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Our Thoughts... SPLOST Costs II
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One of the requests items we saw for 2011 SPLOST funding was a $3 million request from the city of Covington for a new city hall.

That one certainly came out of the blue; in our opinion, the last thing we need right now is a new city hall.

Many of the people of Covington are hurting and can barely pay their bills now. The cost and maintenance of a new building with, of course, new furnishings is impractical.

Building a new city hall at this time would be akin to Nero fiddling while Rome burned.

Our Thoughts: Remembering Nancy VanKleeck
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Mrs. Nancy VanKleeck - photo by Special Photo

The Covington News would like to take a moment to remember Mrs. Nancy VanKleeck. We became acquainted with her a few years back while she was asking for information about the jail log. She had a ministry in which she would write letters to inmates telling them about Jesus. She was able to write over 11,000 letters. She was a true woman of character. We will miss her.