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Shoe Briefs
Councilman pulled
shotgun, man says
AUGUSTA (MNS) - A
Midville 19-year-old has
accused the city’s mayor pro
tem of brandishing a shot
gun at him while his sister,
brother and three small chil
dren looked on.
Officer Robert Baynham,
the southern Burke County
town’s sole police offi
cer after Chief Stephen
Weddon’s recent resig
nation, said he probably
would have arrested Scotty
Womack were he not a city
councilman. But Womack’s
being one of his bosses made
it an awkward situation,' so
Officer Baynham said he’ll
let a Magistrate Court judge
decide whether to issue war
rants for pointing a gun at
another and cruelty to chil
dren.
Womack, 35, said
Wednesday evening that he
was only defending himself
after being threatened, and
if warrants are taken out
against him, he’ll seek a war
rant for terroristic threats.
Officer Baynham said
Womack flagged him down
at about 9 p.m. Monday
outside Alan’s Quick Stop
on North Jones Street. He
accused Fredrick Lewis,
19, of stealing his Motorola
camera cell phone out of his
pickup.
Lewis and his sister had
been in the checkout line at
the convenience store ahead
of Womack, the officer said.
A store clerk later said
she saw them walk to their
own pickup without reach
ing into Womack’s vehicle.
Jury finds Brantley
man not guilty
NAHUNTA (MNS) - A
Brantley County man was
found not guilty of man
slaughtercharges Wednesday
in a three-fatality crash in
which a driver swerved to
miss the man and his horse
on a dark highway.
YOUR WEATHER TEAM!
TODAY’S
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Sat
9/2
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89/67
Partly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 80s and
lows in the upper
60s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:IIAM 7:59 PM
Georgia At A Glance
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Albany 93 69 pt sunny
Athens 84 66 mst sunny
Atlanta 83 66 mst sunny
Augusta 89 70 pt sunny
Bainbridge 94 71 pt sunny
Brunswick 94 76 pt sunny
Cartersville 84 66 mst sunny
Chattanooga.TN 77 63 pt sunny
Columbus 90 70 pt sunny
Cordele 93 69 pt sunny
National Cities
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Atlanta 83 66 mst sunny
Boston 64 62 rain
Chicago 71 59 pt sunny
Dallas 91 75 pt sunny
Denver 68 51 mst sunny
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The eight-man, four
woman jury deliberated
just under one hour before
finding Donnie Leverett, 60,
not guilty of three counts of
involuntary manslaughter
in the deaths of Blackshear
residents Amanda LaDawn
Pierce, 30, and Joey Ira
Price, 32, and Jacksonville
resident Bonnie Gayle Rast,
51.
A third passenger in
Pierce’s Nissan, her sister
Jessica Sweat of Nahunta,
was seriously injured when
the Nissan collided head
on with a Dodge truck. The
driver of the truck, Barry
Watts of Orange Park, had
swerved into an oncoming
lane to miss Leverett as he
rode his horse along U.S. 301
in August 2003.
Had he been convicted of
all three counts of felony
involuntary manslaughter,
Leverett could have been
sentenced to 30 years in
prison.
No Ernesto damage
reports in Georgia
TYBEE ISLAND (AP)
- Tropical storm Ernesto
brought rain showers and
winds strong enough to
wreck an umbrella Thursday
as it edged past Georgia,
and it also enabled some
Southern surfers to catch a
few good waves.
There were no reports of
storm damage Thursday
morning in Georgia coastal
communities.
But at Tybee Island, amid
sporadic showers, a handful
of surfers enjoyed choppy
seas that raised waves mea
suring 3 1/2 feet at the local
pier.
“Tybee doesn’t get a lot
of good Waves. Whenever
there’s a storm, all the locals
come out,” said lan Howes,
a 35-year-old shrimper and
restaurant worker. He got
the day off from shrimping
because of the rough seas.
