jody Hall Drive was arrested and charged with speeding in excess of maximum limits and DUI-multiple substances.
Chris Lamar Swilling, 45, of 2249 Indian Hill Road was arrested and charged with three counts of probation viola-tion-felony.
Kevin Lenard Thompson, 39, of Atlanta and Natalia A. Seico, 31, of Marietta were arrested for the second time for bondsman off bond.
Joe Noelle Billings, 33, of 1682 Deep
Creek Road was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Candice Breanne Barbosa, 34, of 2252 In-dian Hill Road was arrested and charged with probation violation-felony.
Blundy Demon Gaines, 23, of 241 E. Rail-road St. was arrested and charged with four counts of probation violation-fel-ony.
March 4
Someone met with deputies at the sher-iff’s office in reference to an easement dispute.
Someone met with deputies at the sher-iff’s office in reference to stolen checks.
Deputies responded to a Harold Bailey Drive address in reference to possible fraud.
Deputies placed a call to a complainant in reference to a possibly theft.
Meagen Marie Kelly, 23, of 1043 Kath-wood Drive was arrested and charged with possession and use of drug related objects, possession of a Schedule I con-trolled substance, and crossing guard line with controlled substance.
March 5
Deputies responded to Stinchomb Road in reference to a suspicious person walking in the roadway.
Criminal trespass was reported. Deputies responded to Stinchcomb Road
in reference to damage to property. Deputies responded to a Woodyard Road
residence in reference to the theft of a motorcycle.
Deputies were dispatched to an Old Mid-dleton Road address in reference to a structure fire.
March 6
An accident was reported on Hartwell Highway.
Dustin Dean Dooley, 31, of 1014 Flat-woods Road was arrested and charged with probation violation-felony.
Geno Wunchez Norman, 26, of Lincolnton was arrested and charged with proba-tion violation-felon and Family Vio-lence Act (FVA) 1st offense.
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Officers responded to a report of someone attempting to enter an outbuilding on Elm Street.
Officers responded to a report of criminal damage to a vehicle at an Elbert Street hotel.
February 26
A report was taken at the police department for a de-layed accident.
February 27
Officers responded to an Elbert Street business in re-gards to theft, lost or mislaid property.
A report was taken at the police department for damage to property at a Petersburg Road address.
Damage to property at a Danton Drive location was re-ported to the police department.
February 28
Victoria Lynn Browning, 42, of Hartwell was arrested and charged for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.
Tennie Fortson Newman, 66, of 843 Lincoln Heights was arrested and charged for a probation violation war-rant.
March 1
A report of aggravated assault was filed with the police department.
Officers received a call of possible child molestation in the city. The case is under investigation.
Moriah Lane Mills, 23, of 423 Elm St. was arrested and charged with outstanding warrant for contempt of court.
Quintavis Latrell Sims, 17, of 110 A-Second St. and Stan-tavius Jermichale Derricot, 17, of 1575 Washington Hwy. were both arrested and charged with fighting while on campus at Elbert County Comprehensive High School (ECCHS).
Officers responded to a structure fire at a Locklin Street residence.
March 2
Jason Brooks Williams, 35, of Danielsville was arrested and charged with driving while license suspended and speeding.
March 3
Donald Allen, 66, of 1012 Martin Luther King Blvd. was arrested and charged with driving while license sus-pended as the result of a license check.
March 4
Frankie Antwon Allen, 28, of 6 Worley St. was arrested and charged with DUI- alcohol, open container, and driving while license suspended as the result of a traf-fic stop.
Officers responded to an Almond Street location in ref-erence to a possible fight.
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Rucker reads ‘Green Eggs and Ham’Elberton Police Captain Darin Rucker participated in Dr. Seuss Week at Elbert County Elemenary School last Monday, Feb. 27. He read Dr. Seuss’ classic “Green Eggs & Ham” to Mrs. Lydia Stowers’ fourth grade class.
Rucker speaks in Richmond CountyElberton Police Captain Darin Rucker attended Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School in Augusta as a speaker during the school’s career day for Career Technical Agricultural Education Month. High school students posed for a picture with Rucker in front of the City of Elberton’s Teenage D.U.I. Task Force Vehicle.
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HObituariesPage 5
HDeath Notices
Bessimae Rucker Cleveland, 92, of Elberton died March 4. Graveside services were held March 5 at Doves Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Berry Funeral Home
John E. Maxwell, 86, of Lavonia died Feb. 26. Funeral services were held March 2 at Lavonia Baptist Church and burial followed at Franklin
Memorial Gardens North. Strickland Funeral Home, Lavonia chapel
Nellie Johnson Rice, 92, of Hartwell and a native of Elberton, died March 1. Funeral services were held March 3 in the chapel at Strickland Funeral Home and entombment will be in Nancy Hart Memorial Park.
Doris Yarbrough Rucker, 90, of
Elberton died March 3. Graveside services were held March 6 at Elmhurst Cemetery. Berry Funeral Home
Frances Winton Latham Taylor, 74, of Elberton died March 4. Funeral services were held March 7 at Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church and interment was in the church
cemetery. Hicks Funeral HomeGrace Howell Veal, 91, of Elberton
died March 5. Funeral services will be held March 8 at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church and a time of visitation will begin at the church at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery. Hicks Funeral Home
HObituaries
The Elberton Star will print free of charge a list of deaths and funerals of interest in the community, provid-ing the name and age of the deceased, time and date of the funeral or ser-vices and the funeral home or mortu-ary handling arrangements. A mini-mum charge of $61.25 will apply for all full obituaries up to seven column inches. Charges beyond seven column inches will be $8.75 per column inch. Deadline for obituaries will be at noon on the Monday before the Wednesday newspaper. For more information, call 706-283-8500.
Auxiliary $5 Jewelry Sale April 10-11The Elbert Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will
sponsor a Masquerade $5 Jewelry Sale on Monday, April 10, from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Tuesday, April 11, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event will be in the hospital lobby.
EMH Foundation’sDuck Derby May 6
The EMH Foundation Third Annual Picnic in the Park and Duck Derby will be held Saturday, May 6.
Wellness Centerseeks donationsfor equipment
The Elbert Memorial Hospital Wellness Cen-ter is seeking donations to the Elbert Memorial Hospital Foundation for equipment.
The Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 organization, and all donations are tax deduct-ible to the fullest extent of the law.
For more information, call the Wellness Center at 706-283-6831.
Please read,then recycle
Scholarship applicantssought by EMH Auxiliary
Elbert Memorial Hospi-tal Auxiliary scholarships are for county residents who are seeking degrees in the health care field. Suraiya Razzak, EMH Auxiliary Scholarship Chair, can be reached at [email protected].
Bessimae RuckerCleveland
Mrs. Bessimae RuckerCleveland, 92, of Elberton,wife of 52 years to the lateSidney Mailey Cleveland,entered into rest on Sat-urday, March 4, 2017, atNancy Hart Nursing Cen-ter.
Mrs. Cleveland wasborn in Elbert County onJune 2, 1924, daughter ofthe late James HarrisonRucker and Lillian BurrisRucker.
She was an avid bridgeplayer and homemaker.She assisted her husbandSid in his bookkeepingbusiness for many years.Together she and Sid en-joyed square dancing andtraveling with the Her-itage Club.
Mrs. Cleveland was amember of First BaptistChurch of Elberton andthe church's Senior AdultMinistry.
Surviving are her threedaughters and their hus-bands, Robin and Rev.Mike Eberhardt of Birm-ingham, Alabama, Ritaand Bill Palmer of Elber-ton and Rose and MartyWalker of Elberton; sixgrandchildren and theirspouses, David andSuzanne Eberhardt, Brid-gette and DavidMatthews, Chad andLindsey Palmer, Lukeand Kaitlin Walker, Jessi-ca and Hiram Mobley andRhett and Hannah Walk-er; 10 great-grandchil-dren; sisters, Carolyn R.Richardson of Tucker andHazel R. Fellows of Elber-ton; and a host of nieces,nephews and other rela-tives.
In addition to her par-ents and husband, she ispreceded in death by aninfant son; brother WalterH. Rucker and sisterEleanor R. Buchanan.
Graveside services cele-brating her life were heldon Sunday, March 5, inthe Doves Creek BaptistChurch Cemetery withthe Rev. Gary Purvis andRev. Mike Eberhardt offi-ciating.
Those wishing maymake contributions inher memory to First Bap-tist Church of ElbertonROC, 132 Heard Street, El-berton, GA 30635.
Those wishing may signthe online guestbook atwww.berryfh.com.
Berry Funeral Home &Crematory of Elberton isrespectfully in charge ofarrangements for Mrs.Bessimae Rucker Cleve-land.
Doris Marie Yarbrough Rucker
Mrs. Doris MarieYarbrough Rucker, 90, ofElberton, wife of the lateCharles Hulme Rucker,passed away on Friday,March 3, 2017, at Pied-mont Athens RegionalMedical Center.
Mrs. Rucker was bornin Elbert County on Jan.12, 1927, daughter of thelate Charles OlinYarbrough and NanLewis Yarbrough.
She was a homemakerand piano teacher formany years.
Surviving are her son,Greg Rucker and CyndiPayne of Athens; grand-daughter StephanieO?Briot and her husbandLionel of Atlanta; sib-lings, Charles and BobbieYarbrough of Melbourne,Florida and Bill andSylvia Yarbrough of Dal-ton; and a host of otherrelatives and friends.
Graveside services willbe held on Monday,March 6, at 11 a.m. inElmhurst Cemetery.
Contributions may bemade in her memory tothe charity of one'schoice.
Frances Winton Latham Taylor
Mrs. Frances WintonLatham Taylor, 74, of El-berton, passed away Sat-urday, March 4, 2017 inHartwell Health and Re-habilitation Center.
A native of Iva, SouthCarolina, she was thedaughter of the late CarlErskine and BerthaBrown Latham.
In addition to her par-ents, Mrs. Taylor was pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Derrell Taylor, af-ter 27 years of marriage,and her sister, Amie Lath-am Young.
Mrs. Taylor was a de-voted mother and grand-mother, and enjoyed gar-dening, cooking and nee-dle crafts.
A funeral service to cel-ebrate Mrs. Taylor's lifewas held Tuesday, March7 in the Beulah Pente-costal Holiness Churchwith Rev. Don Nestor andRev. Eddie Seawright offi-ciating.
Interment followed inthe church cemetery withChris Alexander, JimmyCarnes, Mike Gaines,Charles Hulett, BillGaines, Harry Turner andDerek Thomason servingas pallbearers.
Survivors include twodaughters, Wynette Tay-lor Neal and Ted Collins,of Hartwell and DerelynTaylor Smith and Larry,of Elberton; two grand-children, Emma KateSmith and Jackson Der-rell Smith; and niecesLynn Cheek Rau Jacksonand Karen Cheek Jones.
Memorial contributionsmay be made to the Wom-en's Ministry of BeulahPentecostal HolinessChurch, care of Mrs. San-dra Hulett, 3018 MooreRd., Elberton, GA 30635.
Arrangements for Mrs.Winton Latham Taylorare in the care of HicksFuneral Home and Cre-mation Services of Elber-ton.
Grace Howell Veal
Mrs. Grace HowellVeal, 91, of Elbertonpassed away Sunday,March 5, 2017 at ElbertMemorial Hospital.
A native of Elbert Coun-ty, Mrs. Veal was thedaughter of the lateThomas J. Howell, Jr. andAda Brown Howell.
She worked throughouther career as a secretaryfor the Elbert CountyBoard of Education.
She was the wife of thelate Connally HammondVeal.
Mrs. Veal was a devotedmember of First BaptistChurch of Elberton, andhad served faithfully asthe treasurer of TheFriendship SundaySchool Class, and also as amember of The Women'sMissionary Union there.
Survivors include herson, Connally Veal Jr. ofBowman; and grandchil-dren, Candice Veal ofWinterville, and TreyVeal of Bowman.
She also leaves behind abrother, Walton Howell ofElberton; a sister, BobbieKirkland of Winterpark,Florida; and severalnieces and nephews.
A service to celebrateMrs. Veal's life will beheld Wednesday, March 8,2017 at 2 p.m. at First Bap-tist Church of Elberton,with Rev. Gary Purvis of-ficiating.
A time of visitation willbegin at 1:00 p.m. just pri-or to the service.
Interment will follow inElmhurst Cemetery.
Memorials may bemade to First BaptistChurch of Elberton, 132Heard St., Elberton, GA30635.
Arrangements for Mrs.Grace Howell Veal are inthe care of Hicks FuneralHome & Cremation Ser-vices of Elberton.
John E. Maxwell
Mr. John E. Maxwell,age 86, of Lavonia, diedSunday, Feb. 26, 2017 athis home.
Born June 1, 1930, inHart County, he was theson of the late James C.and Elizabeth (Hunnicutt)Maxwell.
He was the last sur-vivor of his immediatefamily.
He was a veteran of theU.S. Navy andwas a memberof the LavoniaFirst BaptistChurch.
Mr. Maxwellretired as anengineeringtech with the Georgia De-partment of Transporta-tion after 34 years of ser-vice.
He was an avid farmerand was a member of theFranklin County YoungFarmers and a formerboard member of South-ern States in Royston.
