No matter what part of JohnsonCounty you live in, chances areyou know Jerry Hood; maybeyou've even shared a story or twowith him while occupying hischair. If not, you definitely knowsomeone who has. That's becauseJerry Hood doesn't meet a stranger,and if he does, he may offer him ahair cut!This month marks 50 years that

Jerry has been cutting hair, and ifit's God's will, he may be cutting itfor 50 more. In March 1965, Hoodwas a resident of Emanuel Countyand he likely would've laughed inyour face if you told him he'd endup becoming a barber inWrightsville, Georgia. But plansare made for changing and hiswere already laid out, unbe-knownst to him.

At the age of 17,he was working atDiamond Homes, afurniture plant inSwainsboro, when apreacher namedKelmer Durden firstbrought up the ideaof his life as a barber.Durden was thepreacher of KiteChurch of God,where Hood occa-sionally attended,and he was also abarber. He and hisbrother, Johnny, ranthe Durden Barber Shop, whichwas inside the Durden Hotel inSwainsboro. Although they'd nev-er talked about it, Hood says thatone day Kelmer asked him if he'dbe interested in cutting hair. With-out hesitation, his answer was no,and the conversation was over. He

continuedworking atthe furni-ture plantuntil oneday he saidhe'd justhad enoughof it. Re-memberingthe conver-sation, hedecided togive it ashot andwent to askKelmer ifhe hadbeen seri-

ous. Kelmer's response, "Go homeand put on a white shirt and comeback." And that's what he did.There were four barbers who

had their seats lined up in the frontof the shop. Hood was given onewith a sign on the back of it thatsaid 'Barber in Training.' This wasa very intimidating time for him,as customers would walk in andwalk right by him to wait on some-one else. He says he'd often ask ifhe could help them, and they'd juststare at him."It took a lot of endurance to get

through it," said Hood. "But I wasdetermined and I toughed it out."Not long after he started at Dur-

den's, Mr. Virgil Mosley came tosee him and asked if he'd be inter-ested in coming to Wrightsville,where he owned Mosley's BarberShop. Hood explained that Durdenhad been good enough to take himoff the street and he wasn't just go-

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TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015

$1.00Volume 17 Number 25

THIS WEEK’SHIGHLIGHTS

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BOOK SALE ON APRIL 25

The Chamber ofCommerce will holdits Spring Barbecueon April 23 from 11-1:30 at the Depot.Plates are $8 pre-paid. Contact anyboard member orthe office at 864-7200 to order.

CHAMBERPLANS SPRING

BARBECUE

New Home BaptistChurch will havethe annual EasterEgg Hunt on Satur-day, April 4 at 5p.m., followed by ahotdog supper at6. Easter SunriseService will be onSunday, April 5 at7:30 a.m., followedby breakfast. Sun-day School will be-gin at 8:30. Obser-vance of the Lord'sSupper will be at9:30. There will beno evening service.

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AND SUNRISE SERVICE

Pastor Thomas Sim-mons and the con-gregation of IveyBaptist Church willhold a Spring Re-vival on April 6-8 at7 p.m. each night.Rev. Ron Bracewellwill be the specialguest speaker.Everyone is invitedto attend.

IVEY BAPTISTSPRING REVIVAL

Friends of the Librarywill hold a Book Saleon April 25 at Double-Tree Coffee Shopfrom 10-1. Friends’'members can shopearly, beginning at 9a.m. Gently usedbooks may be donat-ed. For more info.,call 478-864-3940.

A Spaghetti PlateFundraiser will beheld for Dock KempAA on Thursday,April 2 from 10-2.Plates are $7. Call864-2113 or 278-1968 for info.

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Kite City Clerk resigns; Council appoints Cook for position

Kite Mayor Don Kittrellread a letter of resignationfrom City Clerk Pam Drewduring the March 16 Coun-cil meeting. Drew, who hasserved as the City's Clerkfor five years, served herlast day in this position onFriday, March 27. She ex-plained that this was not aneasy decision to make butshe had been given a betteropportunity making moremoney. She said she had re-ally enjoyed working witheveryone over the years.Drew has accepted a posi-

tion with WrightsvilleFamily Dental. She of-fered to help the personwho takes over the po-sition as much as pos-sible. The Councilwished her the best andsaid they hoped she en-joyed her new job. The Council held an

emergency meeting onMonday, March 23 forthe purpose of fillingthe Clerk position andto pass a resolution forchanging the signa-tures on the bank accounts.Kittrell opened the meetingand explained that he hadspoken with the City attor-

ney who informed him theycould promote the fill-inclerk without having to ad-vertise the position in thenewspaper. Gene Cross

made a motion to hirethe fill-in clerk, De-laine Cook, as a re-placement for Drew. Cook, who previ-

ously served as theHarrison City Clerk,was hired last sum-mer. CouncilwomanJennifer Morris askedif Cook would beworking the samehours and earning thesame salary, whichshe will. The Clerk'sposition is 20 hours

per week, Monday throughFriday from 8-12. Council-man Junior Garnto second-ed the motion. Morris said

she felt the position shouldhave been run in the paperto give everyone a fairchance, but said if the May-or and Council felt Cookwas capable of serving theCity in this position, thenshe was fine with it. Garntosaid he would also like tosee it run in the paper andget applications for the posi-tion. Morris said she under-stood the City was in a tightspot and she looks forwardto working with Cook. Allapproved the promotion.Cook started the position onMonday, March 30.

Pam Drew announced her res-ignation as the Kite City Clerk.

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Please see KITE, Page 3

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Brantley and JCHS Senior and Work-Based Learning student Kara Jordan areshown disposing of medications at theJohnson County Sheriff’s Office.

