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Sealed bids will be received for the Water and Sanitary Sewer System Improvements, U.S. Highway 341 West in the Baxley City Hall, until 11:00 A.M. (Local Time), Thursday, July 21, 2011, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.
The work under this Contract will consist generally of the following:
The construction of + 310 LF of 6” watermain, + 2MJ gate valves, + 1 fire hydrants, + 1 new metered service, + 300 LF of 10” sanitary sewer, + 160 LF of jack and bore, and all appurtenances necessary for a complete job.
All work on the Project must be completed within 90 consecutive calendar days of date of notice to proceed.
Bid shall be submitted on Bid Proposal Forms furnished for that purpose, in accordance with the Contract Documents and the Plans and Specifications, which are on file and may be received at the office of the City Manager and the office of Hofstadter and Associates, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 4571 Arkwright Road, Macon, Georgia 31210.
Copies of Bid Forms, Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents may be obtained from Hofstadter and Associates, Inc. Consulting Engineers, 4571 Arkwright Road, Macon, Georgia 31210, upon deposit of $100.00 per set. No refund will be made for returned documents.
No bid will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City of Baxley prior to the time set forth above. Bids arriving after the designated time will be returned unopened.
No bids will be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the opening of bids. City of Baxley reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to overlook and/or disregard informalities or irregularities in the proposals.
CITY OF BAXLEY
P. O. BOX 290
Baxley, GA 31515
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Sealed bids will be received for the Storm Drainage and Street Improvements, CDBG No. 10p-x-001-2-5263 at Baxley City Hall, 282 E. Parker St., Baxley, GA 31513 until 11:00 A.M. (Local Time) Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.
The work under this Contract will consist generally of the following: + 0.59 miles of grading, + 282 leveling, + 440 tons of resurfacing, + 4,200 LF of curb and gutter, + 552 LF of sidedrain of pipe, + 3,210 LF of storm drain pipe, + 31 drop inlets, + 17 drain inlets, + 2 junction boxes, + 8 manholes, + 2,268 LF of sanitary sewer lines, + 8 sanitary sewer manholes, and all appurtenances necessary for a complete job.
All work on the Project must be completed within 180 consecutively calendar days of date of notice to proceed.
Bid shall be submitted on Bid Proposal Forms furnished for that purpose, in accordance with the Contract Documents and the Plans and Specifications, which are on file and may be reviewed at the office of the City Manager and the office of Hofstadter and Associates, Inc, Consulting Engineers, 4571 Arkwright Road, Macon, Georgia 31210.
Copies of Bid Forms, Plans, Specifications and Contract Documents may be obtained from Hofstadter and Associates, Inc., 4571 Arkwright Road, Macon, Georgia 31210, upon deposit of $150.00 per set of specifications and plans. No refund will be made for returned documents.
No bid will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City of Baxley prior to the time set forth above, and accompanied by a Bidder’s Bond, payable to the City of Baxley for 10 percent of the amount of the bid; to be forfeited as liquidated damages in the event that the bid be accepted and the bidder fail to enter promptly into a written contract and furnish the required Payment Bond and Performance Bond and Insurance Certificates. Bids arriving after the designated time will be returned unopened.
No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the opening of bids. The City of Baxley reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to overlook and/or disregard informalities or irregularities in the proposals.
Note:
In the Contract Under Division 1 – General Requirements in the CDBG Requirements Section, the Contractor shall abide by Section 3 Clause of the Urban Development Act of 1968.
DATED: ________
The City of Baxley
282 East Parker Street
P. O. Box 290
Baxley, Georgia 31515
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This is to notify the person who abandoned a 1988 Cadillac Brougham at 1129 Hatch Parkway North that you must identify and pay wrecker bill, storage and remove from property by July 28, 2011. Otherwise the vehicle will become the property of Livingston’s Garage & Wrecker Service, Inc.