He had a passion for lit-eracy and enjoyed read-ing to his daughter'skindergarten classdressed as Johnny Apple-seed.
He is survived by hiswife of 50 years, Margaret(Dow) Maxwell; children,Vivian and Wayne Whit-ing, Sherrie Whitmire,John Dennis Maxwell,and Elizabeth and LarryMurphy; six grandchil-dren; special grand-dog,Zoe; and 12 great-grand-children.
The funeral service washeld Thursday, March 2,2017 at the Lavonia FirstBaptist Church with Dr.Larry Finger officiating.
Burial followed inFranklin Memorial Gar-dens North with Rev.Bruce Moore officiating.
Donations may be madeto Lavonia First BaptistChurch Kids Town or Cel-ebrate Recovery.
Strickland FuneralHome - Lavonia Chapel isin charge of the arrange-ments.
On-line condolencesmay be sent to the familyat www.stricklandfh.com.
Nellie Johnson Rice
Mrs. Nellie JohnsonRice, 92, of Hartwell,passed away Wednesday,March 1, 2017 at HartCare Center.
Born on Feb. 7, 1925 inElberton, she was thedaughter of the lateCharles Johnson andAlma Dunbar Johnson.
Mrs. Rice was a retiredLPN from Elbert Memori-al Hospital and a formerPink Lady with HartCounty Hospital. She wasalso a member of the FirstBaptist Church ofHartwell, the EvangelonSunday School Class andparticipated on the cook-ing teams.
Survivors include oneson, John A. Rice Jr.(Connie) of Hartwell; onedaughter, Marsha Free-man (Larry) of Smyrna;three grandchildren,Chelsea McKelvey, Brit-tany Freeman and KatieWasserman; two great-grandchildren, Julia andEllie; and one sister,Doris Thomason of DewyRose.
Mrs. Rice was precededin death by her parents;her husband, John A.Rice Sr. and one sister,Janie Bradford.
Funeral services wereheld Friday, March 3, 2017in the chapel of theStrickland Funeral Homeof Hartwell with Rev.Carter Tucker and Dr.Hugh Kirby officiating.
Entombment was in theNancy Hart MemorialPark.
Memorials may bemade to the First BaptistChurch of Hartwell, East81 Howell St., HartwellGA 30643.
The Strickland FuneralHome of Hartwell is incharge of all arrange-ments.
On-line condolences canbe sent to the family atwww.stricklandfh.com.
Thank YouThe family of Rev. Arthur Leon Jones appreciates all the acts of kindness shown during his illness and during their time of bereavement.The family wants you to know that –Your cards lifted them and kept them from feeling down.Your visits helped to lessen their pain.Your phone calls with your caring tone were a great source of comfort.Your food nourished them physically.Your flowers were a reminder of the beauty of the spirit of the one they loved so dearly.Your prayers were a light of encouragement that continues to shine brightly upon them.
A special thank you goes to Bishop Kenneth W. Carter, presiding prelate of the 6th Episcopal District of the CME Church and Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey, retired Bishop of the 6th District.Thank you to the Jones’ Family Pastors of St. Mary’s CME – the Reverends Andrew and Rose Archer.Thanks to Presiding Elder Leon C. Moore Jr. of the Elberton/Gainesville District, and Rev. Albert Lee III, former presiding elder of the Elberton/Gainesville District.A special thanks to all the ministers of the gospel and the Minister Spouses for all of the support you have given.Thanks to the Israel, Melvin Hill, White’s Chapel, and St. Mary’s CME Church families.Thanks to all neighbors, friends, family and loved ones.All of you are very important to the family. Thanks for letting God shine His light through you.
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You know, social media drives me crazy in a lot of ways, but in others, I’m so grateful for it.
This week, my sister tagged me in WYFF’s video about the new Samuel Elbert Hotel.
My hometown is stepping it up with a boutique style hotel on the square, and I couldn’t be more thrilled for the revitalization this opportunity could bring.
Last week, over cups of peppermint tea, I helped my screenwriter friend hash out ideas for her screenplay that’s in the early stages of development.
She wants to set it in small town, a town so small you can stand at the statue in the center and rotate 360 degrees to see it all. I told her when she comes to visit me this summer, I’ll take her over to Elberton and let her be inspired.
Now, I’m thinking we’ll dump the kids at my parents’ plantation and book us a girls’ night.
My mom is cringing reading this right now, I’m sure, and plotting her escape.
I don’t get home that often. There are a lot of reasons for it. I have four kids with lots of activi-ties. Now we’re in a bigger house ourselves, and it’s easier to host the family. When we do come in for holidays or Sunday dinners, our time is usually filled with the chaotic pleasure of just being with the people who have to love us no matter what.
But when I am able to get away from that house on the hill, I enjoy poking around and revisiting places of my youth.
I take my kids to Papa’s Pizza and one of our homeschool field trips will be the Granite Museum and the Guidestones.
Occasionally, I get together with old friends and
we grab lunch at McIntosh’s or a drink at Richard’s.
These times are few and far between, but the older I get, the more I realize how much this community helped shaped me—and how it still influences my writing, my faith, and my friend-ships.
I wrote in a letter to my last baby sister when she graduated in 2014:
You’ll learn that about post-high-school-in-a-small-town life. Nothing changes. But somehow, nothing is ever the same.
You know, thank God, things don’t stay the same. Because if they did, we’d all be living the definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over and getting the same results. Growth and
revitalization come to hometowns and small lives, sometimes with reluctance and sometimes with excitement, and often, we fear the change—even the good—just a bit.
Just enough to make us pause and remember the way things were.
But what doesn’t change is the heart of the mat-ter—the sense of community. The figurative linked arms and raised hands that stand together for good, for better, for best. The hands that work hard and pray hard and want to always, always improve, so that the place we live can remain strong.
And I can come home to visit, to play, to stay. .
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Writer Lindsey Payne Brackett is a former teacher, now a writer, who loves a good story. Connect with her at www.lindseypbrackett.com or email [email protected].
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives val-iantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusi-asms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” - Teddy Roosevelt
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My view
HGary Jones
I’m easily impressed, I sup-pose.
I was even more easily im-pressed in the mid-1960s when an uncle of mine rolled down his window and took aim with a Coca-Cola bottle he had just emptied into his belly, which prompted a world-class belch.
Uncles impress nephews with world-class belching.
Driving around 50 miles per hour with his right hand and holding the bottle by the
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Mailing address:Post Office Box 280Elberton, GA 30635
“A rose (or landfill) by any other name smells the same.”
- Kristina White
My uncle was oneof those trashy
‘sports’ who litter
Home influences your writing,your faith and your friendships
drinking end so he could whip it out the driver’s side win-dow over the top of the car, he told me to keep an eye on a certain telephone pole.
I did.From over the top of the car, with his left hand, he
threw the bottle and it broke into a thousand pieces on the designated telephone pole.
Now, like I said, I guess I’m easily impressed. And I remember him doing that because I always
thought it was probably a one in 100 chance he could hit that telephone pole with a Coke bottle traveling down the road at 50 miles per hour (yes, I tried it over and over in my youth and never once in my life hit a telephone with a Coke bottle, I’m ashamed to say).
Saturday, I thought about it again, and what I’ve come to realize is that it probably was a one in 100 shot that he could hit that telephone pole with that bottle, and that by sheer luck I saw the one in 100 when he did hit it.
And the more I thought about it, the more I got to think-ing there were probably 99 empty Coke bottles in the grass off Wilson Road in Rossville from the practice my uncle got heaving Coke bottles at a designated telephone pole.
I don’t know, back then maybe he knew someone would pick up those bottles and take’em back to the grocery store to get the deposit. I know I’d pick’em up if I found them in the ditch because it took just a few to get enough pennies to go to Mr. Brown’s store and buy baseball bubble gum cards.
So where is all this leading?Well, I spent time with my good friends, Elberton Rotar-
ians, on Mineral Springs Road Saturday morning, picking up trash. Not just trash, mind you.
I mean, I expect BoJangles bags and McDonald’s French Fry pouches and Dairy Queen ice cream bowls, empty packs of cigarettes and convenience store Big Gulp cups with the straw still sticking out of the top.
But there are things you pick up that you don’t expect.A bag of (used) diapers.Testosterone booster spray.Small beer cans and great big glass beer bottles, glass
and plastic liquor bottles (a lot of tequila, of all things), glass wine bottles and plastic wine bottles.
Tires. Lots and lots of lottery tickets.Unused packets of ketchup.Shoes.Hair nets.Empty packs of cigarillos.There’s a mile on Mineral Springs Road that we picked
up in the fall.Since then, I understand the fine ladies from Whitworth
Detention Center picked up along the Rotary mile.Then on Saturday, the Rotarians went right back at it,
and I picked up the same area I picked up in the fall.So, after three pickups in less than six months, you’d
think there wouldn’t be a need to pick up again along that stretch. Wrong. Trashy people who drive through that area are the trashiest people on earth. Two days after we made a vast improvement along that stretch of road, I spotted more empty cups, more empty fast food bags.
It’s not my uncle from the 1960s and me from the 1970s throwing out that trash.
We’ve grown up - we’ve decided not to be trashy.
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Gary Jones is the publisher of The Elberton Star.
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HOur view
Send the Williamses, Grant and Lee to Washington, D.C.
How, we ask, did two “fugitive” contestants in a reality television show, desperate to get away from trained, tracking professional inves-tigators, end up on the front porch of Martin and Rita Williams’ Edwards Street home in good old Elberton, Georgia, U.S.A.?
The contestants, trying to get away from these tenacious investigators on the CBS televi-sion show “Hunted,” knocked on the William-ses front door at exactly the right time, because the house was slap loaded with the brightest, sharpest minds in the whole dang community.
The contestants, married couple Stephen and English King, stayed out of the clutches of the investigators and netted a tidy little sum of $250,000.
The Kings were smart and crafty - and dang lucky they wondered onto Martin and Rita’s front porch.
In the show (all seven episodes can be live streamed by going to the CBS website) the Kings knocked on the door of the Williams household as they were entertaining Melissa Grant and Kathy Lee.
When the four Elbertonians got the lowdown from the Kings (accompanied by a complete camera crew), they worked through the com-plicated problem and came up with a solution that allowed an escape and netted the Kings a quarter of a million dollars.
We aren’t surprised. Between Martin and Rita and Kathy and Me-
lissa, there’s enough brain power in that quar-tet to figure out any of this world’s complicated problems.
In fact, it would make sense to send these four to Washington, D.C. and turn them loose on fixing the country’s problems!
The Elberton Star welcomes letters to the edi-tor. Letters must be signed and include the city or community where the writer lives and a tele-phone number. Telephone numbers will not be published, unless requested, and will only be used for verification purposes. Letters may be no longer than 500 words and no letter writer may have more than one letter per month published. The editorial staff of the newspaper reserves the right to edit any letter for length, clarity or grammatical correctness. The staff also re-serves the right not to publish any letter deemed libelous, and to cut off any series of letters on one subject. Publication priority will be given to letters concerning local issues or subjects.
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HOp Ed
This week’s poll question:Baseball, our national pastime, is right
around the corner. While waiting for Open-ing Day, cast your vote for the greatest home run hitter of all-time:
• Count’em up ... Barry Bonds, of course.• The legitimate (steroid-free) Home Run
King is Henry Aaron of the Atlanta Braves.• Nobody beats the Sultan of Swat: Babe
Ruth.• Ted Williams ... if he hadn’t missed sea-
sons during World War II and the Korean War, he would have more homers than anybody.Last week’s poll results:
Do you enjoy watching The Oscars?• 0% Yes ... I am a real movie buff!• 4% Yes ... I love seeing red carpet
fashions. • 15% Yes ... I like to see who wins Best
Actor and Best Actress.• 4% No ... I’m not a movie buff.• 7% No ... what someone wears doesn’t
do a thing for me.• 70% No ... who wants to listen to those
Hollywood liberals rant and rave?
Go to www.elberton.com to participate.Poll question changes every Friday.
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Rose (or landfill) by any other name smells the sameA rose (or landfill) by any`other name
smells just the same. Call your "publications" or your "op-
eds" whatever you want, they are still ads.
There are several points still unclear to many of us.
Are you seeking permitting for the landfill to keep the operation yourself, or are you planning on selling the per-mit to another company, perhaps not even an American company, to handle
however they choose and without any input from the community?
Also, are these 271 jobs directly in-volved in the operation or are they ad-junct services that already exist in the county that somehow would assist the operation?
In terms of your business/market plan, every business does one, but mini-mal internet research on IMPLAN (a company that measures economic im-pact) shows a mixed bag of clients who
felt they got a high level of accuracy and others who felt it to be a failure.
So it's an educated guess as to how true-to-life this computer model would be here.
Computer models aren't real-life and none are absolutely accurate.
In terms of water contamination, my web search produced a U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet of August 2003 which states, "The USEPA (United States Envi-ronmental Protection Agency) has con-
cluded that all landfills eventually will leak into the environment."
Elbert County's open pits from min-ing granite at most have a small amount of hydraulic fluid or diesel, unlike the multiple chemicals and toxins common-ly found in leachate from landfills.
