UL'S TYE FAGAN COMMITS TO UGA

UPSON LEE SENIOR TYE FAGAN ANNOUNCED VIA TWEET MONDAY AFTERNOON HE WILL PLAY FOR THE GA. BULLDOGS NEXT SEASON. HE WAS A KEY TO THE KNIGHTS REPEAT AS STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPS AND HE WAS NAMED AAAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

ZOOM RADIO CANDIDATES FORUM MAY 14, 6PM

ZOOM RADIO IS INVITING UPSON COUNTY CANDIDATES IN CONTESTED RACES IN THE MAY 22ND PRIMARY ELECTION TO A QUESTION AND ANSWER FORUM AT 6PM MAY 14TH AT OUR STUDIOS.

ABOUT 15 MINUTES WILL BE DEVOTED TO EACH RACE.

THURSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SAVES A HOME

THURSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE GO THIS PAST WEEKEND—SAVING A HOME IN A KITCHEN FIRE AND LOCATING A FEMALE LOST BOATER ON THE FLINT RIVER WHOSE KAYAK FLIPPED OVER AT YELLOW JACKET SHOALS.

ACCORDING TO UPSON S.O. THURSTON UNITS SAVED A HOME AT 113 REID PLACE ROAD—AFTER A PAN ON THE STOVE CAUGHT FIRE AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RESIDENCE OF JOYCE ROBINSON.

TWO BOATERS FROM MACON TURNED OVER AT YELLOW JACKET SHOALS AND ONE OF THEM—CHRIS RAUCH CONTACED 911 ABOUT HIS MISSING COMPANION ---52 YEAR OLD TERESA LAW WHO WAS LOCATED ON A LOGGING ROAD.

BOTH KAYAKS WERE LOST BUT BOATERS WERE UNHARMED.

UPSON COMMISSIONERS DECISION APPEALED IN SUPERIOR COURT

A GROUP OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE ROLAND ROAD/OLD ALABAMA ROAD AREA HAVE FILED A CIVIL ACTION IN UPSON SUPERIOR COURT APPEALING A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY THE UPSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO STEVE HARPER FOR A SPECIAL EVENTS VENUE ON ROLAND ROAD.

THE PETITIONERS LEAD BY ANN CAROL DANIEL ARE ASKING THE COURT TO REVERSE THE DECISION CLAIMING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FAILED TO FOLLOW THE ZONING ORDIANCE IN THEIR ACTION.

VENUE OWNER STEVE HARPER IS ALSO LISTED IN THE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE COMMISSIONERS.

OTHER PETITIONERS INCLUDE CHARLES WAYNE AND PAMELA BAXTER, CHARLES AND SHIPRAH BOILS, RICHARD AND SHEILA MIKELL, NICK PETERSON AND MS. DANIEL'S SON AND DAUGHTER.

IN A MARCH LETTER SENT TO THE BOARD—MACON ATTORNEY ROBERT LOVETT CONTENDS THE SPECIAL EVENTS VENUE WILL BRING EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC, LOUD NOISE, LOWER PROPERTY VALUES, AND DISTURB THE RURAL NATURE OF THAT PART OF THE COUNTY.

ZOOM NEWS WAS TOLD NO WEDDINGS OR OTHER EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD AT THE VENUE SINCE THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED IT AND AT THIS POINT NONE ARE BOOKED FOR THE SUMMER.

THE CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO JUDGE FLETCHER SAMS AND COULD BE SET FOR A HEARING SOMETIME IN MAY. 

SERVICE TO MANKIND AWARD TO DR. TOMMY FARR

THE THOMASTON SERTOMA CLUB RECOGNIZED DR. TOMMY FARR AS THE 2018 RECEIPENT OF THE SERVICE TO MANKIND AWARD , AT A THURSDAY NIGHT MEETING.

THE THOMASTON DENTIST HAS BEEN ON NUMEROUS MISSION TRIPS TO AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA PROVIDING DENTAL CARE AS WELL AS HOLDING FREE DENTAL CLINICS AROUND THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

UPSON TAX ASSESSORS OFFICE 16,000 MAILINGS THIS WEEK

ACCORDING TO UPSON COUNTY'S CHIEF APPRAISER—CHARLES MCKEEAN—THE TAX ASSESSORS OFFICE SENT MAILERS THIS WEEK FOR ALMOST 16,000 PARCELS OF PROPERTY. IF YOU OWN PROPERTY IN UPSON COUNTY YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE.

THE OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED A RESIDENTIAL VALUATION INCREASE FOR 2018— AND UPSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN NORMAN ALLEN ADDRESSED IT AT TUESDAY'S MEETING.

THE CHAIRMAN SAID A VALUE INCREASE DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUAL A TAX INCREASE—BUT IT COULD. HE MENTIONED COUNTY TAXPAYERS HAVE NOT SEEN A TAX INCREASE IN 5 YEARS. BUT A NOTICE FROM THE TAX ASSESSORS OFFICE-- IN ALL THE MAILINGS EXPLAINS —THE TAX BURDEN IS BETTER EQUALIZED WHEN VALUES ARE IN COMPLIANCE, AND EVERYONE PAYS THEIR FAIR SHARE—THAT COULD RESULT IN A MILLAGE RATE REDUCTION AND KEEP THE COUNTY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE -- AVOIDING STATE LEVIED FINES OR LOSS OF GRANTS.

