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The True Citizen
P.O.Box 948
Waynesboro, GA 30830
(706) 554-2111
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January
30, 2002 |
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Hospital
Authority
Starts New Office
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Hospital
Authority starts new office The Burke County Hospital Authority has begun construction
of a new medical office building in Waynesboro. The 5,000 square foot building
is being built for approximately $475,000 and is anticipated for completion
in June of this year. It will be occupied by Dr. Mark Gresham. The architects
are Virgo and Gambill of Augusta, and S.D. Clifton Construction of Evans is
the contractor. No funds have been borrowed for the construction of the building.
Pictured here are, from left, Burke County Hospital Authority member Chris Collins,
contractor Steve Clifton, architect Steve Virgo, authority member Alphonso Andrews,
Dr. Gresham, authority chairman Roy Chalker, Jr., Burke County Administrator
Merv Waldrop and project manager Max Knight. |
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Woodrow
Lovett To Seek GOP Nod
For 12th District
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By
Jimmy Ezzell
True Citizen Editor |
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Voters
in the vast newly established 12th Congressional District could be choosing
between two Burke County farmers for the Republican nomination in the August
State Primary A second Burke County Republican has decided to toss his hat into
the political ring for the GOP nomination for the 12th seat. Woodrow Lovett
of Sardis, a farmer, said Monday he will seek the nomination and has submitted
his resignation as Burke County Republican Chairman to Ralph Reed, Georgia's
Republican Party chairman. Lovett recommended to Reed that Leonard "Bo" Hogan
be named
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his successor
as county chairman. Lovett said he plans to make a formal announcement of his
candidacy next week starting off in Savannah. He is a native of Chatham County
and has lived in Burke County since 1987. Cleve Mobley, also a farmer from Burke
County, announced his candidacy in December and according to his financial statement
already has raised more than $112,000 to finance his campaign. Mobley said this
week he was not surprised at Lovett's entrance into the race. "I have heard
that he was considering a run. It comes as no surprise." As it now stands they
are the only two announced candidates for the GOP nomination, although some
say at least one other person could get into the race by primary filing time
in July. Lovett is no stranger to congressional races. He unsuccessfully opposed
Cynthia McKinney in 1992 and again in 1994 for the then 11th District Congressional
seat. In his first run McKinney was victorious by a landslide recording a 73-27
percent margin of victory. In the second race two years later, Lovett picked
up support but lost again, this time he polled 38 percent of the vote to McKinney's
62 percent. Lovett said he has entered the race for the seat because "other
people have asked me to, and I would not be running against an incumbent Republican."
Lovett said he never considered running against Congressman Charlie Norwood
who represents the 10th District of which Burke County is a member. In the recent
redistricting, Burke County is now in the 12th District that stretches from
Athens through Augusta to Savannah. |
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DOT Ready To Begin Acquiring Land
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By
Jimmy Ezzell
True Citizen Editor |
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Appraisals on 63 parcels of property on Highway 25 North have been approved
and now the acquisition process begins. This six-mile stretch between the Waynesboro
Bypass and Dinwiddie Place Road (county road 438) is the first segment of the
Savannah River Parkway that will be constructed in Burke County. David Griffith,
district pre-construction engineer in the Department of Transportation's (DOT)
office in Tennille, said acquisition teams from DOT should begin contacting
property owners "very soon." This week Griffith said barring any problems with
the acquisitions, bids for this section could be let by the end of this year
with construction to start in early 2003. The appraisals had been completed
last fall but the DOT could not begin negotiating with property owners until
the funding had been secured. The $1.1 million allocated for these 63 parcels
is coming from a bond issue that the state has issued to be paid back with federal
highway funds. Now that the first segment is out of the way, appraisers will
be able to work on the next segment between Dinwiddie Place Road in Burke County
and Highway 88 in Richmond County, a total of 10 miles.
Griffith said the segment contains 290 parcels, and the price tag is about $6.5
million. With funding now available, Griffith projects that the 157-mile roadway
that will connect Savannah on the coast to Augusta, via a four-lane divided
highway should be completed in late 2005, or in early 2006. The engineer said
63 percent of the total mileage or about 98 miles, is either completed or under
construction as of Jan. 22. When the project was first discussed in 1992, it
had been projected that the road would be open between Savannah and Augusta
by the end of 2000. Griffith also disclosed that appraisers will begin work
soon on the south end of the project between the Waynesboro Bypass and the Jenkins
County line This eight-mile stretch contains 50 parcels of land to be acquired
for the widening. The cost of these parcels has a price tag of $3.3 million,
according to Griffith. When the widening project has been completed, the cost
of the work between the Jenkins County line and the Richmond County line will
be about $77 million, Griffith said. |
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Legal Organ
of Burke County, Waynesboro, Sardis, Midville, Keysville, and Girard |
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