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On February 4, 2011, one 1995 Nissan Truck was towed in to H&L Car Care LLC., as of the date, June 13, 2011, there has been no one to claim it. If anyone knows who this truck belongs to you have until July 13, 2011, to contact us at H&L Car Care LLC, and pay tow bill and storage fees.
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Sealed proposals from General Contractors will be received by Appling County Board of Education, the Owner, at 249 Blackshear Hwy. Baxley, Georgia, until 3:00 p.m. at the time legally prevailing in Baxley, Georgia, on July 14, 2011 for construction of “Appling Elementary School Phase III-HVAC Renovations, Appling County Board of Education.”
At the time and place noted above, the proposals will be publically opened and read aloud.
Bidding documents may be obtained at the office of the Architect, SP Design Group Architects and Engineers, Inc., 5191 Columbus Road, Macon, Georgia 31206 (Mailing address: P. O. Box 6254, Macon, GA 31208; Phone 478/477-7465; Fax 478/477-9511). Applications for documents together with deposit of $100.00 per set, and a properly executed AIA Document A305, “Contractor’s Qualification Statement,” should be filed promptly with the architect. Bidding material will be forwarded as soon as possible thereafter. The full amount of the deposit for two (2) sets will be refunded to each General Contractor who submits a bona fide bid upon return of such sets in good condition within 30 days after the date of opening the bids. All other deposits will be refunded with deduction approximately the cost of reproduction of documents upon return of same in good condition within 30 days after the date of bid opening. Documents should be returned to 5191 Columbus Road, Macon, GA 31206.
Contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis to the lowest responsible and qualified bidder. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 30 days after time has been called on the date of opening. Bids must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. Both a performance bond and a payment bond will be required in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price.
THE OWNER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE TECHNICALITIES AND FORMALITIES.
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RE: PETITION OF JOHNNY HARTLEY JR. TO PROBATE IN SOLEMN FORM THE WILL OF EMMA LOU ROWELL, DECEASED, UPON WHICH AN ORDER FOR SERVICE WAS GRANTED BY THIS COURT ON JUNE 20, 2011
TO: Tommy Deen, Ned Deen, Melissa Deen and all interested parties and all and singular the heirs of said decedent, and to whom it may concern:
This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced petition, in this Court on or before July 29, 2011.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. 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 number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
DIANE HALLMAN, JUDGE
PROBATE COURT
Appling County, Georgia
36 S. Main Street, Baxley, GA 31513
(912) 367-8114
Attorney for Estate
J. ALEXANDER JOHNSON, P.C.
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
912-366-9000

Notice is given that Articles of Organization which will incorporate Jay Madi Mart, Inc., will be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code (O.C.G.A. §14-2-201.1).
The initial registered office of the corporation will be located at 357 Peachtree Street, Apt. A1, Baxley, Georgia, and its initial registered agent at such address is Minesh Kumar Ramanlal Joshi.
Keith M. Morris
Attorney for Incorporator
581 E. Parker Street
Baxley, GA 31513
(912) 367-2636
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"Notice is hereby given that U-Store/U-Lock,LLC (Mini-Storage) will hold a public auction pursuant to the Georgia Self Storage Facility Act, Georgia code Section 10-4-210 to 10-4-215 on July 15, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. at U-Store / U-Lock LLC Mini-Storage facility at 80 Speer Street Baxley GA 31513.
Unit #106 belonging to Chastity Brown: misc clothes and household items.
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JOHN L. WALTERS, Plaintiff
V.
RUTH T. WALTERS, Defendant
CAFN: 11-5-331C
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
By Order for Service by publication dated on the 15th day of June, 2011, you are hereby notified that on May 24, 2011, John L. Walters, filed suit against you for divorce.
You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court and to serve upon plaintiff’s attorney, Keith M. Morris, 581 E. Parker Street, Baxley, Georgia 31513, an answer in writing within sixty days of the date of the order for publication.
WITNESS the Honorable Anthony Harrison Judge of the Superior Court.
This 17th day of June, 2011.
