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July 30-- Congressman Jim Marshall reports Vidalia and Lyons will each receive $400,000 in federal funds for downtown improvements. The bill passed the House last week and Congressman Marshall says he expects approval by the Senate and signing by the President soon.
In Vidalia, city manager Bill Torrance says the money will help finance "streetscape" renovations in a three-block area north of the railroad. He says it will replace sidewalks, upgrade lighting, install a courtyard and provide landscaping similar to what was done on the south side two years ago.
In Lyons, city manager Rick Hartley reports the money will be used to supplement a $650,000 grant received earlier to upgrade the downtown area. One aspect of the plan will provide a sidewalk from downtown Lyons to the renovated railroad depot, he says.
The funds are generated by federal gas taxes, and Congressman Marshall says some of the money may be available before the end of the year.
July 29-- The Georgia Department of Transportation announced Thursday that contracts have been let to resurface nearly four miles of roads in Lyons, Vidalia, Santa Claus and Toombs County. The DOT PR bureaucracy is a bit behind the power curve because local officials say many of the roads have already been resurfaced under the nearly $150,000 contract.
Included in Lyons are portions of Cascade Street, Oak Avenue and West Wesley; Reindeer Street in Santa Claus; and in Vidalia, 5th Street, Cherrywood, Darby Circle, Darby Drive, First Avenue, and Pine Street. Also, nearly two miles of the Marvin Church Road in Toombs County.
July 28-- Two area men have died in accidents according to local authorities.
Thirty-three-year old John Kirkley of Lyons died Sunday from injuries suffered in an auto accident in Melbourne, Florida.
A Wheeler County man, 41-year-old Edward Coleman of Alamo, drowned Saturday afternoon while swimming in the Ohoopee River in Tattnall County.
July 27-- A few years back, the city of Vidalia did a major renovation of the downtown area south of the railroad tracks. Now the city council hopes to do something similar on the north side. The council reviewed conceptual drawings of the planned "Northside StreetScape" at a called meeting Tuesday morning. City manager Bill Torrance says preliminary cost estimates are as high as $879,000. He says Congressman Jim Marshall is attempting to help the city get a $500,000 federal grant to help with funding.
The council also appoint Bryan McDaniel to succeed Brian Frederick on the Vidalia Planning Commission. And it was announced that Mayor Ronnie Dixon and other local officials have a meeting in Atlanta August 2nd with state Transportation Commissioner Harold Linnenkohl. One of the main topics of discussion will be the stalled one-way pairing project in Vidalia. The Department of Transportation has been trying to award a contract for the project for over a year with no success. Local officials believe state estimates for the project are too low. Bids on the project have ranged from $13.8 million to nearly $18 million over the last year.
July 25-- Nineteen citizens have been selected for the 12th Leadership Toombs-Montgomery Class. All were nominated for the program and have agreed to take part in a six-month program of learning about the region to become more effective community leaders.
Selected from some 50 nominees are Frances Anthony of the Ohoopee Regional Council of the Arts, Jo Barr of Southeastern Technical College, Lisa Bishop of VNS Corporation, Karen Brantley of The Refuge Domestic Violence Shelter, Kevin Collins of the Vidalia Police Department, Ryan Dixon of the Altamaha Bank and Trust Company, Pete Frost of Murphy's Monogram-For Pete Sake, Elizabeth Harvill of the Vidalia Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau, Lance Helms of Southeastern Technical College, Sherrie Helms of Brewton Parker College, Debbie Kay of VNS Corporation, Bucky Kennedy of First Baptist Church, Tina Manning of Darby Bank and Trust, Mark Montfort of the Toombs County School System, Susan Murray, retired from Vidalia City Schools, Cheryl Poppell of the Toombs County Extension Service, Tracey Powell of Trane, Shelly Smith of the 1st District RESA, and Martin Wardlaw of the Hand-to-Hand, Heart-to-Heart Mentoring Program.
July 22-- Vidalia police have arrested three men in connection with a flurry of burglaries at Vidalia businesses in May and June. Police Lieutenant Clint Kennedy says police believe the three are connected with at least 27 burglaries which occurred during the two-month period. He also says the investigation is continuing "to keep the pressure on other would be burglars."
