Government reliance can be demeaning

Following the defeat of its referendum, Lee County became just the second of Georgia’s 159 counties without voter approval for an active ESPLOST, leaving the school system without the state’s primary local funding source for major construction, renovations, school buses and other capital improvements.

Families from across Southwest Georgia are invited to gather in Dawson on July 4 for an afternoon of food, fellowship and fireworks as the Terrell County Recreation Department hosts its annual July Fest celebration.

“We know it’s not going to be July 22. We don’t think it’s going to be much later than that.”