Ashley Mincey, Deputy Clerk of Superior Court
Appling County, Georgia
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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that deed to secure debt dated May 2, 2005, from Joel H. Spivey and J. Kyle Spivey to B.W. Sapp, recorded in Deed Book 404, page 512, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, the undersigned will sell at public outcry during the legal hours of sale before the front door of the Courthouse in Appling County, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in August, 2011, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 18.084 acres, more or less, of Land Lot No. 345, being more particularly described according to the courses, metes and bounds of that certain survey and plat thereof by Merlin J. Tomberlin, GRLS No. 2477, dated January 17, 2001, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Plat Book 15, Page 491, and incorporated herein for all purposes. This being the same property conveyed from Baxley Farms, Inc. to B. W. Sapp and James A. Graham, Sr. by deed dated July 20, 2001, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Deed Book 349, Page 282; said James A. Graham, Sr. having conveyed his interest to B. W. Sapp by deed dated April 4, 2003, recorded in Deed Book 373, Page 290, said records.
The debt secured by said deed to secure debt is evidenced by a note in favor of B. W. Sapp (the “Lender”) dated May 2, 2005. The debt secured by said deed to secure debt and evidenced by said note has been declared due and payable because of the failure of the Grantors therein to comply with certain terms and conditions in said note and deed to secure debt. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying said indebtedness including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and attorney fees and all expenses of said sale.
The property, located on Golden Isles Hwy. West, Baxley, Georgia, will be sold as the property of Joel H. Spivey and J. Kyle Spivey, who, to the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, are the parties in possession of said property.
Notice has been and is hereby given of intention to enforce provisions for collection of attorney's fees and foreclosure in accordance with legal requirements and the terms of said note and deed to secure debt.
Said property will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes, assessments, general subdivision restrictions, if any, and other restrictions, easements and liens of record, if any. The proceeds of the sale will be used as follows: (1) to pay the expenses of said sale; (2) to pay the sums secured by said deed; (3) the balance if any to Joel H. Spivey and J. Kyle Spivey, or as may otherwise be directed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
B.W. SAPP Attorney in Fact for Joel H. Spivey and J. Kyle Spivey
J. ALEXANDER JOHNSON PC Attorney for Lender 132 West Parker Street Baxley, Georgia 31513 912-367-9000
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed to Secure Debt from Tommy Mashawn Smith and Jennifer Smith to Southland Investment Company, dated July 30, 2004, recorded in Deed Book 394, Pages 123-129, in the Public Records of Appling County, Georgia, said Deed to Secure Debt dated July 30, 2004 in the original principal sum of Thirty Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Dollars and 50/100 ($34,870.50), 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 Appling County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in August 2011, the property described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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).
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and maters of record superior to the Contract for Deed first set out above.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Tommy Mashawn Smith and Jennifer Smith or a tenant or tenants.
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 Contract for Deed.
SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY
Attorney-in-Fact for
TOMMY MASHAWN SMITH AND JENNIFER SMITH
JENNIFER L. ELLIS
Southland Investment Company
409 W. 16th Street
P. O. Box 785
Alma, Georgia 31510
(912) 632-6812
EXHIBIT A
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being situate in Original Land Lot No. 324 in the 2nd Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 9.67 acres, more or less, and being all of Tract No. 10 containing 4.86 acres, and Tract No. 11 containing 4. 81 acres, as shown on a plat prepared by Merlin J. Tomberlin & Associates, dated July 16, 2001 and recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 55, in the public records of Appling County, Georgia. Said plat being incorporated herein by reference as a part of this description.
Also conveyed, a 1994 General Mobile Home, serial number GMHGA117942223A and GMHGA117942223B.
Including all improvements and fixtures located thereon and attached to said property.
