The Dodge County News

By Jessie Pruett
May 10, 2017, the Indians hosted the Toombs County Bulldogs in the Elite 8 round of the GHSA state playoffs. In the first game, Craig Barton was the starting pitcher. Barton went six and one third innings, allowing nine hits, walking three and striking out two. Gary Pittman came on to pitch two thirds of an inning, facing two batters, but allowing no one to reach base. Toombs was able to score six runs, but had help with five Dodge County errors. Offensively for the Indians, Chandler Davis was two for three with a double and an RBI, Tyler Pruett was two for four with a double, Craig Barton was one for three with a double, Alize King was one for three, Ethan Rice was one for three and Gary Pittman was one for four with an RBI. Toombs takes the first game 6-3.
The second game of the double header had Tyler Pruett on the mound. Pruett would throw seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits, walking two and striking out seven. Gary Pittman would come on to pitch the eighth inning, surrendering a run on three hits and a walk. For the Indians, Gary Pittman was three for four, Craig Barton was two for four with a double and an RBI, Chip Burch was two for four with a double and an RBI, Alize King was one for three, Ethan Rice was one for three, Chandler Davis was one for four, and Tyler Pruett was one for four. It took eight innings to sort this one out, but Toombs steals a heart breaker, winning 3-2 to end the Indians’ season.
The Indians had a great season and showed a lot of improvement from the 2016 season. Team batting average went up over 50 points to .343, with a team on base percentage of .457. Team ERA (earned run average) dropped from 3.14 in 2016 to 1.96 in 2017. Most importantly their record went from 9-14 to 24-9. The Dodge County coaching staff did a great job with the team and we look forward to watching them build on that next season.
Congratulations to the following players who received all region recognition this year: Craig Barton, region pitcher of the year, Chandler Davis, all region catcher, Chip Burch, all region first base, Tyler Pruett, all region shortstop, Ethan Rice, all region second team outfield and Gary Pittman, all region honorable mention infield. Congratulations also to Craig Barton, who has signed to continue his baseball career with Truett-McConnell University in Cleveland.

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CONDEMNATIONS
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NO­TICE OF SEI­ZURE OF
PER­SON­AL PROP­ER­TY VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000.00
Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, any par­ty claim­ing an in­ter­est in the fol­low­ing prop­er­ty is here­by no­ti­fied that on Janu­ary 26, 2017, said prop­er­ty was seized by the un­der­signed agen­cy in Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia:
SEV­EN HUNDRED TWO
DOL­LARS AND SIX­TY CENTS ($702.60) IN UNIT­ED STATES CUR­REN­CY
You are fur­ther no­ti­fied that you may file a claim with­in (30) days of the sec­ond pub­li­ca­tion of this no­tice of sei­zure by send­ing a claim com­ply­ing with the re­quire­ments of O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, to the seiz­ing law en­force­ment agen­cy and to the dis­trict at­tor­ney by cer­ti­fied mail, re­turn re­ceipt re­quest­ed.
This 15th day of MAY, 2017.
CHRIS­TO­PHER C. GOR­DON
As­sis­tant Dis­trict At­tor­ney
Oco­nee Ju­di­cial Cir­cuit
P.O. Box 1027
5401 An­son Ave­nue, Room 200
East­man, GA 31023
Seiz­ing Agen­cy:
TONY RID­DLE
Oco­nee Drug Task Force
327 Pearl Bates Ave­nue
East­man, GA 31023

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DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF JOYCE COL­LINS JOHN­STON HAR­GRAVES
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of JOYCE COL­LINS JOHN­STON HAR­GRAVES are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed in ac­cor­dance with the law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said Es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment to me.
This the 3rd day of May, 2017.
JOY JOHN­STON RO­BERTS,
Ex­ec­u­tor of the
Es­tate of JOYCE COL­LINS JOHN­STON HAR­GRAVES, De­ceased
JOY JOHN­STON RO­BERTS
8973 Hei­fer­horn Court
Col­um­bus, Geor­gia 31904-1263
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF STUART H. FLOYD, JR.
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of STUART H. FLOYD, JR., are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed in ac­cor­dance with the law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said Es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment to me.
This the 26th day of April, 2017.
CHER­YL ELAINE ROZ­I­ER FLOYD,
Ex­ec­u­tor of the Es­tate of
STUART H. FLOYD, JR., De­ceased
CHER­YL ELAINE ROZ­I­ER FLOYD
5315 Chester High­way
Chester, Geor­gia 31012
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF CAL­VIN W. YAWN
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of CAL­VIN W. YAWN, are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed in ac­cor­dance with the law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said Es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment to me.
This the 4th day of May, 2017.
LIL­LIE ANN YAWN
Ex­ec­u­tor of the
Es­tate of CAL­VIN W. YAWN,
De­ceased
LIL­LIE ANN YAWN
1424 Wood Val­ley Drive
East­man, GA 31023
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of LESA TRIPP LAMP, late of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, de­ceased, are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed ac­cord­ing to law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment.
This 5th day of May 2017.
WIL­LIAM LAMP
4828 Mal­bor­ough Ave­nue
Al­ba­ny, GA 31721
c/o:
RITA J. LLOP
At­tor­ney at Law
Rita J. Llop, P. C.
5007 9th Ave­nue, N.E.
East­man, Geor­gia 31023

