I told you so-
In last week’s Miller County Liberal, I warned you not to miss one of the three performances of HEE HAW Miller County style.
I almost missed it myself. My first wife went the first night. She loved it. There were lots of folks there. She said that I had to see it. We were both fans of the original HEE HAW with Buck Owens and Roy Clark hosting it from 1969 until 1989 with premier performance up until the late 1990s.
On Saturday night performance, there was a dinner special that the attendees are still talking about that extra large pork chop cooked by the firemen and served with all the trimmings.
There are a bunch of folks who remember the TV series fondly and a bunch more who never heard of it.
The best I remember, it was almost as entertaining as this new production of HEE HAW Miller County style.
From the time KORN-AM radio announcers started the program until the end, which came much too soon, there was laughter, entertainment, music of all kinds and flavors and more laughter.
As one person in the audience stated Sunday, “From the time I sat down, until I got up to leave, I was entertained well.”
I finally made it to the show the last performance. Some of the local performers said I missed some of the entertainment that didn’t get there on Sunday evening.
I told them if it had been any better, I couldn’t image how.
The next time I tell you that you ought to see something, I hope you listen to me. I knew it would be good, but I think it surprised the actors and performers at how good it really turned out.
I hope that this bunch of performers will consider coming back for several runs of HEE HAW Miller County style.
The professional shows were great, but these local and area actors and performers did themselves proud.
They did good, and I mean Good. Just hope you all can get it back together real soon now, Ya hear!
You can see many of the other scenes of HEE HAW Miller County style at www.millercountyliberal.com website under photos.

We got some rain last Saturday and last Monday. Saturday we had reports in Colquitt of over five inches. On Monday, August 1, we had over three inches of rains in less than one hour. There were several roads covered with water over the city, not to mention yards full of water due to poor drainage.
Since the state highway department engineers put the five-line highway through Colquitt, there has been flooded roads anytime we get two or more inches of rain in a short span of time. The closing of main streets going into the city square and too little pipes to drain the water will put three or four of the lanes of traffic on U.S. Highway 27 under water as the rain come down. Several of the homes down Cuthbert Street have been flooded with the drain off water heading to Spring Creek. All of the runoff water from the city square to West Street is dumped down Cuthbert and First Street. Both of these streets are covered with water since the ditches and drains do not take care of the excess water now being taken due to the highway drainage problem.
Check that! We have been told that the drainage problem is not the state highway's problem. Their job is to get the water off the state highway. The most dangerous situation at this time is when the traffic on U.S. Highway 27 is slowed or stopped due to water over the highway almost every time it rains. The highway department took care of "their" problem on SR310 (Brinson Road), by giving the bad road (First Street) back to the city and turning on Grow Street. It didn't work. Grow Street a/k/a SR310 now goes underwater along with South First Street.
Those streets that were reported with water over them were First Street, Third Street, Grow Street (SR 310), Phillips Street, Ruth Street, Fourth Street, Sexton Street and Crawford Street (U.S. Highway 27/Georgia 1).
With the recent raise in the price of water, trash and sewerage for the residents of the City of Colquitt, it may be possible to clean some of the ditches that drain the runoff water as well as continue to support the clearing, cleaning and dredging of Spring Creek, our only chance of reducing the flooding of Colquitt and Miller County.

A large crowd gathered Thursday, July 29, for the re-grand opening of Grow Drug Company. The Rev. Carl Marshall, pastor of First Baptist Church of Colquitt, gave the invocation before the ribbon was cut before a large crowd of business people, family members and supporters.
In February of this year, owners Sonny and Hilda Grow decided they wanted to sell the business that had been in the family since 1935.
Janna Cobb, a Colquitt native, purchased the business from them. She is no stranger to Colquitt and says the same service will continue to be offered to the people as when the Grows were owners.
Grow Drug was first started in 1935 when Charles Grow Sr. owned the business. Charles “Sonny” Grow then took over in 1965 and continued to run the business until February of 2005.
On March 1, 2005, Janna Cobb become the new owner of Grow Drug Company. For right now, the name will remain the same.
Janna is the daughter of Brad Hornsby and Norma Hornsby. She is married to Anthony Cobb, and they have two sons, Will and Owen.
Grow Drug Company is open Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
After the ribbon cutting, everyone enjoyed hotdogs and cokes.

