TTHHEE JJOOHHNNSSOONN JJOOUURRNNAALLA newspaper that cares about the people of Johnson County

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

$1.00Volume 17 Number 31

THIS WEEK’SHIGHLIGHTS

PLEASANTGROVE BAPTISTTO HOST SING

Jackson Fashion& Wireless will hostthe 3rd annual Fa-ther’s Day Festivalon Saturday, June20 from 1-6 p.m. atthe Wadley Park inWadley. Events in-clude a car and bikeshow, vendors, wa-ter slides, music andmuch more.

THIRD ANNUALFATHER’S DAYFESTIVAL SETFOR JUNE 20

The Kite PrayerBreakfast Groupwill host a Commu-nity Gospel Sing onSaturday, June 13in the Kite Churchof God FellowshipHall at 6 p.m. Thisis a free sing, fea-turing local talentincluding Amy Lee,Ross Tanner, JoseyScott, Kara Drew,the Johnson sistersand Basik Truth.

KITE PRAYERBREAKFAST

GROUP PLANSGOSPEL SING

SAND HILL TOCELEBRATE

118TH CHURCHANNIVERSARY

Pleasant Grove Bap-tist Church will behosting a Gospel Sing,featuring local tal-ent, on May 31 at 6p.m. Everyone is invit-ed to attend.

The JoCo Boys andGirls Club is accept-ing applications forthe Summer Pro-gram. For info, call478-290-8291.

B&G CLUB ACCEPTING

APPLICATIONS

Sand Hill Mission-ary Baptist Churchwill be celebratingits 118th churchanniversary onSunday, May 24.Morning serviceswith Pastor JerryWalden will beginat 11:30. The an-niversary servicewith Rev. GradyBell, pastor of ZionHope BaptistChurch in Tennille,will begin at 2 p.m.

ARRESTS MADE IN BURGLARY OF RECREATION DEPARTMENT

It didn’t take long forWrightsville Police Offi-cers to track down and ar-rest two individuals whoburglarized the JohnsonCounty Recreation Depart-ment last Saturday. Narcotics Investigator

Raymond Garner says thatearly Saturday morning,between the hours of 1 and

5 a.m., two individualsbroke into the field houseon Field 4 and took twobaseball shirts and a cap.They also broke into theconcession stand betweenFields 1 and 2, damagingseveral doors, and takingfood, drinks and cookingequipment. Garner said he was able

to apprehend TristinStrickland, 18, and DavinaSmith, 26, on Tuesday

morning after receiving atip from a concerned citi-zen. The citizen allegedly

saw the juvenile sister ofStrickland wearing one ofthe stolen shirts, whichwere only distributed tocertain people, at school onTuesday. Garner ques-tioned the juvenile whoproceeded to tell himwhere she had gotten theshirt. After receiving this

information, Police ChiefAaron Price went Strick-land and Smith’s apartment

and was given consent to

SPECIAL GRADUATION TAB INSIDE TODAY’S EDITIONJohnson County High School Graduation Ceremony is Saturday at 9 a.m.

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items taken fromJCRDwere

recoveredby duringthe search

82-year old charged intheft of dumpster stairs

An 82-year old man wasarrested Friday afternoonfor the theft of the dumpsterplatform that was takenfrom the Oaky GroveChurch Road dump site. An investigation led by

Johnson County SheriffDeputies Jennifer Hudsonand Bill Thompson, withassistance from the Wash-ington County Sheriff’s Of-fice, led authorities to theresidence of Henry John-son, aka Henry Wilson,where they saw some of the

stolen property. According to Sheriff

Rusty Oxford, after someof the items were spotted athis residence, Johnson re-portedly tried to return theplatform to the dump siteon Oaky Grove ChurchRoad. Johnson was arrest-ed on charges of felonytheft by taking and criminaltrespass. He was taken toJohnson County Jail andgiven a $5,000 bond. Oxford said his depart-

ment wishes to thank thecitizens who called with in-formation to help with theinvestigation.

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Johnson CountyHigh School Principal GaryPrice reminds hisseniors that ‘justbecause you’ve received this capand gown doesn’tmean it’s over yet,’as he encouragesthem to put theirbest foot forwardthis week as wellas the rest of their lives. Price is also shown

congratulating the2015 ValedictorianBrett Allen andSalutatorian AlexisWalker during theannual AcademicAchievement

Award’s Night onMay 11. JCHS

Graduation is thisSaturday at 9 a.m.at Lovett Stadium.

Seniors prep for Graduation Day

Atlanta, Ga. — Sander-sville-based pimentocheese purveyor ProperPepper has taken first placein the dairy category at theUniversity of Georgia’sFlavor of Georgia Contest. Owner Deana Tanner

Bibb, a native ofWrightsville, GA, show-cased her Get Back Jack Pi-mento Cheese at the finalround of judging in Atlanta,Ga. March 9-10 in Atlanta. This year Georgia De-

partment of AgricultureCommissioner Gary Blackand College of Agriculturaland Environmental Sci-ences Dean and Director J.Scott Angle announced thecategory and grand prizewinners. Adriana Coppola, a na-

tive Italian now living inJohns Creek, won this

year’s Flavor of Georgiagrand prize with her A&AAlta Cucina Italia Balsami-co al Mirtillo, a blueberrybalsamic vinegar reduction. Showcase events like the