I maintain your rose-colored vision of the landfill being Elbert County's sav-ior is fantasy at best.
Kristina White
‘Crossover Day’ passes Friday at state legislature
I am writing to express my feelings about the public parking area near the town square in Elberton.
There are some complications in this area that can easily be fixed.
The first problem is most of the parking spots have a time limit of two hours before getting towed.
Say you want to go shopping for a new dress at Trendy Retail or The Big Pink Bow and Tie, get something to eat at Papa’s Pizza or the White Plate,
then go get a new hair cut at South-ern Belle Hair Salon.
You just wouldn’t have enough time to do all of those things if you were parking in the public parking area.
The second problem is that the public parking area is insignificant. There is not any space for a lot of people who want to spend some time on the square to park.
What happens during festivals?
Where do the people park? So, in order to solve these prob-
lems, the city council can raise the time limit, or maybe expand public marking or add more public parking areas around the square.
The parking for the Granite Bowl is absurd, but that is a different prob-lem for a different time.
Yours sincerely,
Hannah Fernandez
Parking complications on city’s downtown square can be fixed
Some people go to parks, and once they get there they are not happy with the way it looks.
The pictures they look at online are beautiful, but it was not an accurate repre-sentation of the park.
Some counties are very blessed to have a beautiful community park.
Sutton Park in Elberton is a great ex-ample of such a park.
It is always clean, and the people who take care of the park always do a wonder-ful job.
This park is great for many different activities – walking/running, bike rides, or just laying in a hammock.
While relaxing in the park, you can enjoy watching the birds and squirrels. There is also a very nice playground for the kids.
The park can also be used for events. For example while in the park recently,
I saw a wedding party come and take some beautiful pictures.
Sutton Park is a great place to take pic-tures especially in the spring, because of all the trees and the flowers blooming.
You need to visit the beautiful Sutton Park.
It is a great place to go exercise, watch the kids play, or just relax.
This park is one of the wonderful parks we have here in Elbert County
Rebecca Bastyr
Clean, relaxing and great placefor kids to play!
The Georgia House of Representatives recon-vened Monday, Feb. 27 to begin its eighth week of the 2017 legislative session, and on Friday, March 3 we reached legislative day 28, also known as “Crossover Day.”
Each year, Crossover Day marks a crucial dead-line for the Georgia Gen-eral Assembly as this is the last day for bills to pass the legislative chamber from which they originated to remain eligible for consid-eration for the session.
As a result, Crossover Day is typically one of the longest days of our legisla-tive session, as we worked into the night to pass meaningful and significant House bills to send to our Senate counterparts for their consideration.
I’ve included some of the bills we passed that I think are of most importance to our district and state.
HB 258 - Increases pun-ishment for offense of ag-gravated assault on a police officer to 10 year minimum and if discharge of fire-arm is involved there is no chance of sentence being suspended, probated, or de-ferred.
HB 280 - Known com-monly as “Campus Car-ry” it allows a person with a concealed carry permit to have a gun on the campus of an institu-tion of higher learning. It does not ap-ply to sporting events or stu-dent housing.
HB 292 - Clarifies reci-procity agreements of con-cealed carry with other states, also clarifies some DNR regulations and pro-tects firearms instructors.
HB 452 - Requires GBI to post information on its web-site about criminal aliens being released into the state from federal custody.
HB 155 - Allows tax credit for qualified production ex-penditures for musical and theatrical performances that originate in Georgia.
HB 209 - Allows veterans with a 100 percent disabil-ity determination to retro-actively collect refund of up to three years during the time they were waiting on the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs to make determi-nation.
HB 481- P r e e m p t s u n m a n n e d aircraft from local regula-tion that is adopted after April 1, 2017.
HB 142 - Es-tablishes late penalties for employers for the delayed re-
lease of 1099 and W2 forms to their employees.
HB 340 - Reforms the current TAVT on motor vehicles. It deals with tax-able value, addresses leased vehicles, title transfers re-sulting from a divorce or court order, and changes the “Welcome Georgia” amount owed.
HB 390 - Prevents points from being added to drivers license for not using signals when vehicle is not moving faster than 5 mph or slowly rolling through a stop sign unless there is an accident.
HB 208 - Changes hunt-ing and fishing licenses and boat registrations. There have not been significant changes since the 1990’s. These changes take effect
on July 1, 2017. If you are thinking about a lifetime li-cense you may want to save some money and purchase before July 1.
HB 208 - Increases Geor-gia’s hunting and fishing li-cense fees which will bring home millions of federal matching dollars from the Pittman-Roberts Act. The 1937 Act created an excise tax paid by hunters on hunting equipment and am-munition. Those matching funds come back to Geor-gia to promote sound state management of wildlife habitat and species, and are based on the dollar volume of the state’s hunting li-censes sold.
HB 114 - Prohibits local school systems from ex-cluding dual enrolled stu-dents from eligibility for class valedictorian or sa-lutatorian to ensure these students are not punished for taking on the challenge of collegiate coursework in high school.
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Longtime Georgia State House Rep. Tom McCall’s 33rd House District in-cludes all of Elbert County. He was first elected to the House in 1995.
Classes of ‘88 and ‘89 plan cruise
ECCHS Classes of 1988 and 1989 will celebrate their upcoming 30 year re-unions with a cruise to the Bahamas in July 2018. If interested, please contact Shirley Turner at [email protected]. The deadline is March 8, 2018.
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Dakota Hunter
Jerry Agnew
Mr. and Mrs. William Jerry Agnew of Bowers-ville announce the birth of a son, Dakota Hunter Jerry Agnew. He was born Feb. 23, 2017 at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia at 1:39 a.m. He weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 inches at birth.
The maternal grand-mother is Robin Dicker-son of Hartwell. Maternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dick-erson of Hartwell and Penni Casper of Elberton.
Paternal grandparents are Davin and Terri How-ell of Hartwell. Paternal great-grandparents are Gerald and Shirley Agnew of Hartwell.
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Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12.
This operation is necessary to meet Environmental Protection Division regulatory requirements and to ensure the continued clean quality of our drinking water. As a result of the fl ushing, you may experience discolored water for a brief period of time. If you do, wait until the Water Department trucks have left the area, then run the cold-water faucet outside your home or in your bathtub until the water runs clear. If you plan to wash clothes, you should check for discolored water before you wash.
Elberton Utilities appreciates your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions, you may call Elberton Utilities at 706-213-3278.
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The ELBERT COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM will re-ceive proposals until March 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. for Construction Management-at-Risk services for certain facility projects including some or all of the following:
New track and athletic fi elds/ facilities;HVAC Renovations as various
district locations;Renovations and additions associated with
the SPLOST 2016 or local facility plan;And any other project that the district de-cides that a CM at Risk approach is most
benefi cial for the district. Copies of the RFP are available by faxing or e-mailing a request for the RFP to:
CM Request for ProposalAttention: Mr. Ben ChildsFinancial Services Consultant/DirectorElbert County Schools50 Laurel DriveElberton, GA 30635Phone: 706-213-4000 Fax: (706) 283-6674E-mail: [email protected]
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Five generations of StovallsFive generations of the Stovall family recently met. Seated are (L-R) Samantha Stovall Stone, Stella Stone, Mrs. Jack Stovall Sr. and Brent Stovall. Standing is Jack Stovall Jr.
Five generations gatherFive generations of Sara Frances Smith’s family recently gathered together. Pictured are (front, L-R) Sara Frances Smith holding Jaxson Burden, Jessie Gray and Braylie Gray; (back, L-R) Joyce McLain, Tina Scarborough and Bran-son Burden.
With Selection Sunday just four days away, March Madness, which tips off March 14, is almost here.
This week teams from 31 conferences will all battle it out for a chance to get into the NCAA tourna-ment, and to be part of one of America’s favorite gambling events - predict-ing each round of the Big Dance’s brackets.
Perhaps the countless story lines the tournament may create attracts even the most uninitiated bas-ketball fan.
As of March 5, Win-throp, Florida Gulf Coast University, Wichita State and Jacksonville State all won conference titles, punching their tickets in the process.
Starting with the usual suspects, Kansas, Villanova, Gonzaga, North Carolina, UCLA, Oregon, Arizona, Kentucky, Baylor, Louisville, Duke, West Virginia, Purdue, Butler, Florida, Notre Dame and Florida State are safe bets to have their names called on Sunday.
A few obvious ques-tions surround this Top-20 group. Can the Villanova Wildcats (28-3) repeat last year’s magic to win it all? Can the UNC Tar Heels (26-6) make it back to the championship to gain a shot at revenge over Nova? Speaking of revenge, will the Jayhawks of Kansas (28-3) get back to the Elite-8 and avenge last year’s loss to the champs?
Tournament perennials aside, schools on the bubble of the committee’s invite list generate great intrigue.
VCU, Arkansas, Provi-dence, Marquette, Nevada, Middle Tennessee State, Michigan State, Illinois State and Xavier are all teams which still have an outside shot at making the tournament and could prove to be one of this year’s surprises.
After all, No. 8 seeded Villanova wrote one of the greatest Cinderella stories by upsetting Patrick Ewing and his No. 1 Georgetown Hoyas in 1985.
Will you spot the Cinder-ellas, or will you bracket fall apart in the first round?
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Fitting the glass slipper
Freshman Donell Wilkins went 2-0, defeating two region opponents in No. 2 singles action last week. (File photo by Cary Best)
Banquet honors historic accomplishments
Elbert County’s (L-R) Jemiya Turman takes the baton from Kenisha Fortson during the 4x100 meter relay March 2 at Hart County High School. (Photo by Cary Best)
Above, Lady Blue Devil Jalexus Burden (right) sprints to finish line during Elbert’s winning 4x100 meter relay race March 2 in Hartwell. Below, Blue Devil sophomore Metrius Fleming clears 5-8 to win the high jump at Hart County High School. (Photos by Cary Best)
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Lifetime Tennis begins March 18
The Elbert County Parks and Recreation De-partment will hold pre-registration for spring Lifetime Tennis March 11 from 10 a.m to noon at the B.F. Coggins Tennis Com-plex at McWilliams Park.
The eight-week session cost $60 per student and begins March 18.
Isaac Johnson (right) accepts the Kyle D. Wilhite Memorial Wrestling Award from Jerry and Con-nie Spivey during the Winter Sports Awards Ban-quet March 6 in Elberton. (Photo by Cary Best)
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Firing into the new season, the Elbert Coun-ty track teams displayed their strength and speed during a tri-county meet last week in Hartwell.
The Elbert County Blue Devils beat Greene and Hart counties, scor-ing 65.5 points. The host recorded 57 team points and Greene followed with 43.5.
Overall the Devils cruised to victory by winning 10 events. Soph-omore Metrius Fleming led the scoring for Elbert with first-place finishes in the high jump, long jump and the 100-meter hurdles. Fleming also anchored the Devils’ win-ning 4x100 meter relay team.
Fleming and his team-mates outjumped the competition in the meet’s fielding events.
Fleming cleared 5-8 in the high jump, and 20-11 in the long jump.
Senior Tarodrick Stanley also cleared 5-8,
but had to settle for second place as it took him more attempts than Fleming.
Senior Joseph Johnson won the triple jump with a 40-9 leap, and freshman D.J. Ardister jumped to a third-place finish (39-6).
Sophomore B.J. Brad-ford won the discus with a 127-foot throw. Bradford followed that up with a 36-5 second-placed shotput toss.
In a thrilling launch to the running events, Lakel Hood, Quinntylis Teasely, Johnson and Fleming blew past all other teams, clock-ing a winning of time of 44.01 seconds.
Hood won the 100-me-ter dash (11.21), and An-drew Rivers topped the competition in the 400 (54.3).
Quinntylis Teasley and Jacquavious Ramsey
By Cary Best
The Net Devils passed their first region exams with flying colors last week.
The Blue Devils beat Monticello 4-1 Feb. 28 on the road in their region opener and returned home to blank Social Cir-cle 5-0 just two days later.
Meanwhile, Elbert’s girls shut out both region opponents 5-0, delivering a message that the Lady Blue Devils intend on playing for a conference title.
Cage Millard and his No. 1 doubles partner
Jaymin Carter captured Elbert’s first point (6-1,4-6,6-1). Donell Wilkins took the next team point (6-0, 6-1) on the No. 2 sin-gles court, and the No. 2 doubles tandem of Zach Rogers and John McMo-nigle sealed the deal with their 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 victory.
Allison McGarity and April Roach scored first for Elbert, beating Mon-ticello’s No. 1 doubles 6-2, 6-3.
Next, Maureen Truett sailed to a No. 1 singles victory (6-0, 6-1), and in similar fashion, No. 3 singles Anna Kubas wrapped up Elbert’s first
region win of the season with a 6-0, 6-1 statement of her own.
At the B.F. Coggins Tennis Complex, the Dev-ils knocked down Social Circle like dominos.
No. 1 singles player Kody Alcantar won 6-1, 6-0. Wilkins took the No. 2 singles match 6-2, 6-1. Millard, at No. 3 singles, had a perfect match 6-0, 6-0. No. 1 doubles Carter and Logan Vaughn won 6-1, 6-1, and Social for-feited the No. 2 doubles contest.