MEANSVILLE MAN TO JAIL FOR GUN RUNNING

ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE—A PIKE COUNTY MAN AND A HENRY COUNTY MAN ARE AMONG 6 MEMBERS OF A CREW SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALLY BUYING 33 GUNS AND TRANSPORTING THEM FROM GA. TO NEW YORK.

MARTAVIUS ASKEW, AGE 25 OF MEANSVILLE, GA PLEADED GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO A FIREARMS DEALER AND WAS SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND 6 MONTHS IN PRISON PLUS —TWO YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.

TALANTE FISHER-BLAND AGE 25 —OF MCDONOUGH—SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS AND 3 MONTHS IN PRISON AND 3 WEEKS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.

PHOTO OF GRANDBOY OF MICK IN THE MORNING

CHECK-OUT THE PHOTO OF THE GRANDSON OF MICK IN THE MORNING—YOUNG JAMES BENJAMIN BUBBA THRASHER AT BARNESVILLE . COM—THE SON OF LAMAR COUNTY COACH BEN THRASHER AND WIFE MEGAN. 

20 YEARS TO SERVE IN AN UPSON DRUG CASE

ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARK IRVIN, A GUILTY VERDICT IN A JURY TRIAL IN UPSON SUPERIOR COURT TUESDAY-- DEFENDANT QUINCY JOHNSON SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS—20 YEARS TO SERVE IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION COCAINE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND TWO WEAPONS CHARGES.

JOHNSON ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN COMMISSION OF A CRIME AND POSSESSION FIREARM WHILE A CONVICTED FELON.

WOOD SHOP FIRE-$200,00 LOSS, GUNSHOT VICTIM IN UPSON

FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM ALL OVER UPSON COUNTY RESPONDED TO A WOOD SHOP FIRE FRIDAY AT 2134 LOGTOWN ROAD—A STRUCTURE FIRE WITH A LOSS OF $200,000—ACCORDING TO THE OWNER LONZO DANIEL POPE.

MR. POPE TOLD A DEPUTY HE HAD 40-YEARS WORTH OF STUFF IN THE WOOD SHOP INCLUDING WOOD WORKING TOOLS, A ZERO TURN MOWER, FIREARMS AND A BENCH FOR RE-LOADING AMMO.

HE RETURNED HOME TO FIND THE WOOD SHOP IN FLAMES AND HE JUMPED ON HIS TRACTOR AND WAS MAKING A FIRE BREAK WHEN FIRE UNITS ARRIVED.

A 43 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE—JAMES HAYWOOD WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER WITH AN ACCIDENTIAL SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE THIGH AT 10 MORGAN ROAD.

HAYWOOD TOLD UPSON S.O. HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND WAS RE-LOADING A 45 PISTOL—AND HE THOUGHT THE SAFETY WAS ON—BUT WHEN HE POPPED-IN THE MAGAZINE AND RELEASED THE SLIDE—IT DISCHARGED.

A 1999 REZONING NEVER HAPPENED AT LOGAN'S LANDING

THE UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE A ZONING ISSUE FROM 1999 ON TUESDAY'S MEETING AGENDA. BACK THEN THE COMMISSIONERS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING TO REZONE LOGAN'S LANDING SUBDIVISION FROM AR TO R-2, BUT THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION THAT IT WAS EVER APPROVED.

A RESIDENT OF THE 35 LOT SUBDIVISION—JEFF LEWIS URGED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THE RE-ZONING AT THE APRIL MEETING—STAFF AND DEVELOPERS RONNIE AND DONNIE TYLER ALSO SUPPORT IT --- AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION PASSED-ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

THE ITEM CAME TO LIGHT WHEN THE TYLERS WANTED TO OPEN-UP 10 ADDITIONAL LOTS—BUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ITS REZONED.  

UPDATE ON GBI PROBE OF JUDGE CRAWFORD

A GBI INVESTIGATION OF GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ROBERT MACK CRAWFORD DATES BACK TO A LAND TRANSACTION LAW SUIT IN 2001 –BEFORE HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE BENCH--- WHEN CRAWFORD WAS PRACTICING LAW IN PIKE COUNTY.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEN COKER WHO HAS RECUESED HIMSELF FROM THE CASE— BECAUSE HE COULD BE A WITNESS—SAID AT ISSUE IS A CHECK FOR $15,600 WRITTEN TO THE JUDGE ON DEC. 11TH 2017 BY PIKE COUNTY CLERK OF COURT CAROLYN WILLIAMS FROM THE COURT REGISTERY—AFTER THE JUDGE ADVISED IT SHOULD BE DISPERSED TO HIM.