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FORECLOSURES
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STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
Be­cause of a de­fault un­der the terms of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed ex­e­cut­ed by ROG­ER THOMP­SON and SAN­DRA THOMP­SON to MORT­GAGE ELEC­TRON­IC REG­IS­TRA­TION SYS­TEMS, INC. as no­mi­nee for COUN­TRY­WIDE HOME LOANS, INC., its suc­ces­sors and as­signs dat­ed June 26, 2007, and record­ed in Deed Book 581, Page 78, Dodge Coun­ty Records, said Se­cur­i­ty Deed hav­ing been last sold, as­signed, trans­ferred and con­veyed to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MEL­LON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUS­TEE FOR THE CER­TIFI­CATES HOLD­ERS OF THE CWABS INC., AS­SET- BACKED CER­TIFI­CATES, SER­IES 2007-12, se­cur­ing a Note in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal amount of $132,050.00, the hold­er there­of pur­su­ant to said Deed and Note there­by se­cured has de­clared the en­tire amount of said in­debt­ed­ness due and pay­able and, pur­su­ant to the pow­er of sale con­tained in said Deed, will on the first Tues­day, June 6, 2017, dur­ing the le­gal hours of sale, be­fore the Court­house door in said Coun­ty, sell at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash, the prop­er­ty de­scribed in said Deed, to-wit:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR­CEL OF LAND LY­ING AND BE­ING LAND LOT 312 OF THE 16TH LAND DIS­TRICT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, CON­SIST­ING OF 1.31 ACR­ES, MORE OR LESS, AND BE­ING MORE PAR­TICU­LAR­LY DE­SCRIBED AS FOL­LOWS: TO ES­TAB­LISH THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, BE­GIN AT A POINT LO­CAT­ED IN THE CEN­TER OF THE OLD GAR­STON AND EAST­MAN ROAD, WHICH POINT IS LO­CAT­ED IN A SOUTH­EAST­ER­LY DI­REC­TION A DIS­TANCE OF 1,6271 FEET FROM THE NORTH­WEST LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT; THENCE RUN NORTH 79 DE­GREES 41 MINUTES EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 40 FEET TO A POINT LO­CAT­ED ON THE NORTH­EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID ROAD TO THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING AND FROM SAID POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, THUS ES­TAB­LISHED, RUN THENCE NORTH 79 DE­GREES 41 MINUTES EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 311.1 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 8 DE­GREES 34 MINUTES EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 94.2 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 49 DE­GREES 27 MINUTES 40 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 366.2 FEET TO A POINT LO­CAT­ED ON THE NORTH­EAST­ER­LY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID ROAD; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID ROAD NORTH 5 DE­GREES 29 MINUTES 20 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 63 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 8 DE­GREES 38 MINUTES 20 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 113.5 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 10 DE­GREES 33 MINUTES WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 102.3 FEET BACK TO SAID POINT OF BE­GIN­NING. SAID PROP­ER­TY IS FUR­THER DE­SCRIBED AS THE PROP­ER­TY ON A PLAT OF SUR­VEY MADE BY F. B. FLOUR­NOY, G.R.L.S. NO. 1302, DAT­ED APRIL 27, 1985, WHICH PLAT RECORD­ED IN THE OF­FICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 20, PAGE 72, SAID PLAT, TO­GETH­ER WITH THE RECORD­ING THERE­OF, BE­ING IN­COR­PO­RAT­ED HERE­IN AND MADE A PART HERE­OF BY REF­ER­ENCE FOR DE­SCRIP­TIVE AND ALL OTH­ER LE­GAL PUR­POS­ES.?TO­GETH­ER WITH A WA­TER LINE EASE­MENT DAT­ED JANU­ARY 29, 1982, WHICH EASE­MENT IS OF RECORD IN SAID CLERKS OF­FICE IN DEED BOOK 172, PAG­ES 44-45.
BY FEE SIM­PLE DEED FROM CARL BRANDT MCDON­ALD AND PA­TRI­CIA C. MCDON­ALD AS SET FORTH IN DEED BOOK 233, PAGE 41 AND RECORD­ED ON 5/5/1993, DODGE COUN­TY RECORDS.?TAX ID #: 047 050
Said prop­er­ty is known as 264 GOLF COURSE ROAD, EAST­MAN, GA 31023, to­geth­er with all fix­tures and per­son­al prop­er­ty at­tached to and con­sti­tut­ing a part of said prop­er­ty, if any.
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, wheth­er or not now due and pay­able), the right of re­demp­tion of any tax­ing au­thor­i­ty, any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
The pro­ceeds of said sale will be ap­plied to the pay­ment of said in­debt­ed­ness and all ex­pens­es of said sale as pro­vid­ed in said Deed, and the bal­ance, if any, will be dis­trib­ut­ed as pro­vid­ed by law.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject (1) to con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code and (2) to fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the se­cured credi­tor.
The prop­er­ty is or may be in the pos­ses­sion of ROG­ER THOMP­SON AND SAN­DRA THOMP­SON, SUC­CES­SOR IN IN­TER­EST OR TEN­ANT(S).
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MEL­LON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUS­TEE FOR THE CER­TIFI­CA­TESHOLD­ERS OF THE CWABS INC., AS­SET- BACKED CER­TIFI­CATES, SER­IES 2007-12
AS AT­TOR­NEY-IN-FACT FOR
ROG­ER THOMP­SON AND SAN­DRA THOMP­SON