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The Elbert County Athletic Department cel-ebrated an historic wres-tling season and two state playoff basketball teams during its Winter Sports Awards Banquet March 7 at the First Baptist Church Recreational Out-reach Center (R.O.C).
Overall, 126 players, cheerleaders and manag-ers received accolades for their participation.
The night’s ceremonies culminated with senior Isaac Johnson winning the Kyle D. Wilhite Memo-rial Wrestling Award.
Johnson, who was this season’s area heavy-weight champion, won the award for his “big heart” and his contribu-tions to the school’s most successful season.
The Mat Devils made school history finishing in second place during the Georgia High School Association’s State Tra-ditional Championships with eight state placers: Gavin Brady, Martrez Huff, Jamarcus Allen, Zack Bolton, B.J. Brad-ford, Ashton Gibson, Devin Almond and Kevin Almond.
Elbert’s 152-pound
state champion, Kevin Almond, won the Tony Beahringer Memorial Wrestling Scholarship.
“First ever three-time state finalist in school history. He finished sec-ond as a sophomore, sec-ond as a junior, and then this year he was a state champion,” said Elbert County Head Wrestling Coach Shane Anderson about Almond. “He had 58 wins this year, which is the most in school his-tory - never had a kid have 58 wins in a season. Super
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Blue Devil Metrius Fleming (left) races to the fin-ish line during Elbert’s winning 4x100 meter re-lay March 2 in Hartwell. (Photo by Cary Best)
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Elbert County tennis teams to host three straight matches
finished the 200 in second and third place respectively.
Fleming won the 100-meter hur-dles and Stanley finished third in the 300-meter hurdles.
Capping off their victorious day by winning the meet’s last event, Isaac Allen, Jarqiris Harris, Ramsey and Fleming won the 4x400 meter relay.
The Lady Blue Devils tied Hart’s Lady Bulldogs by taking seven events.
Emerson Brown finished in first place in the triple jump (33-2 1/2), and Atira Fortson placed third in the event (32-2).
Fortson also won the long jump
with a jump of 14-6. Ciara Wigfall threw a first-place
shotput at 29-11. Dominique Bolden spun the dis-
cus to a winning distance of 90-4. In the high jump, Tykeya Gray
cleared a height of 5-0 for a second-place finish.
Diamond Burton also had a sec-ond-place finish, jumping to 32-5 in the triple jump competition.
Gray beat all other runners in the 400 (1.04) followed by Maggie Camp-bell (1.05).
Brown won the 200, inking a time of 29.14.
Elbert’s 4x100 A-team of Imani Dejesus, Kiara Rollinson, Brown
and Jalexus Burden crossed the fin-ish line first with a time of 53.98, and the B-team (Jemiya Turman, Kenisha Fortson, Campbell and Tremiya Jones) followed in second place with a time of 56.55.
“We have looked pretty good considering our youth,” said coach Chris Hirschfield. “We have looked great in the field events, winning the long, jump, high jump, shot and dis-cus in both meets. Our 4x100 relays in both boys and girls have won first place in our meets.”
On March 17, Elbert will compete in the Johns Scott Hartness Invi-tational at Franklin County High School.
On the girls’ courts, Truett continued the domino-ripple effect by knocking down Social Circle’s No. 1 girls singles player 6-0. 6-2.
Elbert’s other two singles players,
No. 2 Michaela Brown and No. 3 Anna Kubas, followed Truett’s led by beating their opponents 6-0, 6-0.
Likewise, the Lady Blue Devils No. 2 doubles duo of Makala Scott and
Caroline Wallis won in another perfect straight sets match 6-0, 6-0. McGarity and Roach made it a clean sweep for El-bert’s defeat of Social Circle by winning their No. 1 doubles match 6-1,6-2.
Elbert’s netters were set to host its next region foe Rabun County after press time Tuesday afternoon. From there, they will host Madison County March 8 and Banks March 9.
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Coaches express optimism for the future of their programswrestler. He’s probably the top two or three guys in the whole state no mat-ter the classification.”
Anderson added the future of the program looked bright as he will return some of the most talented underclassmen he has coached.
After going 14-15 and to the first round of the state playoffs in his in-augural season with the Blue Devils, Elbert Coun-ty Head Boys Basketball Coach Don Hurlburt also expressed enthusiasm about next year’s squad.
“Y’all don’t under-stand,” Hurlburt said.
“We started out this sea-son with four 11th grad-ers, four seniors, and we lost two seniors at Christ-mas time. End of January we picked up four more 10th graders - brought them up from J.V. and started having them dress out. So we finished this season with eight [play-ers], and I got to tell you, I’m sitting up there look-ing at these kids out there playing and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my goodness almost this whole team is go-ing to be back next year.’ So the future of Elbert County basketball looks bright.”
While introducing and awarding his play-ers, Hurlburt announced his sophomore power forward Terraius “A.J.” James had been selected to the All-Region’s first team.
Also in his first season as an Elbert County bas-ketball coach, Wes Greer said his team, which post-ed a 15-win season and made a first round state playoff appearance, had been lots of fun.
Rollinson and Alex Sig-man had done everything he asked and had made him proud.
The head Lady Blue Devil announced his starting point guard Mag-gie Campbell was the only freshman this season se-lected as an All-Region honorable mention.
Varsity basketball cheerleading coach Rob-in Goss-Wood said it had been a pleasure working with her girls, and she bid her solo senior, Alexis Bryant, goodbye. She also recognized senior Jo-seph Johnson for playing Dante the mascot.
Kevin Almond (left) receives the Tony Beahring-er Memorial Wrestling Scholarship from Glenna Hamilton during the Winter Sports Awards Ban-quet March 6 in Elberton. (Photo by Cary Best)
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Colorful T-shirts will be guaranteed to all pre-registered participants and as supplies last to race day registration. Packet pickup will begin at 7:30 a.m. on race day. Race day registration will begin at 7:30 a.m.
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WednesdayMarch 8
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church will hold a six-week Lenten Bible Study at 6:30 p.m. beginning Wednesday, March 8. The church is located at 1425 Lena Drive in Elberton. For more information con-tact Addie at 706-988-4682.
ThursdayMarch 9
The Cokesbury, Coldwater and New Bethel United Methodist churches will be holding a Lenten Bible Study at McIntosh Coffee Shoppe begin-ning Thursday, March 9 at 9:30 a.m. Contact Rev. A. Mann at 770-256-4556.
SaturdayMarch 11
Sacred Heart Church, 1009 Benson St., Hartwell, will have its big annual in-door/outdoor yard sale on Saturday, March 11.
Bethlehem United Meth-odist Church will have its annual Chicken Barbe-cue on Saturday, March 11 from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Eat in or dine out. Plates are $8 each. Call 706-340-5784 for tickets. Proceeds will go to cem-etery fund. The church is located on Calhoun Falls Highway.
SundayMarch 12
Vance Creek Baptist Church will celebrate Pastor Sam and First Lady Cindy McIntosh’s Pastoral Ap-preciation Anniversary on Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m. Pastor Marlin Knox of Crossroads in Toccoa will be the guest speaker along with his church family.
Canon Baptist Church will host The Homeland Boys gospel singing group on Sunday, March 12, at 6 p.m. A love offering will be received. The church is located at 5136 Hwy. 17, Canon.
Maple Spring Baptist Church will celebrate its Ushers Anniversary on March 12 at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Richard Sheller of Zion CME Church in Hartwell.
New Birth Missionary Bap-tist Church will be cele-brating its 26th church
anniversary on Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Mark Hawks, pastor of New Era Baptist Church. Songs of praise by the New Era Baptist Church choir. Dinner will be served from 12:30-2:30 p.m.
MondayMarch 13
Ruckersville and Con-cord United Method-ist churches will hold a weekly Lenten Bible Study at Ruckersville UMC on Monday, March 13 through April 10 at 6:30 p.m. Contact Rev. B. Smith, 706-988-5866.
Coming UpFirst Presbyterian Church
will welcome Rev. Ron Bowie as speaker for the month of March and also April 2. Worship ser-vice is at 10:30 a.m. The church is located at 154 S. McIntosh St.
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church will hold a six-week Lenten Bible Study at 6:30 p.m. beginning Wednesday, March 8 and ending April 12. The church is lo-cated at 1425 Lena Drive in Elberton. For more in-formation contact Addie at 706-988-4682.
Celebration Outreach Cen-ter will be host of Aglow Community Outreach on Friday, March 17 at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Daisy McGrew. The meeting is open to men and women. The church is located at 1333 Wash-ington Hwy.
Broad River Baptist Church will host a one day Men’s Seminar on Saturday, March 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. Guest speakers will be Farris Johnson of Royston Grove Baptist Church and Tijuan John-son of New Salem Bap-tist Church in Jefferson. Registration fee is $10. The church is located at 1050 Broad River Church Road, Eastanollee.
New Tate’s Grove Baptist Church will have its An-nual Family and Friends Day Program on Sunday, March 19, at 3 p.m. Pas-tor Joe Glaze of Pole Branch Baptist Church in Tignall will be the guest minister for the services.
Whites Chapel CME Church will have its annual Women’s Day Program on Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m. Sister Betty Thorn-ton, First Lady and Ex-horter of the Flat Rock
CME Church in Hart County, will be the speaker.
Union Grove Baptist Church will celebrate its Deacon Anniversary on Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m. Roy L. Thomas, pas-tor of Waggoner Grove Baptist Church, will bring the message. Din-ner will be served at 1 p.m.
Rose Hill Baptist Church will celebrate its 5th An-nual Mother Board Pro-gram on Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m. Rev. France Harper of the Mt. Olive Bethel Church of Craw-fordville is our guest speaker. The Mt. Olive choir will render the mu-sic.
Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church will host a Family Life Conference on Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The theme for the con-ference is “Partnering the Family and Prayer: A Match Made in Heav-en.” Everyone is invited to attend. Classes will available for youth and adults. Lunch will be provided. The confer-ence will be held in the Family Life Center at 208 Williams St.
Hunter Chapel A.M.E. Church will hold its Men’s Day Program on Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Warren Peak Jr. The church is located at 3424 Calhoun Falls Hwy.
Oak Grove Baptist Church Women on the Move will be the hosts for a “Parade of Hats” on Sat-
urday, April 1 at 4 p.m. The hats will be mod-eled by the women of Oak Grove Baptist and surrounding churches. To participate, just come looking good and ready to have fun in the Lord. Refreshments will be served.
New Hope Kingdom Wor-ship Center and Anoint-ed Praise Ministries will present “The Victory Ex-perience Part 2” on Sun-day, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. The church is locat-ed at 1423 Brewers Bridge Road. For more information contact Jes-sica Tate-Pickens at 706-988-7181.
Ongoing Mt. Calvary Missionary
Baptist Church, 218 Wil-low St., has resumed their Monday Night Youth Bible Study ev-ery Monday from 6-7:30 p.m. The age range is from toilet-trained to high school students. For more information and transportation please contact Valencia Thorn-ton, 706-988-9519.
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recov-ery program where God heals those with hurts, habits or hang-ups. Meetings are Thursdays at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 132 Heard St. For information call 706-283-3921.
Mercy Ministries, a cancer ministry of Elberton Pen-tecostal Holiness Church, is accepting applications from anyone who has been diagnosed with
cancer. A special care package will be given to patients receiving che-motherapy or radiation treatments. All patients will be placed on the church prayer list and will receive cards of en-couragement. All appli-cations will be reviewed by the Mercy Ministries board for possible finan-cial assistance. For more information contact Kyle Brown, 706-318-7266.
The Damascus Road, a group for people strug-gling with addiction, meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church in Bowman. Free and confidential. All are welcome here. Email [email protected] or find us on Facebook for more in-formation.
Rehoboth Baptist Church, located on Deep Creek Road, will open a clothes closet the first Wednes-day of each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. For more information call 706-245-6872.
Bowman Church of God hosts “Hope for the Hungry,” a food drive to help the needy in the community on the second Monday of each month from 10 a.m. un-til 2 p.m. For informa-tion, call Pastor Stacy Lynch at 706-245-9283.
Community Prayer on the Square will be held ev-ery third Thursday at 7 p.m. on the square in El-berton. The prayer night will be a non-denomina-tional event.
Crosspoint Church is host-ing “There’s Hope for
the Hungry” on the third Monday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Non-perishable food items will be provided at no cost to those in need. The address is 227 Little Light Dr., Royston. For more information call 706-768-2178.
United Methodist Church-es of Elbert County dis-tributes food the third Saturday of each month beginning at 8 a.m. The distribution point is Con-cord UMC at the inter-section of Highway 77 and Harmony Road. Call 706-283-5785 for more information.
Women of Hope, a pro-gram for widowed, sin-gle or divorced women meets the last Thursday of each month at noon at the Elberton Church of God. Meetings begin with lunch followed by a time of fellowship. The church is located at 1026 Hartwell Highway.
Healing services are held at Agape Higher Praise Church the fourth Sun-day of each month at 4 p.m. The church is lo-cated at 1105 Brewers Bridge Road.
