West Central Georgia
MR. DAVIS HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AFTER SERVING UPSON COUNTY FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. HE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO TAKE THE POST AFTER SERVING AS BIBB COUNTY’S CHIEF TAX APPRASER.
THE BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS HIRES THE CHIEF TAX APPRASER.
ACCORDING TO POST 26 GA. STATE PATROL, TEACHER AND COACH DARIEL DANIEL, AGE 65 WAS KILLED IN A HEAD-ON TRAFFIC CRASH ON 74 WEST AT JAY DEE ROAD.
TROOPER MITCH DAY TOLD 101 NEWS, COACH DANIEL ATTEMPTED TO PASS A VECHICLE ON THE LEFT, STOPPED WAITING TO TURN LEFT . HE RAN INTO A FORD F-150 DRIVEN BY GIOVANI MILITANO , AGE 47 ,OF THURSTON SCHOOL ROAD. MILITANO COMPLAINED OF LEG PAIN, HIS DAUGHTER, ELLE, A PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF NERVE PAIN.
A THIRD MOTORIST WHO WHOSE PICK-UP WAS CLIPPED, SUSAN PIERCE OF JAY DEE ROAD WAS UNHURT.
COACH DANIEL WAS DRIVING BACK TO TROUP COUNTY FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLING MATCH IN THOMASTON. BEFORE HE RETIRED FROM TROUP HIGH IN 2002, HIS TEAMS WON NINE TEAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
AT THE CLOSE OF TUESDAY’S MEETING OF THE UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, CHAIRMAN RUSTY BLACKSTON ANNOUNCED THE THOMASTON-UPSON IDA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE BARETTA FIRE ARMS COMPANY, THE COMMUNITY DID NOT MAKE THE CUT FOR A NEW FACILITY TO LOCATE HERE.
THE COMPANY IS LOOKING IN 6 OR 7 OTHER STATES, ACCORDING TO CHAIRMAN BLACKSTON.
IN A PRESS RELEASE TUESDAY, KAREN TRUESDALE, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE THOMASTON-UPSON SCHOOL SYSTEM , SAYS UPSON-LEE HIGH COACH TOMMY WATSON AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR EDDIE PAYNE HAVE RESIGNED , EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. BOTH WILL RETAIN THEIR ACADEMIC DUTIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL.
WATSON WILL REMAIN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER, AND PAYNE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS PART-TIME ADMINISTRATOR.
UPSON COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER BERRY COOK REMINDS PROPERTY OWNERS 2013 PROPERTY TAXES ARE DUE FRIDAY. THE OFFICE ACCEPTS PAYMENTS BY MAIL.
AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET OF THE THOMASTON-UPSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THURSDAY , RUTH HATCHETT WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE TOP AWARD OF THE YEAR.
RUTH , A RETIRED EDUCATOR, WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE THOMASTON KIWANIS CLUB, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT, A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FOOD OVER THE WEEKEND FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN.
SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE UPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER’S FOUNDATION BOARD.
AGENT CHUCK FARR OF THE AREA NARCOTICS TASK FORCE TOLD 101 NEWS BAILEY WAS ARRESTED BY ZEBULON POLICE TUESDAY ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF METH AND TRAFFIC CHARGES AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE PIKE COUNTY JAIL.
IN TUESDAY’S GENERAL ELECTION DONALD GREATHOUSE RECEIVED 114 VOTES AND TEMPY HOYAL GOT 50 VOTES—GREATHOUSE WITH 69.51% OF THE VOTE FOR DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL SEAT HELD BY THE LATE WALLACE RHODES.
MAYOR PRO TEM DOUG HEAD WAS UNOPPOSED. HE RECEIVED 191 VOTES.
TURN-OUT WAS 3.88%.
THE COMPANY SAID THE JOB LOSSES WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN DECEMBER, BUT DID NOT DISCLOSE HOW MANY WILL BE EFFECTED.
THE MINING SECTOR HAS BEEN SLOWED AND CATERPILLAR’S GRIFFIN PLANT MAKES ENGINES THAT POWER MINING EQUIPMENT.
THE UPSON COUNTY REGISTRAR’S OFFICE TOLD 101 NEWS THURSDAY AFTERNOON 66 VOTES HAD BEEN CAST IN PERSON , 11 BALLOTS HAD BEEN MAILED OUT. IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM ON THE THOMASTON CITY COUNCIL OF THE LATE WALLACE RHODES, 60 VOTES WERE CAST IN PERSON, 4 WERE MAILED.
IN TUESDAY’S ELECTION DON GREATHOUSE, WHO WON THE SPECIAL ELECTION , IS AGAIN CHALLENGED BY TEMPY HOYAL FOR A FULL FOUR YEAR TERM. THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN 7AM TILL 7PM AT THE CIVIC CENTER, TUESDAY.
AT A CALLED MEETING WEDNESDAY, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO SEEK JUDICIAL RESOLUTION OVER SERVICES DELIVERY FROM THE UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND THE UPSON COUNTY ROADS DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO WITHDRAW A JAIL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE UPSON SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, APPROVED AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING.
COUNCIL SAYS THEY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH SHERIFF DAN KILGORE, THEIR CONCERNS INVOLVED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FUNDING OF THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND JAIL.
GARY PHILLIPS, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE THOMASTON-BASED GA. HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SINCE 2001, HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO REPLACE THE RETIRING DR. RALPH SWEARNGIN ON JULY I.
PHILLPS WAS APPROVED WEDNESDAY BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