File no. 17-064929
SHAPIRO PEN­DER­GAST & HAS­TY, LLP*
At­tor­neys and Coun­selors at Law
211 Per­i­met­er Cen­ter Park­way, N.E.
Su­ite 300
Atlan­ta, GA 30346
770-220-2535/CH
shapir­oand­has­ty.com
*THE LAW FIRM IS ACT­ING AS A DEBT COL­LEC­TOR. ANY IN­FOR­MA­TION OB­TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR­POSE.
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NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
DODGE COUN­TY
Pur­su­ant to the Pow­er of Sale con­tained in a Se­cur­i­ty Deed given by MARI­ON C LAN­I­ER AKA MARI­ON LAN­I­ER to MORT­GAGE ELEC­TRON­IC REG­IS­TRA­TION SYS­TEMS, INC., as NO­MI­NEE FOR ALA­CRI­TY LEND­ING COM­PA­NY dat­ed 5/29/2008 and record­ed in Deed Book 607 Page 234 and modi­fied at Deed Book 618 Page 30 Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia records; as last trans­ferred to or ac­quired by OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC, con­vey­ing the af­ter-de­scribed prop­er­ty to se­cure a Note in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal amount of $ 120,115.00, with in­ter­est at the rate speci­fied there­in, there will be sold by the un­der­signed at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash be­fore the Court­house door of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia (or such oth­er area as des­ig­nat­ed by Or­der of the Su­pe­ri­or Court of said coun­ty), with­in the le­gal hours of sale on JUNE 06, 2017 (be­ing the first Tues­day of said month un­less said date falls on a Fed­er­al Holi­day, in which case be­ing the first Wed­nes­day of said month), the fol­low­ing de­scribed prop­er­ty:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR­CEL OF LAND LY­ING AND BE­ING IN LAND LOTS NOS. 25 AND 26 IN THE 15TH LAND DIS­TRICT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, AND BE­ING MORE PAR­TICU­LAR­LY DE­SCRIBED AS LOT 53, MOR­GAN CREEK SUB­DI­VI­SION, CON­TAIN­ING 0.59 ACR­ES ON THAT CER­TAIN PLAT OF SUR­VEY PRE­PARED BY OLIN J MCLEOD, REG­IS­TERED LAND SUR­VEYOR NO. 2259, DAT­ED JUNE 4, 2000, AND RECORD­ED IN THE OF­FICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, IN PLAT BOOK 21, PAGE 113, WHICH DEED AND PLAT BY THIS REF­ER­ENCE IS IN­COR­PO­RAT­ED HERE­IN FOR A MORE COM­PLETE AND AC­CU­RATE DE­SCRIP­TION.
SAID PROP­ER­TY IS SUB­JECT LO THOSE CER­TAIN RE­STRIC­TIVE COV­EN­ANTS, RECORD­ED IN DEED BOOK 354, PAGE 251, DODGE COUN­TY RECORDS.
SAID PROP­ER­TY IS IM­PROVED WITH A 2008 FLEET­WOOD MAN­U­FAC­TURED HOME, SE­RI­AL NUMBERS GAFL83­4A81338SM-11 AND GAFL834B81338SM-11.
The debt se­cured by said Se­cur­i­ty Deed has been and is here­by de­clared due be­cause of, among oth­er pos­si­ble ev­ents of de­fault, fai­lure to pay the in­debt­ed­ness as and when due and in the man­ner pro­vid­ed in the Note and Se­cur­i­ty Deed. The debt re­main­ing in de­fault, this sale will be made for the pur­pose of pay­ing the same and all ex­pens­es of this sale, as pro­vid­ed in the Se­cur­i­ty Deed and by law, in­clud­ing at­tor­ney’s fees (no­tice of int­ent to col­lect at­tor­ney’s fees hav­ing been given).
Said prop­er­ty is com­mon­ly known as 13 LAR­YN LANE, EAST­MAN, GA 31023 to­geth­er with all fix­tures and per­son­al prop­er­ty at­tached to and con­sti­tut­ing a part of said prop­er­ty, if any. To the best knowl­edge and be­lief of the un­der­signed, the par­ty (or par­ties) in pos­ses­sion of the sub­ject prop­er­ty is (are): MARI­ON C LAN­I­ER AKA MARI­ON LAN­I­ER or ten­ant or ten­ants.
OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC is the ent­i­ty or in­di­vid­u­al des­ig­nat­ed who shall have full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend and mod­i­fy all terms of the mort­gage.
OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC
FORE­CLO­SURE LOSS
MIT­I­GA­TION
1661 WOR­THI­NGTON ROAD
SU­ITE 100
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33409
1-877-596-8580
Note, how­ev­er, that such ent­i­ty or in­di­vid­u­al is not re­quired by law to ne­go­tiate, amend or mod­i­fy the terms of the loan.
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to: (a) any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, but not yet due and pay­able), (b) un­paid wa­ter or sew­age bills that con­sti­tute a lien against the prop­er­ty wheth­er due and pay­able or not yet due and pay­able and which may not be of record, (c) the right of re­demp­tion of any tax­ing au­thor­i­ty, (d) any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, and (e) any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject to (1) con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code; and (2) fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the hold­er of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed. Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. Sec­tion 9-13-172.1, which al­lows for cer­tain pro­cedures re­gard­ing the re­scis­sion of ju­di­cial and non-ju­di­cial sales in the State of Geor­gia, the Deed Un­der Pow­er and oth­er fore­clo­sure docu­ments may not be pro­vid­ed un­til fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan as pro­vid­ed im­me­diate­ly above.
OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC
as agent and At­tor­ney in Fact for MARI­ON C LAN­I­ER AKA MARI­ON LAN­I­ER
AL­DRIDGE PITE, LLP