Send information for the church page to P.O. Box 280, Elberton, GA 30635; fax it to 706-283-9700; email it to [email protected] or bring it by 25 North Public Square. The deadline for church page submis-sions is Monday at noon. Submissions are placed in the order they are re-ceived so send your an-nouncements early for best placement.
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Our musicians performed David Shaffer’s Fire Dance , as well as an arrangement of the American spiritual, Give Me Jesus , by Dorothy Gates. They will get another chance to perform at our annual Spring Concert in early May.
Thanks to Band Director Nathan Pillsbury for his hard work this year. We’re happy that our Eagle Band is honoring God through excellence in music.
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grace and guidanceWhenever I look into the eyes of a new born child or watch
as little hands and arms reach out for love and affection, I real-ize, once again, the true meaning of helplessness and hope. It is impossible for that little one to care for itself. Infants know no one or nothing and have to depend completely on others for everything.
And that little one does not know that he or she has only one life to live. Since it is impossible to relive one second of our lives or retrace one step that we take, it is critical to know that God has provided a path and a plan for each of us.
His Word states very clearly, “It is not in man to direct his steps!” If it is not in ourselves, where do we find the directions that each of us need in our lives?
In the Lord!An insightful king once declared, “He guides me along
right paths, bringing honor to His name!”If we allow God to guide us and to guard us, He will. But
He can only do this if we allow Him to govern our lives. If we choose to go our own way and do our own thing, we can-not expect God to protect us and provide for us. We cannot blame Him for the problems we create, the tragedies that oc-cur or the disasters that await us if we refuse His Lordship!
Our Shepherd has a plan for each of us that will lead us to peaceful meadows and quiet streams.
Prayer: Help us, Father, to surrender our lives completely to You so we may enjoy the good things in life that You have planned for each of us. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Scripture for Today: Psalm 23:3 He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
Doers donated to the Senior CenterThe Elberton Doers group gave a large amount of items on Friday, Feb. 3 to the Senior Center at McWilliams Park for them to use as Bingo prizes. Pictured are (L-R) Tanya Terry, Linda Gibson, Marie Bagwell, Beth Kersey, Bonnie Carey of the Senior Center, Scarlett Yeargin and Kathy Montgomery.
Wednesday, March 8: Nita Hill
Thursday, March 9: Bobby Moore, Tyrone Rucker, Jake Gillham, Slate Crook, Kamryn Webb, Mike Fernandez
Friday, March 10: Brian Hunt, Twalla Q. Jones, Avery Jewell, Presley Jewell, Jaleigh Partain, Tara Brown
Saturday, March 11: Ken Taylor,
Martha Lloyd, Sandy Adams
Sunday, March 12: Hugh Dickerson, Shelia Garrett
Monday, March 13: Jeffrey Starrett, Dot Rutherford
Tuesday, March 14: Pam Smith, Blaine Worley, Jamie Callaway
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25 Years Ago The phrase “quite a haul” took new meaning last Wednesday night as the sheriff’s department confiscated one of the largest marijuana operations in El-bert County history, according to Sher-iff Rollins Skelton, with an estimated $200,000 substance value. The operation was located in a 30-by-30-foot metal build-ing on Coldwater Road in the northern part of the county, approximately 2 1/2 miles from the Hart County line. The building may have been some sort of shop in the past. No one presently lives on the premises. Inside the building, 150 yards off the main road, a room had been sectioned off in the back, estimated 30 by 15 feet. In that room authorities found wall-to-wall marijuana plants growing under an elaborate system of ultraviolet lights, on a timer system, a watering sys-tem, and carefully laid out growing con-ditions. A Duluth man was arrested and charged with manufacturing marijuana. All plants were removed from the build-ing and sent to the Georgia Crime Lab in Atlanta for weight analysis. The lab set the harvest at 74 pounds. Fifty pounds is enough for trafficking charges in Geor-gia.
H Elbert County Hospital Administra-tor John Olive has resigned his position effective April 3 to take a position at a hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Meanwhile, Paul Newhouse began work last week as the new chief financial officer at Elbert Memorial. Mr. Olive said he expects Quo-rum, the company that presently manag-es the hospital, will have a replacement named by the time of his departure. He pointed out a company the size of Quo-rum has vast resources, which includes personnel. When he leaves, Mr. Olive will have been with Elbert Memorial for 2 1/2 years, a stay that he calls a good learning opportunity.
H Seven Elbert County students recently traveled to South Carolina to take part in the Fifteenth Annual College of Charles-ton Math Meet. Though final results are not yet in, the group came away with a first place trophy in an all day sprint event. Fred Ficquett, adviser for the group, was very complimentary of the senior leadership displayed. Mr. Ficquett said schools from all over the southeast come to the competition each year and it is a highly competitive event. Students attending were Jonathon Poon, Callie Carroll, Kelly Ivester, Tiffany Hood, Michael Davis, Elizabeth Miller and Mike McNamara.
50 Years Ago Elberton voters rejected a proposal by ballot Thursday calling for the use of available surplus city funds to help defray the cost of constructing a three-building municipal complex on property purchased in the urban renewal area. On the same ballot, city voters endorsed by wide margins the sale of two pieces of property. The voter turn-out was light, with only 662 ballots being issued while the city has a registered voter list of 2,050. Thirty-two percent of the voters went to the polls to decide the issues. Use of available surplus funds for the new city hall complex was defeated 353 to 293. This issue arose when the cost of land acquisition and construction exceeded the $250,000 approved for the project in a September, 1965, bond issue. Land acqui-sition in the urban renewal area on the northeast corner of Elbert and Thomas streets amounted to $75,000, leaving only $175,000 for the complex which was de-signed as three separate buildings to house the city hall offices, police depart-ment and jail, and fire station. Voters did approve sale of the present fire station. However, no provisions have been made for a new fire station. The original mo-tion calling for the sale of the building and property to the high bidder hinged on the ability of the city to provide a new fire station.
H Fourteen ECHS Distributive Educa-tion students attended the 23rd annual Leadership Conference of the Georgia Association of Distributive Education Clubs in Atlanta this week. Of the 50 clubs represented, the local DECA club was one of five receiving a superior rat-ing for which they received a $35 check. Three of the ECHS club members won first place honors in statewide competi-tion and will represent Georgia at the National Conference in Chicago in April. Annette Madden, a first year DECA student, represented ECHS in the Sales Demonstration Contest and captured first place in that division. For her proj-ect Annette sold baby clothes and re-ceived a check for $100. Dolores Jones, local chapter president and State Secre-tary of Georgia DECA, was selected as the Most Outstanding Distributive Edu-cation Student in Georgia. She will re-ceive a $300 scholarship to the school of her choice. Linda Dickerson captured first place with a marketing study which she compiled relating to the department store field. In addition to these first place winners, Cathy Madden, club reporter, won third place in that category, and the club promotion project, prepared by La-mar Cannon, won a second place rating.
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Due to Post Office regulations the car-rier boys for The Elberton Star will no longer be allowed to place papers in mail boxes as has been requested by many patrons. The papers will, however, be placed in other types of suitable recep-tacles when erected for that purpose.
H It is supposed to be one of the surest signs that spring is coming. Mrs. G.L. Bellew of Kathwood Drive says that two purple martins showed up at her gourds Sunday. These birds, who winter in Bra-zil, always send scouts a few days ahead of their main flock to spy out the land and inspect the gourds used they year be-fore. Often they return year after year to the same place.
H Excitement will be at a high pitch to-night as parents and friends see 81 Elbert County High School seniors and their chaperones off on their annual trip to points of interest in Virginia and Wash-ington, D.C. Departure is scheduled at 8:48 tonight via the Silver Comet. The group will spend tomorrow touring Wil-liamsburg and other historical points in Virginia and will arrive in Washington tomorrow evening. The remainder of the trip will be devoted to touring the area in and around the Nation’s Capitol. They will leave Washington at 3:20 Saturday afternoon and arrive back in Elberton at 4:15 Sunday morning.
75 Years Ago Last Saturday was set aside as MacAr-thur Day and the people of Elbert Coun-ty honored that doughty general and his valiant men by bringing in scrap iron for the making of war munitions. The day was a huge success and when it was over 227,834 pounds of scrap iron and 11,006 pounds of scrap rubber had been added to Uncle Sam’s reserves. Added to more than two hundred thousand pounds of scrap iron accumulated in a drive two weeks ago this makes nearly half a mil-lion pounds of metal the county has brought in. There is probably still a lot of old metal still left in the county but folks dug pretty deep into their trash piles to bring in the big quantities of scrap that were sold Saturday. The pieces ranged from old farm tools to andirons, and there were some things that no one seemed to know what they were. Some-one even brought in a copper still. Here is a list of the principal points of sale and the amount of metal brought: Dewy Rose, 13,819 pounds; Bowman, 33,678 pounds; Elberton, 48,216 pounds; Wilhite, 6,856 pounds; Middleton, 10,950 pounds; Oak Hill, 12,063 pounds; Centerville, 9,733 pounds; Fortsonia, 20,769 pounds; Rock Branch, 23,946 pounds; Antioch, 8,424 pounds; First Consolidated, 12,440 pounds; Ruckersville, 4,624 pounds; Pe-tersburg, 15,361 pounds; Highpoint, 3,735 pounds.
H Climaxing the girls’ basketball tour-nament in Harlem, the Elberton five won the southern division of the tour-nament, and the team was awarded the trophy for the second place in the dis-trict. Last night Elberton lost, 13 to 51, to a powerful Lexington team that has not been defeated in four years. During the tournament, the Elberton girls made a total of 170 points, while their opponents together only made a total of 68 points. At no time during the tournament did any team lead Elberton.
H During the emergency it will be nec-essary for anyone using explosives to secure a federal license. This applies to all types of explosives whether one stick of dynamite, a case of powder, or fuse and caps. These licenses can be obtained from J.N. Maxwell, clerk of the com-missioner, in the courthouse at Elberton, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., every day except Sunday.
H At first, R.H. Smalley, vocational teacher at Nancy Hart Memorial School, thought he was on the receiving end of a little partially deserved sarcasm. Then he felt relieved, and a little proud, to get credit for a job he had fully intended to do but never had found time for. Finally he wondered if he was of any great im-portance after all. He had promised to prune a neighbor’s rose bushes but kept putting it off. Finally another neighbor asked him to prune hers just the same way and insisted that the first bushes had been pruned. It at last developed that a common old cottontail rabbit had sneaked into the rose garden and gnawed the bushes, doing a pretty good job of pruning. The rabbit was caught in a trap and Mr. Smalley will probably have to finish the pruning job after all.
H A sewing machine clinic will be held in Elberton on March 17. It will be op-erated without charge, to anyone who wants to learn to clean and adjust a sew-ing machine. For the duration of the war it is very probable that no new sewing machines or parts can be bought so it is important to take care of the family ma-chines.
H Mrs. Clois Brown, knitting direc-tor of the Red Cross, asks that all those who are knitting soldiers’ sweaters hand them in when finished, with the side seams open.
Trophy winners identifiedDarla Wilson called to name some of the students in last week’s Memory Lane photo. Seated in the middle of the front row is Terry Brown. Second in on the sec-ond row is Geanne Wilson, Daphne Adams (holding the trophy) and Jan Childs (wearing the striped sweater). On the back row, far right is Keith Herndon.
Blooms abound on Memory LaneThis girl is showing off a flowering bush in her yard. If you know who she is and would like to own the picture, call 706-283-8500.
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321337IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF ELBERT COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Petition of Victor Wingate andMarion Marie Bell Wingatefor the Adoption ofChristavion Jermaine Bell, A Minor ChildAdoption No. 16EA10H
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT
TO: Cassandra Latrice StribblingBy Order of the Court for Service by
Publication dated February 17, 2017You are hereby notified on February
20, 2017, Victor Wingate and MarionMarie Bell Wingate filed a Petition Forthe Adoption of your son, ChristavionJermaine Bell. You are required to filewith the Elbert County Clerk of Superi-or Court and serve upon Plaintiffs' at-torney, John M. Clark, an answer inwriting within sixty (60) days fo Febru-ary 20, 2017.
Witness the Honorable ThomasHodges III, Judge, Superior Court ofElbert County, this February 20, 2017.
/s/ Cindy R. KingDeputy Clerk of Superior Court
Elbert County2-22,3-8,22,4-5
322732NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORSSTATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF ELBERT
All creditors of the Estate of JohnnyHerschel Smith, deceased, late of El-bert County, Georgia are hereby noti-fied to render in their demands to theundersigned according to law, and allpersons indebted to said Estate are re-quired to make immediate payment tothe undersigned.
This 24th day of February, 2017.Emily Adams Smith,
as Executrix of the Estate ofJohnny Herschel Smith, deceased
All creditors of the Estate ofThomas H. Teasley, deceased, late ofElbert County, Georgia are hereby no-tified to render in their demands to theundersigned according to law, and allpersons indebted to said Estate are re-quired to make immediate payment tothe undersigned.
