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Camden man must
halt for survey
WOODBINE (MNS) - A
man building a house near
an old African-American
cemetery in west Camden
County has been ordered
to stop construction until
a comprehensive survey
is conducted to determine
whether there are unmarked
graves on his property.
County attorney Brent
Green said the property
owner, James Herrin, must
get permission from the
Camden County Commission
after the study is completed
before he can resume con
struction of the home on
a piece of property adja
cent to the Bullhead Bluff
Cemetery.
The order was issued by
the county in response to
complaints by area residents
that Herrin’s home is being
built over the oldest part
of the cemetery, where an
undetermined number of
unmarked graves are locat
ed.
“This is a very critical and
touchy issue for these peo
ple,” Green said.
Herrin did not return calls
Monday for comment. But
Loretta Riggins-Hylton,
a senior planner for the
county, said she spoke with
Herrin on Monday and he
said he’d be willing to accept
an archaeologist’s offer to
use ground-penetrating
radar at no cost to determine
whether there are unmarked
graves on his property.
Hospital plans S7O
million expansion
ATHENS (MNS) - Athens
Regional Medical Center is
planning the most expensive
expansion in the hospital’s
history and intends to begin
construction even before
another large expansion is
completed.
The project would cost
nearly S7O million, add-
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ing 175,800 square feet to
ARMC’s South Tower at
the intersection of Prince
and Talmadge avenues. The
expansion would add fifth
and sixth floors to the exist
ing South Tower, built in
1994, and also add a new
three-story building between
the tower and another
ARMC building, the Medical
Services Building.
The two-story addition
would add 44 new beds to
the hospital’s capacity, which
now is 315.
The three-story addition
would provide redesigned
and expanded surgery,
endoscopy and laboratory
facilities, and would free up
space for future expansions
of the hospital’s cardiology
and radiology departments.
Hospital administrators
cite a simple reason for the
expansion: There are more
of us in Northeast Georgia,
and we are getting older,
and therefore more likely to
need medical care.
“We’re anticipating the
growth in the area,” said
Larry Webb, ARMC senior
vice president and chief
financial officer. “I imagine
by the time we get this built,
we’ll be full.”
Inpatient admissions to
ARMC increased by nearly
12 percent over the past five
years, from 15,973 in 2000
to 17,817 in 2005, according
to the hospital’s records.
Throng of birds
killed at lake
AUGUSTA (MNS) -
Stormy weather is a sus
pect in a weekend bird kill
involving about 1,000 mar
tins, swallows and crows at
Thurmond Lake north of
Augusta.
“We think it was probably
lightning,” said Vic VanSant,
the regional wildlife super
visor for Georgia’s Wildlife
Resources Division.
High winds also can kill
large numbers of roosting
birds, he said.
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Miami 87 80 t-storm
Minneapolis 86 64 mst sunny
New York 94 77 t-storm
STATE BRIEFS
“They had some big
storms blow through there
over the weekend,” he said
of the lake.
The dead and dying birds
were found in large numbers
Sunday at three locations:
near the observation tower
at Lake Springs Recreation
Area in Columbia County,
on a small island about 400
yards away from the Lake
Springs park, and near a
peninsula on the reservoir’s
South Carolina side.
Alan Dean, a ranger for the
Army Corps of Engineers,
estimated as many as 1,000
birds were affected, with
many still alive but impaired,
when rangers visited the
areas Sunday.
Domestic violence
puts man in prison
AUGUSTA (MNS) - An
Augusta man who threw his
girlfriend into the trunk of
a car after she announced
their relationship was over
pleaded guilty Monday.
It was Aldric R. Wright’s
17th arrest, Assistant
District Attorney Robert
Homlar said of Wright’s
arrest for kidnapping,
domestic violence battery
and cruelty to children.
On Monday, in Richmond
County Superior Court,
Wright pleaded guilty to
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a reduced charge of false
imprisonment and the two
other misdemeanor charges.
The incident involving
Wright and Monica Dawson
took place the night of Feb.
11, when an argument broke
out after an intoxicated
Wright showed up at her
home.
When she told him he
had to leave permanently,
he picked her up and threw
her into the trunk of a car,
the prosecutor said in court
Monday.
“’lf I have to go, you’re
going, too,”’ Ms. Dawson
quoted him as saying.