15 Pied­mont Cen­ter
3575 Pied­mont Road, N.E.
Su­ite 500
Atlan­ta, Geor­gia 30305
404-994-7637
1017-664339A
THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACT­ING AS A DEBT COL­LEC­TOR AT­TEMPT­ING TO COL­LECT A DEBT. ANY IN­FOR­MA­TION OB­TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR­POSE.
1017-664339A
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STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY of DODGE
NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
By vir­tue of the pow­er of sale con­tained in that cer­tain Deed to Se­cure Debt from ANNA WHA­TLEY to MAC­ON MORT­GAGE dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002, filed for record No­vem­ber 1, 2002, and record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 93, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, as last trans­ferred to ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC. by as­sign­ment record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 113, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records. Said Deed to Se­cure Debt hav­ing been given to se­cure a Note dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002 in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal sum of FIF­TY THREE THOU­SAND SIX HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOL­LARS ($53,600.00), with in­ter­est from date at the rate stated in said Note on the un­paid bal­ance un­til paid, there will be sold by the un­der­signed at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash be­fore the Court­house door at DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia, or at such place as has or may be law­ful­ly des­ig­nat­ed as an al­ter­na­tive lo­ca­tion, with­in the le­gal hours of sale on the first Tues­day in June, 2017, the fol­low­ing de­scribed prop­er­ty:
THE FOL­LOW­ING REAL PROP­ER­TY SITU­ATE IN COUN­TY OF DODGE AND STATE OF GEOR­GIA DE­SCRIBED AS FOL­LOWS:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR­CEL OF LAND LY­ING AND BE­ING IN LAND LOT 276 OF THE 16TH LAND DIS­TRICT, DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA CON­SIST­ING OF AP­PROX­IMATE­LY 2.13 ACR­ES, MORE OR LESS, SAID PAR­CEL BE­ING THE EAST­ERN POR­TION OF THE SAME PROP­ER­TY SAME PROP­ER­TY SHOWN ON A CER­TAIN PLAT OF SUR­VEY BY JIM H. ROSS GRLS, PRE­PARED FOR CHA­RLES W. HOME, SR. DAT­ED MAY 12, 1984 AND RECORD­ED PLAT BOOK 26, PAGE 183, CLERK’S OF­FICE, SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA. SAID PROP­ER­TY IS, AT THE TIME OF THIS CON­VEYANCE, BOUND­ED ON THE WEST BY THE HICK­MAN PROP­ER­TY, THE NORTH BY LANDS OF HOME AND NOW OR FOR­MER­LY OWNED BY E. LOW­ERY AND ON THE SOUTH BY LAN­TIE DRIVE.
THIS IS A POR­TION OF THAT SAME 5.72 ACRE-PAR­CEL CON­VEYED AS ‘TRACT I’ BY CHA­RLES W. HOME SR. AND JAC­QUE­LYN G. HOME TO BOB­BY HICK­MAN AND WAN­DA HICK­MAN BY WAR­RAN­TY DEED DAT­ED FE­BRU­ARY 13, 1988 AND RECORD­ED IN DEED BOOK 298, PAGE 345, SAID CLERK’S OF­FICE.
PAR­CEL ID: 060 085
PROP­ER­TY AD­DRESS: 34 LAN­TIE DRIVE
To the best of the knowl­edge and be­lief of the un­der­signed, the par­ty in pos­ses­sion of the prop­er­ty is ANNA WHA­TLEY or a ten­ant or ten­ants. Said prop­er­ty may more com­mon­ly be known as: 34 LAN­TIE DRIVE, EAST­MAN, GA 31023.
The debt se­cured by said Deed to Se­cure Debt has been and is here­by de­clared due be­cause of, among oth­er pos­si­ble ev­ents of de­fault, non-pay­ment of the month­ly in­stall­ments on said loan. The debt re­main­ing in de­fault, this sale will be made for the pur­pose of pay­ing the same and all ex­pens­es of this sale, in­clud­ing at­tor­ney’s fees (no­tice of int­ent to col­lect at­tor­ney’s fees hav­ing been given).
The in­di­vid­u­al or ent­i­ty that has full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend, and mod­i­fy all terms of the loan is CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC., 1000 TECH­NOL­O­GY DRIVE, O’FAL­LON, MO 63368-2239; (866) 272-4749.
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, wheth­er or not now due and pay­able), the right of re­demp­tion of any tax­ing au­thor­i­ty, any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject (1) to con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code and (2) to fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the hold­er of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed. Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. Sec­tion 9-13-172.1, which al­lows for cer­tain pro­cedures re­gard­ing the re­scis­sion of ju­di­cial and non­ju­di­cial sales in the State of Geor­gia, the Deed Un­der Pow­er and oth­er fore­clo­sure docu­ments may not be pro­vid­ed un­til fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan as pro­vid­ed in the pre­ced­ing para­graph. *Auc­tion serv­ic­es to be pro­vid­ed by Auc­tion.com (www.auc­tion.com)*
CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC.,
SUC­CES­SOR BY MERG­ER TO ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC.
As At­tor­ney-in-Fact for
ANNA WHA­TLEY
PHE­LAN HAL­LI­NAN DI­A­MOND & JONES, PLLC
11675 Great Oaks Way, Su­ite 375
Al­pha­re­tta, GA 30022
Tel­e­phone: 770-393-4300
Fax: 770-393-4310
PH # 32722
This law firm is act­ing as a debt col­lec­tor. Any in­for­ma­tion ob­tained will be used for that pur­pose.