This 2nd day of March, 2017.Ronzel Marcus Teasley
and Brenda Teasley Mayas Executors of the Estate of
Thomas H. Teasley, deceasedJENKINS LAW, LLCAttorneys at Law115 Heard StreetElberton, Georgia 30635706-283-8240706-283-8948 [email protected]
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324576IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF ELBERT COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIA
Mechelle J. Negrete-Nieto, Plaintiffv.Jaime Negrete-Nieto,DefendantCivil Action no. 17EV81H
NOTICE OF SUMMONSSERVICE BY PUBLICATION
TO: Jaime Negrete-Nieto, DefendantNamed Above:
You are hereby notified that theabove styled action seeking Divorcewas filed against you in said court onFebruary 28, 2017, and that by reasonof an order for service of summons bypublication entered by the court onMarch 1, 2017, you are hereby com-manded and required to file with theclerk of said court and serve uponMechelle J. Negrete-Nieto, plaintiff,whose address is 1357 Hartwell Hwy.Lot 8, Elberton, GA 30635 an answerto the complaint within sixty (60) daysof the date of the order for service bypublication. If you fail to do so, judg-ment by default will be taken againstyou for the relief demanded by thecomplaint.
Witness the Honorable Thomas L.Hodges III, Judge of said Court.
This the 28th day of February,2017.
/s/ Cindy R. KingDeputy Clerk of Superior Court
Elbert County3-8,15,22,29
324576IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF ELBERT COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIA
Mechelle J. Negrete-Nieto, Plaintiffv.Jaime Negrete-Nieto,DefendantCivil Action no. 17EV81H
NOTICE OF SUMMONSSERVICE BY PUBLICATION
TO: Jaime Negrete-Nieto, DefendantNamed Above:
You are hereby notified that theabove styled action seeking Divorcewas filed against you in said court onFebruary 28, 2017, and that by reasonof an order for service of summons bypublication entered by the court onMarch 1, 2017, you are hereby com-manded and required to file with theclerk of said court and serve uponMechelle J. Negrete-Nieto, plaintiff,whose address is 1357 Hartwell Hwy.Lot 8, Elberton, GA 30635 an answerto the complaint within sixty (60) daysof the date of the order for service bypublication. If you fail to do so, judg-ment by default will be taken againstyou for the relief demanded by thecomplaint.
Witness the Honorable Thomas L.Hodges III, Judge of said Court.
This the 28th day of February,2017.
/s/ Cindy R. KingDeputy Clerk of Superior Court
Elbert County3-8,15,22,29
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320094NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORSSTATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT IN RE: Robert A. Wilson, Deceased
All creditors of the Estate of RobertA. Wilson, deceased, late of ElbertCounty, are hereby notified to rendertheir demands to the undersigned ac-cording to law, and all persons indebt-ed to said estate are required to makeimmediate payment to me.
This 6th day of February, 2017.Sandra Gail Wilson
Executor of the Estate ofRobert A. Wilson
P.O. Box 118Bowman, GA 30624
Robert E. Ridgway IIIRIDGWAY & RIDGWAY, LLPAttorneys and Counselors at Law 93 Chandler CenterP.O. Box 710 Hartwell, Georgia 30643706-376-3991
2-22,3-1,8,15
320094NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORSSTATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT IN RE: Robert A. Wilson, Deceased
All creditors of the Estate of RobertA. Wilson, deceased, late of ElbertCounty, are hereby notified to rendertheir demands to the undersigned ac-cording to law, and all persons indebt-ed to said estate are required to makeimmediate payment to me.
This 6th day of February, 2017.Sandra Gail Wilson
Executor of the Estate ofRobert A. Wilson
P.O. Box 118Bowman, GA 30624
Robert E. Ridgway IIIRIDGWAY & RIDGWAY, LLPAttorneys and Counselors at Law 93 Chandler CenterP.O. Box 710 Hartwell, Georgia 30643706-376-3991
2-22,3-1,8,15
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322089NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORSIN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELBERT COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIAIN RE: Estate of Evie Lee Coogler, De-ceased
All creditors of the Estate of EvieLee Coogler, late of Elbert County, arehereby notified to render their de-mands to the undersigned, and all per-sons indebted to said estate are re-quired to make immediate payment.
This 22nd day of February, 2017.L. Marie Coogler
325 N. Oliver StreetElberton, Georgia 30635
THE GORDON LAW FIRMAttorneys at Law, LLCPost Office Box 870Hartwell, Georgia 30643706-376-5418
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322089NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORSIN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELBERT COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIAIN RE: Estate of Evie Lee Coogler, De-ceased
All creditors of the Estate of EvieLee Coogler, late of Elbert County, arehereby notified to render their de-mands to the undersigned, and all per-sons indebted to said estate are re-quired to make immediate payment.
This 22nd day of February, 2017.L. Marie Coogler
325 N. Oliver StreetElberton, Georgia 30635
THE GORDON LAW FIRMAttorneys at Law, LLCPost Office Box 870Hartwell, Georgia 30643706-376-5418
3-1,8,15,22
323054NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORSAll creditors of the Estate of George
Sidney Partain, late of Elbert County,deceased, are hereby notified to ren-der in their demands to the under-signed according to law, and all per-sons indebted to said estate are re-quired to make immediate payment.
This 14th day of February, 2017./s/ Phillip E. Partain,
Executor of the Estate ofGeorge Sidney Partain
TODD C. TOWNSEND, PCAttorney at LawP.O. Box 423Hartwell, Georgia 30643706-377-2425
3-1,8,15,22
Turman Cleaning Services islooking for hard working, dedi-cated employee to join ourteam. Valid Driver's License isrequired, Must Pass CriminalBackground, Must be Honestand Customer Friendly. Applyat 609 Cook Street, Royston.706-498-4310.F#323080-3/2
Wilkes County Young FarmerEquipment Auction,
Saturday March 18th, 9:30 A.M.,
McGill Woodruff Ag. Center.
US Hwy 78 By-pass, Wash-ington, Ga. Buy or Sell. Info:Eric Holton 706-678-4044 day.706-285-2863 night.
Auctioneer: Eddie ChristianGal# 1672, wcyf auction LLC.228797-E
Pruitt Health Washington hasL P N and R N positions avail-able, excellent benefits. Pleaseapply at 112 Hospital Dr.,Washington, Ga. 30673.325097-E
Estate SaleThurs Mar 9- NOON-7pm
Fri Mar 10- 9am-5pmSat Mar 11- 9am-NOON
334 Shadow Lake Dr(off Hargrove Lake Rd)Arnoldsville, Ga 30619
Tagged w/ prices to sell!Remote control planes, wood-
vides garden seeds and/or plants tofamilies in need of supplementing thecost of food while providing the oppor-tunity for healthy eating habits andmaintaining daily exercise. Recipientsare provided with the products, includ-ing fertilizer and informational packets,to ensure the success and prolongedbenefits of the garden. Participantsmust be able to pick up the materials,plant and maintain the garden, or havea friend or family member that can doso. Participants must have the spaceto plant a garden and must have priorapproval from their landlord (if applica-ble). Participants must attend a gar-dening workshop (if offered) prior to re-ceiving the products and must agree toallow an ACTION staff member to visitand take photographs of the garden.Households must meet the FederalPoverty Level guidelines in order toqualify to participate in the SummerGarden Project.
Please call Shalon Huff at 706-283-5622 if you are interested in participat-ing in this program. We must have acertain number of participants to offerthis program. If you are interested inparticipating, you must call ACTION,Inc. no later than March 20, 2017.
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319501IN THE PROBATE COURT
OF ELBERT COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of Charles W. Allen, De-ceasedEstate No. 2017-13
PETITION FOR LETTERS OFADMINISTRATION
NOTICETo Whom It May Concern:
Anasthasia Dempsey has petitionedto be appointed Administrator of theestate of Charles W. Allen, deceased,of said County. (The Petitioner hasalso applied for waiver of bond and/orgrant of certain powers contained inO.C.G.A. §53-12-261.) All interestedparties are hereby notified to showcause why said Petition should not begranted. All objections to the Petitionmust be in writing, setting forth thegrounds of any such objections, andmust be filed with the Court on or be-fore March 9, 2017.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All ob-jections to the Petition must be in writ-ing, setting forth the grounds of anysuch objections. All objections shouldbe sworn to before a notary public orbefore a Probate Court Clerk, and fil-ing fees must be tendered with yourobjections, unless you qualify to file asan indigent party. Contact ProbateCourt personnel for the requiredamount of filing fees. If any objectionsare filed, a hearing will be scheduled ata later date. If no objections are filed,the Petition may be granted without ahearing.
/s/ Stephanie HewellJudge of the Probate Court
45 Forest Ave.Elberton, GA 30635
706-283-20162-15,22,3-1,8
324632ABANDONED VEHICLES
The following vehicles will be soldto the highest bidder on Friday, March17 at 10 a.m. at 728 MLK Jr. Blvd., El-berton, GA 30635:
A 1998 Honda Accord, silver in col-or, VIN # 1HGCG565XWA141901;
A 1991 Nissan D21, white in color,VIN # 1N6SD11S4RC340599.
For more information call 706-283-8208.
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323403NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
STATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT
Under and by virtue of the power ofsale contained with that certain Deedto Secure Debt dated September 24,2002, from William W. Cloud andPauline S. Cloud to The CITGroup/Consumer Finance, Inc.,recorded on September 30, 2002 inDeed Book 325 at Page 49, ElbertCounty, Georgia Records, having beenlast sold, assigned, transferred andconveyed to The Bank of New YorkMellon, as Trustee for CIT Home Equi-ty Loan Trust 2003-1 by Assignmentand said Deed to Secure Debt havingbeen given to secure a note datedSeptember 24, 2002, in the amount of$36,000.00, said note being in default,the undersigned will sell at public out-cry during the legal hours of sale be-fore the door of the courthouse of El-bert County, Georgia, on April 4, 2017,the following described real property(hereinafter referred to as the "Proper-ty"):
All that tract or parcel of land lyingand being in the 201st District, G.M.,Elbert County, Georgia, within the cor-porate limits of the City of Bowman,containing 0.55 of an acre, more orless, and being bounded, now or for-merly, as follows: on the north by prop-erty of E. Hubbard Seymour; on thenortheast by property of Steve Smith;on the southeast by property of SteveSmith and a driveway; and on thesouthwest by property of Lizzie M.Taylor. Said tract is more particularlydescribed as to courses and distanceson a plat of survey prepared for BobbyJ. Toole by A.P. Stevens Jr., Surveyor,dated May 4, 1992, which plat, record-ed in plat book 16, page 704, publicrecords of Elbert County, Georgia, isby this reference incorporated hereinas a part hereof. Also conveyed here-by is the right of egress and ingressand to and from the above-describedproperty along that driveway leadingfrom Georgia Highway No. 172 acrossproperty of Steve Smith to the south-east boundary of the above-describedproperty.
The debt secured by the Deed toSecure Debt and evidenced by theNote and has been, and is hereby, de-clared due and payable because of,among other possible events of de-fault, failure to make the payments asrequired by the terms of the Note. Thedebt remaining is in default and thissale will be made for the purposes ofpaying the Deed to Secure Debt, ac-crued interest, and all expenses of thesale, including attorneys' fees. Noticeof intention to collect attorneys' feeshas been given as provided by law.
To the best of the undersigned'sknowledge, the person(s) in posses-sion of the property is/are William W.Cloud and Pauline S. Cloud. The prop-erty, being commonly known as 313South Broad Street, Bowman, GA,30624 in Elbert County, will be sold asthe property of William W. Cloud andPauline S. Cloud, subject to any out-standing ad valorem taxes (includingtaxes which are a lien and not yet dueand payable), any matters affecting ti-tle to the property which would be dis-closed by accurate survey and inspec-tion thereof, and all assessments,liens, encumbrances, restrictions,covenants, and matters of record tothe Deed to Secure Debt.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-162.2, the name, address and tele-phone number of the individual or enti-ty who shall have the full authority tonegotiate, amend or modify all terms ofthe above described mortgage is asfollows: Caliber Home Loans, 13801Wireless Way, Oklahoma City, OK73134, 1-800-401-6587. The foregoingnotwithstanding, nothing in O.C.G.A.Section 44-14-162.2 shall require thesecured creditor to negotiate, amendor modify the terms of the mortgage in-strument.
The sale will be conducted subject(1) to confirmation that the sale is notprohibited under U.S. Bankruptcy codeand (2) to final confirmation and auditof the status of the loan with the holderof the Security Deed.ALBERTELLI LAWAttorney for The Bank of New YorkMellon, as Trustee for CIT Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-1as Attorney in Fact forWilliam W. Cloud andPauline S. Cloud100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 960Atlanta, GA 30339Phone: 770-373-4242By: James E. Albertelli, Esq.For the Firm JEA-17-002231 A-4611169
This firm is acting as a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be used forthat purpose.
