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Keep Screven Beautiful Commission

The Keep Screven Beautiful Commission consists of nine (9) members, appointed as established by the resolution of the Screven County Board of Commissioners and the City Governments for Sylvania, Newington, Oliver, Hiltonia and Rocky Ford. Click here to view the Keep Screven Beautiful Action Plan.

 

Name

Position(s)

Terms of Office

Phyllis Butts

564-2055

 

  • Executive Director

  • Ex-officio member of all committees

 

 

Alan Scott

Mechanical Engineer at Timken

912-682-7890

Alan.Scott@Timken.com

 

Click here to read Alan's interview!

  • Chairman

  • Member of Executive Committee

  • Member of Nominations Committee

  • Ex-officio member of all committees

3 years

Term expires February 15, 2011

??

  • Vice-Chairman

  • Member of Executive Committee

  • Member of Nominations Committee

 

3 years

Term expires February 15, 2012

Elease Brown

Retired Quality Inspections

829-3276

  • Treasurer

  • Member of Executive Committee

  • Member of Nominations Committee

  • Member of Community Beautification Committee

  • Member of Awards & Recommendations Committee

  • Member of the Clean Community Challenge

3 years

Term expires February 15, 2010

Harriett Hagan-Yancey

 

3 years

Term expires June 24, 2010

Kathryn Youles

Sylvania Jr. Woman’s Club

564-0043

KathrynY@SJRLS.org

 

  • Member of Executive Committee

  • Chairman of Community Beautification Committee

  • Member of Public Information Committee

  • Member of Awards & Recommendations Committee

  • Member of our Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP)

2 years

Term expires February 15, 2012

John Mark Counts

Regional Vice President, AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA

564-2468

JCounts@AgSouthfc.com

 

  • Member of Public Information Committee

  • Member of Awards & Recommendations Committee

  • Member of the Rivers Alive Committee

3 years

Term expires February 15, 2010

Kathy Overstreet

Singleton Ave.

Sylvania, GA

 

  • Member of Community Beautification Committee

  • Member of Recycling Committee

3 year

Term expires February 15, 2012

Mack Chivers

EVP Farmers & Merchants Bank

564-7436/(912)-564-9928

MMChivers@Alltel.net

 

  • Member of Litter Control Committee

2 years

Term expires February 15, 2012

Byron Haire

Fire Information Officer for the Georgia Forestry Commission, Chief Ranger, Sr.

564-7726

BHaire@gfc.state.ga.us

 

3 year

Term expires February 15, 2011

Stan Sheppard

Screven County Commissioner for District 6, Realtor for Tri-Counties

564-2419

StanTriCounties@Alltel.net

 

  • Representative for County Commissioners

  • Member of Litter Control Committee

  • Member of the Rivers Alive Committee

 

Vernon Edenfield

Screven County Public Works Director

863-7001

SCLandfill@Planters.net

 

  • County Solid Waste Superintendent

  • Member of Public Information Committee

 

Bobby Smith

Landfill Operator and Recyclying Coordinator for Screven County

863-7480

SCLandfill@Planters.net

 

  • Representative for Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator

 

Phyllis Butts

Representative for City of Sylvania

564-2055

sylvaniadps1@windstream.net

  • Representative for City of Sylvania

  •  

 

Vivian Forehand

Hiltonia City Council

829-3778

 

  • Representative for City of Hiltonia

  • Member of Litter Control Committee

 

Joy Evans

Retired Teacher

857-3292

JEvans@Planters.net

 

Beth C. Ward

Screven County Library

564-5679

wardb70@yahoo.com

 

Justine Brown

brownj@gcbm.org

 

  • Mayor of the City of Oliver

 

Get to know our board members

Interview with our Chairman - Alan Scott

 

Do you have a nickname?

BIG AL

 

Birthplace:

SYLVANIA, GEORGIA

 

Estimated age:

45

 

How old do you act?

OLDER

 

Where do you live:

SCREVEN COUNTY AIRPORT

 

Where would you live if you could live anywhere?

MONTANA

 

How many in your family?

3 + 1 + 2

 

What's the oddest thing about your family:

WE LIVE SIMILAR AS THE SHOW "EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND"

 

Something no one knows about you (until now):

I CAN RELATE TO FRANK RAMONO ON "RAYMOND"

 

Favorite Hobbies:

BIRD DOG TRAINING, HUNTING, FISHING, CAMPING, & HORSES

 

What household chore do you hate the most?

STARTS WITH "HUN, WILL YOU .....!"

 

What household chore do you enjoy?

