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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
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Perry Office
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Perry, GA 31069
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State Briefs
Man arrested after
shooting in DeKalb
DECATUR (AP) - Police
arrested a man Monday who
is accused of shooting in a
crowded restaurant during
a wedding reception, wound
ing five people.
Three of the victims
wounded around midnight
Sunday were hospitalized in
serious condition; two oth
ers were listed as critical.
A wedding reception was
being held at the restau
rant, but authorities said it
is unclear if the celebration
was the shooter’s target. An
off-duty police officer work
ing security at the business
heard the shots and tried to
stop the suspect, who drove
away. He was pulled over
and arrested a short time
later on Interstate 285.
Authorities did not imme
diately release the suspect’s
name.
Jury acquits driver
of vehicle charges
DOUGLAS (AP) - A Coffee
County jury has acquitted a
woman of homicide by vehi
cle charges in a 2003 all
terrain vehicle accident that
killed five children.
The jury returned a not
guilty verdict Saturday on
the homicide charges against
Amanda Troupe.
The jury found Troupe
guilty of driving under the
influence and driving under
the influence “to the extent
that it is less safe for the per
son to drive,” which carry a
maximum sentence of one
year each.
Heather Bass was the only
survivor among the chil
dren who were hit while rid
ing the ATV on Sept. 20,
2003. Killed were Meagan
Nelson, Kayla and Dustin
Varnedore, Lindsay Joyner
and Courtney Arsenault.
The defense claimed
Troupe was being used as
a scapegoat and told jurors
that the children and their
parents were just as respon-
YOUR WEATHER TEAM!
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storms possible.
Sunrise Sunset
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Tue
8/29
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with the possibility of
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Sunrise Sunset
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Georgia At A Glance
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\ 89/71 Augusta
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Albany 95 73 t-storm
Athens 93 71 t-storm
Atlanta 89 71 t-storm
Augusta 92 74 t-storm
Bainbridge 95 75 t-storm
Brunswick 92 78 pt sunny
Cartersville 89 70 t-storm
Chattanooga,TN 82 68 t-storm
Columbus 94 74 t-storm
Cordele 94 73 t-storm
National Cities
Atlanta 89 71 t-storm
Boston 73 64 rain
Chicago 76 61 cloudy
Dallas 94 72 pt sunny
sible for the accident.
Burke resident
charged in death
AUGUSTA (MNS) - A
Burke County man was
arrested late Sunday night
in connection with the mur
der of an Athens man who
was found dead in Augusta
last week.
Michael Thomas, 31,
of Waynesboro has been
charged with felony murder
involving the shooting death
of Curtis Howard Jr., 41,
said Capt. Frankie Parker of
the Burke County Sheriffs
Office.
Parker said Thomas left
his Waynesboro home early
Sunday and reported to
the Richmond County Law
Enforcement Center where
he surrendered to authori
ties. Thomas is being held at
the Burke County jail, Capt.
Parker said. After police
questioned Thomas, District
Attorney Danny Craig con
sidered evidence sufficient
enough to approve the
arrest, Capt. Parker said.
Governors to meet
to discuss water
ATLANTA (AP) - The gov
ernors of Georgia, Florida
and Alabama plan to meet
by Nov. 30 to negotiate a res
olution in the ongoing battle
over sharing water from the
Chattahoochee River.
The governors made
the announcement in a
joint request filed Friday
in U.S. District Court of
the Northern District of
Alabama by the three states
and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, which operates
federal dams on the river.
The states also have asked
U.S. District Court Judge
Karon Bowdre for another
four months of mediation
with Judge Charles Renfrew,
a retired federal judge.
The court filing also
addresses Georgia and
Alabama’s dispute over the
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa
Thu
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Sunrise Sunset
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Dalton 88 71 t-storm
Dillard 86 66 t-storm
Dublin 96 72 t-storm
Duluth 89 69 t-storm
Gainesville 90 72 t-storm
Helen 88 68 t-storm
Lagrange 91 70 t-storm
Macon 93 73 t-storm
Marietta 89 70 t-storm
Milledgeville 93 72 t-storm
Houston 93 73 t-storm
Los Angeles 83 65 mst sunny
Miami 88 79 t-storm
Minneapolis 80 57 sunny
River Basin, which includes
Lake Allatoona and Carters
Lake. Georgia Gov. Sonny
Perdue and Alabama Gov.