The three are identified as Frank Sam Scott, Jr. and Freddie Lewis, III, both of Vidalia, and Kenneth Winston of the Atlanta area. Kennedy says Lewis, who has a previous armed robbery charge, is also charged with escape after attempting to flee officers when he was arrested.
Of the 27 burglaries, police say six happened in the Shopper's Guide building and six in Southern Davis Office Supply. Kennedy says they are advising merchants to install burglar alarms, plus he recommends that business owners and homeowners alike keep a record of serial numbers of items in their buildings. Not only will it help with insurance claims, but it's the only way police can return recovered stolen items to their rightful owners.
July 22-- Toombs County sheriff's deputies accompanied by a state patrol SWAT team arrested a felon wanted in Missouri Thursday night at a cabin in the McNatt Falls area of southern Toombs County. Chief investigator Jay Page says 27-year-old Christopher Klughart is wanted in Scott County, Missouri on numerous drug charges. A 16-year-old female from Missouri was with Klughart when he was arrested. Both are being returned to Missouri, according to Page.
July 22-- A lightning storm late Thursday disrupted power in parts of Toombs County and hit a church in Swainsboro. The Altamaha EMC reported lightning hit a substation transformer at the state prison and caused power outages in its service area.
In Swainsboro, lightning hit the steeple of the First Baptist Church. Firemen said the steeple was smoking when they got there, but there was no damage to the church itself.
July 21-- State Senators Tommie Williams of Lyons and Jack Hill of Reidsville are among five senators named to a senate committee studying the water supply in coastal Georgia. Senator Williams says growth around Hilton Head, Savannah and Brunswick has caused saltwater intrusion into the Upper Floridian aquifer, the main source of water. However, he says there is little impact on inland counties. According to Senator Williams, the committee will recommend limits on how much water can be taken out of the aquifer. It will also consider limits on how much water can be pumped out of the area river system. Because of rivers like the Altamaha, "we have an abundant supply of fresh water, unlike many areas," Senator Williams says. The committee is expected to make recommendations to the next session of the legislature.
July 20-- It appears there's no grocery company which wants to take over the Winn-Dixie store in Vidalia. Winn-Dixie held an auction earlier this week and reports it is leasing 102 stores which have been earmarked for closing. There were no takers for the store in Vidalia nor for the stores in Jesup and Statesboro. However, stores in Baxley and Claxton have been sold to another grocery chain. The company says it can't announce details of those deals until its approved by the bankruptcy court. Meanwhile, the company is seeking court permission to hold "store-closing" sales at 224 stores which were not sold at auction. A company spokesman says Winn-Dixie will hold another auction August 9th to sell the leases to stores like Vidalia to "non-grocery" bidders.
July 20-- Say "Eagle Scout" and most people know that's the top award a Boy Scout can earn, and they know it's not easy. Only a small percentage of Boy Scouts ever make it.
In Girl Scouts, the equivalent award is called the "Gold Award," and like the Eagle Scout, it takes a lot of work. Two of the three "Gold Awards" presented to Girl Scouts in South Georgia this year went to Morgan Cannon and Mallory Thompson, both 2005 graduates of Vidalia High School.
For her Gold Award project, Mallory set up two "Listening Libraries" for young patients at Meadows Regional Medical Center. "I'm really concerned about literacy and thought this would be a good way to encourage reading," she says. Mallory is going to George Washington University to study journalism.
Her fellow Girl Scout, Morgan, decided to give some positive motivation to under-achieving students at Sally Meadows Elementary School. She started a mentoring program that rewarded students with lunch with a Vidalia Indian football player. Not only did the kids respond, but Morgan thinks the program made an impact on the football players who realized "they are role models for young kids." Morgan is attending Suwanee this Fall and is thinking about becoming a child psychologist.
Bryna Dunham of Vidalia also received a Silver Award.
July 19-- The Treutlen County school board voted unanimously to have a school-sponsored prom in the coming school year. School superintendent Chuck Ellington says he's proud the board backed the recommendation of the school principal and school council to have a prom at Treutlen High School. Last Spring the issue caused negative publicity about the school system. Ellington says, "we should have done this 30 years ago."