2015 Flavor of Georgiacompetition help entrepre-neurs spread the wordabout their products. Manyhave landed spots in re-gional and national grocerychains like Whole Foods,Fresh Market, Earth Fare,Kroger and Harvey's. "Though hundreds of

food products have comethrough the Flavor of Geor-gia contest since 2007,Georgians just keep com-ing up with a new 'crop' ofexcellent entries eachyear," said Sharon P. Kane,Flavor of Georgia contest

Tanner wins Flavor ofGeorgia Food ContestWrightsville native takesfirst with Pimento Cheese

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Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black,left, and UGA College of Agricultural and En-vironmental Sciences Dean J. Scott Anglecongratulate Deana and Ken Bibb at UGA’sFlavor of Georgia Food Product Contest.Bibb took home first place in the dairy cate-gory with Proper Pepper Pimento Cheese’sGet Back Jack flavor.

Please see FLAVOR, Page 3

Flags lowered to half staff in honor ofLaw Enforcement Appreciation DayFlags around town werelowered to half staff onFriday, May 15, in honor of National Law Enforcement

Appreciation Day. TheDepartment of HomelandSecurity says this day isset aside to support ournation’s approximately780,000 police officerswho put on a badge eachday, knowing they may face extremely dangerous situationswhile carrying out theirduties. Law EnforcementAppreciation Day is one of only five days inGeorgia that the flag ishalf-staff from sunrise tosunset. If you didn’t doso Friday, take the timeto thank an officer today.

same old games. This newand often made-up terminol-ogy. These word games, andthe devil is good at that.The word lets us know in

Isaiah 5:20 that they will callgood bad and bad good. Wellhere we are. Life coaches.They are just plain old glori-fied ministers of psychology.Modern day sooth sayers andsorcerers that don’t hang onthe street corner like old Si-mon the Sorcerer did in bibletimes. Now they have bighigh-rise offices and they getspots on the Oprah show. Onthe new OWN networks,folks didn’t really catch onwhen Oprah came out withthese life lessons. That is allit is. Oh, they can fix yourlife for a big sum of money.That’s what the fortune tellersays too.They are starting with the

military chaplains. Theydon’t want the chaplainspraying with a soldier andtelling him about Jesus be-cause he might offend some-one. Oh, you can talk aboutBuddha and Mohammed allday but for pete’s sake, don’tmention Jesus, the son of thetrue and living God! Why?Because they don’t believethat Jesus was the son ofGod, that’s why.Well, the devil ain’t

through. It is going to movefrom the military to even the

state and federal owned andoperated prisons. Kick thechaplains out. That reallywant to do that now anyway.As if we don’t have enoughproblems in prison. Wellfolks, if they kick God andJesus out then all hell is real-ly going to break loose.You see, as the word lets

us know about the wisdom ofman, wise within them-selves. Heady high-minded,proud in these last days.More wiser and morewicked. The blind leadingthe blind to hell. They willturn from the gospel ofChrist and be turned to fa-bles. We are there! Falseteachers and not all arepreachers and prophets.Some are talk show hosts.Speaking earlier about giv-ing the devil a ride. Yearsago they used to say that Godis my co-pilot and then theysaid, “Well, if He is your co-pilot, then you need toswitch seats!” So true.We better turn around and

turn back to God and leavethe driving to Him. Let Himbe the Lord of our life. If youneed a how-to book then goto the good book. If you needfacebook, then put your facein a book and it’s called thegood book.If you need a life coach, a

heart fixer, a mind regulator,then you can find Him at thefoot of the cross andnowhere else will you findpeace for your soul.Can you say Amen?Gary Toole is a freelance

writer and contributor tomany publications through-out Georgia. He and hiswife, Carolyn, live in Uval-da., Georgia.

There’s an old saying, “Ifyou give the devil and inch,he will take a mile.” Well,he’s done that and more. Hehas taken a country mile, anda country mile walking bare-foot in the heat of the sum-mer is a long mile. I heardthis one recently, “If you letthe devil ride then he willwant to drive.” And drive hewill. If you let him, he willdrive you right on off intohell. So don’t let him ride!That reminds me of a sto-

ry. This hitchhiker wasthumbing a ride and a manpicked him up. The owner ofthe car was smoking and thehitchhiker said, “If God hadwanted you to smoke then hewould have put a smokestack on you.” The driverpulled over and said to thehitchhiker, “Get out! If Godhad wanted you to ride, thenhe would have put wheels onyou!” Just a little somethingto put a smile on your face.Some folks haven’t smiled inso long that if they did, theirface would break.So anyway, getting back

to this very serious subject.While I speak, a lot of our re-ligious freedom is being un-derminded and it has startedin the government. They arenow wanting to replace thechaplains that used to carrytheir bibles around. Theyhave stopped them fromkeeping their bibles on theirdesks in plain view and nowthey are wanting to replacethe chaplains with life coach-es. That’s just what we needto finish destroying America.They ain’t and I repeat,

ain’t fooling me. In this mod-ern day, folks try to fool youwith these new names for the