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Because of a default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Security Deed, dated September 14, 2006, executed by TINISIA M. REYNOLDS to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., recorded in Deed Book 421, Page 235, Appling County, Georgia Deed Records, and securing a Note in the original principal amount of $75,500.00, said Security Deed and Note last having been assigned to GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, the current holder thereof, has declared the entire amount of said indebtedness evidenced by the Note immediately due and payable and, pursuant to the power of sale contained in said Security Deed, will, on the first Tuesday in August, 2011, to-wit: August 2, 2011, during the legal hours of sale, before the Appling County Courthouse door, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying. being and situated in Land Lot No. 284 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 0.333 acres, more or less, and being designated as Lot No. 40 of Block 4 of what is known as Weatherly Park Subdivision, on that certain survey and plat thereof prepared by Rufus C. Johnson, dated December 2, 1957, recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 209, of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, said plat by this reference hereto being incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all necessary purposes. Said property is bounded, now or formerly, as follows: North by Lot No. 38 of Weatherly Park Subdivision; East by Lot No. 41 of Weatherly Park Subdivision; South by Lot No. 42 of Weatherly Park Subdivision; and West by the Eastern right-of-way of Torrance Road.
This being the same and identical property conveyed from David Edgar Morris to Delores C. Morris by deed dated December 4, 1986, recorded in Deed Book 223, Page 368 of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia.
The aforedescribed real property is also known as 82 Torrance Road, Baxley, Georgia 31513, according to the present system of numbering houses in Appling County, Georgia.
This 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 as to the amount and status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed, including but not limited to, a determination that the borrower has not reinstated the loan prior to the foreclosure sale.
Said real property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet 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 real property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
Upon information and belief, said real property is presently in the possession or control of TINISIA M. REYNOLDS and the proceeds of said sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness and all the expenses of said sale, including attorney's fees, all as provided in said Security Deed and the excess proceeds, if any, will be distributed as provided by law.
GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC
as Attorney-in-Fact for
TINISIA M. REYNOLDS
David W. Adams, Esquire
Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP
2 East Bryan Street, Suite 1001
Savannah, Georgia 31401
(912) 233-9700
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED LENDER AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness, secured by a Security Deed executed by Clifton Jackson and Johnnie Mae Jackson to H&R Block Mortgage Corporation dated April 19, 2007 in the amount of $60,000.00, and recorded in Deed Book 430, Page 838, Appling County, Georgia Records; as last transferred to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-6, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-6 by assignment; the undersigned, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-6, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-6 pursuant to said deed and the 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 in August, 2011 , during the legal hours of sale, at the Courthouse door in Appling County, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said deed to-wit:
The land referred to in this policy is situated in the State of Georgia, County of Appling, City of Baxley, and described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, in the Land Lot No. 285 and being more particularly described as follows: commencing at an established point on the Western edge of a county road that leads from what is known as the Poor Robin Road to what is known as the City Circle Road, which point is located by commencing at the intersection of the midline of said county road with the midline of Poor Robin Road, thence North a distance of 218.62 Feet; thence North 73 Degrees 51 Minutes West for a distance of 15.5 Feet to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing North 73 Degrees 51 Minutes West for a distance of 145.7 Feet; thence North 12 Degrees 50 Minutes East for a distance of 147.5 Feet; thence South 73 Degrees 51 Minutes East for a distance of 147.5 Feet to the edge of said county road; thence South 12 Degrees 50 Minutes West for a distance of 147.5 Feet to the Point of Beginning.
Which has the property address of 618 Pine Street Ext, Baxley, Georgia., together with all fixtures and other personal property conveyed by said deed.
The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record which may affect said property.
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.
Notice has been given of intention to collect attorneys' fees in accordance with the terms of the note secured by said deed.
Said property will be sold as the property of Clifton Jackson and Johnnie Mae Jackson and the proceeds of said sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, the expense of said sale, all as provided in said deed, and the undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as provided in the aforementioned Security Deed.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-6, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-6
Attorney in Fact for
Clifton Jackson and Johnnie Mae Jackson
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404) 373-1612
www.mccurdycandler.com
File No. 08-13130 /CONV/ajackson
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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