July 19-- The Radiologic Tech Program at Southeastern Tech in Vidalia has received a three-year accreditation. That's good news for the school and its students according to school president Dr. Cathy Meehan. "It allows our graduates to sit for their national registry exams which are required for entry level jobs in radiography" at hospitals and labs throughout the country, she says. Currently, STC accepts 12 students in the program each Fall quarter. It takes seven quarters to complete.
July 19-- Those little sticky labels you see on many fruits and vegetables at the supermarket may soon all be replaced by laser tattoos. A New York Times story Tuesday reports laser labels are now being employed by many growers. It says Bland Farms in Tattnall County, one of the largest Vidalia Onion producers, has started laser-coding its onions which are shipped to customers like Walmart and Publix food stores.
July 19-- If you're planning your back-to-school shopping, the state's fourth consecutive "sales tax holiday" is coming up Thursday, July 28th through Sunday, July 31st. Shoppers will pay no sales tax on certain clothing items, school supplies, computers and computer accessories. The sales tax exemption is only for individuals and their personal use. For complete details, check the web at www.gatax.org.
July 18-- A recent case in Toombs County Superior Court shows how the lack of prison space impacts sentencing decisions made by judges. A defendant who could have received over 700 years for 76 counts of theft got up to 15 months in a probation detention center because a state prison sentence would have meant release in four to six months due to overcrowding.
Toombs County Sheriff Junior Kight says it costs so much to house prisoners that the Georgia Pardon and Parole Board often has to release even violent offenders before it should. Also, because state prisons are overcrowded, Sheriff Kight says county jails often have to hold prisoners for months waiting for transfer to a state prison. That causes overcrowding at many county jails. "I talk to many sheriffs who simply have no room for more prisoners," he reports. Currently, Toombs County houses prisoners for Tattnall County, which is out of space, and for Montgomery County, which had its jail closed by the state fire marshal.
July 15-- Most area school officials are smiling these days because the majority of area school systems got passing marks this year in the federal "No Child Left Behind" class.
The Adequate Yearly Progress report shows that school systems in Vidalia and Toombs, Candler, Tattnall, Jeff Davis and Appling counties all made the grade.
Emanuel County's Swainsboro High School was placed in a "needs improvement" status because of shortcomings in math and English academic performance. In Treutlen County, all of the schools made adequate progress, however, the system took a hit because some students with disabilities failed a standardized math test.
Montgomery County High School met all the standards except for its graduation rate. School superintendent Dale Clark says the high school's graduation rate of 56 percent fell two students short of meeting the 60 percent standard required by the state. However, according to Clark, she's not as concerned with how long it takes to graduate as she is with making sure students get a high school diploma, even if it takes more than four years. The state standard is based on how many students graduate in a four-year period.
July 14-- A woman who stole over $700,000 from her employer over a 13-year period will spend at least 15 months in confinement. Judge Kathy Palmer sentenced Tonya Keene of Toombs County at a sentencing hearing Thursday afternoon in Toombs County Superior Court. Keene admitted to 76 counts of theft by taking from Ladson Investments in amounts ranging from $500 to $50,000 from 1991 to 2004. She could have received ten years on each count, however, Judge Palmer said the state prison system would parole a non-violent thief like Keene "at the speed of light" due to prison overcrowding. Keene broke down on the stand, said there was no reason for what she had done, and asked for the forgiveness of her family and former employer.
Her ten-year sentence includes from 15 to 18 months in a probation detention center with the balance on probation, restitution of $26,000 and 200 hours of community service. District attorney Steve Askew said settlement of a civil suit had already resulted in the return of over a half-million dollars to Ladson Investments.
July 14-- Toombs County commissioners were told Thursday they'll have to pay more money if they want to find a qualified chief tax appraiser to succeed assessor Ed Gartman who retires the end of this month. George Powell, chairman of the board of assessors, says it will cost at least $60,000 to hire a person who meets state requirements. Without a qualified assessor, the county's tax digest will not be accepted by the state starting in January. So far, the board has received five applications, and only one candidate meets qualifications, according to Powell.
Toombs commissioners approved the county's tax digest and property tax rate at its meeting Thursday. The mil rate of 10.45 mils is the same as last year, but is expected to produce almost four percent more revenue due to growth in the county.