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WWHHAATT’’SS HHAAPPPPEENNIINNGG•The Johnson County Athlet-ic Program's annual CokeSale is in progress. Cases of20 oz. drinks are $22.00. Toplace your order, contactDon Norton at 478-864-2222.•The Johnson County Minis-terial Association meetsevery first Wednesday at 1p.m. at the Double Tree Cof-fee Shop in Wrightsville lo-cated across the street fromthe post office. •The Boy's and Girl's Clubof Johnson County is nowaccepting applications forthe 2015 Summer Program.For more info. or to obtainan application, call 478-290-8291.•The Wrightsville-JohnsonCounty Chamber of Com-merce is proud to announcethe presentation of The 1stAnnual Wiggle and TwistFall Festival on October 31-November 1. The 2015 Fes-tival will feature: a BBQCook Off, Arts and Crafts-anarray of individuals will dis-play/sell their talent, Enter-tainment for the whole fami-ly-music, kid-friendlygames/rides, etc., a varietyof food, drinks, and sweets.We would love to have woodcarvers, homemadesoaps/perfumes, basketweavers, copper/metalartists, painters, artists of allforms, to participate. Formore info., contact WilliamRoberts at 478-864-7200 or478-232-7843.•The Sand Hill MissionaryBaptist Church will be cele-brating its 118th Church An-niversary on Sunday, May24. Morning Services willbegin at 11:30 a.m. with Pas-tor Jerry L. Walden. The an-niversary service will beginat 2p.m. with Rev. GradyBell, Pastor of Zion HopeBaptist Church in Tennille. •The third annual Father’sDay Festival will be held onSaturday, June 20 from 1-6p.m. at the Wadley Park inWadley. This event is spon-sored by Jackson Fashion &Wireless. This event is freefor all adults and kids andwill be fun for the wholefamily. Events include a carshow, a bike show, vendors,water slides, music and

much more. Over $700 infree prizes will be givenaway. Entrance fee for Carsand Bikes is $10.00. Formore information or to regis-ter, contact Antwain Jacksonat 478-206-8206 or TequilaJackson at 706-360-4294.•The Johnson County Boardof Education will hold theirmonthly meeting Tuesday,May 19 at 6 p.m. in theboard room. The followingitems are on the agenda: Car-la Lamb-Elementary School

The Kite Prayer BreakfastGroup will be hosting a Com-munity Gospel Sing on Satur-day, June 13 in the KiteChurch of God FellowshipHall.Singing will begin a 6p.m. This is a free sing, fea-turing local talent.The entertainment for the

evening will be presented bythe following singers: AmyLee, Ross Tanner, JoseyScott, Kara Drew, and theJohnson Sisters.Featured Singers of the

evening will be Basik Truth(Glover Girls).Hamburger and Hotdog

Meals will be sold at 5p.m.for a cost of $5.00 each.

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OOBBIITTUUAARRIIEESSMartha J. MackeyMartha J. Mackey, 66, of

East Dublin, entered into eter-nal rest Wednesday, May 13,2015 after an extended illness.Mrs. Mackey had lived inLaurens County for thepassed 66 years and was Bap-tist by faith. Memorial ser-vices were held at PleasantSprings Baptist Church onFriday evening, May 15. Rev.

L.T. Logue was the officiatingminister. Mrs. Mackey is survived

by one son, Troy L. Cum-mings of East Dublin; twodaughters, Sonya M. Brown(Donnie) of East Dublin andTish D. Boyd (Robert) ofDublin; one brother, ArthurRandy Garner (Margaret Ann)of Dublin; Sylvia K. GarnerMcDuffie of Milledgeville,

three grandchildren, SamathaPaige Boyd, Arthur J. “A.J”Hewitt and James C. “Chris”Hewitt; one great grandchild,Camden Jay Lewis Hewitt.In lieu of flowers, the fam-

ily request that donations begiven to a charity of yourchoice.Brantley-Powell Funeral

Home of Wrightsville was incharge of arrangements.

NursingHome hostsMother’sDay Tea

Wrightsville ManorNursing Home

celebrated Mother’sDay by hosting a

Mother’s Day Tea onFriday, May 8 for

residents. Everyonewas treated to chicken salad,

cupcakes and muchmore. Each residentwas also presented a

beautiful rose.

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Fifteen members of the Trojan football teamparticipated in a College Recruiting Combinelast Saturday at Toombs County High School.The Combine was free for those competing andincluded representatives from 12 colleges infive different states. Players ran the 40, con-ducted individual drills and 7 on 7.

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search. Price found all ofthe items that had been re-ported missing, a smallamount of marijuana, anddrug-related items at theresidence. Both Strickland and

Smith are being chargedwith burglary, interferencewith government property,

theft by taking, criminaltrespass, possession of mar-ijuana, and possession ofdrug-related objects. Garner added that, de-

pending on the total amountof damage done at theRecreation Department, thecurrent charges may be ad-justed.

