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A simple fix will save lives
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Letter to Editor
Bryan County News
Updated: Jul 15, 2009, 1:01 AM
Published: Jul 15, 2009, 1:02 AM

Dear Editor:

 

When riding down Hwy. 144, I usually see people walking or bike riding between Parker’s gas station and Fort McAllister Road. They usually walk on the grass, right next to cars driving past at 60 mph. This is very, very dangerous. In parts of our neighborhood, we have a bike trail running for about a mile off 144 and into the woods. This was built because a person was riding their skateboard down 144 and was hit and killed. What I’m trying to propose is a sidewalk continuing on from Parker’s and ending near Fort McAllister. Too many people are walking down 144 and more people will be killed if nothing is done. It would be simple, parts of the shoulder are already level, and all you would need is sand and concrete. It’s a simple fix that would bring jobs and would save lives.

 

Thomas Kretschmar

 

 

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Staff
Updated: Dec 8, 2010, 3:56 PM
Published: Dec 8, 2010, 3:57 PM

Dear editor: Another election cycle is finally over and the voters of Bryan County have spoken. We will have three new county commissioners in January 2011.
My congratulations go out to Jimmy Henderson of District 5, Carter Infinger of District 4 and Wade Price of District 2. I look forward to working with them as we continue to take care of the business of the county.
All three races were contested, which gave the voters a choice of who they wanted as their commissioner. Those who did not prevail in this election are to be applauded for offering themselves as candidates.
Our county owes a debt of gratitude to retiring commissioners Rick Gardner with eight years of service, Blondean Newman with eight years of service as a commissioner and 30 years as tax commissioner, and Toby Roberts with 18 years on the county commission.
These three spent many hours establishing policies and procedures for our county government and many meetings with state and local officials to achieve the best possible outcomes regarding our county on numerous issues. Their many years of experience will be sorely missed.
I well remember the first time I ran for public office and lost. Sometimes those who are not elected are the winners because they don’t have to go to all the meetings – that is said with tongue in cheek, of course.
After my loss, someone sent me the following quotation from President Theodore Roosevelt, which I keep on the wall in my office:
“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
And my wish for all the citizens of Bryan County is to have a truly blessed Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year’s.

Jimmy Burnsed
Chairman
Board of commissioners

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