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323403NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
STATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT
Under and by virtue of the power ofsale contained with that certain Deedto Secure Debt dated September 24,2002, from William W. Cloud andPauline S. Cloud to The CITGroup/Consumer Finance, Inc.,recorded on September 30, 2002 inDeed Book 325 at Page 49, ElbertCounty, Georgia Records, having beenlast sold, assigned, transferred andconveyed to The Bank of New YorkMellon, as Trustee for CIT Home Equi-ty Loan Trust 2003-1 by Assignmentand said Deed to Secure Debt havingbeen given to secure a note datedSeptember 24, 2002, in the amount of$36,000.00, said note being in default,the undersigned will sell at public out-cry during the legal hours of sale be-fore the door of the courthouse of El-bert County, Georgia, on April 4, 2017,the following described real property(hereinafter referred to as the "Proper-ty"):
All that tract or parcel of land lyingand being in the 201st District, G.M.,Elbert County, Georgia, within the cor-porate limits of the City of Bowman,containing 0.55 of an acre, more orless, and being bounded, now or for-merly, as follows: on the north by prop-erty of E. Hubbard Seymour; on thenortheast by property of Steve Smith;on the southeast by property of SteveSmith and a driveway; and on thesouthwest by property of Lizzie M.Taylor. Said tract is more particularlydescribed as to courses and distanceson a plat of survey prepared for BobbyJ. Toole by A.P. Stevens Jr., Surveyor,dated May 4, 1992, which plat, record-ed in plat book 16, page 704, publicrecords of Elbert County, Georgia, isby this reference incorporated hereinas a part hereof. Also conveyed here-by is the right of egress and ingressand to and from the above-describedproperty along that driveway leadingfrom Georgia Highway No. 172 acrossproperty of Steve Smith to the south-east boundary of the above-describedproperty.
The debt secured by the Deed toSecure Debt and evidenced by theNote and has been, and is hereby, de-clared due and payable because of,among other possible events of de-fault, failure to make the payments asrequired by the terms of the Note. Thedebt remaining is in default and thissale will be made for the purposes ofpaying the Deed to Secure Debt, ac-crued interest, and all expenses of thesale, including attorneys' fees. Noticeof intention to collect attorneys' feeshas been given as provided by law.
To the best of the undersigned'sknowledge, the person(s) in posses-sion of the property is/are William W.Cloud and Pauline S. Cloud. The prop-erty, being commonly known as 313South Broad Street, Bowman, GA,30624 in Elbert County, will be sold asthe property of William W. Cloud andPauline S. Cloud, subject to any out-standing ad valorem taxes (includingtaxes which are a lien and not yet dueand payable), any matters affecting ti-tle to the property which would be dis-closed by accurate survey and inspec-tion thereof, and all assessments,liens, encumbrances, restrictions,covenants, and matters of record tothe Deed to Secure Debt.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-162.2, the name, address and tele-phone number of the individual or enti-ty who shall have the full authority tonegotiate, amend or modify all terms ofthe above described mortgage is asfollows: Caliber Home Loans, 13801Wireless Way, Oklahoma City, OK73134, 1-800-401-6587. The foregoingnotwithstanding, nothing in O.C.G.A.Section 44-14-162.2 shall require thesecured creditor to negotiate, amendor modify the terms of the mortgage in-strument.
The sale will be conducted subject(1) to confirmation that the sale is notprohibited under U.S. Bankruptcy codeand (2) to final confirmation and auditof the status of the loan with the holderof the Security Deed.ALBERTELLI LAWAttorney for The Bank of New YorkMellon, as Trustee for CIT Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-1as Attorney in Fact forWilliam W. Cloud andPauline S. Cloud100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 960Atlanta, GA 30339Phone: 770-373-4242By: James E. Albertelli, Esq.For the Firm JEA-17-002231 A-4611169
This firm is acting as a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be used forthat purpose.
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324579NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
STATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT
Under and by virtue of the Power ofSale contained in a Deed to SecureDebt given by George Keith Adams toOconee Capital Management, datedMarch 20, 2009, and Recorded onMarch 25, 2009 as Book No. 483 andPage No. 355-370, Elbert County,Georgia records, as last assigned toCarrington Mortgage Services, LLC(the Secured Creditor), by assignment,conveying the after-described propertyto secure a Note of even date in theoriginal principal amount of$89,540.00, with interest at the ratespecified therein, there will be sold bythe undersigned at public outcry to thehighest bidder for cash at the ElbertCounty Courthouse within the legalhours of sale on the first Tuesday inApril, 2017, the following describedproperty:
All that tract or parcel of land to-gether with the permanent improve-ments located thereon and connectedtherewith, the same situate, lying andbeing in the 315th G.M.D. of ElbertCounty, Georgia, the same containinga total of 3.30 acres, more or less andbeing delineated and described asTracts 2 and 2A on that certain platprepared by W. Slate Bauknight, R.S.,dated February 18, 2009 and recordedin Plat Book 28, Page 245, ElbertCounty Deed Records, which plat is bythis reference by this reference incor-porated herein in aid of this descrip-tion.
This is the same property conveyedto G. Keith Adams, aka George KeithAdams, by warranty deeds datedFebruary 27, 2009, recorded in DeedBook 452, Page 190-191 and DeedBook 452, Page 188-189.
The debt secured by said Deed toSecure Debt has been and is herebydeclared due because of, among otherpossible events of default, failure topay the indebtedness as and whendue and in the manner provided in theNote and Deed to Secure Debt. Be-cause the debt remains in default, thissale will be made for the purpose ofpaying the same and all expenses ofthis sale, as provided in the Deed toSecure Debt and by law, including at-torney's fees (notice of intent to collectattorney's fees having been given).
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLCholds the duly endorsed Note and isthe current assignee of the SecurityDeed to the property. Carrington Mort-gage Services, LLC, acting on behalfof and, as necessary, in consultationwith Carrington Mortgage Services,LLC (the current investor on the loan),is the entity with the full authority to ne-gotiate, amend, and modify all terms ofthe loan. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2, Carrington Mortgage Ser-vices, LLC may be contacted at: Car-rington Mortgage Services, LLC, 1600South Douglass Road, Suite 200-A,Anaheim, CA 92806. Please note that,pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2,the secured creditor is not required toamend or modify the terms of the loan.
To the best knowledge and belief ofthe undersigned, the party/parties inpossession of the subject propertyknown as 1596 Double Bridges Road,Elberton, Georgia 30635 is/are:George Keith Adams or tenant/ten-ants.
Said property will be sold subject to(a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes(including taxes which are a lien, butnot yet due and payable), (b) any mat-ters which might be disclosed by anaccurate survey and inspection of theproperty, and (c) all matters of recordsuperior to the Deed to Secure Debtfirst set out above, including, but notlimited to, assessments, liens, encum-brances, zoning ordinances, ease-ments, restrictions, covenants, etc.
The sale will be conducted subjectto (1) confirmation that the sale is notprohibited under the U.S. BankruptcyCode; and (2) final confirmation andaudit of the status of the loan with theholder of the security deed. Pursuantto O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, whichallows for certain procedures regardingthe rescission of judicial and nonjudi-cial sales in the State of Georgia, theDeed Under Power and other foreclo-sure documents may not be provideduntil final confirmation and audit of thestatus of the loan as provided in thepreceding paragraph.
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLCas Attorney in Fact forGeorge Keith Adams
00000006409650BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIERLEVINE & BLOCK, LLP4004 Belt Line Road, Suite 100Addison, Texas 75001Telephone: 972-341-5398.
This law firm is acting as a debtcollector attempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained will be used
for that purpose.3-8,15,22,29
324579NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
STATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT
Under and by virtue of the Power ofSale contained in a Deed to SecureDebt given by George Keith Adams toOconee Capital Management, datedMarch 20, 2009, and Recorded onMarch 25, 2009 as Book No. 483 andPage No. 355-370, Elbert County,Georgia records, as last assigned toCarrington Mortgage Services, LLC(the Secured Creditor), by assignment,conveying the after-described propertyto secure a Note of even date in theoriginal principal amount of$89,540.00, with interest at the ratespecified therein, there will be sold bythe undersigned at public outcry to thehighest bidder for cash at the ElbertCounty Courthouse within the legalhours of sale on the first Tuesday inApril, 2017, the following describedproperty:
All that tract or parcel of land to-gether with the permanent improve-ments located thereon and connectedtherewith, the same situate, lying andbeing in the 315th G.M.D. of ElbertCounty, Georgia, the same containinga total of 3.30 acres, more or less andbeing delineated and described asTracts 2 and 2A on that certain platprepared by W. Slate Bauknight, R.S.,dated February 18, 2009 and recordedin Plat Book 28, Page 245, ElbertCounty Deed Records, which plat is bythis reference by this reference incor-porated herein in aid of this descrip-tion.
This is the same property conveyedto G. Keith Adams, aka George KeithAdams, by warranty deeds datedFebruary 27, 2009, recorded in DeedBook 452, Page 190-191 and DeedBook 452, Page 188-189.
The debt secured by said Deed toSecure Debt has been and is herebydeclared due because of, among otherpossible events of default, failure topay the indebtedness as and whendue and in the manner provided in theNote and Deed to Secure Debt. Be-cause the debt remains in default, thissale will be made for the purpose ofpaying the same and all expenses ofthis sale, as provided in the Deed toSecure Debt and by law, including at-torney's fees (notice of intent to collectattorney's fees having been given).
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLCholds the duly endorsed Note and isthe current assignee of the SecurityDeed to the property. Carrington Mort-gage Services, LLC, acting on behalfof and, as necessary, in consultationwith Carrington Mortgage Services,LLC (the current investor on the loan),is the entity with the full authority to ne-gotiate, amend, and modify all terms ofthe loan. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2, Carrington Mortgage Ser-vices, LLC may be contacted at: Car-rington Mortgage Services, LLC, 1600South Douglass Road, Suite 200-A,Anaheim, CA 92806. Please note that,pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2,the secured creditor is not required toamend or modify the terms of the loan.
To the best knowledge and belief ofthe undersigned, the party/parties inpossession of the subject propertyknown as 1596 Double Bridges Road,Elberton, Georgia 30635 is/are:George Keith Adams or tenant/ten-ants.
Said property will be sold subject to(a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes(including taxes which are a lien, butnot yet due and payable), (b) any mat-ters which might be disclosed by anaccurate survey and inspection of theproperty, and (c) all matters of recordsuperior to the Deed to Secure Debtfirst set out above, including, but notlimited to, assessments, liens, encum-brances, zoning ordinances, ease-ments, restrictions, covenants, etc.
The sale will be conducted subjectto (1) confirmation that the sale is notprohibited under the U.S. BankruptcyCode; and (2) final confirmation andaudit of the status of the loan with theholder of the security deed. Pursuantto O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, whichallows for certain procedures regardingthe rescission of judicial and nonjudi-cial sales in the State of Georgia, theDeed Under Power and other foreclo-sure documents may not be provideduntil final confirmation and audit of thestatus of the loan as provided in thepreceding paragraph.
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLCas Attorney in Fact forGeorge Keith Adams
00000006409650BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIERLEVINE & BLOCK, LLP4004 Belt Line Road, Suite 100Addison, Texas 75001Telephone: 972-341-5398.
This law firm is acting as a debtcollector attempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained will be used
for that purpose.3-8,15,22,29
322648IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIAIN RE: Seized Property on December12, 2016
NOTICE OF QUASI-JUDICIALFORFEITURE FOR PROPERTYVALUED AT $25,000 OR LESS
PURSUANT TO O.C.G.A. §9-16-11(a)LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL, includ-
ing Justin Eugene Clark, 107 C. AuldAve., Elberton, GA 30635, that the El-bert County Sheriff's Office seizedproperty and contraband of $755 inUnited States Currency; and 56.1grams Marijuana. This seizure oc-curred on Monday, December 12,2016, in Elbert County at 209 ElbertStreet in Elberton, Ga. The conductgiving rise to forfeiture involved JustinClark arranging a sale of marijuanawith Tramer Carter, concomitant, dur-ing which a shooting occurred betweenMr. Clark and Mrs. Carter.
The property is declared to be con-traband and is subject to forfeiture tothe State pursuant to the provisions ofO.C.G.A. §16-13-49 and O.C.G.A. §9-16-1 et seq. because the seized prop-erty is a controlled substance that ispossessed in violation of O.C.G.A.§16-13-20 et seq., the Georgia Con-trolled Substances Act; property orproceeds that is, directly or indirectly,used or intended for use in any man-ner to facilitate a violation of said Act;and is property found in close proximi-ty to any controlled substance or otherproperty subject to forfeiture undersaid Act.
LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL thatowner, interest holder, and person inpossession of the property at the timeof seizure has 30 days within which aclaim must be served on the DistrictAttorney by certified mail or certifiedmail or statutory overnight delivery, re-turn receipt requested, to AssistantDistrict Attorney Meghan A. Bowden,P.O. Box 247, Elberton, GA 30635,and that such claim shall be signed bythe owner or interest holder and shallprovide: (A) The name of the claimant;(B) The address at which the claimantresides; (C) A description of theclaimant's interest in the property; (D)A description of the circumstances ofthe claimant's obtaining an interest inthe property and, to the best of theclaimant's knowledge, the date theclaimant obtained the interest and thename of the person or entity that trans-ferred the interest to the claimant; (E)The nature of the relationship betweenthe claimant and the person who pos-sessed the property at the time of theseizure; (F) A copy of any documenta-tion in the claimant's possession sup-porting his or her claim; and (G) Anyadditional facts supporting his or herclaim.