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Drugs and other items found at the residence

coordinator. This year Georgia

Department of AgricultureCommissioner Gary Blackand College of Agriculturaland Environmental SciencesDean and Director J. ScottAngle announced the cate-gory and grand prize win-ners. The Flavor of Georgia

food product contest is spon-sored by the UGACollege ofAgricultural and Environ-mental Sciences Center forAgribusiness and EconomicDevelopment in partnershipwith the Georgia Center ofInnovation for Agribusiness,the Office of the Governor,Walton EMC, the GeorgiaDepartment of Agricultureand the Georgia Agribusi-ness Council. More information about

this year's contest can befound atwww.flavorofga.com or onTwitter @Flavor_of_GA.For more photos of thisyear's Flavor of Georgiacontest, seehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ugacommunications/sets.In addition to the grand

prize, judges awarded prizesin each food product catego-ry. A people's choice awardwas given based on votescast during a public tastingTuesday morning. The awards are listed be-

low by prize name, productname, company name, com-pany representative andtown.•People's Choice Award:

Wisham Jellies, CranberryPepper Jelly, Eric Wisham,Tifton.•Barbecue Sauces:

Causey's Hot BBQ Sauce,Causey Foods Inc., WynnCausey Bakke, Smyrna.•Beverages: Paulk's Pride

100% Purple MuscadineJuice, Muscadine ProductsCorporation, Erin Boettger,Wray. •Confections: Georgia

Peach Cookies, Byrd CookieCompany, Geoff Repella,Savannah.

•Dairy: Get Back Jack Pi-mento Cheese, Proper Pep-per Pimento Cheese, DeanaTanner Bibb, Sandersville.•Jams and Jellies: Straw-

berry Lavender Jam, Fairy-wood Thicket Farm, Kimand John Conner, Fairburn. •Marinades and Sauces:

Tybee Island Coastal Blend,The Salt Table, Carol andDave Legasse, Pooler. •Meat and Seafood:

Grassfed New York StripSteak, Hunter Cattle Compa-ny, Del Ferguson, Brooklet. •Miscellaneous: Georgia

Wildflower Honeycomb,Zeigler's Honey Company,Robert Edmondson, Stock-ton. •Salsas, Chutneys and

Condiments: Balsamico AlMirtillo, A&A Alta CucinaItalia, Adriana Coppola,Johns Creek. (overall win-

ner)•Snack Foods: Savannah

Snaps, Verdant Kitchen,Ross Harding, Savannah.

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Lovett Stadium was the place to beFriday night as the Johnson CountyRelay for Life went underway at 6

p.m. Food, music and fellowship andthe encouragement of survivors filledthe stadium. Shown clockwise fromtop: Basik Truth performs; Josey

Scott sings How Great Thou Art; OmPatel, Wyatt Brantley and Jax Scottpaint The Johnson Journal and manydowntown storefront purple as partof the 4-H Paint the Purple campaignto raise money for the Relay for Life.

HUNDREDS TAKE PART IN RELAY FOR LIFE EVENT

Powell Team takes tournament championshipCongratulations to Team Pow-ell for winning the Fire Depart-ment’s MDA Benefit Co-Ed

Softball Tournament on Satur-day. There were seven total

teams in the tournament. Fire-fighters were present all daycooking food, showing sup-port, and taking donations forMDA’s Fill the Boot campaign.

May 19, 1916-171916- Warthen College

closes another successfulyear. She should get whatshe has, viz, a support fromher natural territory whichrightfully belongs to her.The school should draw pa-tronage from the pupil bodywho go off to other placeswith no better advantagesthan she has. A number ofboarding pupils can be ac-commodated, can be taughtand educated as thoroughlyand efficiently as at anyschool in Georgia in itsclass, and the cost is nogreater.Last Thursday night a

party of young folks enjoyeda moonlight picnic at Idyl-wild. During the evening astringed orchestra furnishedmusic. Skating and gameswere enjoyed after which asumptuous repast wasserved. Mr. & Mrs. R.L.Stephens, Mr. & Mrs. H.G.

Hatcher, and Mrs. RichardLovett chaperoned.Mr. Otis O. Snell filed for

bankruptcy. In a commit-ment trial at Lyons, W.A.Mimbs was cleared by Jus-tice Clifton on the charge ofbeing connected with thekilling of a Negro inToombs County last week.Judge Faircloth defendedMimbs. Governor N.E. Har-ris issued a proclamation of-fering a $250 reward for ev-idence to convict the un-known party that burned theVivola building.Warthen College defeated

Wadley High School at theIdylwild diamond by a scoreof 9 to 8. The score was 8 to7 in Wadley's favor until thelast half of the 9th inning,after two men were out.These two teams haveplayed each other 7 gamesthis season with Warthenwinning 4 of them.1917- Eight Negroes

made up a party of gamblersat the house of Lige Sullivannear Mr. J.K. McAfee'shome Sunday night andarousing evening of fun andgain were before themwhen, to their sorrow and

unexpectedly, up crept sixeager eyes who dealt thegame a disastrous blow inthe head by capturing everyone participating.They had barely got good

into the game when SheriffW.D. Rowland, Deputy JimTapely and night marshalMorgan flushed the crowdand arrested entire "shebang"and lodged them in jail. TheNegroes have made up a lit-tle song while awaiting trial.The first "spasm" goes likethis, "Every time we start tohave a little fun, Up comesRowland or Tapley one." Of-ficers are making an effort tobreak up all this gamblingand two big games have beenbusted so far.The engagement was an-

nounced of Agnes GertrudeHogan to Remus T. VestusSchwalls, son of Mr. C.M.Schwalls of Kite. Claude