“The worse the weather
is, generally, the better the
Sun
9/3
91/68
Isolated thunder
storms. Highs in the
low 90s and lows in
the upper 60s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:12 AM 7:56 PM
87/67
Isolated thunder
storms. Highs in the
upper 80s and lows
in the upper 60s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:12 AM 7:57 PM
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Dalton 83 66 mst sunny
Dillard 79 61 pt sunny
Dublin 92 67 pt sunny
Duluth 82 65 mst sunny
Gainesville 81 67 mst sunny
Helen 81 63 mst sunny
Lagrange 86 65 mst sunny
Macon 68 68 sunny
Marietta 82 65 mst sunny
Miliedgeville 88 68 sunny
| City Hi Lo Cond. J
Houston 94 72 pt sunny
Los Angeles 88 67 mst sunny
Miami 88 78 t-storm
Minneapolis 65 56 t-storm
New York 71 69 rain
waves are,” Howes said. “We
were hoping for a hurricane.
But I’m glad no one had
to die for me to have good
waves.”
On the beach, a few vaca
tioners strolled and scanned
the whitecaps.
Atlanta resident Jeff
Elliott, 33, and his 4-year
old daughter Libby dipped
their toes in the surf and
scooped buckets full of sand.
They packed up and head
ed indoors when the wind
picked up around 9 a.m.
“It looks just like a little
rainstorm,” Elliott said of
Ernesto. “It’s not that bad.”
Ernesto - downgraded to
a tropical depression over
Florida, then upgraded as it
moved over the warm waters
of the Atlantic - was fore
cast to make landfall again
late Thursday along South
Carolina’s coast, likely near
Georgetown. From there,
it was to ride into central
North Carolina.
Forecasters said Ernesto
would pick up some mois
ture as it moves over the
Gulf Stream and residents
in the mid-Atlantic states
could expect the weakened
storm to dump 2-4 inches
of rain.
Georgia leads in
long commutes
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia
leads the nation in the num
ber of counties listed as hav
ing the longest commuting
times.
Fifteen Georgia counties
- all in the metro Atlanta
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Scattered thunder
storms. Highs in the
upper 80s and lows
in the mid 60s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:13 AM 7:55 PM
Moon Phases
UV Index
Sat 9/2 ■ Very High
Sun 9/3 I Very High
Mon 9/4 ■ Very High
Tue 9/5 I Very High
Wed 9/6 | Very High
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Tue
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Peachtree City 84 64 mst sunny
Perry 90 68 pt sunny
Rome 84 65 mst sunny
Savannah 94 72 pt sunny
St. Simons Island 94 76 pt sunny
Statesboro 96 73 pt sunny
Thomasville 94 70 t-storm
Valdosta 93 69 t-storm
Warner Robins 89 68 pt sunny
Waycross 95 69 pt sunny
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Phoenix 104 84 pt sunny
San Francisco 82 56 windy
Seattle 88 57 sunny
St. Louis 74 63 cloudy
Washington, DC 75 69 rain
area - made the U.S. Census
Bureau’s list for the top 100
counties with longcommutes.
In addition, Coweta County,
southwest of Atlanta, was
listed as the county with the
nation’s longest commute,
clocking in at 51.6 minutes,
according to census figures.
The 28-county region the
federal government consid
ers the Atlanta area ranked
fifth in the nation for long
commute times with an
average of 31 minutes.
Only metro areas in
New York, New Jersey and
Washington have longer
commute times.
A willingness by many to
live farther outside Atlanta’s
city limits is cited as a rea
son for the extra time spent
on the road.
“We don’t have natu
ral boundaries that limit
growth,” Atlanta Regional
Commission Chairman Sam
Olens said. “You can contin
ue to have sprawl. And let’s
face it, we have too much
sprawl.”
The average commute time
for the 10 core metro Atlanta
counties has changed little
in five years, despite efforts
to build live-work-play com
munities and to encourage
workers to use mass transit.
In 2000, the average com
mute was 31.77 minutes; in
2005, it was 31.48 minutes.
Georgia will continue to
be among national leaders in
commute times unless more
money goes to mass tran
sit and state growth policy
changes to discourage road
projects that lead to sprawl,
Olens said.
Obuutoues
SHELIA FROST HICKEY ~
WARNER ROBINS - Shelia Frost Hickory, 76, of Suwanee
and Warner Robins passed away on August 23, 2006. She
was preceded in death by her husband, Zach Hickey.
Hickey was a native of Liverpool, England and was a
homemaker. She was a member of St. Christopher Episcopal
Church in Perry and a member of the Warner Robins Bridge
Club. She lived in Warner Robins from 1974 until the pres
ent.