Her two children, ages 11
and 7, witnessed the violence
and remain traumatized, she
told the judge Monday.
Wright apologized in court
and said he had had no inten
tion of harming her.
Wright has been arrested
repeatedly, although few
convictions have resulted.
He was arrested in March
1994 and again in February
1995 on aggravated assault
charges, but the first case
was dismissed and the sec
ond ended in acquittal.
Wright has convictions
for drugs, theft and driving
offenses.
Judge J. Carlisle Overstreet
sentenced Wright to serve
four years in prison, followed
by four years’ probation. He
also imposed a SI,OOO fine.
CHIEF MASTER SGT. MARTIN HOLLIS, USAF
(RET)
WARNER ROBINS - Chief Master
Sgt. Martin Hollis, USAF (Ret), 90,
passed away Sunday. Graveside ser
vices will be held at 11 a.m. today
in Andersonville National Cemetery.
Hollis was born on May 1, 1916 in
Hamilton County, Tenn. He was pre-
ceded in death by his parents, two sisters and a step-son.
ROBERTA MAE VEASEY 1
WARNER ROBINS - Roberta Mae Veasey, 86, passed
away Sunday at Peachbelt Nursing Home in Warner
Robins. Graveside services and interment will be held in
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, MD.
Veasey was bom on May 10, 1920 in Cabin Creek;
W.V Her husband, mother and father, daughter and two
brothers all preceded her in death. Survivors include sev
eral loving nieces and nephews.
Some candidates made
the primary interesting
By Walter C. Jones
Morris News Service
ATLANTA - The mud
slinging may be what sticks
in most people’s minds
about the primary, but
there were plenty of things
that made the last few
months pleasantly enter
taining for those addicted
to politics.
Who could forget Mark
Taylor’s television com
mercial attacking Cathy
Cox about her use of gov
ernment funds in investor
fraud ads, which he claims
were intended to boost her
own campaign for gover
nor. His spot included a clip
from a television interview
in which she stated that
she never said her name
in any of the controversial
ads. Then he plays piec
es of three ads in which
she introduces herself by
name. Even if Cox support
ers didn’t appreciate the
irony, it was sure to strike
most viewers as humorous.
One of Greg Hecht’s ads
also tweaked the funny
bone, though it was proba
bly unintentional. An early
spot in his race for the
Democratic nomination for
lieutenant governor pro
claimed that he had a plan
for reducing gasoline prices
and those interested should
view it bn his campaign
Web site.
The plan? Petition some
one else to do something.
Namely President Bush
and Congress. Cox’s staff
staged one of the most
unique press conferences
of the campaign, even if it
was just a conference call.
Reporters were invited to
listen to two legislative vet
erans recount what really
happened with the bills cre
ating the Georgia Lottery
that funds the HOPE
Scholarship and pre-kin
dergarten programs. Taylor
takes credit for creating
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those programs, although
he was one of many politi
cians playing a role. But
instead of discrediting
Taylor, the two lawmakers
wound up backing his side
of the story. It’s not every
day a candidate helps an
opponent deliver a message
to the press.
Down-ballot shenanigans
also provided some comic
relief. For instance, the sec
retary of state race drew so
many candidates that they
could have formed two bas
ketball teams and deter
mined the winner under
the hoops. The Democratic
contest included Angela
Moore, who demonstrated
her commitment to the
free-enterprise system by
selling businesses ads on
the back of her campaign
literature. The offbeat
approach didn’t get her
more than 18 percent of the
vote, but it would have put
her in an interesting posi
tion as secretary of state
overseeing the propriety of
elections.
In the same race were
Shyam Reddy, an Indian-
American who was born
in Georgia but who tapped
into the Indian immigrant
community. There was also
Walter Ray, a former legis
lator and ex-member of the
Pardons and Parole Board,
who was working with an
American Indian constitu
ency. Before a judge halted
the requirement for a photo
ID to vote, Ray donated
money to a Cherokee tribe
so it could set up a stand
outside the Capitol and
other places to issue IDs.
Ray had found a little
noticed reference in the
voting-ID law to authorize
use of IDs issued by tribes.
Despite different angles
for the state’s Indian vote,
Ray and Reddy still came
in behind Moore, who also
missed the runoff.
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