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Gone ByHistorian

Donald Smith

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A member of the Tall TalesTellers of Johnson Countyasked me to try to gathersome sympathy and supportfor the JoCo teachers. Itseems there is some serioussadness pouring over the fac-ulty, staff, and administratorsthroughout the school sys-tem. The tall tales teller isconcerned about the well-be-ing of teachers who seem tobe painfully struggling withthe school system calendar.Hopefully, parents and othersof the community will reachout to the school leaders witha caring response.The teller, also a school

parent, found several teach-ers gathered in the facultylounge. The teachers weresobbing as if they had justfound out their contractswere not renewed. It was afew minutes before the par-ent could find out what waswrong. Finally, one of theteachers pulled herself to-gether between sobs andsaid, “School is almost outfor the summer. It hurts somuch to see our darlingscholars leave us. The princi-pal said we could talk withthe school counselors, butthey are all torn up about thekids’ leaving too. It’s justabout more than we canstand.”Some of the teachers were

reminiscing over the previ-ous months of school. “I nev-

er had the first interruption inmy class all year,” one ofthem said. “My students ap-plied themselves to theirwork exactly as I instructedthem. It was a teacher’sdream. Not the first studentskipped his homework andblamed the dog for eating it.”The other teachers had expe-rienced the same kind ofschool term with their ownstudents. It was especiallygratifying, they observed, forall their students to turn in alltheir assignments on timeevery day.The athletic coaches re-

ported similar student-athleteperformance. Every coachreported one-hundred-per-cent attendance at practice byevery athlete. Not only that,but every player gave her orhis very all at every practice.“They left it all on the fieldor the court,” one of them re-ported. There was not a sin-gle objection all season fromany parent about playingtime for their kids. Neitherstudent nor parent “smart-mouthed” any coach all year.One coach added that eventhe fans in the bleachersdemonstrated perfect sports-manship toward both oppo-nents and officials. What ayear!

The calendar crisis is com-pounded because the wholestudent body feels the sameway about the faculty andstaff. Every teacher receiveda rating of A++ from everystudent. The students say theteachers have been consider-ate all year about homeworkand that every teacher sched-uled tests at the students’convenience. Hundreds ofstudents have already signeda petition to try to get theschool year extended throughthe summer. One studentmade the mistake of tellinghis parents about the petition.The school switchboardcrashed from all the callsfrom parents trying to findout how to get their names onthat petition! Now you can understand

why there is a crisis at theschools. With a school yearlike this, how could anyonewant it to end? Please, assureall the teachers, staff, and ad-ministrators whom you knowof your sympathy for theirhaving to struggle with theburden of a few weeks awayfrom school and the students.Please do your part to supportour heartbroken teachers.

Dan King Sr is a senior liv-ing planner, pastoral coun-selor, and registered mediator.He may be reached at 478 279-2992 or www.senior plan.info.Copyright 2015, Daniel M.King Sr. All rights reserved.

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If I tell you I need you, do nottake it lightly. I do everything Ican to never depend on anyone,to never show weakness, and if Isay that I need you, it means I amtrusting you to catch me when Ifall.

-----------------------------What if Stacy’s Mom was

Jessie’s Girl and her number was867-5309.

-----------------------------Sometimes giving someone a

second chance is like giving theman extra bullet for their gun be-cause they missed you the firsttime.

-----------------------------Being a vegetarian is a huge

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When you invest in others youwill find that others will invest inyou. Some people don’t invest inothers and it shows at the end oftheir life. With family around theelderly, you can tell they have in-vested in others. There is nogreater investment.

-----------------------------Don’t tell someone you are go-

ing to do something or be some-where at a certain time, and thennever do it or don’t show up. Itforms a very negative image ofyou being non-trustworthy.

-----------------------------Not everyone will understand

your journey. That’s fine. It’s nottheir journey to make sense of. It’syours.

-----------------------------Ex means: Thanks for the EX-

perience. Our time has EXpired.Now EXit my life.

-----------------------------After attending some of the

school award ceremonies over thepast couple of weeks, I havelearned one thing--Johnson Coun-ty has some outstanding, smartand very talented young people!The future looks promising.

Georgia Republicanswere focused on leadershipchanges last week. Whilemuch of the press coveragefocused on the Georgia GOPConvention in Athens thispast weekend, the slate ledby current Chairman JohnPadgett remained in chargeof the state’s majority partystructure for the next twoyears.Meanwhile, back at the

capitol, House Republicanshad a leadership election oftheir own. House MajorityLeader Larry O’Neal is leav-ing for a judicial appoint-ment, and thus there neededto be an election for a re-placement. RepresentativeJon Burns of Newington waschosen to lead the Republi-cans in the House after a rel-atively friendly intra-partycampaign against Represen-tative Allen Peake of Macon.There are other signifi-

cant leadership changescoming within the GeorgiaHouse, courtesy of appoint-ments, resignations, andshifting committee chair-manships. Headlining theseis the appointment of Trans-portation Chairman JayRoberts, who has been ap-pointed Planning Directorfor the Georgia Departmentof Transportation by Gover-nor Deal. Representative Mark