Through Family Connec-tion I have been able to be-come a partner with a fairlynew statewide collaborativecalled the Georgia Prescrip-tion Drug Abuse PreventionCollaborative. This Collabo-rative is a partnership of pri-vate and public agencies,medical and health profes-sionals, businesses, law en-forcement, and individualsengaging in best practicesand policies regarding pre-scription drug abuse preven-tion. It works to educate allGeorgians about the dangersof misusing and abusing pre-scription drugs. This Collab-

orative has worked diligentlywith legislators and physi-cians across our state to end"Pill Mill" offices. Pill Mill’shave been popular places forindividuals to fraudulently re-ceive a variety of prescrip-tions from as many doctorsas possible in order to supporttheir abusive habits and/or tosell the drugs to others alsoseeking a high from prescrip-tion drugs that have not beenprescribed to them. As a member of this Col-

laborative I have learned thateach day 1,640 Americans diefrom tobacco, alcohol, andprescription drug abuse. Trueprevention begins by gettingto the root cause of suchabuse by asking questions

like "What keeps us frommaking healthy choices to re-lieve pain or experience plea-sure?" Asking a simple ques-tion like this can start a pur-poseful, meaningful, and em-powering conversation thatwill lead us to solutions andaway from the use, abuse,and addiction that all want toavoid. One of the major accom-

plishments of this Collabora-tive is the Drug Drop Boxprogram. There is at least oneDrug Drop Box in everycounty in the state with theexception of six. Through theCollaborative we are creatingpositive ways to get the word

Drug Drop Box is great for CountyBByy KKrriissttiiee BBrraannttlleeyyJohnson Co. Collaborative

Please see BOX, Page 3

Jerry Hood marks fivedecades in Barber Shop

Photo by Deidre LedfordHood cracks a joke with longtime

customer Marvin Thompson sitting inhis barber chair.

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Many may remember Jerry’s first BarberShop in Wrightsville. It was located on MarcusStreet where DoubleTree is now. Please see HOOD, Page 8

Renovationproject put onhold by BOE

The renovation project plannedby the Board of Education thissummer has been postponed untilnext summer. Superintendent Re-becca Thomas explained Tuesdaynight that, after talking with the au-ditor, she felt it’d be better to waitso that everything could be done atonce. She said that some items, in-cluding lights, had to be ordered inadvance and the money isn’t ex-pected to be here until April 15. Shesaid that based on the fact that theydidn’t have much money, theyprobably didn’t need to start order-ing items until the money did comein.In other business, two citizens

were on the agenda to speak. AlanFrost was not present. Bobby Hallsaid he felt the Board should givesome sort of feedback when citi-zens come to speak to cut out a lotof repetitiveness. He said that if acitizen speaks to a board memberoutside of a meeting, people con-sider it to be unethical. He added that he has spoken at

numerous meetings and hasn’t oncereceived any feedback. Hall askedthe Board if the paperwork hadbeen submitted for the YoungFarmer program and where doesthis issue stand. He asked them toplease address the feedback issueand to figure out how citizens couldget answers to their concerns. The Board approved the update

to the IFBGE Internet Safety policyand the proposed School Calender.Thomas explained the only change

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THE JAILBOOK - Inside Today’s EditionJOHNSONJCHS Trojans will host the ECI Bulldogs today at 5:30 p.m.

Please see BOE, Page 3

HappyEaster-April 5

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OOBBIITTUUAARRIIEESSAlma Jean AlbertsonMrs. Alma Jean Albert-

son, 80 of Wrightsville, en-tered into eternal rest, Fri-day, March 27, 2015 atFairview Park Hospital afteran extended illness. Mrs. Albertson was born

in Vidalia, GA February 9,1935 to the late OwenFranklin and Annie EnnisMcCoy. The family hadlived in Johnson Countysince 2004, prior to that, inHomestead FL for 60 years.Mrs. Albertson had been inemployed at a Fruit Packag-ing Co while living in FL.After moving to GA, she be-came a housewife andstayed home and took careof her family. Mrs. Albert-son was Baptist by faith. A private memorial ser-

vice will be held by the fam-ily. Mrs. Albertson is sur-

vived by her husband, FrankBrian Albertson ofWrightsville; two sons, JerryLee Albertson and RandyBrian Albertson both ofWrightsville; one daughter,Donna Albertson Roberts ofWrightsville; two brothers,Lamar McCoy ofWrightsville and BroxtonMcCoy of Vidalia; one sis-ter, Reba Peebles of Dublin;one grandson, John Albert-son of Miami, FL, two greatgrandchildren and numerousnieces and nephews. Brantley-Powell Funeral

Home of Wrightsville was incharge of arrangements.Phyllis Rose BlizzardMrs. Phyllis Rose Bliz-

zard, age 85, passed awayMonday, March 23, 2015. Mrs. Blizzard was born

October 25, 1929 in Chica-go, Illinois. She was preced-ed in death by her parents,the late John and Rose Jaku-bicek Ziola. She was a mem-ber of New Home BaptistChurch and the JohnsonCounty Pilot Club. She wasalso the owner operator ofthe Feedbag Drive-In. She is survived by her

husband, Harvey FranklinBlizzard of Wrightsville, herchildren, Jan Marie (Ricky)Sandman of Wonder Lake,IL, Michael Henry (Sylvia)Bassaloff of Aurora, IL,Patrick Lee (Deborah) Bas-saloff of Deepstep, GA,William (Michelle Dia-mond) Blizzard of ElkGrove Village, IL, andDavid (Lynda) Slee of Tin-

ley Park, IL, a brother, John(Dee) Ziola of Rockford, IL,her grandchildren, BryanLouzensky, Kevin Louzen-sky, Michelle Tindall, Can-dace Bassaloff, BrittanyBassaloff, Steven Bassaloff,Kasey Woods, MitchellBlizzard, Michael Blizzard,Jeremy Blizzard, AdamShermerhorn, Olivia Sher-merhorn and John MichaelKennedy and 18 great-grandchildren. A memorial service was

held Saturday, March 28,2015 at New Home BaptistChurch. Stanley Funeral Home

and Crematory ofWrightsville was in chargeof funeral arrangements. Charlie F. “Boye” HallMr. Charlie F. "Boye"