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NAME CHANGE
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR and HA­LIE LOVE
MINOR CHILD(REN) CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, JR.
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8131
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that HA­LIE LOVE and CORT­NEY R. CON­EY, SR., the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 15th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change of minor child(ren) from CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, JR. to CORT­NEY RASHOD RO­BER­SON, JR.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 8th day of MAY, 2017.
CORT­NEY CON­EY and
HA­LIE LOVE
Pe­ti­tion­er
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8128
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER, the un­der­signed, filed her Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 9th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from RACHAEL JOHN­SON WI­DEN­ER to RACHAEL MICHELLE JOHN­SON.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 9th day of MAY, 2017.
RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER
Pe­ti­tion­er
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR.
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8130
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR., the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 8th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR. to CORT­NEY RASHOD RO­BER­SON, SR.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 8th day of MAY, 2017.
CORT­NEY CON­EY
Pe­ti­tion­er
IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: MICHAEL GOD­WIN
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8129
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that MICHAEL GOD­WIN, the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 12th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from MICHAEL SHANE GOD­WIN to MICHAEL SHANE WOOD.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 3rd day of MAY, 2017.
MICHAEL GOD­WIN
Pe­ti­tion­er

1018
PROBATE NOTICES
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IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUN­TY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
IN RE: ES­TATE OF RUS­SELL HALL, a/k/a RUS­SELL HALL, SR., De­ceased
ES­TATE NO. P.17-9057
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUP­PORT
The Pe­ti­tion of JUA­NI­TA HALL, for a year’s sup­port from the Es­tate of RUS­SELL HALL, De­ceased, for De­ced­ent’s Sur­viv­ing Spouse, hav­ing been duly filed, all in­ter­est­ed per­sons are here­by no­ti­fied to show cause, if any they have, on or be­fore June 1, 2017, why said Pe­ti­tion should not be grant­ed.
All ob­jec­tions to the Pe­ti­tion must be in writ­ing, set­ting forth the grounds of any such ob­jec­tions, and must be filed on or be­fore the time stated in the pre­ced­ing sen­tence. All ob­jec­tions should be sworn to be­fore a no­tary pub­lic or be­fore a probate court clerk, and fil­ing fees must be ten­dered with your ob­jec­tions, un­less you qual­i­fy to file as an in­di­gent par­ty. Con­tact probate court per­son­nel for the re­quired amount of fil­ing fees. If any ob­jec­tions are filed, a hear­ing will be held on June 1, 2017 in the Probate Court of the above named Coun­ty, 5401 An­son Ave­nue, #100; East­man, Geor­gia 31023. If no ob­jec­tions are filed the Pe­ti­tion may be grant­ed with­out a hear­ing.
HON. AL MCCRA­NIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
East­man, GA 31023
478-374-3775
By: ASH­LEY W. BURCH
Clerk/Depu­ty Clerk of the Probate Court
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
Es­tate No.: P-17-9066
In Re: Es­tate of AL­VIN LEE SIMS
De­ceased
Pe­ti­tion For Year’s Sup­port 
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUP­PORT
The Pe­ti­tion OF JOH­NET­TRA R. SIMS, for Year’s Sup­port from this Es­tate of JOHN DA­VID WOOD­ARD, de­ceased, for de­ced­ent’s sur­viv­ing spouse hav­ing been duly filed, all in­ter­est­ed per­sons are here­by no­ti­fied to show cause, if any they have, on or be­fore June 7, 2017, why said Pe­ti­tion should not be grant­ed.
All ob­jec­tions to the Pe­ti­tion must be in writ­ing, set­ting forth the grounds of any such ob­jec­tions, and must be filed on or be­fore the time stated in the pre­ced­ing sen­tence. All plead­ings/ob­jec­tions must be signed be­fore a no­tary pub­lic or be­fore a probate court clerk, and fil­ing fees must be ten­dered with your plead­ings/ob­jec­tions, un­less you qual­i­fy to file as an in­di­gent par­ty. Con­tact probate court per­son­nel at the fol­low­ing ad­dress/tel­e­phone for the re­quired amount for fil­ing fees. If any ob­jec­tions are filed, a Hear­ing will be sched­uled at a lat­er date in the Probate Court of the above named coun­ty, lo­cat­ed at 5401 An­son Ave­nue, East­man, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia. If no ob­jec­tions are filed the Pe­ti­tion may be grant­ed with­out a Hear­ing.
SO OR­DERED this 5th day May, 2017.
s/AL MCCRA­NIE,
Judge of Probate Court
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IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUN­TY OF DODGE