Hamilton of Cumming usedthe caucus meeting for elec-tions to announce that he,too, would be resigning hisseat in the House. Hamiltontold his fellow members indetail that he began a jour-ney with his wife of seekingwhat God had planned forhim next over a year ago,and that has culminatedwith his accepting a positionin Nashville, Tenn. He willbe vacating a chairmanshipof the Industry and LaborCommittee.The Governor has ap-

pointed Mike Jacobs ofDeKalb County to a judicialposition, and thus he too willbe vacating the chairman-ship of the committee thatoversees MARTA. His chair-manship has marked a dra-matic change between Re-publicans in the General As-sembly and the transitagency, especially consider-ing the frosty relationshiphis predecessor had in theposition. North Fulton Republi-

cans will also soon be select-ing a representative to fillthe unexpired term of Rep-resentative Harry Geisinger,who passed away after abattle with leukemia.Geisinger received a heart-felt set of eulogies at the be-ginning of the Republicans’caucus meeting, as he hasbeen a fixture in Georgia Re-publican politics longenough that he was creditedwith driving a college agedNewt Gingrich back andforth to party meetings.Meanwhile, on the De-

mocrats side of the aisle,Representative TyroneBrooks of Atlanta has alsovacated his seat. Brookshad served in the legislaturesince 1981.The mid-cycle departures

from the House have becomesomewhat commonplace, asthe allure of being a Housemember often doesn’t com-pete with the realities of a$17,000 part time salary forthe essentially full time du-ties of the role. The loss ofexperience also highlightsthe role of the “citizen legis-lators” and the importanceof the committee chairmen.During Hamilton’s retire-

ment announcement, hespoke of an incoming Speak-er David Ralston asking himto chair his current commit-tee. Hamilton told Ralstonthat he didn’t know any-thing about being a commit-tee chairman, as he hadn’tbeen one before. Hamiltonsaid Ralston told him“That’s OK; I’ve never beena Speaker before either.”And that, simply and di-

rectly, is how our state’s leg-islative body works. Peopleoffer themselves for publicservice. The ones that areelected take whatever expe-rience they may bring withthem to Atlanta where theywill then vote on wide-rang-ing matters of governancefor 40 days per year.Forty days are not time

for everyone to become anexpert on everything, andthus the work is divided andspread over many commit-tees. Committee membersare expected to know thetopics on which they serve,at least moreso than the av-erage member. Chairmenare expected to become ex-perts, though few can be ex-pected to be the day theystart the job. A partisan base that often

calls for term limits shouldnot be surprised to see sig-nificant turnover after adecade or so of service. Un-fortunately for the legisla-ture, it’s often when manyhave become the experts inthe field of their committees,as well as how the multiplefacets of the legislaturework. Clearly, their skillshave value in both the pri-vate and public sectors, in-cluding both the judicial andexecutive branches. Behind them will come

other citizen legislators, whowill either receive a chair-manship for the first time,or will be moved from onechairmanship to another.There will be a lot of on-the-job training in the monthsahead, just like there has al-ways been. We often like to treat our

elected officials as if they aresupposed to have all the an-swers. They don’t. Despitethe sometimes lofty cam-paign rhetoric, most of themknow that. All of the goodones do.

Leadership changestrickle down in House

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2015 OLD FASHION 4TH OF JULY PARADE ENTRY

The 4th of July Committee would like to take this opportunity to invite you to this year’s annual Fourth of July Celebration. Your organization is an important asset to our community and we hope you can participate in this year’s parade.

The parade will be on Saturday, July 4th in Wrightsville, Ga. The parade will begin at 10:00 am and participants should be there and lined up by 9:30 am. The lineup will begin at the Library on Hwy 319. Applications should be returned by July 2nd.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at 478-864-2327 or 478-290-9377. We appreciate your support and hope to see you there.

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PARADE COMMITTEEATTN: DENISE WOMBLES

3258 HWY 319WRIGHTSVILLE, GA 31096

**Golf Carts are welcome with Adult Supervision on each cart. No 4- Wheelers!!!

For more information or to join the Friends of the Library, call 478-864-3940.

Pam F. AltmanBrenda Blackburn Dianne BoswellJoyce Brantley Hazel Campbell Eloise CannonSusan B. Crabb Shirley Hall Henry JoseyRebecca Lovett Jane Lovett Chris & Alicia MitchellMary Ann Norris Marsha Olmstead Piggly WigglyMary Elizabeth Pollett Lattie Price Mr & Mrs Lamar PricePaige Riley Lynn Shields Evelyn Snell

Rosalyn Tillis Janice Waters Gene & Carolyn WhatleyGennie Medlin Charlene Milligan Candy HoodJackie Decell Wadene Prince Loran SmithSweat & Assoc Kirk Hagan Family Wennette MooreAmy Caneega Kendra Butler Harriet OxfordAngela & Jimmy Blizzard Jimmy & Mary Cook Ralph JacksonLynn Sweat Marcia Kay Owensby Vickie Roberts

Tompkins came homefrom the hospital after heal-ing injuries from the auto-train wreck. Mr. WylieBlankenship was going fish-ing and had his gun and someway stumbled. Both barrelsdischarged going through hisleft wrist almost severing thehand and it may not can besaved.

Sheriff Rowland receivedthe blank cards for the regis-tration of all males from 21 to30 regardless of race. This isthe first move in the con-scription bill. Where9,000,000,000 were sent outfrom which an army of a mil-lion men will be selected atonce. Georgia is expected tofurnish 255,400 men. ArthurRowland oldest son of Mr. &Mrs. Joe H. Rowland and Mr.Homer H. Holt left Sunday tojoin the colors.