Hall, 75 of Soperton, diedWednesday, March 25,2015.Mr. Hall was a lifelong

resident of Treutlen Countyand was preceded in deathby his parents, Lewis andAnnie Lee Hewett Hall; hiswife, Sue Ann Meeks Hall;three brothers; and a sister.He was a retired mechanic.Survivors include his

sons and daughters-in-law,Everette and Amy Hall ofNormantown and Kalub andLisa Hall of Mt. Vernon; sis-ters, Dorothy Thompson ofSwainsboro and SybilHutcheson of Soperton;grandchildren, LindseyDavis, Halie Hall, DamianParrish, A.J. Hall and JessicaWalker; and several niecesand nephews.Funeral services were

held Saturday, March 28 inthe Chapel of Sammons Fu-neral Home with Rev. JimHarrell officiating. Burialwas in Westview Cemetery,Soperton.Pallbearers were James

Tanner, Clayton Tanner,Damian Parrish, Daryl Love,Donovon White, and Antho-ny Clark.

Jason Edwin ShireyMr. Jason Edwin Shirey,

39, of Barnesville passedaway Thursday, March 26,

2015 at the Upson RegionalMedical Center in Thomas-ton following a brief illness.Mr. Shirey was born May

30, 1975 in Macon to Donand Geri Shirey. He waspreceded in death by his fa-ther, Don Shirey; maternalgrandparents, Melvin andAlice Brady; paternal grand-parents, Grady and VicyShirey.Mr. Shirey was a 1993

graduate from Perry HighSchool. He was employedwith the City of Barnesvillefor approximately 15 yearsas City Assistant Manager.He also had an associate de-gree in computers and wascurrently finishing up hisdegree in Administration. Inhis youthful years he was anEagle Scout in Troup #96with his father being ScoutLeader. Mr. Shirey was al-ways helping those he comein contact with and wasloved by all. He loved to skiand be with family andfriends. He was a memberof the Pinta Masonic Lodge#88 and attended the Bar-nesville Church of theNazarene. Jason was thebest son, brother and friendever.Survivors include his

mother, Geri Brady Shireyof Barnesville; brother,Grady (Hilary) Shirey ofPerry; niece, Lindsey Sparksof Perry; nephews, WillShirey, Carson Shirey,Carter Shirey and HunterSparks all of Perry; severalaunts, uncles, cousins andfriends.Funeral services were

held at the chapel of Chap-man Funeral Home Sundayafternoon, March 29 withReverends Lonnie Grant andGarth Forrester officiating.Interment followed in the

Sardis Primitive BaptistChurch Cemetery near Kitewith Masonic rites.

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Pallbearers were MarkHowell, Kelley Haddock,Donnie Allen, Kenneth Kit-trell, Mark Coffee and AndyStuckey. Honorary Pallbear-ers were members of thePinta Masonic Lodge #88.Chapman Funeral Home

of Swainsboro was in chargeof arrangements.Emma Jean Graddy

SullivanFuneral Services for Mrs.

Emma Jean Graddy Sulli-van, 61, of Wrightsville,were held on Tuesday,March 24 at the RangerGrove Church of God inChrist. Superintendent IraEdwards, Sr., officiated.Burial followed in the ScottCemetery in Wrightsville.Mrs. Sullivan was born

on September 8, 1953, to the

late George Graddy, Jr., andthe late Gladys Scott-Grad-dy. Her father died when shewas 3 years old. On May 11,1956, her mother marriedthe late Lonzie Lee Walkerwho adopted Emma JeanGraddy as his daughter.Quietness and softness de-scended with peace and end-ed her life on Thursday,March 19, 2015.She received her educa-

tion at the Doc Kemp Schoolwhere she was a cheerleaderand majorette. At a very ear-ly age, she joined RangerGrove Church of God inChrist. She was a seamstresswith EZ Factory for 13years. She also worked forApparel Brands and withThe Seafood Shack inWrightsville as a cook. Her

favorite pastimes were cook-ing and enjoying her plants.She was known for her col-lard greens and cornbreaddressing. She had a devoted friend,

Alice Davis of Wrightsville,who preceded her in death.She was married to (UnitedStates Navy serviceman)Bernard Sullivan for 12years.Her loving memories will

forever be cherished by herchildren and family includ-ing one daughter, Leca L.Rozier; two sons, Mickey(Matilda) Wright andNicholas D. Rozier, all ofWrightsville; four brothers;one sister; three step-broth-ers; and a host of nieces,nephews, relatives andfriends.

Wrightsville Nazarene and ChristianFamily Center will host Paul Pitts

Paul Pitts will be featuredon April 10 at 7 p.m.at theChristian Family Center inSoperton, in a performance of The Scribe, an Unforget-

table Dramatic Musical Per-formance by One Man, de-picting the life of Christ astold from a scribe's point ofview and himself becoming abeliever through the testimo-ny of Simon Peter. The Christian Family Cen-

ter is located near the inter-section of I-16 and SR 29, on21 Outreach Lane in Soper-ton.On Tuesday, April 12, Paul

and Annette Pitts will join theWrightsville Church of theNazarene for a Con-cert/Testimonial Service at 11a.m. The Wrightsville Churchof the Nazarene and theChristian Family Center are

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sponsoring these two events. For more information, vis-

it www.cfcnewlife.org orpaulpitts.com.