W.S. Badcock Corporation, one of the country's largest furniture retailers, announced today that their Colquitt store is the 181st store to convert to the Badcock Home Furniture & more concept. The store will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the new store on August 11, 2005, at 530 East Crawford Street in Colquitt.
"We are excited to bring Badcock's new concept store to Colquitt," said owner Ricky Carpenter. "We are confident that it will bring value-added benefits to our customers." Carpenter's wife, Jan, will run the store's daily operation. The new Badcock & more concept includes a product line of more than 4,000 items, a brighter, more spacious store display and a new logo. Badcock & more was introduced in January 2000 to better serve its existing customers while also appealing to a broader, younger customer base. Of the stores that have converted, all have seen at least a 20-70 percent sales increase. The corporate goal is for 100 percent of Badcock's stores to be converted to the new format by 2007. The new concept was designed by GRID2 International, an internationally recognized retail design firm.
"We are very pleased with our new stores and the response we are getting from our customers. We feel our new image and store design clearly represents our commitment for the new millennium to provide our customers with better service, convenience, selection value, and more," said Don Marks, Badcock president.
Owners and operators, Ricky and Jan Carpenters, who are members of the Colquitt Freewill Baptist Church, stated that they have already been doing business out of the new store, and it was a pleasure. “We are so proud of our store and the added merchandise we can show to our valued customers,” they stated.
Ricky and Jan said, “Come and see us in our new location and especially come to our ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, August 11.”
The new 12,000 sq. ft. Badcock & more building and grounds are an asset to Colquitt and this area of Georgia. It is tastefully decorated inside and out and is loaded with one of the largest selections of fine and moderately price furniture and appliances in the Southwest Georgia.
“Watch our ad next week for more information on our grand opening and ribbon cutting,” said the Ricky and Jan Carpenter.

According to a report, a burned car was discovered approximately 10 miles north of Colquitt off the Phillipsburg Road just over in Baker County early Sunday morning.
The burned remains of a body was discovered in the auto thought to be a Plymouth Neon.
The report indicated that officials were notified by a passer by at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Miller County dispatchers were called at 12:08 and a deputy was sent to the scene, since it was not known if the fire and body was in Miller or Baker counties at the time.
Deputy Dale Glover from the Miller County Sheriff's Department went to the scene. After he passed the Miller/Baker county line. He was directed to the second road to the left after the county line. Deputy Sheriff Glover stayed to assist until Baker County officials arrived at the scene.
The Colquitt/Miller County Fire and Rescue Units were called to the scene to assist with their Jaws of Life. The volunteer fire and rescue workers assisted the Baker County authorities in opening the burned vehicle for inspection and investigation.
Baker County Coroner Andy Belinc stated that the victim could not be identified since he was so badly burned. He stated that the vehicle and the body was so badly burned that the model of the car, the sex of the victim could not be determined at the time.
The vehicle was sitting close to the roadway on a dirt road, listed to be Sheffield Road, and did not appear to have been wrecked. It was approximately one-fourth mile from Phillipsburg Road.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called to assist in the case, and would give no information until the autopsy was completed. Special Agent Mike Lewis of G.B.I. office in Sylvester was the head investigator in the case.
The victim was taken to the G.B.I Crime Lab Sunday for autopsy that would possibly be finished Monday at some time to determine sex, age and race and identification of the body.
Since the autopsy in the G.B.I. Crime Lab in Moultrie, it has been determined that the body was that of an Hispanic male who had lived in Early County according to Mike Lewis, special agent in charge of the case. The man was originally from Mexico, “if it’s who we think it is.”
Investigators say they know the identity of the man, but a DNA will be performed since the body is in such bad condition.
The case is still under investigation and is being treated as a homicide. The vehicle is being checked to see if it was deliberately set. The investigator stated that he did not know Monday if the victim had been shot or wounded in any other way because of the fire damage.
The report indicated that a Baker County road was the site of another unsolved homicide in 1985 when a woman in her late teens was found unconscious and later died. She was never identified, according to the report.

Week of July 31, 2005