So noticed this 10th day of Febru-ary, 2017.Meghan A. BowdenAssistant District AttorneyP.O. Box 247Elberton, GA [email protected]
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323759NOTICE OF ROAD FACILITY
DEDICATIONNotice is given that there will be in-
troduced at the regular 2017 session ofthe General Assembly of Georgia aresolution sponsored by Representa-tive Tom McCall, 228 State Capitol, At-lanta, Georgia 30334, 404-656-5009,to dedicate the bridge on Highway 72over the Broad River at theElbert/Madison County line as theWilliam A. Kelly Memorial Bridge inhonor of his achievements, accom-plishments, and contributions to theState of Georgia; and for other purpos-es.
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323759NOTICE OF ROAD FACILITY
DEDICATIONNotice is given that there will be in-
troduced at the regular 2017 session ofthe General Assembly of Georgia aresolution sponsored by Representa-tive Tom McCall, 228 State Capitol, At-lanta, Georgia 30334, 404-656-5009,to dedicate the bridge on Highway 72over the Broad River at theElbert/Madison County line as theWilliam A. Kelly Memorial Bridge inhonor of his achievements, accom-plishments, and contributions to theState of Georgia; and for other purpos-es.
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323211NOTICE
(For Discharge from Office andAll Liability)
PROBATE COURT OFELBERT COUNTYRE: Petition of James H. Turner forDischarge as Successor Executor ofthe Estate of Charles C. Wansley, de-ceasedTO: All Purported Creditors and all andsingular the heirs of said decedent, thebeneficiaries under the will, and towhom it may concern:
This is to notify you to file objection,if there is any, to the above referencedpetition, in this Court on or beforeMarch 22, 2017.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All ob-jections to the petition must be in writ-ing, setting forth the grounds of anysuch objections. All pleadings/objec-tions must be signed before a notarypublic or before a probate court clerk,and filing fees must be tendered withyour pleadings/objections, unless youqualify to file as an indigent party. Con-tact probate court personnel at the fol-lowing address/telephone number forthe required amount of filing fees. Ifany objections are filed, a hearing willbe scheduled at a later date. If no ob-jections are filed, the petition may begranted without a hearing.
/s/ Stephanie Hewell, Probate Judge45 Forest Ave.
Elberton, GA 30635706-283-2017
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323211NOTICE
(For Discharge from Office andAll Liability)
PROBATE COURT OFELBERT COUNTYRE: Petition of James H. Turner forDischarge as Successor Executor ofthe Estate of Charles C. Wansley, de-ceasedTO: All Purported Creditors and all andsingular the heirs of said decedent, thebeneficiaries under the will, and towhom it may concern:
This is to notify you to file objection,if there is any, to the above referencedpetition, in this Court on or beforeMarch 22, 2017.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All ob-jections to the petition must be in writ-ing, setting forth the grounds of anysuch objections. All pleadings/objec-tions must be signed before a notarypublic or before a probate court clerk,and filing fees must be tendered withyour pleadings/objections, unless youqualify to file as an indigent party. Con-tact probate court personnel at the fol-lowing address/telephone number forthe required amount of filing fees. Ifany objections are filed, a hearing willbe scheduled at a later date. If no ob-jections are filed, the petition may begranted without a hearing.
/s/ Stephanie Hewell, Probate Judge45 Forest Ave.
Elberton, GA 30635706-283-2017
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323204NOTICE
(For Discharge from Office andAll Liability)
PROBATE COURT OFELBERT COUNTYRE: Petition of James H. Turner forDischarge as Executor of the Estate ofToleda Carter Wansley, deceasedTO: All Purported Creditors and all andsingular the heirs of said decedent, thebeneficiaries under the will, and towhom it may concern:
This is to notify you to file objection,if there is any, to the above referencedpetition, in this Court on or beforeMarch 22, 2017.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All ob-jections to the petition must be in writ-ing, setting forth the grounds of anysuch objections. All pleadings/objec-tions must be signed before a notarypublic or before a probate court clerk,and filing fees must be tendered withyour pleadings/objections, unless youqualify to file as an indigent party. Con-tact probate court personnel at the fol-lowing address/telephone number forthe required amount of filing fees. Ifany objections are filed, a hearing willbe scheduled at a later date. If no ob-jections are filed, the petition may begranted without a hearing.
/s/ Stephanie Hewell, Probate Judge45 Forest Ave.
Elberton, GA 30635706-283-2017
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319162NOTICE OF PETITIONTO CHANGE NAME
STATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT
Notice is hereby given that StefanieElizabeth Harris Jenkins, the under-signed, filed a Petition on behalf of herchildren, Rylie Elizabeth Seawrightand Peyton Danielle Seawright to theSuperior Court of Elbert County, Geor-gia on the 9th day of February, 2017,praying for a change in the names ofsaid children from Rylie Elizabeth Sea-wright to Rylie Elizabeth SeawrightJenkins and from Peyton Danielle Sea-wright to Peyton Danielle SeawrightJenkins. Notice is hereby given pur-suant to law to any interested or affect-ed party to appear in said Court and tofile objections to such name changes.Objections must be filed with saidCourt within thirty (30) days of the filingof said Petition.
This 9th day of February, 2017./s/ Stefanie Elizabeth
Harris JenkinsJENKINS LAW, LLC115 Heard StreetElberton, GA 30635706-283-8240706-283-8948 [email protected]
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321082IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF ELBERTSTATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of William RobertMooney, deceasedEstate No. 2017-15
PETITION FOR LETTERS OFADMINISTRATION
NOTICETO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES andto whom it may concern:
Melanie M. Henson has petitionedto be appointed Administrator of theestate of William Robert Mooney, de-ceased, of said County. (The Petitionerhas also applied for waiver of bondand/or grant of certain powers con-tained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-261.) All in-terested parties are hereby notified toshow cause why said petition shouldnot be granted. All objections to thepetition must be in writing, setting forththe grounds of any such objections,and must be filed with the court on orbefore March 16, 2017.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All ob-jections to the Petition must be in writ-ing, setting forth the grounds of anysuch objections. All objections shouldbe sworn to before a notary public orbefore a probate court clerk, and filingfees must be tendered with your objec-tions, unless you qualify to file as anindigent party. Contact probate courtpersonnel for the required amount offiling fees. If any objections are filed, ahearing will be scheduled at a laterdate. If no objections are filed, the peti-tion may be granted without a hearing.
Stephanie Hewell, JudgeProbate Court, Elbert County, GAElbert Co. Government Complex
45 Forest AvenueElberton, Georgia 30635
706-283-2016JENKINS LAW, LLC115 Heard StreetElberton, GA 30635706-283-8240706-283-8948 [email protected]
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NOTICE OF PETITIONTO CHANGE NAME
STATE OF GEORGIACOUNTY OF ELBERT
Notice is hereby given that RobertMajor Delk Jr. filed his petition in theSuperior Court of Elbert County, Geor-gia, on February 28, 2017, to changehis name from Robert Major Delk Jr. toRobert Major Delk. Notice is given toany interested or affected party to ap-pear in and to file objections with saidCourt within 30 days of filing of saidpetition.
This 28th day of February, 2017.Robert Major Delk Jr.
PATRICIA S. BRYANT, LLCSuite 300, 8 N. Oliver St.Elberton, GA 30635706-283-7902
324659IN THE PROBATE COURT
OF ELBERT COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Amanda Rose Todd, DeceasedEstate No. 2017-20
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILEFOR YEAR'S SUPPORT
The Petition of Ricky J. Todd, for ayear's support from the estate ofAmanda Rose Todd, Deceased, forDecedent's Surviving Spouse, havingbeen duly filed, all interested personsare hereby notified to show cause, ifany they have, on or before March 30,2017, why said Petition should not begranted.
All objections to the Petition mustbe in writing, setting forth the groundsof any such objections, and must befiled on or before the time stated in thepreceding sentence. All objectionsshould be sworn to before a notarypublic or before a probate court clerk,and filing fees must be tendered withyour objections, unless you qualify tofile as an indigent party. Contact pro-bate court personnel for the requiredamount of filing fees. If any objectionsare filed, a hearing will be scheduled ata later date. If no objections are filedthe Petition may be granted without ahearing.
/s/ Stephanie Hewell45 Forest Avenue
Elberton, GA 30635706-283-2016
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322260NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, ELBERT COUNTYBy virtue of a Power of Sale con-
tained in that certain Security Deedfrom Amy Dunn to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems Inc. as nomineefor Homestar Financial Corp., datedOctober 17, 2014, recorded October27, 2014, in Deed Book 574, Page263-274, Elbert County, GeorgiaRecords, said Security Deed havingbeen given to secure a Note of evendate in the original principal amount ofSixty-Three Thousand Two HundredSixty-Five and 00/100 dollars($63,265.00), with interest thereon asprovided for therein, said SecurityDeed having been last sold, assignedand transferred to PennyMac LoanServices, LLC, there will be sold atpublic outcry to the highest bidder forcash at the Elbert County Courthouse,within the legal hours of sale on thefirst Tuesday in April, 2017, all proper-ty described in said Security Deed in-cluding but not limited to the followingdescribed property:
All that tract or parcel of land, to-gether with all improvements thereon,situate, lying and being in the 197thG.M. District, Elbert County, Georgia,containing 1.84 acres, more or less,and being more particularly describedin a plat of survey prepared by W.Slate Bauknight, R.L.S., dated May 10,1995, recorded in Plat Book 19, Page81, Elbert County, Georgia Records,said plat and the recording thereof be-ing expressly by reference incorporat-ed herein and made a part of this de-scription. Said property being boundednow or formerly as follows: On thenortheast by Hendrix; on the east andsoutheast by Dunn; on the southwestby a 50-foot right-of-way being knownas County Paved Road #335; and onthe west and northwest by Canter.
Subject to all easements, covenantsand restrictions of record. said propertybeing known as 2274 Monroe DunnRoad NW, Dewy Rose, GA 30634 ac-cording to the present system for num-bering addresses in Elbert County.Georgia. Said property also currently isassigned Map/Parcel #019B034 by theElbert County Tax Assessor.
Said legal description being control-ling, however the property is morecommonly known as 2274 MonroeDunn Road NW, Dewy Rose, GA30634.
The indebtedness secured by saidSecurity Deed has been and is herebydeclared due because of default underthe terms of said Security Deed andNote. The indebtedness remaining indefault, this sale will be made for thepurpose of paying the same, all ex-penses of the sale, including attorneys'fees (notice to collect same havingbeen given) and all other paymentsprovided for under the terms of the Se-curity Deed and Note.
Said property will be sold on an “as-is” basis without any representation,warranty or recourse against theabove-named or the undersigned. Thesale will also be subject to the follow-ing items which may affect the title:any outstanding ad valorem taxes (in-cluding taxes which are a lien, whetheror not now due and payable); the rightof redemption of any taxing authority;matters which would be disclosed byan accurate survey or by an inspectionof the property; all zoning ordinances;assessments; liens; encumbrances;restrictions; covenants, and any othermatters of record superior to said Se-curity Deed.
To the best of the knowledge andbelief of the undersigned, the ownerand party in possession of the propertyis Amy Dunn, or tenants(s).
The sale will be conducted subject(1) to confirmation that the sale is notprohibited under the U.S. BankruptcyCode and (2) to final confirmation andaudit of the status of the loan with theholder of the Security Deed.
Please note that, pursuant toO.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2, you are notentitled by law to an amendment ormodification of the terms of your loan.The entity having full authority to nego-tiate, amend or modify all terms of theloan (although not required by law todo so) is: PennyMac Loan Services,LLC, Loss Mitigation Dept., 3043Townsgate Rd., Suite 200, WestlakeVillage, CA 91361, Telephone Num-ber: 1-866-549-3583.
PennyMac Loan Services, LLCas Attorney in Fact for
Amy DunnThe below law firm may be held tobe acting as a debt collector, underfederal law. if so, any information
obtained will be used for that purpose.Attorney Contact: RUBIN LUBLIN, LLC3145 Avalon Ridge Place, Suite 100Peachtree Corners, GA 30071Telephone Number: 877-813-0992Case No. PNY-17-01059-1www.rubinlublin.com/property-list-ings.phpc
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320679SUPERIOR COURT OF ELBERT
COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: The Name Change of WilliamLee Hood Jr., PetitionerCase Number 16EV61H
NOTICE OF PETITION TOCHANGE NAME OF ADULT
William Lee Hood Jr. filed a petitionin the Superior Court of Elbert Countyon February 10, 2017, to change thename from William Lee Hood Jr. toWilliam Lee Hood III. Any interestedparty has the right to appear in thiscase and file objections within 30 daysafter the Petition was filed.
/s/ William Lee Hood Jr.2-22,3-1,8,15
320679SUPERIOR COURT OF ELBERT
COUNTYSTATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: The Name Change of WilliamLee Hood Jr., PetitionerCase Number 16EV61H
NOTICE OF PETITION TOCHANGE NAME OF ADULT
William Lee Hood Jr. filed a petitionin the Superior Court of Elbert Countyon February 10, 2017, to change thename from William Lee Hood Jr. toWilliam Lee Hood III. Any interestedparty has the right to appear in thiscase and file objections within 30 daysafter the Petition was filed.
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