Bob Riley met Aug. 14 in
Columbus and announced
the states are close to an
agreement. Representatives
of the two states have met
twice since Perdue and Riley
met, according to court
documents. The governors
plan to meet again in several
weeks.
Counselor fights
removal of statue
GREENSBORO (AP) - A
Greensboro spiritual coun
selor is considering suing
the city after workers con
fiscated a 6-foot-tall, half
ton statue of Jesus from his
front yard.
City officials say the life
size statue violates zoning
restrictions ordinance and
threatens public safety.
Owner Nickie Marks,
though, calls it an expres
sion of his faith. He and
his attorney argue that by
removing the statue, the city
is violating his free speech
rights.
“My whole thing is that
I just want my statue back
in my yard,” Marks said.
“Why would they move it?
It wasn’t hurting anybody.
People actually liked it
they have been very sup
portive of our case.”
The statue was removed
from Marks’ front yard and
kept as evidence at a city
storage lot. It was returned
to him last week, covered
with red clay and a bro
ken hand. Greensboro City
Manager Larry Postell said
the city has an ordinance
prohibiting signs without
words in residential areas.
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Peachtree City 89 69 t-storm
Perry 94 72 t-storm
Rome 89 71 t-storm
Savannah 94 75 pt sunny
St. Simons Island 92 78 pt sunny
Statesboro 98 78 mst sunny
Thomasville 94 73 t-storm
Valdosta 94 73 t-storm
Warner Robins 94 73 t-storm
Waycross 95 72 pt sunny
Phoenix 106 84 mst sunny
San Francisco 70 55 mst sunny
Seattle 64 52 cloudy
St. Louis 77 64 pt sunny
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CHARLIE TARRRR
BYRON - Charlie Tarrer, 73; died Friday. Tarrer was born
in Worth County.
MAXINE OWENS
WARNER ROBINS - Maxine Owens, 54, passed away
on Saturday, August 26, 2006. Graveside services will be
held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at Magnolia
Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests dona
tions be made to Homeless Animal Rescue and Placement
Services, Inc, P O. Box 7363, Warner Robins, GA 31095.
Ms. Owens was born on June 6, 1952 in Geneva, New
York. She was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and
a retired Registered Nurse from Houston Medical Center.
She was a member of Calvary Chapel Heartland Church.
Her father, Charles Ralston, preceded her ih death.
Survivors include her daughters, Kimberly (Jimmy)
Townsend, Warner Robins; Sarah Owens, Valdosta; mother,
Helen Ralston, Waterloo, NY; sister, Cindy Glasscock, Byron;
brothers, Paul Conley, Waterloo, NY; Charles Ralston,
Mableton, GA; Michael Ralston, Ithaca, NY: William Ralston,
Durham, NC; James Ralston, Waterloo, NY; nieces Emily.
Hodge, Athens; Amanda Hunter, Atlanta and her beloved
Dachshund, Daisy.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign the Online Registry
for the family. McCullough Funeral Home has charge of
arrangements.
49 dead in plane crash
By JEFFREY
McMURRAY
Associated Press Writer
LEXINGTON, Ky. -Acom
muter jet mistakenly trying
to take off on a runway that
was too short crashed into a
field Sunday and burst into
flames, killing 49 people and
leaving the lone survivor
a co-pilot - in critical con
dition, federal investigators
said.
Preliminary flight data
from Comair Flight 5191’s
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black box recorders and the
damage at the scene indicate
the plane, a CRJ-100 region
al jet, took dfif from the short
est runway at Lexington’s
Blue Grass Airport, National
Transportation Safety Board
member Debbie Hersman
said.
The 3,500-foot-long strip,
with less lighting and barely
half the length of the air
port’s mail! runway, is only
intended for daylight take
offs and not for commercial
flights.
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