Paul Pitts will be in performance on April 10in Soperton and in Wrightsville on April 12.

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The Council then dis-cussed the Resolution tochange the signature cardsfor all of the bank accounts.Approval was given to putKittrell and Cook on the sig-nature cards for the General,Water, Transportation,Recreation, Cemetery andTransportation Grant ac-counts. On the Water GrantAccount, Kittrell, Drew, Gar-nto and Cross's names arecurrently on the signaturecard. The Council approvedto replace Drew with Cookand Cross with Morris.

In other business duringthe regular meeting, Garntosaid the City needed a time

clock because sometimes theClerk doesn't know if the em-ployees are working or not.The Council decided to lookinto pricing options.

Kittrell explained that Mr.Larry White was wanting todrill a well on his property toraise catfish in a pool. Crosssaid that he'd have to have ameter but there's no lawagainst drilling wells as longas it wouldn't be for humanconsumption. After a briefdiscussion, the Council de-cided to table the issue untilthey could get more informa-tion about White's plans.

Last year, the Council vot-ed to take the maintenance

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Oaky Grove will also host an Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, April 5 at 7:30 a.m. Breakfast will be furnished by the Church, following the Service.

Everyone is invited.For more information, contact Pastor Tom Akins at 478-278-0386

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salary out of the water ac-count. Cross made a motionto go back to the way it usedto be when the salary wastaken out of the general fund.All approved.

Morris reminded theCouncil about the need forresidents to have the right911 address sign displayed sothey wouldn't be caught with-out one and have to pay afine. She said that the CountyCode Enforcer is planning tobegin monitoring the ad-dresses in May. The Councilplans to put a letter of expla-nation in with the water billsto make sure everyone isaware of the issue.

From Page 1aKite

out about the Drug DropBoxes so people will accessthem in each county. OurDrug Drop Box is located atthe Johnson County Sheriff’sOffice. The Drug Drop Boxis bolted to the floor and un-der 24 hour surveillance toprevent people from tamper-ing with the contents. Asyou can see from the picturethis Drug Drop Box looksvery similar to a mail boxwith one exception. This Boxcan and does save lives by re-ducing the amount of drugs inour waterways and mouths ofpeople that they were not in-tended.

The Drug Drop Box is forunused or out of date pre-scription (Rx) and over thecounter (OTC) medicines.The main purpose of a DrugDrop Box is to provide aplace that Rx drugs and OTCmedications can be disposedof safely and securely. Addi-tionally, the Drug Drop Box

also serves as a great solutionfor Rx drugs that survivingloved ones are often left withto dispose of – just take themto your county Drug DropBox. No questions asked.Dump and go.

An additional effort thatthe Collaborative has under-taken is the promotion to putALL your Rx and OTC med-ication under LOCK and key.Through the following web-site; you can purchase a med-icine safe for $39.99 deliv-ered to your door. This Med-icine Safe is an affordable,simple solution to keeping Rxdrugs and OTC medicinessafe and free from misuse andabuse. LOCK your drugsand medicines up becauseyou don’t want to be includedin the following numbers:Prevention-80% of Childoverdoes cases are from chil-dren accessing medicationson their own.; Protection-70% of Teens who have

abused prescription drugstook them from friends orfamily. Privacy-40% of homeVisitors will inspect the con-tents of your medicine cabi-net when they use your bath-room.

If you have ever been acaretaker of a family memberand that person passed away,what did you do with theirmedications? The Drug DropBox in our community is theperfect place to take thesemedications.

Please call me at 478-864-4063 if you would like moreinformation about our localDrug Drop Box or have ques-tions about the disposal ofyour out of date and unwant-ed Rx and OTC medications.The following websites arealso great resources for infor-mation,www.StopAlcoholUnder21.org,www.StopRxAbuseinGA.org, www.LiveDrugFree.org

From Page 1aBoxin the calendar was theycould only fit in one profes-sional learning day ratherthan two like they did thisyear. On behalf of JCESPrincipal Charles Howard,she reported they are apply-ing for a grant for a SummerTransition Program, which isa six week program designedfor students who didn’t at-tend Pre-K.

Thomas discussed theSchool Resource Officer po-sition and the need for it tobe a post-certified position.She said Sheriff Oxford saidhe didn’t think that would bea problem. A post-certifiedposition will cost a littlemore but Thomas said theyshould be able to have that inplace next year.

The BOE is currently un-der a contract with the Coun-ty for the position. KevinBrantley suggested maybelooking at the County andthe City to see which onecould be more beneficial.

Thomas discussed Flexi-bility Options and said shehas attended a Charter Sys-tem meeting but wants to geta little more information onthe IE (squared). She sug-gested the Board meet for aninformational session priorto the April meeting. TheBoard approved and willmeet on April 21 at 5 p.m.

A list of recommendedemployees for FY16, whichwere approved after an exec-utive session, will be printedin next week’s Journal.

From Page 1aBOE SeamlessSummerProgram The JCBOE will sponsor

the U.S. DOE Seamless Sum-mer Food Service Program.Meals will be available at nocharge to eligible children.Churches, camps and othernon-profits may apply to be adelivery site. Contact Re-dessa Crawford at 864-2030for info. Sites must havecompleted all forms by April23 to be considered.

March 31, 1916-171916- John Martin Huff,

for 30 years, was owner andeditor of The WrightsvilleHeadlight. He was born inGriffin, GA and died at hishome here March 15th atage 72. He received a liter-ary and musical education atMarshall College and en-tered the journalism field ata young age. Before theHeadlight he worked at theGriffin Star and DailyNews, was founder of PikeCounty News, also TheGazette and Messenger atSandersville. He was theneditor of the Southern-Ap-peal at Irwinton and came toWrightsville in 1886 andbought the Headlight fromJ.M. Mason, then known asthe Wrightsville Recorder.He changed the name toWrightsville Headlight. Forover 50 years he was in thenewspaper business. He was

always on the right side ofall moral questions. He was,in the highest and best senseof the word, a gentleman,quiet, modest, retiring, un-obtrusive.