GRILLING

 

What do you wish for?

GOOD HEALTH, GOOD BIRD DOGS, & TIME TO ENJOY BOTH

 

What do you most like about yourself?

INDEPENDENT, HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY

 

What do you least like?

I'M NOT A VERY FORGIVING PERSON

 

What do you like most about being on the KSB Board?

HELPING CLEAN UP OUR ENVIRONMENT

 

What do you like least about being on the KSB Board?

CONVINCING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME

 

Where and when were you most happy?

6 - 12 YRS OF AGE IN THE OUTDOORS

 

What is your greatest regret?

WORKING MORE THAN PLAYING

 

Which talent would you like to have?

PLAY GUITAR

 

Favorite movie, song or book:

"GUN DOG" BY RICHARD WOLTERS

 

Favorite cartoon character:

ROAD RUNNER

 

Favorite quote:

THERE IS NO FUTURE IN ANY JOB, THE FUTURE IS IN THE MAN THAT HOLDS THE JOB

 

Do you have a motto?

ASK & YOU SHALL RECEIVE

 

Do you have a funny KSB related story?

THE WAY I REJOINED THE KSB TEAM

 

Anything you want to say to our members?

WORK AS IF YOUR KID'S FUTURE DEPEND ON YOUR EFFORTS

 

What do think is the worst problem in our society today?:

LACK OF GOOD EXAMPLES FOR OUR KIDS TO FOLLOW

  

Is your glass half full or half empty?:

NEITHER, IT'S JUST TOO BIG

 

If you could be an animal, what would it be?

WOLF

 

What quality do you most dislike in other people?:

DISHONESTY & STEALING

 

If you were locked in a room for 2 months, who would you like it to be with?:
THIS YEAR'S PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR

 

Who would you hate it to be?:

FIVE OF SEVEN MANAGERS I WORK WITH/FOR

 

Interview with Kathy Overstreet

 

Do you have a nickname?
Nope

 

Birthplace:
Savannah

 

Estimated age:
50+

 

How old do you act?
30+

 

Where do you live:
Singleton Avenue in Sylvania, GA, and Oakview Drive in San Antonio, TX

 

Where would you live if you could live anywhere?  
I've visited many wonderful places, but Sylvania is home.

 

How many in your family?
3 in the immediate; dozens, if you count siblings and others

 

What's the oddest thing about your family:
One of them would kill me if I told!

 

Something no one knows about you:
You think I'm really going to give up this?!

 

Favorite Hobbies:
Basket making, reading, finding new ways to reuse stuff.

 

What household chore do you hate the most?
Cleaning toilets

 

What household chore do you enjoy?
Folding clean clothes

 

What do you wish for?
Continued decent health, and, of course, world peace.

 

What do you most like about yourself?
I'm learning to gracefully embrace Middle Age.

 

What do you least like?  
My dance moves are not even close to the coolness they once were.

 

What do you like most about being on the KSB Board?
just joined; too soon to tell

 

What do you like least about being on the KSB Board?
too soon to tell

 

Where and when were you most happy?
I hope it's yet to be, but my early 30s in San Antonio were pretty cool.

 

What is your greatest regret?
Not following my gut feeling on a couple of crucial occasions

 

Which talent would you like to have?
playing the piano by ear

 

Favorite movie, song or book:
way too many to narrow it down, but if pressed....

movie: Gone with the Wind

book: ditto

song: Free Bird

 

Favorite cartoon character:
Wonder Woman

 

Favorite quote:
Most anything by Mark Twain

 

Do you have a motto?
No, but I liked Forest Gump's mom's philosophy about a box of chocolates.

 

Do you have a funny KSB related story?
not yet, but I'm sure there's one in the future

 

Anything you want to say to our members?
Thanks for having me! I hope to make a good difference.

 

What do think is the worst problem in our society today?:
nonchalance

 

Is your glass half full or half empty?:
half full

 

If you could be an animal, what would it be?
bonobo

 

What quality do you most dislike in other people?:
Agressive ignorance

 

If you were locked in a room for 2 months, who would you like it to be with?:
If there are no books, Mary. If there are books, Mark Twain.

 

Who would you hate it to be?:
Phyllis Schlafly

 

Interview with Beth Ward

 

Do you have a nickname?

Yes, it is Fish, I have had that since the 6th grade

 

Birthplace:

Sylvania, Georgia

 

Estimated age:

46

 

How old do you act?

30ish

 

Where do you live:

5552 Rocky Ford Road, Rocky Ford GA

 

Where would you live if you could live anywhere?  