Commissioners are also reviewing a resolution from the Montgomery County Commission seeking regional support for a feasibility study to build a recreational reservoir in the area. Treutlen commissioners have endorse the resolution and support is also being sought from Tattnall County.
July 13-- One of two air show pilots killed in a mid-air collision at a show in Canada Sunday had performed at the Vidalia Onion Festival Air Show. Show chairperson Marsha Temples says Jimmy Franklin had performed at the Vidalia airport three times since 1998. Franklin and Bobby Younkin were performing in the "Masters of Disaster" show when their aircraft collided in a fiery crash in front of 20,000 people in Moose Jaw, Canada, home base of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. One of the Snowbirds was killed in a crash last year following the 2004 Onion Festival Air Show. Temples says she knows of five pilots from the Vidalia show who have died elsewhere. Franklin's son, Kyle, who does a wing-walking act with his father, was doing the public address announcing when his dad's plane and Younkin's plane collided. Franklin is remembered by Temples as "a long, lanky guy with a big smile. He was not only a great pilot, but just a good guy," she says.
July 13-- The Lyons city council has approved a two percent pay raise for the city's employees. Mayor John Moore says the raise will cost the city about $25,000.
In other actions at its July meeting, the council honored councilman Tracy Johnson with a Certificate of Excellence from the Georgia Municipal Association. Johnson completed 120 hours of public administration coursework at the University of Georgia.
Mayor Moore agreed to investigate the possibility of establishing city standards for rental property. Citizen James Bellmore said rental housing "within a block of U.S. One is not fit for human habitation."
And the mayor also said the city would send animal control officers back to the West Stewart Street area after a resident complained about cats "running wild" in the neighborhood. Sixteen cats were recently picked up in the same area, according to city officials.
Joy Lewis the Lyons Better Hometown Program reports a web page has been established to provide information about the city. She says its at www.lyonsga.com.
July 12-- Two of Vidalia's leading senior citizens died within two days of each other. Eighty-five-year-old Ben Smith died Saturday in Atlanta, and 93-year-old Richard Herring died Monday in Vidalia.
Ben Smith came to Vidalia at the age of five in 1925. His father opened a shoe shop which later grew into Max Smith's Department Store. Ben was co-owner of the store when it closed in 1990. He was named Vidalia's citizen of the year in 1965 and has a park named in his honor in downtown Vidalia. He helped found the Jewish synagogue in Vidalia.
Richard Herring was born in Vidalia and was active in the First Baptist Church since joining the church in 1923. For 40 years, he was a hardware salesmen and told us in a 1999 interview his greatest joy "was finding a way to serve people."
July 12-- Vidalia city manager Bill Torrance hopes a jury will get a chance to hear his defamation case and that of his daughter, Sarah, against the Savannah Morning News. In a hearing Monday in Augusta, newspaper attorney David Hudson asked Superior Court Judge Neal Dickert to dismiss the case. The Torrances claim reporters Tuck Thompson and Bret Bell acted with malice in their four-part report "Justice Betrayed" in 2003.
Hudson contends the story was taken from public records and that, as a public official, Torrance must prove the stories are wrong and that the reporters knew they were wrong. Savannah attorney Brent Savage is representing Torrance. He told the judge the reporters had "an agenda" when they wrote the articles and deliberately smeared Torrance. The stories alleged cocaine use by Torrance and attempted to connect him to the death of Henry Dickerson, Jr. in 1997.
Attorneys believe Judge Dickert will decide if Torrance will get his day in court in the next two to four weeks.
July 11-- For the second time this year, a drug-plagued area of Lyons has been the scene of a murder. Police chief Ricky Newsome reports 33-year-old Lancelot Summersett of Vidalia was found dead on Columbia Alley early on the morning of July 5. The chief says Summersett" was shot "numerous times with a 9mm pistol." No arrests have been made. The GBI is investigating.
In March, Jimmy Burke of Lyons was beaten to death on Columbia Lane and two men were arrested. At the time, Chief Newsome reported Burke's assailants took his money in a drug deal "gone bad."