A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, September
2, 2006 at 11 a.m. at-St. Christopher Episcopal Church in
Perry. Interment was at Andersonville National Cemetery
in Andersonville.
Survivors are daughter and son-in-law Carrie and Steve
Hartshorne of Suwanee, son and daughter-in-law Alan and
Gloria Hickey of Oklahoma City, Ok., grandchildren Kirsty
Hickey, Ashley Hickey, Zachariah Hickey, Sergey Hartshorne
and Natasha Hartshorne, great grandson Alexander Hickey
and brothers and sister-in-law Michael and Azra Frost of
England and Douglas Frost of England.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American
Cancer Society, Gwinnett Unit, 6500 Sugerloaf Highway,
Suite 260, Duluth, Ga. 30097 in memory of Shelia M.
Hickey.
Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory are handling the
arrangements.
SARAH R NEAL
PERRY - Sarah E Neal, 70, died at Serenity Gate on
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006. Graveside Services will be held at
5 p.m. today at Perry Memorial Gardens with Pastor Randy
Reese officiating. Neal had lived in Perry for 41 years,
attended Georgia Women’s College, and was a Methodist.
She was a clerk and had worked for Beckham Brothers.
Survivors include her children; Randy Reese (Deanna) of
Newborn, Robert Reese (Kelly) of Warner Robins, Debbie
Reese of Warner Robins, Cindy Reese of Macon, and Gina
Reese of Macon; husband, Marvin Hooks of Perry; 11 grand
children and two great granchildren. She was preceded in
death by parents, George Powers and Urma Bags. Please
sign the online register at watsonhunt.com.
“SISSY” MORATH
CLAYTON - “Sissy” Morath, 23, formerly of Perry, died
unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. Funeral Services
will be held at 2 p.m. today at Watson - Hunt Funeral Home.
Morath had resided in Clayton for more than a year. She was
a waitress.
Survivors include a son, Trey Ussery, 111 of Clayton; par
ents, John and Lisa (Langston) Morath of Clayton; brothers,
Tripp Morath of Kathleen, and Andrew Morath of Warner
Robins; grandparents, Herman Langston, Sr. of Centerville,
Ricky and Reba Gilbert of Kathleen, John and Betty Morath
of Eatonton a number of aunts and uncles. She was pre
ceded in death by a grandmother, Genny Langston. Please
sign the online register at watsonhunt.com.
Redevelopment work
continues on state bases
By BEN EVANS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Local development officials
near Fort Gillem Army base
outside Atlanta are trying
to persuade FEMA to recon
sider its plans to take nearly
one sixth of the site, and sug
gesting instead that FEMA
look toward Macon, Augusta
and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, efforts to rede
velop three other Georgia
military bases slated to close
in 2011 under last year’s
Base Realignment and
Closure are moving forward,
officials said.
Local officials say the Fort
Gillem real estate south of
Atlanta in Forest Park will
attract strong interest from
the private sector and is best
suited for a mixed-use devel
opment blending residential
and commercial uses.
But under the BRAC
process, federal agencies
get first crack at purchas
ing closed bases, and the
Army has agreed to offer
FEMA some 247 acres of the
1,427-acre base for a logis
tics center. That deal is on
hold, however, as local offi
cials negotiate with FEMA
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to consider alternatives. ,
Fred Bryant, execu
tive director of the Forest
Park/Fort Gillem Local
Redevelopment Authority,
said economic development
officials in Macon, Augusta,
Albany and elsewhere have
expressed interest in host
ing the FEMA facility, which
would serve as a base for
responding to disasters in
the region.
If those sites don’t suit
FEMA, the local authority *
hopes FEMA will consider
shifting its facility to another
part of Fort Gillem, instead
of the center of the base.
“It would be difficult for
us to have to develop around
the FEMA presence in the
middle of the property,” said
Bryant. He added that a
large company already has
expressed interest in the
site.
“The presence that they
currently have configured ...
is some of the best property
for redevelopment,” he said.
Bryant said FEMA has
been receptive to the author
ity’s concerns and sugges
tions.
FEMA officials could not
immediately say how the
agency plans to respond.
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