In Rocky Ford 1/2 the year and the other 1/2 in the Smoky Mountains

 

How many in your family?

A total of 10  - Me, Troy(my husband), Erin (my daughter), Ben (my son), Coco (rat terrier), Newman, Friski, Badness, Paramore, and Shadow (all my cats)

 

What's the oddest thing about your family:

Our sense of humor

 

Something no one knows about you:

I sleep walk

 

Favorite Hobbies:

walking with my best friends, reading and singing

 

What household chore do you hate the most?

cleaning toilets

 

What household chore do you enjoy?

cooking

 

What do you wish for?

my children to be happy, healthy and well educated!!.

 

What do you most like about yourself?

personality

 

What do you least like?  

body

 

What do you like most about being on the KSB Board?  

I like that I have support from a great group to make my hometown area a cleaner place

 

What do you like least about being on the KSB Board?

I do not have enough time to be involved in all that I would like to be as a board and committee member of KSB

 

Where and when were you most happy?

with friends and family, relaxing at home

 

What is your greatest regret?

that I did not have more children

 

Which talent would you like to have?

the ability to play like a concert pianist

 

Favorite movie, song or book:

Movie : Forrest Gump and Regarding Henry      
Song:  Just too many to name       
Book:  Pride and Prejudice

 

Favorite cartoon character:   
Snoopy

 

Favorite quote:
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.  Neitzsche

 

Do you have a motto?
Treat others like I want to be treated

 

Do you have a funny KSB related story?

I can not think of any

 

Anything you want to say to our members?

That I am honored to serve with a dedicated group of people.  They have become my friends through a common bond, to make Screven Beautiful.

 

What do think is the worst problem in our society today?

illegal drugs and the ease in which our kids can obtain them.

 

Is your glass half full or half empty?

OH,  half full for sure!

 

If you could be an animal, what would it be?

Lioness

 

What quality do you most dislike in other people?

to judge before they know the facts

 

If you were locked in a room for 2 months, who would you like it to be with?

Someone that could figure out how to get me out of that locked room because I am claustrophobic

 

Who would you hate it to be?

Hannibal Lecter

 

Interview with Vernon Edenfield

 

Do you have a nickname?

Big Vern

 

Birthplace:

savannah

 

Estimated age:

55-65

 

How old do you act?

not old

 

Where do you live:

oliver

 

Where would you live if you could live   anywhere?  

north ga. mountains

 

How many in your family?

4

 

What's the oddest thing about your family:

we all like each other

 

Something no one knows about you:

I love licorice

 

Favorite Hobbies:

working with senior citizens

 

What household chore do you hate the most?

putting up dishes after i've washed them

 

What household chore do you enjoy?

cooking & grilling

 

What do you wish for?

new stove and grill

 

What do you most like about yourself?

my ability to get along with others

 

What do you least like?

aches and pains from growing old

 

What do you like most about being on the KSB Board?

working with a group of dedicated people who want to make a difference in keeping screven beautiful

 

What do you like least about being on the KSB Board?

occasional minor bickering

 

Where and when were you most happy?

here and now anytime and anyplace

 

What is your greatest regret?

getting old so fast

 

Which talent would you like to have?

singing playing piano and guitar

 

Favorite movie, song or book:

the last of the mohicans/theme from the last of the mohicans/who killed the last mohican?

 

Favorite cartoon character:

woody wood pecker

 

Favorite quote:

we have nothing to fear but fear itself

 

Do you have a motto?

greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world

 

Do you have a funny KSB related story?

me and lisa @ her new office in the courthouse

 

Anything you want to say to our members?

thanks for letting me be a part of y'all

 

What do think is the worst problem in our society today?:

apathy and ignorance (if it don't concern me i don't want to hear about it)

 

Is your glass half full or half empty?:

full

 

If you could be an animal, what would it be?

wolverine (they be bad)

 

What quality do you most dislike in other people?:

most are smarter than me

 

If you were locked in a room for 2 months, who would you like it to be with?:

might better be my wife

 

Who would you hate it to be?:

not my wife if she found out i had locked up with somebody else.

 

 

Last updated: December 16, 2009

 

Mission Statement

The Keep Screven Beautiful Commission encourages and educates all citizens of Screven County to end litter, minimize solid waste and beautify our county. The Commission works toward improving litter and solid waste control ordinances and seeks effective enforcement of all pertinent ordinances.

 

 

 

Keep Screven Beautiful

P.O. Box 159

Sylvania, GA 30467

Phone: 912.978.1076

Email: sylvaniadps1@windstream.net