War taxes are going tobare down heavily on us.Everything from a pin to asteam engine seems to be inthe plan. Going to have to cuta lot of pleasures and stick toraising it all at home. Didyour mother raise you to be aproducer, fighter or slacker?We don't need any of the lat-

ter. The conscription bill isthe best vagrancy law thathas ever been passed.

Baseball/Softball season continues at Johnson County Recreation Department

The 2015 Base-ball/Softball

Season at JohnsonCounty Recreation

Department is underway, with

several weeks of playremaining.

Shown are severalshots of the 10-UnderGirl’s teams in action.Clockwise from top

left: Taylor McClendontakes a swing; Chloe

Bray makes a jumpingthrow from the out-field; Coach ShaneNelson talks to his

baserunner; Ivey Pricehits her first career

homerun; AveryRobinson makes athrow to first, while

baserunner ElizabethTanner advances to

third base.Photos by

Deidre Ledford

Next up....5/19-T-Ball:Outlaw Motor vs. Sarah Michelle’s, Field 3 at 5:30

5/19: Coach Pitch: Furniture Barn vs. Neil Lord Logging, F4, 5:305/19: 7UB: Newsome H&A vs. Arrow Exterminators, F2, 5:30

5/19: 10-UB: Sweat & Associates vs. Big M’s, F2, 6:305/19: 10-UG: Price Automotive vs. Electro-Mech, F1 at 5:30

5/19: 14-UB: State Farm vs. Wrightsville Auto Supply, F1 at 6:30

Hospice Advantage issponsoring a Grill Off to ben-efit the Hospice Angels Foun-dation on Saturday, June 27 at9 a.m. at the American Le-gion Post in Wrightsville.

Vendors will grill bostonbutts for 1st, 2nd and 3rdplace prizes; trophy for thebest sauce. Judging will be at3 p.m. and awards at 3:45.

Vendor fee is $25 per com-pany to set up and grill, addi-

tional $40 to sell the meat.Grills set up at 8:45, grillingbegins at 9.

Custom made grill raffle,$2 per ticket or 6 for $10.00.Benefit concert at 4.

For more information,contact Misty Ivey at 478-864-8118 ormivey@hospiceadvantage.com.

There is a $2.00 entry feeper person.

Hospice Advantage plansbenefit Grill Off, June 27

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Johnson County High School hosts annual Scholarship Awards Night

Wrightsville Rotary Club Citizenship Award-Brett Allen

Rotary Speech Contest winners-Brett Allen and Ivey Glover

Bank of Wrightsville-Brett Allen

Community Bank of JohnsonCounty-Kara Jordan

Emmanuel College Athletic-Cheyenne Hackle and Clay Jones

Glen Price Memorial YoungFarmer Ag-Ivey Glover

Diana Lambert Memorial Scholarship-Brett Allen and Chiara Benberry

Georgia Mining Foundation-Jessie IveyW.F. Jackson Construction-Hannah Ivey

Glisson Family Scholarship-Sarah Mimbs

Johnson County 4-H Scholarship-Brett Allen and Kara Jordan

Johnson Co. Association ofEducators-Kayelin Norton

Johnson County Athletic Boosters-John William McAfee, Kayelin Norton

Johnson County Farm Bureau-Kara Jordan

Johnson Co. Retired EducatorsAssociation-Kayelin Norton

Lizzie Newman Brown Scholarshio-Kayelin Norton

Vann Bray Norris Scholarship-Jessie Ivey

Pilot Club of Johnson County-Kara Jordan

Ruth Harrison Russeau-Hannah Ivey

Joeli Wynn Thompson Memorial Scholarship-Kara Jordan

Wrightsville Bancshares-Kayelin Norton

Lynda Goodwin Volunteer-Brett Allen

Congratulations to all 2015 Scholarship Recipients!!

Georgia DOT LaunchesYearlong Campaign to Re-duce Roadway Fatalities ATLANTA- Transporta-

tion and law enforcement of-ficials across Georgia todaykicked off DriveAlert Ar-riveAlive, a year-long multi-agency campaign to call at-tention to an alarming 25 per-cent increase in roadway fa-talities in the first quarter of2015 and how changes in dri-ver behavior can help to de-crease these numbers. Dri-veAlert ArriveAlive, im-plores motorists to help turnthe tide on these increasingcrashes and fatalities. Driversare asked to focus on driving,to not drive impaired and towear a seatbelt to reduce thechance of serious injury ordeath if there is a crash. “Compared to the first

quarter of last year, fatalitiesare up significantly in just thefirst three months of 2015. If

we continue at this rate, wecould see the first increase intraffic fatalities in Georgia innine years,” said GeorgiaDOT Commissioner RussellMcMurry. “That’s just unac-ceptable – especially whenmany of these crashes can beprevented by changing driverbehavior.” DriveAlert ArriveAlive

asks drivers to drive respon-sibility by following threesteps every time they get be-hind the wheel. Buckle up … It’s the law.

Seat belts reduce the risk offatality in a crash by about 45percent and serious injury byabout 50 percent. Stay off the phone and

mobile devices … If possi-ble, shut off the phone toavoid temptation [evenhands-free is a distraction].No texting [Georgia law banstexting and driving]. Just dri-ve.