July 11-- Your school tax in Toombs County should remain about the same when tax bills go out this Fall. The Toombs County school board approved its 2006 fiscal year property tax rate in a meeting last week. School superintendent Dr. Kendall Brantley says the rate of 13 mils will generate just over $3 million dollars in local funding for the county school system. The tax rate is the same as this year. Dr. Brantley says most of the local operating budget is consumed by local equalization funds sent to the state, social security deductions and making up for "austerity cuts" imposed by the state department of education. The new budget will include a pay raise of two percent for school system employees, according to Dr. Brantley.
July 8-- A Vidalia mother and son were less than a block away Thursday morning in London when a double-decker bus was blown away by a terrorist bomb. Karen Harville and her son, David Dykes, who graduated from Vidalia High School this year, were on a London street and saw the bus pass only seconds before the explosion killed 13 passengers.
Karen and David were about to board a nearby tour bus when they heard the blast, and Karen said, "It happened in a blink, and I thought, that could have been us." Pieces of the bus were thrown everywhere, and Karen reported she and David started toward the wreckage because "people were hurt and needed help." However, other people pulled them away and said, "get back, there could be a second blast."
Because they were the only Americans who witnessed the bus blast, Karen and David were interviewed Friday in London for NBC's Dateline and for ABC's Good Morning America. They were in London on a combination business-pleasure trip, their first trip outside the U.S., she said.
July 8-- You can't believe everything you read. An entry in the local newspaper's "Your Mind on Line" column was a "total contrivance" according to District Attorney Steve Askew. The report in the July 6th edition of "The Advance" claimed a woman who stole over $700,000 from her employer "was given two years prison, two years probation, and six months community service," and that "within a week all the punishment was dropped." All that is false, according to the DA.
Askew filed an accusation against Tonya Keene of Toombs County June 16th charging her with 76 counts of theft by taking. According to court papers, Keene stole $716,382.93 from Ladson Investments while working as an administrative assistant from 1991 until 2004. A substantial amount of the stolen funds have been recovered in the settlement of a civil suit, according to Askew.
Keene has entered a guilty plea and is scheduling for sentencing in Toombs County Superior Court Thursday, July 14th, by Judge Kathy Palmer. She could get ten years on each of the felony counts.
July 8-- A high profile forgery case is expected to come to trial in Toombs County Superior Court in August. District Attorney Steve Askew says he intends to try the case of Tina Marie Wheeler of Tarrytown, the 36-year-old former office manager of the Vidalia Onion Growers' Committee. Wheeler was arrested in May, 2004 for stealing $639,000 from the grower's committee during a seven-year period. She was indicted this past April by a Toombs County grand jury on 255 counts of forgery and 95 counts of theft by taking.
July 8-- A Treutlen County grand jury is expected to consider the state's case regarding embezzlement at the Colony Bank of Treutlen County. Sheriff Tommy Corbin says he expects the grand jury will be asked to return an indictment when it convenes in August. The GBI began an investigation after more than $60,000 was reported missing several months ago.
July 7-- A 22-year-old Mount Vernon woman died Tuesday evening in a one car wreck in Wheeler County. Georgia State Patrol trooper Clint Barden says Amanda Denise Cook was thrown from her car when it hit a ditch on Georgia Highway 19. She was not wearing a seatbelt, the officer said.
July 7-- Allegations of inmate beatings have led to the firing of seven correctional employees at the Rogers State Prison in Reidsville. Scheree Lipscomb of the Georgia Department of Corrections says the action was taken after a GBI investigation of alleged beatings of handcuffed prisoners.
The seven fired employees are identified as Lieutenant Reginald Langston of Toombs County, Sergeant Jason Burns of Hazlehurst, and correctional officers Keisha Hopkins and Clinton Howard, both of Vidalia, Joseph Hughes of Emanuel County, Brandon Lewis of Hazlehurst and Stewart Wood of Reidsville. The GBI findings will be turned over to the local district attorney for possible criminal prosecution, according to Lipscomb.
The beating allegations were made by former guard Tommy Cardell who is suspended with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. Two supervisors who were suspended when the charges were made have been reinstated. Lipscomb says the investigation cleared Deputy Warden R.D. Collins and Lieutenant Rodney McCloud. Warden Glenn Rich remains suspended with pay.
