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JANE CAMPBELL & WELLBORN NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

JUNE MEETING
The WNW meeting that will be held on June 25th will have as our guest speaker Mr. “Skip” Jarvis who is the Third Circuit State Attorney.

Our meeting will be at the Blake Lowe Building next to the Wellborn Park.

It starts with refreshments at 7 P.M. and our guest speaker at 7:30. We hope you will be able to join us.


LOOKING AHEAD TO JULY
Our guest speaker for July 30th will be Mr. Jerry Scarborough , who is our Superintendent of Schools. Please try and come to the meetings and bring a friend.



Also, remember that our “Meet and Greet the Sheriff Tony Cameron at 10:30 at the Whistlestop in the center of Wellborn. This is on the Second Thursday of each month.

Our County Commissioner Billy Maxwell is not able to attend this get together but should be there next month

Remember coffee and sweets are free .

Call Jane for more information

208-8818

Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department guys and gals were rousted out of their beds at 4:30 AM responding to a call in Falmouth..
One of the WVFD families , Emily and Slade Maynard, their children, with grandma Becky in the background, didnt let the short sleep keep them from Blueberry Festival action. Its tradition. This years parade was the official debut for a huge tanker addition to the WVFD vehicles.

Ray Rodehaver and his wife Kate paraded in a green '78 Chevrolet in the antique cars section. It was tenderly brought to this day of grandeur after being adopted from Dolly Perkins yard. It belonged to Claude Perkins daddy and came to Wellborn from West Virginia.

Patty Roach is the center of her children and grandchildren. This photo is a special heart warmer to your blogger. I shared the Big News in Wellborn when Patty and Gerry's children were born. Now I identify with Patty's daddy Robert Taylor for the wonder of seeing our children's children's children.

Grand Marshall Tommy Andrews waves and enjoys a Ride To Remember
All Springs Veterinary Hospital presented a winning float with dogs of all sizes , some with sun glasses befitting the parade theme of My Florida.

Some say THE BEST PART of the Blueberry Festival was Joy Gieger's opening song. Everyone within hearing stopped what they were doing to listen to her trained soprano voice singing her heart out in gratitude for our country.

Later Joy was seen with her family getting ready to enjoy the parade that went all around Andrews Square. Find her two sisters, Alice and Marcia, and Marcia's two children Carmen and Caitlyn. Joy stands between her parents Maurice and Ann Geiger. The wonder of finiding Maurices orchid greenhouse here is rivaled now by finding a voice like Joy Geiger's in Wellborn. My Hometwon.

Tammy Wynn smiles over her Grand Overall prize blue ribbon together with her her first and third prize blue ribbons
She entered a blueberry pound cake, and a blueberry cheese cake.
Terri Crebs named her winning entry "A Berry Lemony Surprize"

BAKE OFF CONTEST AT THE BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL judging was Friday. Lucky people chosen to taste and judge officially were County Commissioner Billy Maxwell, Wellborn Hometown blogger Jinny Wilson, Suwannee County Sheriff Tony Cameron and Wellborn Neighborhood Watch secretary treasurer local farmer, Tim Steichen.
Ruth Ford and Cathy Allred counted the votes and ordered the judges to taste again twice over in order to break the tie. To choose The Best of the Best was difficult
Every entry deserved a ribbon.

WENDELL SNOWDEN was interviewed by a team of professionals working for NBC. They spent 7 hours in his Wellborn home exploring Wendell's car expertise. They had many questions about how he felt about General Motors situation at this point in time.

The interview was taped

THE EDTIED TAPE IS SCHEDULED FOR VIEWING ON NBC (channel 208 on my DISH) AT 6:30 PM ON MONDAY JUNE 1, 2009.

Since Wendell's life is 99% focused on the Wellborn Blueberry Festival these days, he almost begrudged playing celebrity for a TV appearance, but when interview with pictures was accomplished and he and Kathie plus the writer, the lights guys, cameramen etc, went to dinner at the Brown Lantern, everyone decided it was a good experience.

Wendell smiled and added I mentioned blueberries every chance i got! :-) . I told them how I needed to be out picking blueberries for THE BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL ON JUNE 5&6.

