Present Checks

Eastman City Manager Bea Edge (l) and Dodge County Interim Manager Bobby Peacock (second from right) are shown presenting checks from the city and county in support of the library to Ann Bowen (second from left), director of the Ocmulgee Regional Library System. In their regularly scheduled monthly meetings, both the Eastman City Council and the Dodge County Commissions voted to offer a $1,250.00 per month carryover support for the library for a period of six months as the process to determine ownership of the Mercer Annex facility adjoining the library could be completed. During that time, multiple options will be pursued through the development authority to bring a new institute for higher education to our area. “It’s good to see the county and city cooperating in this effort with the library and the development authority as the work continues to bring newer and better options for the community,” Eastman/Dodge County Chamber of Commerce President Charles Williams (r) noted. “Our library system is important to every citizen and provides services, education, programs, resources and a wealth of history to be found in no other place. I believe we are blessed to have this service available and even more so to have a community that both recognizes and supports the effort.”