The new editor and pro-prietor of the Headlight isCharles D. Roundtree fromEmanuel County where hehad been in the paper busi-ness for 7 years. He was ed-itor of the Graymont Hustlerand then the Forest-Blade.He attended Nannie LouWarthen College, he is 33years old, married and has a

son and a daughter.1917- Dirt was broken

this week for the four newstores across from Lovett'sGarage with T.L. Chestercontractor. Mr. Johnson willsoon tearout the Linder Sta-bles that have been there for20 years. A driveway willextend clear around circlingthese stores. The LinderMule & Horse Companypurchased from J. Ed Tomp-kins the vacant lot betweenLovett Hotel and the two-story brick building, nowoccupied by Tompkins

(Classy Cuts). Mr. J.E. Lin-der will begin erection of aone-story brick store house(Matthew Waters building)which he will sell buggies,wagons and hardware. Thebuilding will be 40 x 120.Wrightsville is definitely ona building boom.

The banks released theirstatement of condition. Ex-change Bank, $194,053.04;Bank of Wrightsville,$270,806.77; Citizens Bankof Kite, $81,125.87; Bank ofAdrian, $79,304.21; ScottBanking Company,$60,249.58.

The Grand Jury recom-mendations include a bridgeacross Smith Branch fromWrightsville to Bartow onthe west side of PollyPrice's. The road at Cheney'sbridge be straightened, hillscut so loaded teams can

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The Johnson Journal (USPS 016221) is published weekly for$29.00 in county, $35.00 out-of-county and $39.00 out-of-state an-nually by The Courier Herald Publishing Company, Inc., 8664South Marcus Street, Wrightsville, Ga. 31096. Periodicals PostageRate paid at Wrightsville, Ga. POSTMASTER: Send addresschanges to THE JOHNSON JOURNAL, 8664 South Marcus St.,Wrightsville, Ga. 31096. Office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,Monday through Friday. The telephone number is (478) 864-0007.The fax number is (478) 864-2719.

Copyright 2002, The Herald Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Publisher ....................Griffin LovettExecutive Editor ........Dubose PorterEditor........................Deidre Ledford

Weekly Division Editor .......Jason HalcombeAdvertising ..................Deidre Ledford

“Mid the wavering pinesof Georgia, ‘neath the brightblue sky, stands our noble al-ma mater as the years go by.”It was obvious that all fivedecades of the years havegone by as the planning com-mittee for the class reunionmet recently. This is the yearfor the reunion of every fiveyears. The five classes of1960-65 celebrate together.Gray hair, no hair, wrinkles,and sunspots show that wecould be helping senior classgrandchildren with home-work if we had any idea ofwhat their assignmentsmean!

At the planning committeemeeting, I reminisced with afellow basketball team mem-ber about the good old dayson the court. I reminded myfriend of his three-point-range shot that sacked the netfor only two points in ourday. Three-point shots were athing of the future. Basket-ball was one place where mygangly lean build counted forsomething. I think I made theteam because of my 6’4”frame rather than extraordi-nary skills. We might havebeen a little short-handed,too. I was the only senior onmy team. I guess you couldsay I had senior-ority!

It was really special in thefall of the year when the uni-

forms came out of the storageboxes. Our colors were blackand white. My jersey numberwas 21. It only took me aboutthree games to accumulatethat many points. However, Imade a lot of noise to en-courage my teammates.When we got new uniforms,my number was 34.

Maybe the coach was try-ing to get me to up my pro-duction. One of the perks forplaying basketball was ridingthe bus to games with thecheerleaders. Of course, youunderstand that we spent thattime going over plays or lis-tening to the cheerleaderspractice cheering. Now, onthe way home, well, we weresleepy then.

Between now and Novem-ber, there will be more plan-ning for our special event. In-vitations will find their wayfar beyond the mail boxes atthe bus stops of 55 years ago.On the evening of the bigevent, affectionate greetingswill be generously offeredand sweetly received. Insome of my mentaldawdling, I might be accusedof impersonating a poet as Iput a spin on some of thethoughts from our old alma

mater. Hopefully, my Englishteacher would not be too em-barrassed at my attempt atpoetry.

“Mid the wavering pinesof Georgia, ‘neath the brightblue sky,” I put down mypencil and gazed out the win-dow, watching pulpwoodtrucks go by. The algebra for-mulas didn’t make sense, andShakespeare’s plays wereboring. But the rotten egg gasfrom the chemistry classbrought laughter so loud itwas roaring! Our noble almamater just keeps on standingas the years keep going onby. We may call your nameand say you still look thesame, but you know we aretelling a lie.

Many of the cares of lifehave o’ertaken us, but herewe are once again. Feastingtogether again here tonightain’t as boring as class wasback then. Let’s rememberthe people who are part ofour heart and of where we allhave been. We’ll remembereach other and our almamater until we meet again!

Dan King Sr is a senior liv-ing planner, pastoral coun-selor, and registered mediator.He may be reached at 478279-2992 or www.seniorplan.info. Copyright 2015,Daniel M. King Sr. All rightsreserved.

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I wish whoever was responsi-ble for the newspaper recyclingboxes in Scott would emptythem more often! I think it's agreat idea to recycle, but most ofthe time these boxes are so fullwe can't put anything in them!The only other option is to throwthem in the dumpster. Does any-one know who handles theseboxes?

-----------------------------When someone is arrested,

their vehicle usually gets towedunless they have a passengerwith them that can drive. Howcome this doesn't apply to afamily member of a city orcounty official?

