The Dodge County News

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Died: Saturday, February 7, 2015

Arrangements: Fisher Funeral Home of Cochran has charge of arrangements.

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Died: Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home, Inc. has charge of arrangements.

Age: 70

Died: Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Arrangements: Hardy-Towns Funeral Home, Inc. has charge of arrangements.

The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Squaws improved to 18 and four on the season and nine and zero in the sub-region with three wins last week. The Dodge girls who are ranked tenth in the latest state poll defeated Pierce County 67 to 35 in a sub-region game; Southeast Bulloch, 60 to 14 in a region cross-over game; and AAAAA Warner Robins, 45 to 33 in a non-region game.
The Indians improved to six and three in the sub-region with a 65 to 60 double overtime win over sub-region foe Pierce County; then lost 48 to 55 to Southeast Bulloch; and lost 47 to 64 to AAAAA Warner Robins High. The Indians are in second place in the sub-region at this point. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
It just isn’t fair!
We work hard for our money. But the government takes a portion and allocates it to programs we could never justify.
These ‘pork’ programs are created by the government mostly to placate special interest groups at the expense of we taxpayers.
For example, an entry in the recently published 2014 Wastebook, describes $392,000 for NASA to determine how humans will react when confronted by space aliens. What?
Granted, $392 thousand isn’t a lot of money by government standards, but when it’s added to other ‘pork’ programs, their total is billions of dollars.
Speaking of ‘pork’, consider the $265 billion it costs taxpayers to comply with unrealistic IRS tax regulations, or the $450 billion tax-gap - non-payment of taxes by some - we taxpayers must make-up for.
But, by replacing the current IRS debacle with a consumption tax, such as the FAIRtax (FairTax.org), most of that waste will be eliminated, and - as an critical feature of a consumption tax - the troubled IRS will also be eliminated.
The time is long past for our government to address the issues of wasteful spending and tax reform. FAIRtax provides a means to help accomplish both goals.
Thank you,
Joe O’Hara

A VDARE.com reader in suburban Illinois “would like to remind you that while you’re paying taxes, illegals are getting tax refunds for ‘dependents’ in Mexico.“ Some of our phony foreign friends who have never set foot in the USA get checks for the “Additional Child Tax Credit.” Actual tax returns have shown numerous families getting $10,000 or so  through a program supposedly set up to keep working mothers at home. Freeloaders always find a way to game the system. Check out the full story on VDARE.com 1-26-15. This is a site I check several times each day – highly recommended. Guaranteed: It’s better than (overrated) Fox News. Fox is still better than the pathetic TV competition.
I always thought The Villages in Central Florida was a Republican stronghold, since Republican candidates make sure to campaign there, but the Democratic Club of The Villages has more than 700 members.
Watch out for a stacked deck in Republican Primaries. Wikipedia.org says that in 2008, John McCain did not win a single primary among registered Republicans up to Super Tuesday, but because of open primaries in which anyone could vote, won the nomination by Democrats voting for him in early Republican primaries, giving him the momentum. McCain, probably the weakest Republican running, went on to become the November Republican patsy the Democrats needed to run against. Many believe it was set up that way.
Obamacare and the Panama Canal betrayal of 1977 were two good examples of the political class knowing what was best for the public. Both were highly unpopular measures, which shows you what the inside D.C. class thinks of everyday Americans, the ones who pay for the cozy lifestyle of the political class. [Full Story »] 

The Eastman Police Department made the following arrests for the week of January 26 through February 3.

Andrea Reynolds, age 37, 42 Sursson Street, Baxley, one count no insurance.

Christopher Ardelean, age 27, 124 Magnolia Street, Eastman, one count probation violation.

Shanikqua Morgan, age 24, 502 Plaza Avenue, Apartment K3, Eastman, one count theft by taking.

Darlene Brown, age 50, 5445 Page Street, Eastman, one count probation violation.

Fannie Mae Clark, age 51, 217 First Avenue, Apartment A, Eastman, one count obstructing law enforcement officers.

Ury Clark, age 50, 217 First Avenue, Apartment A, Eastman, one count obstructing law enforcement officers and one count burglary.

Willie Johnson, age 65, Lot 1 Congo Lane, Jenkins Drive, Eastman, one count probation violation.

Shannon Baker, age 30, 5489 Dodge Avenue, Eastman, one count probation violation.

Cathleen Price, age 22, 522 Harrell Avenue, Eastman, one count public drunkenness and one count theft by taking.

Angela McDaniel, age 32, 93 Sparrow Lane, Eastman, one count failure to pay bench warrant.

Juvenile, age 15, Eastman, one count terroristic threats and acts.

Juvenile, age 16, Eastman, one count shoplifting less than $500.00.

Zacchaus Wilcox, age 18, 5833 North Street, Eastman, one count obstructing law enforcement officers; one count escape; one count probation violation; and one count interference with government property.

Steven Causey, age 42, 29 Industrial Park Drive, McRae, one count failure to pay bench warrant.

Brandon Dykes, age 17, 5723 Eastman Street, Eastman, one count entering automobile.

By Cindy Eckles

The Dodge County Board of Commissioner reviewed bids received from the Bank of Eastman, Citizens Bank and Trust of Eastman and Colony Bank of Eastman for the 2015 operating line of credit for the county. Interim county manager Bobby Peacock requested permission from county commissioners at their meeting on January 5, 2015 to submit requests to local financial institutions for an operating line of credit in the amount of $2,750,000.00 for 2015 at the best-fixed rate of interest.

Bids received were: Bank of Eastman, $2,750,000.00 with a fixed rate of 2.73%; Citizens Bank and Trust of Eastman, $2,750,000.00 with a fixed rate of 2.74% and Colony Bank of Eastman, $2,750,000.00 with a fixed rate of 2.78%. Commissioner Jr. Howell made the motion to accept the lowest fixed rate bid from Bank of Eastman, which was seconded by commissioner Terry Niblett. The motion passed unanimous.

Bids were then opened for a new roof at the Georgia Department of Labor building. Bids were received from Graham and Studstill and Moore Roofing. Because of a difference in the way the bids were presented, a committee of commissioners, Howell and Niblett, were appointed to review the bids and then make their recommendation to the board of commissioners at the next meeting.
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1004 CONDEMNATIONS

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NO­TICE OF SEI­ZURE OF PER­SON­AL PROP­ER­TY VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000.00

Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. § 16-13-49(n), any par­ty claim­ing an in­ter­est in the fol­low­ing prop­er­ty is here­by no­ti­fied that on Janu­ary 15, 2015, said prop­er­ty was seized by the un­der­signed agen­cy in Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia:
SIX HUNDRED NINE DOL­LARS ($609.00) IN UNIT­ED STATES CUR­REN­CY
You are fur­ther no­ti­fied that you may file a claim with­in thir­ty (30) days of the sec­ond pub­li­ca­tion of this no­tice of sei­zure by send­ing a claim com­ply­ing with the re­quire­ments of O.C.G.A. § 16-13-49 to the seiz­ing law en­force­ment agen­cy and to the dis­trict at­tor­ney by cer­ti­fied mail, re­turn re­ceipt re­quest­ed.
This 23rd day of Janu­ary, 2015.
Ti­mothy G. Vaughn
Dis­trict At­tor­ney
Oco­nee Ju­di­cial Cir­cuit
P.O. Box 1027
5401 An­son Ave­nue, Room 200
East­man, Geor­gia 31023
Seiz­ing Agen­cy:
SGT. GARY WI­DEN­ER
East­man Po­lice De­part­ment
P.O. Box 40
East­man, GA 31023 [Full Story »]