Main News-June 9 issue     

City May Increase Fee For Yard Trash Pickup  the city of Blackshear is considering contracting out the city's yard trash collection, and Southland Waste Services Inc. has given the city a proposal that would cost city residents over $8.00 per month. City residents presently pay $4.50 for the service, but Billy Gillis from Southland says that fee does not cover the cost of pickup. He says the city's general fund is presently subsidizing the yard debris pickup service.

Other Top Stories                                                           

• Playground Equipment At Midway School
• Midway Elementary School will get not one but two different pieces of playground equipment before it opens this fall. The Pierce County Board of Education voted last Thursday to purchase equipment from Miracle Recreation in the amount of $24,148 for the first set of equipment and $14,896 for the second.
• Superintendent's Search On Agenda
• The search for a new school superintendent to replace Dr. Joy Williams, who is retiring, officially got underway last week when the board voted in a split decision to meet with the Georgia School Board Association's Search Committee. Board member Melvin Johnson wants the GSBA Search Committee to interview for the position, but other board members said that they would prefer to  handle the hiring themselves. Board member Jimmy Lynn voted against Johnson's motion, but it passed.
• Eglasias Building Razed
• The historic Eglasias Building on Oak Street, which once housed a barber shop, shoe shop, restaurant, meeting room and more, was torn down Saturday. The building had fallen into a state of disrepair.
• Much more news inside today's issue.

New Obituaries
 Mary Ann Tillis

Recent Obits
Loette Alice McMullan
Ainsworth Davis
P.W. Des Jardins
Virginia Raulerson
Mary Lee Waller



OTHER HEADLINES
Batten's Prescription Shoppe moves

Mershon Bridge Repairs Nearing

CSX Wants To Increase Speed Thru Blackshear

Part Of Youmans
Road To Be Paved

PCMS Honor Rolls

Memorial Day Event Hosted In Park

Patterson Council Readies For Festival