-----------------------------I don't understand how mov-

ing teachers around is supposedto benefit anyone. How can theybe expected to learn the curricu-lum of another grade as well asadjust to dealing with kids of adifferent age in enough time tobenefit the students?

-----------------------------What meeting did the Board

of Education discuss having alawyer present at every meet-ing? I don't remember it beingbrought up...How much is thiscosting the system?

-----------------------------I hope I never go to jail. My

one phone call wouldn’t do meany good. I haven’t memorizeda number since the late ‘90s.

-----------------------------The Holy Bible is not a bag

of trail mix...you can’t just pickout the bits and pieces you likeand ignore the rest.

-----------------------------It’s a shame that if you steal

thousands from the governmentyou only get slapped on thewrist with nine months in thefederal pen, which ain’t nothingbut a hotel,but if you get bustedwith a little bit of dope you get9-10 years in prison with hardlabor. Things need to be redone.

This coming Sunday I’ll re-turn to the country churchwhere I grew up for Eastersunrise services. It’s the placewhere I learned about the wis-dom of King Solomon, thecourage King David, and wasshown the unconditional loveas taught by Jesus Christ.

This Friday begins theweek of Passover, and will alsomark Good Friday, the daythat Christians understandthat despite that love, we are– individually and collectively– people that make unwiseand sinful decisions. And yet,we are people who believe inforgiveness and redemption.

These are graces granted tous from a power much greaterthan ourselves. It is a powergranted from a Lord that gaveus his son - a son that rejecteda kingdom here on earth. Onethat drove the moneychangersfrom the temple. One thatshowed love and compassionfor the woman at the well andfor a corrupt tax collector, butrebuked the Pharisees andothers who would use theirwealth or positions of power toplace themselves above theirneighbors.

This is the last week of theGeorgia General Assembly’sannual 40-day session. Thejuxtaposition of the end of ac-tivity at the Capitol - with leg-islators expected to finishtheir business late Thursdaynight – and the beginningEaster weekend and Passoverweek will likely not be lost onmany. Much of the public de-bate on the final actions of thelegislative bodies will be onwhether the state passes a billon religious freedom.

The debate over whetherGeorgia should become the32nd state to protect individ-ual religious observation fromexcessive government intru-sion has been consumed byover the top rhetoric and falseclaims made from both sup-porters and opponents. Thebills sponsors have been ac-cused of everything from con-doning child and spousalabuse to attempting to em-bolden the KKK. And thosewho tried to make non-dis-crimination explicit in the billwere compared to Judas Is-cariot.

To be clear, I’ve talked withboth Rep Sam Teasley and SenJosh McKoon on multiple oc-casions throughout the lastyear about their bills. I be-lieve their motivations aregood, and their intentions no-ble. I also believe that money-changers in the temple havestolen their cause, inflamedthe rhetoric, and made theirjobs much more difficult.Christianity is a religion ofpeace and love. Those whohave decided to weaponize itfor personal and political gaincheapen the message they pro-claim to be trying to protect.

Equally worthy of derisionare the many seeking tosquelch any further publicprotections for religious prac-tices under the theme ofequality. Equality doesn’t be-gin when one side gets whatthey want and the other mustconform their practices andbeliefs to whatever remains.For tolerance to mean any-thing other than an empty slo-gan, it must be recognized,

and observed, as a two-waystreet.

In an attempt to claim themoral high ground, both sup-porters and opponents haveinstead ceded it. Public dis-course has been set back asmuch as the causes of each.

Caught in the middle areGeorgia’s business interestsand Chambers of Commerce.Last year some larger corpora-tions reacted to Arizona’s at-tempt to expand their alreadyexisting RFRA law into areaswell outside the scope of theFederal companion law by op-posing Georgia’s proposals.Others, however, have re-mained helpful and construct-ed partners in an attempt tofind a common ground solu-tion without prejudging thebill nor projecting others’ lan-guage upon it.

The problem with business-es being stuck in the middle isthat they are essentially beingasked like King Solomon topublicly split this baby. Thereis no upside for members ofthe business community beingperceived as either anti-reli-gious or anti-gay.

Business, by their nature,wish to maximize sales andprofits, which means selling toall customers. Being drawninto the middle of this debateonly ensures that if commonground cannot be found, theystand to lose business fromsomeone. Those screamingthe loudest on each side do nothave to share these concerns.They stand to profit regard-less who loses.

I believe that our countrywas founded on the fundamen-tal basis that we are all free topractice our religion in theway each of us sees fit. Thisextends to all religions - notmerely to Christians and notmerely to those with Judeo-Christian beliefs. For thisfreedom to truly matter – inorder for each of us who claimChristianity as our own faithto matter – this must also ap-ply to those who choose topractice no religion.

My Church teaches methat the yolk of governmentmay occasionally interfere inmy life – and when it does Iam to carry the pack twomiles, not one. It teaches methat I am to render unto Cae-sar what is Caesar’s, and thatis separate from what belongsto the Lord. And above all, mychurch teaches me to turn theother cheek when struck byan opponent. I wish more ad-vocates of RFRA could re-member this about our reli-gion most of all.

The RFRA debate is muchbigger than whether this pro-tection is codified into law. Itis an opportunity for those inthe Christian faith to show thelove, tolerance, and forgive-ness that are cornerstones ofthe faith. They are also at-tributes that are currentlynon-existent in this public de-bate.

There is room to accommo-date the concerns addressedby all sides. It is my hope andprayer that those who saythey are advocating on behalfof my God demonstrate thelove and compassion heshowed to all of us with themost selfless act of all we cele-brate this weekend.

Religious freedommeets Holy Week

He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities;

the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with his stripes we are healed.

