UPDATE: Officials pushing census efforts

By Staff
Jonathan Willis
The Franklin County Commission voted Monday to move forward with plans for an aggressive marketing campaign to educate county residents about the 2010 census and its importance.
Because federal funding is based on an area's population, county officials want to make sure that each person living in the county is counted.
Franklin County engineer David Palmer introduced a series of letters Monday that the commission voted to use as mail outs.
Each home in the county should receive a letter about the census in the next couple of weeks. As part of the campaign, letters will also be sent home with each student in the county and sent to each church.