Let The Games Begin

Just on the heals of the school system approving a $15,000.00 per year raise for school superintendent Crawford Lewis,the county commission had the 1st of many budget meetings

It's to early to tell what will happen, but the 1st shot fired was by Connie Stokes shooting down a proposed 11% property tax hike. Shortly after this, she seems poised to shoot down Burrell Ellis' 1% across the board raise to all who are left after job cuts and early retirements, known as "a workforce reduction". Click here for more.

Acting Chief O"Brien presented to the board the need for volunteer officers. He would like this to be in place by March of 2010, just in time to use it as another leverage to get the old timers out the door. Click here for more on volunteer police.


Today we just saw the toes being stuck in the water for temperature and lingering snapping turtles.

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Sergeant Chris Young (Retired) 1944 -2009

Retired Sergeant Chris Young died after a 20 month battle with cancer. He was 65 years old.

Funeral services will be held Monday, November 23, 2009 at 1 PM in the chapel of
A. S. Turner & Sons. Interment Crest Lawn Memorial Park.

We apologize for the late information, we have just learned this ourselves.

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