Drive alert … Do not dri-ve drowsy or impaired. “It’s startling when you

consider that 60 percent oftraffic fatalities in Georgia sofar this year are the result ofa single vehicle crash,” saidHarris Blackwood, executive

director of the Governor’sOffice of Highway Safety.“We are looking at driver be-havior as a primary cause –specifically distracted dri-ving.” Georgia DOT has worked

for years to avoid roadway

departures, to increase occu-pant protection, and to re-duce distracted driving with agoal towards zero deaths.Measures like safety edge,rumble strips, center mediancable barriers, high frictionsurface treatments, reflectivesignage and striping, andpedestrian countdown timershave all contributed to nineconsecutive years of de-creased roadway fatalities inGeorgia. The goal of Dri-veAlert ArriveAlive is tocontinue the downwardtrend. DriveAlert ArriveAlive, a

partnership between theGeorgia Department ofTransportation (GDOT), theGovernor’s Office of High-way Safety (GOHS) and theGeorgia Department of Pub-lic Safety (DPS), educatesdrivers about specificchanges they can make intheir driving behavior to save

lives. For more information and

updates as 2015 progresses,click here<http://www.dot.ga.gov/DS/SafetyOperation/DAAA> .#ArriveAliveGa For more information

about Georgia DOT, pleasevisit www.dot.ga.gov or sub-scribe to our Press ReleaseRSS feed. You may also fol-low us on Facebook(www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDOT) and Twitter(http://twitter.com/gadeptoftrans). Traffic deaths in Georgia

are up an average of 25%.Many of these fatalities resultfrom preventable crashes anddistracted driving. The Dri-veAlert ArriveAlive cam-paign implores motorists to… Drive responsibly. It’seasy as 1-2-3. 1. Buckle up 2.Stay off the phone/no texting3. Drive alert

Georgia DOT launches yearlong campaign to reduce roadway fatalities

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Electricians needed for full time posi-tions. Commercial experience and travelrequired. License not necessary. Bene-fits include retirement fund and paidtime off. Background checks and ran-dom drug testing performed. Send re-sume to employment@americanlans.com.

----------------------------------Certified Nursing Assistants needed, 7p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. 94 bed skilled nurs-ing facility seeks full-time CertifiedNursing Assistants. Please apply in per-son. Wrightsville Manor Nursing Home,337 West Court Street, Wrightsville, GA31096.

----------------------------------LPN needed, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Full-Time.Please apply for a rewarding job that willoffer you: Every other weekend off; Shiftplus weekend differential pay; Overtimepay every pay period; A 12-hour shift;15 days off during the month. For all ofthese benefits, please apply atWrightsville Manor Nursing Home, 337West Court Street, Wrightsville, GA31096 in the business office.

Found: Rottweiler Lab Sheppard-mixpuppy at 2041 West Elm St. on April 25,6 months old. Talk to Angels in FlightRecovery Center for description. Emailriddlelee@yahoo.com for more info.

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Advertise your items for sale, job open-ings, services, lost and found items, andmuch more, in The Johnson Journal clas-sifieds for only $1.50 per line, per week.Give us a call at 864-0007 or email us atjjournal@nlamerica.com for more infor-mation. Classifieds may also be faxed toThe Journal at 478-864-2719.

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BANK OF DUDLEY IS SEEKING A FULL-TIME LOAN PROCESSOR.

The Bank of Dudley is currently looking for an energetic and professional Loan Processor to help assist Lenders and the Bank in our continued commitment to service excellence and life-long personal relationships with our customers and communities. This position requires strong communication skills along with a willingness to provide exceptional customer service in a fast-paced, team environment.

Specific job responsibilities including, but not limited to:

preparing account opening documents, answering account questions, etc.

relations and participation in community events. Job Requirements:

Benefits includemedical spending account, paid vacation, sick days and holidays.

Please send your resume with references to bmccoy@bankofdudley.com

Bank of Dudley is an Equal Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. The Bank does not

BANK OF DUDLEY IS SEEKING A FULL-TIME MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR/PROCESSOR.

The Bank of Dudley is currently looking for an energetic and professional Mortgage Loan Originator/Processor to help us continue our commitment to service excellence and life-long personal relationships with our customers and communities. This position requires strong communication and negotiating skills along with a willingness to provide exceptional customer service in a fast-paced, team environment.

Specific job responsibilities include:

mortgage loans.

employment, deposits, appraisals, and title searches)

state and federal lending requirements.

applied for.

closings.

relations and participation in community events.

developers and lenders.

Job Requirements:

preferred.

Benefits includemedical spending account, paid vacation, sick days and holidays.

Please send your resume with references to bmccoy@bankofdudley.com

Now accepting applications for

positions with Gilmer Warehouse Dublin, GA. Prior experience backing trailers to docks is required. Day and night shifts; must be able to work either. Leadershippossibilities. Pay from $9.00-$12.00/hr.

Apply in person at the GA Dept. of Labor.

Southeastern Tech recognizes SpringSemester President’s List recipientsSoutheastern Technical

College proudly announcestheir 2015 Spring SemesterPresident’s List. These stu-

dents maintained a 3.75 GPAor higher for the semester.Students from Johnson

County who were recognized

for this achievement includ-ed:Johnson CountyJoshua ClaxtonCorey HowellMatthew LindseyKayla Tapley

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