THE CASE STAYED ON THE BOOKS TILL NOVEMBER 2009 WHEN JUDGE TOMMY HANKINSON ISSUED AN ORDER THAT DISMISSED THE PLANTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE DEFENDANTS COUNTER CLAIM—A PLANTIFF REPRESENTED BY CRAWFORD . THE JUDGE 'S ATTORNEY VIRGIL BROWN SAYS THE PLANTIFF IS DECEASED AND THE MONEY BELONGS TO JUDGE CRAWFORD, BECAUSE IT WAS HELD OUT FOR HIS LEGAL FEES.

BARNESVILLE BBQ & BLUES FRI AND SAT

THE 14TH ANNUAL BARNESVILLE BAR B Q AND BLUES FESTIVAL FRIDAY AT RITZ PARK—GATES OPEN AT 5;30 ADMISSION $10.

MEN IN BLUES OPEN AT 5;45PM—AND ZOOM RADIO SALES MANAGER CARL PRUETT AND HIS BAND CROSSROADS PERFORM AT 8;30—FOLLOWED BY HEADLINERS—TRIBUTE--THE OFFICIAL ALLMAN BROTHERS TRIBUTE BAND.

BAR B QUE AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS BEGINNING AT LUNCHTIME FRIDAY .

SATURDAY IS COOK-OFF—COMPETITION STARTING AT 11AM WINNERS AT 4;30 --- MUSIC BY BLUESFISH AND THE GARRETT COLLINS BAND.

JUDGE ROBERT MACK CRAWFORD UNDER GBI PROBE

THE FAYETTE COUNTY NEWSPAPER AND THE UPSON BEACON REPORTING—GRIFFIN CIRCUIT SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ROBERT MACK CRAWFORD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE GBI AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY DIRECTED THE PIKE COUNTY CLERK OF COURT TO WRITE HIM A CHECK FOR OVER $15,000 FROM THE COURT REGISTRY AND HE'S ACCUSED OF DEPOSITING THE CHECK IN HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT.

THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE REQUESTED THE INVESTIGATION AFTER DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEN COKER RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE CASE—AND THE A.G.'S OFFICE WILL BE HANDLING THE CASE.

JUDGE CRAWFORD HAS RECUSED HIMSELF FROM ALL CRIMINAL AND CHILD SUPPORT CASES IN THE CIRCUIT BUT IS HEARING CIVIL CASES. HE HAS RETAINED FORMER GA. GOVERNOR ROY BARNES AS LEGAL COUNSEL.

A SENIOR JUDGE WILL SIT ON ALL JUDGE CRAWFORD'S CRIMINAL CASES IN UPSON COUNTY ON MAY 21ST AND JUDGE FLETCHER SAMS WILL HANDLE CRAWFORD'S FAYETTE AND UPSON COUNTY CASES AND CHIEF JUDGE CHRIS EDWARDS WILL PRESIDE IN THE PIKE AND SPALDING COUNTY CASES.  

STATE HONOR FOR TU SCHOOLS SHELLEY DANIEL

On Saturday, April 14, at the GA School Nutrition Association's (GSNA) Annual Conference in Savannah, TU Director of School Nutrition, Shelley Daniel, received the 2018 GSNA President's Award. 

The GSNA President’s Award is given to the District President who best illustrates the journey that was taken by him/her to provide support and guidance to all local chapters. The Plan of Action for Districts outlines activities that must be conducted by the District in order to strengthen GSNA at all levels. The President's Award seeks out the District President who has accomplished those goals and has gone the extra mile to ensure that his/her local chapters are well-informed of relevant issues and are provided materials and resources. The President's Award winner is that person who creates opportunities for networking, for the exchange of ideas, and for learning from one another. 

This exceptional District President finds fun, creative, and/or unique ways to reach and educate the local chapters. Shelley has served as the 2018 GSNA Sixth District President, representing the following school districts: Thomaston-Upson, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Carrollton City, Clayton, Coweta, Crawford, Fayette, Griffin-Spalding, Heard, Henry, Jones, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, and Troup. 

Congratulations to Thomaston-Upson School System's Shelley Daniel, Sixth District President and GSNA State District President of the Year!

TU SCHOOLS K-REGISTRATION FRIDAY APRIL 20

Kindergarten Registration Friday, April 20

Kindergarten registration for the 2018-19 school year for children who are NEW to Upson County or who DO NOT attend one of the area day cares/Pre-K centers will be held on Friday, April 20, at Upson-Lee Primary School, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Parents should contact the school at 706-647-7540 to schedule an appointment. The parent must bring the child and all required documentation to the appointment.


 

The following documents are required for registration:

• Child’s certified birth certificate (Child must be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2018.)

• Child’s Social Security Card

• Immunization certificate on proper GA form #3231(obtained from your child’s doctor or the Upson Co. Health Dept.)

• Hearing, Vision, and Dental Screening Certificate # 3300 (obtained from your child’s doctor or the Upson Co. Health Dept.)

• Proof of Upson County residency and your photo ID (Acceptable proof of residency includes a rental/lease agreement, mortgage document or current real property assessment document in the parent/guardian’s name or a utility bill for water, electricity, or gas in the parent/guardian’s name and a valid Upson County address.)


    

If you know of a family member, friend, or neighbor who has a qualifying kindergarten child, please share this information with him/her.