It starts at 9 AM on Friday and goes to 9 PM that day with events and vendors open all day long. Saturday, it starts with Blueberry Pancakes @ 7 AM to 10AM followed by the parade, more events, prizes, food and craft vendors.

Dont miss WENDELL on TV MONDAY EVENING and look for him again June 5 & 6 on Andrews Square

Russell Smith, of Wellborn Neighborhood Watch, Barry Baker, Suwannee County's Clerk of the Court, and County Commissioner Billy Maxwell brought to the Wellborn Neighborhood May Meeting a glimpse enabling some understanding of our county government fiscal responsibility and accountability.
The final Thursday of each month those interested in safety and well being in our Wellborn neighborhoods meet at the Blake Lowe Building next to the Wellborn Community Park. Jane Campbell, program chair, believes we need to grow in understanding the work of public servants we voted into office and what their work has to do with our own neighborhood safety and well being.
For May Meeting it was Barry Baker's turn to tell about his new job, Suwannee County Clerk of the Court.
Pat Bezaire asked the question we all wanted to ask. "What does the Clerk of the Court do?" The first thing Barry Baker did was to credit the staff he inherited as being The Best!!
Clerk of the Court job is all about monies. Taxes and fees we citizens pay must be processed. Income, outflow and budgets are involved. State legislated laws to be implemented in the Clerk of the Court office June 1, will have major increases in fees demanded for most court services., like death certificates, probate of a will, divorce, child support, small claims, property disagreements, traffic violation,etc.
The required budgetary cutbacks due to the economic slump now have been accomplished in the clerks office with as little pain as was possible. In another economy perhaps our Clerk would have had handouts for everyone. Instead he brought only a few copies which did add to our understanding.

An additional opportunity to meet and greet public servants ,Commissioner Billy Maxwell and Sheriff Tony Cameron, is offered by WNW on June 11 at 10 AM @ the Wellborn Whistlestop deli and cafe . This is a repeat because it was successful last month.

Wendell & Kathie Snowden's e-mail ..... I LOVED IT. ! ;-)

We are sending you a "scoop." The bottom photo atachment is the new permanent "Welcome to Wellborn" sign. It is a 20 X 30 heavy-gauge metal sign; there are four of them; and, they are going up maybe tomorrow - or at least before the Festival.

The other attached photo is the blueberry festival t-shirt which we just picked up a few minutes ago.

Nobody else has seen these. . .

There is a Blueberry Festival meeting tonight at 7pm at the Center, and until then you will be the only one other than family to see them.

We love you ----------- Wendell & Kathie

Jane Campbell and Pat Bezaire talk to our Sheriff, Tony Cameron, at the Wellborn WhistleStop on Thursday May 14.
Barbara and Neil Rosdail and our County Commissioner, Billy Maxwell, discuss county roads with County Commissioner, Billy Maxwell. Billy came prepared with some statistics: It cost $185000 per mile to transform one mile of dirt road to paved road.
During this dry spell Billy has been inundated with questions about the dusty and rippled roads.
Both Tony and Billy came with a short overview of work and accomplishments in their own fields of expertise.
Neil Rosdail had some questions which brought out good information about the drug problem faced in Wellbortn and Suwannee County: illegal trafficking and prescription abuse .
Betty Terry is Ruth Ford's friend visiting form Blairsville Ga. who enjoyed a glimpse of local goings on afforded by the mini town meeting at the Whistle Stop. Wellborn Neighborhood Watch plans to offer the opportunity on a regular basis and thanked these two servants of the people for coming to visit their constituency in our hometown.

The Wellborn Neighborhood Watch would like to welcome our members, friends and neighbors of our community of Wellborn to :

“Meet and Greet” your Sheriff Tony Cameron and our County Commissioner Billy Maxwell at the “Whistle Stop Café “ for free coffee and sweets.

This will give us all a personal and face to face meeting with those who have such a great bearing on the running of our community. They will answer any question that you have pertaining to each of their jobs and we hope to have a good turn out from our community.

This will be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 10:30 A.M. at the “Whistle Stop Café “ in the middle of our town of Wellborn.
Our first meeting will be May 14th.
Please try to come and bring a friend or two or three!

Remember folks, this is free to all our community!

For more information call
Jane @ 208-8818