July 6-- The mayor of Soperton says the July 1st shift of police protection from city police to the sheriff's department has been smooth. The city's four-person police department was disbanded after the city accepted a proposal from Sheriff Tommy Corbin to police the city for just over $200,000 a year. Mayor Higgs says the move will save the city up to $40,000 the first year, and maybe more in years to come. Plus, it takes liability away from the city.
According to Mayor Higgs, the sharing of services by governments in small towns and counties is the only way small towns and counties can survive in the future. "I can tell you this," he says, "we're not going to raise taxes in Soperton while I'm mayor." He believes the city council's decision to work with the sheriff for police protection is only the first of many cost-saving actions which will be taken. "It all comes down to leadership and will," Mayor Higgs says.
July 5-- A 17-year-old boy drowned Monday afternoon in the Ohoopee River, according to the Tattnall County sheriff's office. Investigator Jamie Wilson says the Hispanic teenager apparently could not swim and "went too deep in the river" near the bridge between Highway 292 and the Lintown Road. Rescuers recovered his body about two hours after he drowned, according to Wilson. The boy's name is being withheld until officials are sure all members of his family have been notified.
July 5-- Montgomery County commissioners want to make sure all the towns in the county are providing enough services to retain their city charters. At the commission's July meeting, they voted to send each city a letter requesting compliance with a 1995 state law that requires a minimum level of service by towns in the state. Johnny Clifton of the Montgomery County Development Authority believes some Montgomery County towns are not meeting state standards.
The commission amended its 2005 budget by adding additional expenditures of $117,0086. The new spending is funded by increases in timber taxes collected this year by the county. The largest increases are $33,000 to the county road department and $17,000 to the county library.
In other actions, the commission voted to accept a deed for the Ram O'Neal Road, to place 25-mph speed limit signs on Wilson Road, and to award the county's health insurance next year to a carrier brokered by MCB Insurance for an annual premium of $102,000.
Commissioners also heard from Bill Mitchell of the Toombs County Development Authority who reported optimism on rail service which would help an industry employing 45 people to remain in Vidalia. Mitchell also says Dot Foods is planning to occupy an additional 75,000 square feet of the old Bruno building, and that he hopes some consolidation plans by Oxford Industries will result in more jobs for this region. He says the company plans to consolidate operations in either Lyons or Monroe, near Athens.
July 4-- Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Spivey has been in Vidalia about six months, and he's excited that Meadows Regional Medical Center may build a new hospital including an orthopedic center. Hospital CEO Alan Kent confirms that the medical center has commissioned a study regarding options for a new hospital. Kent says it could be built adjacent to the current location, or located elsewhere, perhaps on a major thoroughfare.
Meanwhile, Dr. Spivey is enthusiastic about the new medical technology now available at Meadows for such procedures as knee and hip replacement and shoulder repairs. "We've already invested in about $750,000 worth of equipment and are doing operations previously only done in larger hospitals in places like Atlanta, Augusta and Savannah," he says. Spivey's goal is to make Meadows a place he would want to bring his mother for orthopedic surgery. He also says South Georgia citizens need to know that they no longer have to live with pain caused by bad knees, hips and shoulders.
July 1-- For the fourth time in 12 months, the Georgia Department of Transportation has rejected bids for construction of the one-way pairing project in Vidalia. Vidalia city manager Bill Torrance says he understands the bid was from Douglas Asphalt for $18 million, several million over previous bids. Meg Pirkle of the DOT says she thinks the department will ask the Jesup regional office to review project specifications prior to the next bid letting in August. If the project ever gets started, DOT estimates for completion are late 2008.
July 1-- What used to be a blighted area in northwest downtown Vidalia has had a facelift, thanks to the efforts of Frank and Emma Sherman of Vidalia Funeral Home. Friday, B.J.Davis of the Downtown Vidalia Association presented the Shermans with a $500 grant to help pay for the improvements. Frank Sherman thanked the DVA and said he's doing what he can to make his home of 20 years a better place to live.
July 1-- A Griffin man is a believer that "country cookin' makes you good lookin'." Retiree Hildred Thigpen stopped in at Big Al's Country Market north of Higgston while on a South Georgia fishing trip. While there, he played the Georgia Lottery's $100 million Cash Spectacular and won $50,000. He's already claimed his money at the lottery district office in Macon.
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