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State Briefs
Boy charged in
school bomb threat
CORNELIA (AP) - A
10-year-old north Georgia
boy has been charged with
threatening to blow up his
school.
The Cornelia Elementary
School student told friends
he was going to “blow up
some teachers” and bring
bombs to school, officials
said.
One of the friends told
the principal, and on Friday
school officials and police
found the student’s back
pack in a classroom with
two devices inside. The stu
dent said the devices were
bombs.
Habersham County Board
of Education Police Chief
Don Ford said Thursday the
fifth grader is charged as a
juvenile.
Ford described one device
as a small glass jar contain
ing a white solid substance
and a plastic sandwich bag.
The other was a candy wrap
per containing a tubular
piece of cardboard, about
the size of an index finger,
stuffed with the white solid
substance.
The boy has been charged
with four counts of mak
ing terroristic threats and
two counts of possessing
a destructive device, even
though the devices were not
thought to be flammable or
explosive.
The “destructive device”
charge was leveled because,
“If you represent it as such,
then you can be charged
with it,” Ford said.
Habersham School
Superintendent Dr. Judy
Forbes said the child has
been suspended.
The boy is currently with
his parents.
Funeral home
owner Investigated
GRIFFIN (AP) - A funer
al home owner may fade
charges after a decomposing
body was found there along
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with unclaimed cremated
remains.
Authorities are investigat
ing Roger Miller, owner of
Miller’s Funeral Home, to
determine what happened.
State regulatory agents
went to the funeral home
earlier this week on an
embalming complaint. But
when they got there, they
found a body that had been
there since Oct. 20, Griffin
police spokeswoman Felita
Morgan said.
Authorities also found 22
cremated remains. Police say
Miller told them the cremat
ed remains were still there
because they had never been
claimed by anyone.
Arrest could spell
end to theft ring
ARCADE (MNS) - When
a state trooper discovered a
stolen Maxima on Monday,
he might have blown the top
off a multi-state car theft
ring, police say.
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A Georgia State Patrol
trooper was driving through
Arcade when a device in his
cruiser detected a signal
from a LoJac in the Maxima.
The trooper quickly found
the Maxima and a stolen
1965 Mustang parked at a
nearby house.
On Wednesday, police
returned to the house and
arrested two men who
thought they were meeting
to sell the Maxima and 2
grams of methamphetamine
to a pair willing buyers.
Instead of meeting a rou
tine sale, the men met with
undercover officers, includ
ing the city’s police chief.
Chief Dennis Bell described
the suspects as “middle men”
in a larger theft ring and
said Wednesday’s arrests
could be the first of many.
“I can assure you more
charges are coming out of
it,” said Bell, one of the
undercover officers. “I think
it’s going to turn into some
thing a lot larger.”
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ANNETTE PARSONS JOSEY
BONAIRE - Annette Josey, 65, passed away
Tuesday. Services will be held at 1 p.m. today at First
Assembly Church of God with interment following in
Magnolia Park Cemetery. Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to
sign the Online Registry for the family.
WILLIAM T. HILL. JR.
William T. Hill, Jr., age 82, of Geneva, Fla., passed away
Sunday. Hill was born June 30, 1924 in Hawkinsville. He is
survived by his wife, Janet, son, Randall Curothers, daugh
ter, Sharon Leonard, son, William T. Hill 111, son, Frank
Hill, 10 grandchildren, five great grandchildren; five step
children; nine step grandchildren and four step great grand
children.
Democrats,
for gains in
ATLANTA (AP) - The
past four years have been
good for Republicans in the
Georgia Legislature. Over
the course of two elections,
they’ve claimed majori
ties in both the House and
Senate for the first time
since the post-Civil War era
of Reconstruction.
Now, entering their first
election with control of
both chambers, Georgia
Republicans say they hope
to at least hold their lead
and possibly shift a few more
seats to their columns.
Democrats, meanwhile, say
some aggressive campaign
ing and a nationwide anti-
Republican mood offer their
best shot in a while to stop
the momentum and begin
chipping away the GOP’s
advantage in the Capitol.
Even top Georgia
Democrats aren’t predict
ing they’ll take control of
either chamber in the Nov. 7
elections. Republicans hold
a 100-79 lead, with one inde
pendent, in the House and a
34-22 edge in the Senate.
But they say picking up
just a few seats would signif
icantly increase their clout
at the statehouse.
“Our goal is to get 80
House seats and 25 Senate
seats,” said Will Wingate, a
political consultant working
on several legislative races
for the Democratic Party.
“With 80 and 25, you can
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 ♦
GOP hope
Legislature
control a lot of the agenda;
if you’ve got a good politi
cal idea or good issue, some
Republicans are more likely
to go with you.”
The Democrats are hop
ing for a boost from appar
ently growing discontent
with national Republicans.
With the war in Iraq drag
ging on, President Bush’s
approval ratings flagging
and the scandal over for
mer Republican U.S. Rep.
Mark Foley sending sexu
ally explicit computer mes
sages to teenage congressio
nal pages, they’re hoping at
least a handful of undecided
voters will be more inclined
to vote for Democrats.
“We know the Republicans
took advantage of it two
years ago with Bush and
with (U.S. Sen. Johnny)
Isakson on the ticket,”
Wingate said, referring to
strong showings by the two
top-ticket Republicans that
observers believe helped
Republican legislative can
didates. “We’re hoping a
national wind might mean
200 or 300 votes for us in
some districts.”
Republicans, on the other
hand, say they don’t think
their march to power has
topped out and they stand to
pick up a few more seats.
“There’s room to grow,”
said Marty Klein, a spokes
man for the Georgia
Republican Party.
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