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travel without danger. A. G.Powell be re-appointed No-tary Public for 1396 district.That sign boards put at eachcrossroad directing wherethey lead to and distance ofmiles. They also are to peti-tion the legislature to changethe county line betweenJohnson and Laurens fromcorner on Dublin road nearthe Lake place straight tomouth of Ford Creek, thencedown the run of BuckeyeCreek to the Oconee River.On March 16th the death

angel took Mr. Verdie Tap-ley's little baby, then on the17th called away his wife.Mrs. Tapley was the daughterof C.W. Claxton of Mississip-pi, but was raised by her un-cle, Bennett Claxton, hermother dying when she wasonly 2 weeks old. She was aBaptist at the Kite church.She was buried at Sardis.Mr. W.R. Amason died

Sunday night without warn-ing in the Busy Bee Resturanthere. He was born in Wash-ington Co. but been livinghere the last 15 years. He wasa member of the Christianchurch and buried in West-view. This morning Mrs. J.E.Page of Orianna died atHodges Sanitarium followingan operation for appendicitis.She was the wife of JudgeJ.E. Page and survived byhim, one child, her parents,and several brothers and sis-ters. She was 26 years oldand the daughter of Mr. &Mrs. J. R. Jordan of JeffersonCounty. She was a Methodistand her remains were en-tombed in the mausoleum atNorthview Cemetery inDublin.

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All our lives we haveheard that education was theticket to whatever we wantedto accomplish in life and wehave found that to be verytrue. The initial forming ofour education started withvisits to the library. Ofcourse, school is the firstsource for obtaining an edu-cation but that is followedwith support or materials atthe library. For as long as many of us

can remember, JohnsonCounty and Wrightsville hashad a library for use by thepublic. We have always beenfortunate to have it if weneeded materials for a schoolpaper, if we wanted to read agood mystery, or read a biog-raphy of someone we foundinteresting. The Harlie Ful-ford Memorial Library con-tinues to be a source of infor-mation for not only childrenbut adults today. As with other govern-

ment-sponsored programs,funding has been cut and thelibrary is one of the firstplaces to suffer. The Friendsof the Library in JohnsonCounty work to help providebooks for children and adultsas well as programs that as-sist in continuing to educateand provide a place to re-ceive materials for entertain-ment. Today the library has a

good array of computers forthe public to use and has as-

sisted many in job searches,writing resumes, research,and yes, entertainment. In an effort to continue to

support the funding for the li-brary's needs, the Friends ofthe Library will hold a booksale at the DoubleTree Cof-fee Shop at 10 a.m. on Satur-day, April 25. The sale willoffer many gently usedbooks from fiction, Christianliterature, biographies, trave,food and entertainment, chil-dren's books and even somehow-to (DIY) books to pro-vide ideas relative to refur-bishing furniture, buildingthat porch swing you've al-ways wanted to romance. Come by and pick up a

box, bag, arm or even ahandful of books to takehome. All monies receivedwill be turned over to the li-brary for them to use for thepurchase of more books andprograms for all of us, the

citizens of Johnson County. If you have books you

would like to contribute tothe sale we welcome themand ask that you carry themto the libraryy or call andmake arrangements forsomeone from the Friendsgroup to pick them up. If you are not a member of

the Friends of the Library, weencourage you to join. Thereare different membership op-tions from student to corpo-ration. We would like thankall members of the Friends ofthe Library for their supportand encourage others to join.Please pencil the sale into

your date book or on yourcalendar and come see whatawaits you on April 25. Welook forward to your joiningthe Friends, donating booksand coming to the sale andhelping pave the way for newbooks and programs for thelibrary.

Friends of the Library group plansa Book Sale for Saturday, April 25SSuubbmmiitttteedd bbyy FFrriieennddss

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Danny CharlesNorris

Annual Sex Offender Registration

February 20

Montrey SentelBushSpeeding

February 21

Gregtavious WalkerBurglary; Obstruction of an

officer; Probation-JAGFebruary 17

Tony MichaelEvans

Driving with suspended license

February 18

Alfred ShieldsHarvey

Burglary (x3); Criminaldamage to property

February 18

Shannon TyroneTaylor, Jr.

Following too closely; DUIFebruary 19

Michael Mantez LeeGoing inside guardline w/weap/liqr/drugs; Giving

convicts items w/out consentFebruary 21

Shadavia MitchellGoing inside guardline w/weap/liqr/drugs; Giving

convicts items w/out consentFebruary 21

Dallas Dewayne Fulghum

Disorderly ConductFebruary 22

Michael JacksonMarijuana poss/manuf/sell/ purchase; Inmates-possession

of weapons/drugsFebruary 23

Laura Ashley Shoemaker

Hold for another agencyFebruary 24

David Lee SpikesPoss. of cocaine w/intent to distribute; Poss. of or use ofdrug-related object; Probation

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Mark Allen BellDrugs-purch/poss/manu/saleof controlled substance (x2)

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James Earl BellDistribution of Schedule I & II

drugs; Anabolic steroids/VGCSAFebruary 25

Fred HillBattery-Family Violence

February 28

Tony Michael EvansDrug objects-trans in/poss.w/intent to distribute; Prescriptiondrugs in unlabeled bottle (x2)

February 25

Derrick L. HallCriminal trespass (x2);Bondsman off bond

February 26

William C. EltonAnnual Sex Offender

RegistrationFebruary 27

Willie Lee DavisTheft by Shoplifting;

Public drunk; Bench warrantFebruary 27

Michael AnthonyTaylor

Failure to maintain lane;DUI/Alcohol

February 28

Amanda N. HarperInmates-poss. of weap/drugs;

Drug traffic w/in 1000ft of pub.park/rec/pub. houseFebruary 28

Willie C. HorneDriving while unlicensed;

Open ContainerFebruary 28

Michael W. BlairPublic drunk; Cocaine-poss/sell/purchase/manuf; Possession of

a drug-related objectFebruary 28

Harvey Glenn Harris, Jr.