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The Dodge County Indians baseball program will be hosting its 2017 Dodge Summer Baseball Camp on June 19, 2017 through June 20, 2017. Camp sessions will be from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., for players ages 14 and under. There is a cost for camp, and all campers will receive a camp T-shirt. Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. All camp activities will be held at the Dodge County High School baseball field. Camp participants will have access to the playing field and batting cages.
The goal of Dodge Summer Baseball Camp is to help improve the performance of baseball players of all ages and skill levels. Campers will receive instruction from the Dodge baseball coaching staff as well as current Indian players. Dodge Summer Baseball Camp offers a setting that will provide an opportunity for individuals to learn and improve their fundamental skills.
Participants should bring a bat, baseball cleats and tennis shoes, glove and catcher’s gear (if needed). Water and snacks will be provided.
If you have any questions, please contact coach Matt Herring at 229-560-7068.

Sherry Virginia “Sher” Wilkes Townsend, age 53, of Savannah, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital in Savannah. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Southerland Funeral Chapel, with interment in Bowers Cemetery in Empire.
Mrs. Townsend was a native of Port St. Joe, Florida, of the Christian faith, a 1982 graduate of Jones County High School, a graduate of Tidewater Technical College in Virginia and was the administrator at The Place At Pooler in Pooler. She enjoyed cooking for her family, trips to Tybee Beach and was a huge fan of Gone with the Wind. She was the daughter of the late Shirley Carroll Lucas & Raymond Wilkes.
Survivors include her husband, Steve Townsend of Savannah; two daughters, Lori Leavell (James) of Locust Grove and Kristi Aracri (Domenic) of Macon; four step-daughters, Jamie Stieg (Joey), Tabatha Townsend, Glinda Vincent (Tim) all of Loganville and Jordan Bone (Tyler) of Cartersville; ten grandchildren, Charlie Leavell, Tucker Leavell, Lorelai Leavell, Domenic “Jr.” Aracri, Josie Stieg, Ally Stieg, Stella Easley, Cara Vincent, Bentley Vincent and Bryson Bone; two brothers, Wally Lucas and Raymond Wilkes and one nephew, James Lucas.
Serving as pallbearers were James Leavell, Domenic Aracri, Mike Duck and Tim Vincent.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Barbara Elizabeth Ponder Smith, age 99, died Thursday, May 18, 2017. Funeral services were held on Monday, May 22, 2017, at McRae United Methodist Church with Reverend David Blalock and Reverend Jason Dickerson officiating. Internment followed in Oak Grove Cemetery in McRae.
Mrs. Smith was born in Rhine, and graduated from Wesleyan College in 1938. Her husband, Dr. Frederick Augustus Smith of McRae, preceded her in death. Mrs. Smith was a member of the McRae United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years and was also a member of the Lyonnia Garden Club of McRae and served as president. She was an avid bridge player, a member of McRae Duplicate and her local bridge group. Her husband, Dr. Frederick Augustus Smith of McRae, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her four children, Barbara Ponder Smith Cook (Travis) of McRae; Frederick Augustus Smith, III (Karen) of Atlanta, Cathy Mizell Smith Elkins of Athens and Carolyn Faye Smith of Statesboro; three grandchildren, Barbara Catherine Cheek (John) of Atlanta, John Morgan Cook (Annie) of Gray and Hope Mizell Elkins of Phoenix, Arizona; three great-grandchildren, Travis James Cheek and Caroline Elizabeth Cheek of Atlanta and Tallulah Cook of Gray and one step-great-grandchild, Canon Moncrief of Gray. 
The family would also like to thank Mrs. Smith’s caregivers for their dedicated service and loving care; Bernice Whitehead, the late Sara Moring, Ann Johnson, the late Cynthia Patrick, Connie Austin, Pearl Riley, Louise Chapman, Billie Scarborough, Latrish Underwood, Mattie Lambert, Frederica Kellam, Celonia Pace and many others. The family would also like to thank Dr. Brian Siddall, Brena Siddall and the staff of McRae Manor for their excellent care and compassion.
Vaughn Funeral Home of McRae was in charge of arrangements.

