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The Maysville Post | February 9, 2000 |
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The Maysville Post February 9, 2000 Vol. 3 No. 62
For M. D. Barnett a request by a woman on his mail route to build her
daughter a miniature doll house has now become the one thing that occupies most
of his time.
Now retired from the post office and General Motors, he builds these dollhouses
to scale out of quality products. “There’s none of that cheap made stuff on
here,” he said. His Tara project began after a woman asked him to make an
ordinary miniature dollhouse for her daughter and then was unable to purchase
it. He continued to add more features to it until it began to resemble Tara, the
home of Scarlet O’Hara in the movie Gone with the Wind.
By that time, Jewell, his wife, noticed the resemblance and asked him to make it
look identical to Tara for her. When that was completed he began to build the
other buildings from the plantation including the slave quarters, the outhouse
and well house. Mrs. Barnett eventually hopes to put them on a turning display
in her living room.
After viewing a painting that had been done of his old home place in Opp,
Alabama, he had the urge to build each of those houses in miniature form. So far
he has completed his parents’ home, one of the smokehouses and has begun a
third. They are exact replicas of the painting he now has hanging on his den
wall.
As far as the material for the houses, most of the weathered wood he acquires is
from old home places when he travels. He then shaves the wood into plank size
and uses them for the exteriors.
The rock chimneys are real rocks he glues on one at a time. The insides of his
creations also have authentic floors and staircases. The bricks however are made
from a kit that is a time consuming process.
He has completed fifteen or more of the houses and says that he will take orders
for some houses if someone wanted one built. “I started out just killing time
but now I’m attached to it,” he said.
The Barnetts moved here in 1998 from Gwinnett County and live on Hale Road.
No election held to fill Ward 4 seat William Austin, Sims Street, Maysville, was the only qualifier for the city council seat vacated by Kristy Cannon. Although technically someone could still qualify to be a write-in candidate, it doesn’t seem like anyone will. Mr. Austin is no stranger to Maysville city government having served as mayor from 1970-1972 and city council member for eleven years.
The Maysville City Council voted unanimously at Monday night’s city council
meeting to accept the proposed water system design presented by Jerry Hood of
Precision Planning.
The design would give the city a new water system to prepare it for future
economic development. The $20,000 fee for the design includes permitting and is
expected to be paid by SPLOST funds. Grant money is available for funding the
project and a search of those grants is included in the fee.
In other business:
*The council heard a proposed rezoning request by property owner Donna Golden
Sikes to rezone property on North Main Street from R-1 to R-2, conditional use,
for the purpose of building up to three duplexes. She was advised to fill out an
application so that the advertising process may begin.
*Discussed that George O’Kelley was the only bid for the paving of patches on
Deer Run and would receive the job.
*Heard from Jim Saville, Beautification Committee Chairman, on their progress in
beginning the renovation process.
*Heard a request from Brandon Delfunt with Boy Scout Troup 106 in Homer to do
work for the city as part of his progress in Boy Scouts. He was referred to the
Beautification Committee.
*Ralph Sailors announced that Jackson County would be cleaning out ditches on
Freeman Street.
Demonstrations and events are planned for the first annual Maysville History Day at MES. Among the events planned are quilting, soap-making, blacksmithing, games, stories, demonstrations, square dancing, mules and music. A Chuck wagon Chili Supper is also planned for 5-7 PM Thursday, Feb. 10. Cobbler and cornbread will be served with the chili for only $3 per person or $10 per family. Forms were sent home with the students for reservations for the supper.
PTO will meet Thursday, Feb. 10 at 7 PM
Sixth grade orientation will be held Thursday night
(Photo: Parapro Katie Sinquefiled reads to students as part of Wild Winter Wonders Day at Maysville Elementary.)
(Photo: Kayla Gary and Brittany Casper go for a ride on the “skateboard raceway” set up in the gym as an event of Wild Winter Wonders Day.
Dogs are suddenly the complaint of choice for the Maysville community. Not
that they don’t have merit. The problem obviously is arising from the fact that
you have more new developments with more families moving into the area. Some
pets are abandoned and lately it seems no one knows what to do with the strays.
Previously the city had a vague leash law. An attempt to make it more palatable
resulted in the leash law becoming a vicious animal ordinance leaving it unclear
and full of all sorts of loopholes.
Another attempt was made to check out a neighboring county plan for animal
control but nothing enforceable has been put in place. It is not that the
council hasn’t addressed the issue, but the problem itself is so complex that
with the limited resources available to the town it will have to spend many
hours on a workable solution. As the complaints mount, however, many citizens
are fuming over what they consider non-actions by the city officials.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank Mrs. Pat Miller, principal of
Maysville Elementary, and her staff for the way things were handled during the
most recent snow and ice scare.
The letter sent home with the students making pre-arrangements for their
departure from school was an excellent idea. It was a great help and ease of
mind for parents to know ahead of time how their children would be bused or who
would be giving them a ride home. Working parents especially appreciate this
pre-planning for their children. I hope each time there is the threat of bad
weather this form letter will be sent home with each student.
The Jackson County School System stayed on the ball in making the determination
whether to hold school nor not by waiting to get the last minute reports.
So again, my thanks to all of them.
Susan Hughes, Maysville
3138 miles driven; 41 calls answered; 37 10-38’s, 11 citations, 10 written warnings, 17 verbal warnings, 1 road check, 11 escorts, 3 parking citations, 3 animal complaints, 1 verbal animal warning, 3 incident reports, 2 misc. reports, 2 alarms and 1 med assist.