Driving w/ license suspendedFebruary 28

DISCLAIMER:THESE ARE ARREST

REPORT PHOTOSTAKEN FROM THE

LOCAL POLICE ANDSHERIFF’S OFFICES.

THEY DO NOT RE-FLECT GUILT OR INNOCENCE AND

ARE PART OF THEPUBLIC RECORD.

Lakeisha S. Demmons

Probation-JAG & StateMarch 6

Basil Alfred WalkesGoing inside guardline w/ weapon/liquor/drugs

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Phyllis Lee GarntoProbation-JAG

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Kerry L. CarlsonLeaving the scene of an accident; Expired Tag

March 4

Ronald P. MosesAnnual Sex Offender

RegistrationMarch 5

Heather E. WalkerDistr. of Schedule I&II drugs;Cocaine-poss/sell/purchase;

Presc. drugs in unlabled bottle March 6

Ryan Lee RathbunTheft by Shoplifting

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ing to leave him. Kelmerended up leaving the shophimself after he was electedas the Emanuel County Ordi-nary (Probate Judge) andHood went to work at HarryMosley's Barber Shop inSwainsboro. About a yearlater, Virgil Mosley cameback and asked him to recon-sider moving to Wrightsville.Jerry told him no again. Not long after that, Virgil

came back for the third timeand asked if he'd just cometry it for a day or two. Jerryagreed and told Harry that hewas going to WrightsvilleFriday and Saturday but notto tell his customers, because

he'd be back on Monday. Buthe never came back. Thatsame week, Virgil had plansof his own. With the papersalready drawn up and inhand, he offered to sell theshop, which was located onMarcus Street where Double-Tree Coffee is located, to Jer-ry. They worked out a dealand that's where he stayedfrom 1972-1979. Jerrymoved to Elm Street in 1979after buying the former Burt

Price Insurance Agencybuilding from Mrs. Tucker,who also owned the Tucker's5 & 10 store downtown. Tenyears later, he remodeled theshop and is still cutting hairin the same spot. "It wasn't my plans to cut

hair and it wasn't my plans tocome to Wrightsville," saidHood. "Looking back at howeverything just came togeth-er, I can clearly see how Godwas looking out for me thewhole time."He admits when he first

came to Wrightsville he oftendreamed of going back toSwainsboro. He not only hadto take a cut in pay (hair cutswere $1.50-$1.75 in Swains-boro but only $1.00 inWrightsville), he said it feltlike a completely different at-mosphere here. But he's gladhe kept his roots inWrightsville and has gainedmany customers and closefriends through his barbershop, Hair Unlimited. The Journal has inter-

viewed several of Jerry'slongtime customers andwanted to share some of theinteresting and funny storiesthat have been collected.-Jerry wrapped his first

ever perm on Hazel Price andhe'd often practice on her forhours at the time. He wouldcall on her to try out new hairstyles after he attended hairshows.-In the '70s, he learned

what cut 'over the ears'meant. During this time boyswere wearing their hair longand James Gurr wanted hiscut down over his ears. Jerry

cut it to the top of his earsand James had a fit. Fromthen on, he says he knew thedifference in down over theears and above the ears. -He learned that hair

stretches when it's wet from ateenager girl who wantedbangs cut just below her eye-brows. Jerry cut it when itwas wet and then when itdried, she didn't have anybangs.-If there was ever an

award for the worst childcustomer ever, Nathan Poolwould still hold the title. Hismother, Linda, who wouldalways leave crying after ahair cut, said that he had somuch hair that when he wasfour months old, she'd put itup in a barrette to keep it outof his face. His dad, Beverly,said his son was NOT to havea barrette put in his hair, sohe had to get a hair cut. Theolder he got, the louder he

yelled, and Jerry said hecould hear them coming waybefore he saw them. It tookboth parents to hold him for ahair cut until he was fiveyears old. Today, Nathan stillgoes to Jerry. He won't let

anyone else cut it.-When he first came here

in '72, Jerry said he remem-bers that if you didn't have aloaf of bread or a gallon ofmilk before 6 p.m., youweren't getting any becausethe grocery store closed at 6and there weren't any 7-11saround here.

-MaryDixonsaid thatJerry hascut herhair formanyyears. Sheremem-bers onetime, inbetweenhair cuts,she decid-

ed her hair had gotten toolong in the back. Instead ofgoing to Jerry, she let herhusband, Burton, trim it forher. When Jerry saw her, hehad a fit and told her not totell anyone he had ever cut

her hair. -About 10-15 years ago,

Jerry was cutting a 10-yearold boy's hair and, as he usu-ally does, he was picking athim by asking who his girl-friend was. With a waitingroom full of people, he saidthis bashful little boy tookhim by surprise by saying, "Iwish you would just cut myhair and leave my personallife out of this." -When he first started, hair

cuts were only $1.00. Accord-ing to a customer, Jerry oncesaid his goal was to get to apoint where he could make$100 per week and he'd behappy for the rest of his life. It would be impossible to

print all the memories madein Jerry's barber chair, but forthe past five decades he hasplayed a part in the memoriesmade by everyone who haspassed by the old barber'spole and entered the door tohis shop. Thank you JerryHood for being a part of thiscommunity

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Where it all began...The Durden Barber Shop,inside the Durden Hotel in Swainsboro, (l-r) Mr.Clark, the shoe shine boy, Kelmer Durden, Jer-ry Hood, Johnny Durden and Sims Kersey. TheDurden Hotel later burned down.

Skin Robinson waitsin the chair for a trim.

Jerryopens thedoor to hisnewly

renovatedshop, HairUnlimited,on Elm

Street, hiscurrentlocation

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