Mitchell Lawrence Conley, age 82, of Rhine, died Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Serenity Hospice in Dublin.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Mr. Bobby Ryals and Reverend Tim Moorhouse officiating, with interment in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Conley was a lifelong resident of Dodge County, a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and former owner and operator of Mitchell Conley Logging, Inc. for over 53 years. He was a longtime employee of Ocmulgee Construction Company in McRae and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Mitchell was the son of the late Dollie Spires Conley and Arthur Lee Conley.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Myrtle Newman Conley of Rhine; daughter, Ramona Conley Woodard of Rhine; son, Dwayne Conley of Eastman; six grandchildren, Slade Woodard, Lance Woodard (Shunna Lyons), Ramonica Oxley (Matt), Brandy Dowdy (Jake), Jennifer Conley and Derek Conley (Amitie Hussey); six great-grandchildren, Taylor Woodard, Jared Woodard, Logan Woodard, Aniston Dowdy, Jacob Dowdy and Ralie Grace Conley; sister-in-law, Vivian J. Hancock of Dublin, and brother-in-law, Randall Newman (Trudy).
Serving as pallbearers were Jerry Yancey, Slade Woodard, Lance Woodard, Graham Royal, Vernon McDuffie and Junior Hilliard. Sheryl Bearden and Reverend Tim Moorhouse were the musicians for the funeral service.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Jeynelle Dowdy Haynes, age 85, of Rhine, died Monday, May 22, 2017 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Hopewell Baptist Church in Rhine, with Mr. Bobby Ryals and Reverend Roswell Chapman officiating, with interment in Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Haynes was born in Rhine and was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. She was a retired civil service employee at Robins Air Force Base with over 20 years of service and lived in Warner Robins for many years before moving back to Rhine in 2005. She loved her husband and her family and enjoyed spending time with them. Mrs. Haynes was the daughter of the late Daisy Reaves Dowdy and Tom Pete Dowdy and was preceded in death by a son, Harris Haynes and a brother, Welton Dowdy.
Survivors include her husband of 68 years, Harold Haynes of Rhine; one daughter, Betty Puckett (Tommy) of Rhine; two sons, Luther Wayne Haynes (Diane) of Nantahala, North Carolina and Gerald Haynes (Sherrie) of Warner Robins; one sister, Shirley Dix of Rhine; 11 grandchildren, Darin Haynes, Ginger Jones (Scott), Mathew Almand (Bridgette), Dan Almand, Lamar Wallace (Jennifer), Andy Puckett (Holly), Joy Williams (Derek), Dwayne Smith (Teresa), Lynn Moore (Drew), Rhonda Neff (Danny Eberhardt) and Ashley Haynes (Chad Greathouse); 18 great grandchildren and a caretaker and friend, Elizabeth Brown.
The family may be contacted at the Haynes residence, 1752 Adam Springs Road, Rhine, and will receive friends in Hopewell Baptist Church from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.
Serving as pallbearers are Lamar Wallace, Abel Wallace, Andy Puckett, Danny Eberhardt, Dwayne Smith and Chad Greathouse. Betty Sue Bowen and Bobby Ryals are the musicians for the funeral service.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman has charge of arrangements.

