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By Jamie Gardner

On Tuesday, June 13, the Appling County Board of Education met for a regular monthly meeting. During the meeting the board discussed two options for the FY2012 Tentative Budget. The first option was at $25,723,011.00 for revenue and expenditures and the second option was set at revenue $25,723,011.00 and expenditures $25,810,396.19. Under the second option, which was approved on a split vote, the board would utilize fund reserves to balance the budget using $87,385.19. [Full Story »] 

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Republican Luncheon on Wednesday July 6, starting at 12:00 noon. [Full Story »] 

On Friday the Appling County Commissioners issued the following advisory. [Full Story »] 

As raging fires burn in South Georgia and drought continues throughout the state, Georgians are being urged to take extra steps for safety this Fourth of July holiday. [Full Story »] 

By Matt Gardner

The Appling County Board of Commissioners held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Appling County Courthouse Annex. During the meeting the Commissioners approved a proposal from Golder Associates to do exploratory drilling on the dam located at Lake Tara. The work includes two 25-foot holes and two 50-foot holes to be drilled in order to evaluate the dam and find out if further work will be needed. The cost of the drilling will cost $35,000.00. A motion to approve the work was made by Commissioner Charlie Leggett with a second from Commissioner Ronnie Rentz. The motion was approved by all in attendance. [Full Story »] 

The Associated Press reported last week that up to five Georgia school districts could be subject to a new law allowing the governor to remove board members if the district is in danger of losing accreditation.
State education department attorney Brad Bryant told the Georgia School Board last Wednesday that the Atlanta, Appling County, Coffee County, Randolph County and Warren County districts are on probation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. [Full Story »] 

A representative from Congressman Jack Kingston’s office will be in Appling County to meet with anyone who needs assistance with a federal agency during an upcoming Congressional “Day Office.”
“We hold these ‘Day offices’ throughout the district to make it more convenient for citizens who may find it difficult to get to one of my offices,” said Kingston. [Full Story »] 

Chief of Police James Godfrey reports that on June 2 officers from the Baxley Police Department, and the Appling County Sheriff’s Office, assisted agents of the Altamaha Drug Task Force, and the G.B.I., in executing a search warrant at 746 Fair Street. This search is the culmination of several months of under cover investigations, which were conducted by agents of the Altamaha Drug Task Force and the G.B.I. [Full Story »] 

The Long Riders Motorcycle Club will be having their third annual event Saturday, June 25, at the Progressive Resource Center (Old Junior High School) on Junior High Drive in Baxley. Please come and support the Long Riders Motorcycle Club for a full day of fun, food and activities. [Full Story »] 

The Baxley-Appling County Board of Tourism hosted their annual Altamaha River Rat Run Canoe Excursion on Saturday, June 4. It was a beautiful sunny morning with a slight breeze just right for canoeing. Despite the temperature (upper 90’s) 68 participants from all over Georgia (Alpharetta, Baxley, Blackshear, Brooklet, Brunswick, Byron, Cobbtown, Glennville, Hazlehurst, Jesup, Lizella, Lumber City, Macon, Mansfield, McRae, Mt. Vernon, Statesboro, Uvalda, Vidalia, Warner Robins, and Waycross) launched their canoes, kayaks, boats, and jet skis around 9:30 a.m. from the starting point of Deen’s Landing to make the 10-mile excursion to conclude at Davis Landing. This group consisted of both experienced and beginner paddlers. Many owned their own canoes and with the help of Altamaha Expeditions (owner Larry Brantley-Jesup) many were able to rent their canoes/kayaks. [Full Story »] 

Sheriff Benny DeLoach would like to report the following activity of the Appling County Sheriff’s Office.

On June 1, answered a call to Earl Cauley Road in reference to a domestic dispute. A complainant stated that a known offender came to her residence and threatened to burn her house down and kill everyone inside. The complainant was advised to see the magistrate judge. [Full Story »]