Mr. Dana Kelby Crummey, age 48, of Hawkinsville, died Monday, May 22, 2017 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Reverend Matt Walker and Mr. Randy Bohannon officiating, with interment in Chauncey City Cemetery.
Mr. Crummey was born in Statesboro and was a member of Sweet Home Baptist Church.
He was a 1987 graduate of Dodge County High School, a graduate of Heart of Georgia Technical College and an aircraft structural supervisor for the past nine years at Robins Air Force Base, with over 20 years total service. He was a dedicated father who enjoyed spending time with his children, watching his kids’ sports activities and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Mr. Crummey was an avid Georgia Bulldogs fan and enjoyed cooking and grilling for his family and friends. He was preceded in death by two infant siblings, Jan Crummey and Timothy Truett Crummey.
Survivors include one daughter, Lindsey Crummey of Chauncey; two sons, Lane Crummey and Landin Crummey, both of Chauncey; mother and father, Ann Griffin Crummey and Truett Crummey, both of Cochran and one brother, Shane Crummey of Cochran.
The family may be contacted at the residence of Shala and Shannon Weston, 921 Chauncey-Dublin Highway, Chauncey, and will receive friends in Southerland Funeral Chapel from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Dodge County Baseball Diamond Club.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman has charge of arrangements.

Dear editor,
May 21, 2017, several teenage young men found themselves joyriding near my family home. Of course, driving ATVs and vehicles on dirt roads are legal in the state of Georgia; however, vandalizing public property and trespassing on private property are not. At six in the evening, these boys were trying to get their vehicles unstuck while on the private property from which they were trespassing. At seven in the evening, these teens spray painted many obscenities about women, Blacks, and male phalluses on the Old Bethel Church Bridge. At eight in the evening, my neighbor stopped to speak to these boys who were cordial, but they failed to leave the bridge or the private property that they were illegally treading upon. At ten in the evening, these young men were loudly tearing up our road with their ATVs making it difficult to drive through the next morning.
My parents Jimmy and Cynthia Greene spent thirty years paying for the land that adjoins the bridge on Old Bethel Church Road, Chester, Georgia. My father passed away in December, and my husband and I will be living on his land and in his home. It is my honor to live on the land that my parents provided for me as a child. I respect our home, our property, and the environment. Gum Swamp is a beautiful place to live and raise my children. Unfortunately, people like these boys disrespect us and our environment by riding on private property, drinking while underage, vandalizing a public bridge, and throwing trash into the creek while loitering in the middle of the road and on private property.
My neighbors and I are raising children and grandchildren while appreciating the natural beauty of Gum Swamp, yet people who live elsewhere in Dodge and Bleckley Counties continuously travel to our Gum Swamp Bridge to loiter, vandalize, trespass, and disrespect us. [Full Story »] 

A body of an unidentified person was found at approximately 7:00 p.m. off Frank P. Holder Road on Friday, May 19, 2017.

A hunter from Florida was setting up cameras in the woods and discovered the body in a water hole approximately a quarter of a mile from Frank P. Holder Road across cutover land.

The body will be sent to the Georgia State Crime Lab in Atlanta to be identified and try and determine the cause of death.

The body was found near the vicinity where a missing teenager’s car was located on Thursday, January 19.

The teen, Michael Anthony Boone, age 18, was last seen leaving his girlfriend’s house in Hawkinsville and has been missing since then.

Authorities speculate that the body that was found could be that of Boone, but they will not know until results from the crime lab are available.

Dear editor,
With all the hysteria in recent months of southern heritage and our national flag, the “Stars and Bars,” somehow that piece of cloth has caused an asunder of racial divide, which is pure nonsense. Thanks be to these nitwits like the NAACP, white liberals, dimwits and two-faced politicians like former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, now UN ambassador. She campaigned under the confederate flag in the past to garner southern votes. She had an epiphany as a crusader, however, to remove the confederate flag from the state capital based on the actions of one lunatic who killed nine people in a black church two years ago. Somehow that flag is the catalyst for more killings to come. Fast forward to 2017; now, more liberal politicians, like Louisiana Governor Landrieu, have ordered the removal of all confederate memorials off of state grounds. Shoot, why not go further. Should the likes of Eastman’s own John Battle, a rabble rousing malcontent for the NAACP, who is an accelerant to stirring up tumult in Dodge County, be satisfied when all confederate memorials are piles of rubble, confederate bones are interred in the city landfill and confederate flags linger on, mainly as fading stickers on pickup trucks? Will America be a better nation? Will a single inner city school improve? Will community and police relations improve? Of course not! The only change you’ll see is the grinning pearly white teeth faces of these black activists (“gotcha moment” ), and, at the end of the day, the self-righteous and America will be just as ignorant.
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