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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Tornado hits Dooly County
“ ™“ ‘ EN I/Gary Harmon
This mobile home was destroyed after the tornado touched down a second time only
a 100 yards away from where it destroyed the first of two mobile homes in Unadilla on
Sunday evening.
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Ronnie Leavers, owner of the two destroyed mobile homes points out the damage
where the tornado first touched down.
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Items lie scattered from the two destroyed mobile homes.
PLANS
From page iA
the area north of Vicki
Drive, East of North Davis
Drive, south of Bargain
Road and west of Georgia
Avenue, Walnut Street and
Chris Drive.
The target area will
be the focus of the city’s
Redevelopment Authority.
The city has advertised the
intent to re-establish the
authority and plans a public
hearing before the authority
is reconstituted.
The purpose of the author
ity will be the redevelopment
of the blighted areas of the
city. The target area includes
numerous vacant buildings
and has problems of violent
crimes, drug crimes, fires
and vagrants.
City officials and police
have met with landlords in
the area to get the undesir
able and criminal elements
out. Walker said all but one
landlord is cooperating.
He said that landlord’s
vacant property is in fore
closure with the bank,
which the city is working to
acquire. “The bank is going
to give the property to the
city for demolition,” Walker
said.
He said the buildings have
been gutted out. “There’s
not a door on the build
ings, all the copper has seen
stripped out.”
He said the city has
already demolished another
burned out apartment build
ing on Tabor Drive. “If we
let this fall back into the
hands it was in, we’ve lost
the battle.”
Walker said the city
Housing Authority “is work
ing hot and heavy,” and the
city may work a deal with
the bank for tax credits to
get quality development in
there.”
He also told the council of
the city’s growth in 2006.
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ASSISTANT
From page iA
While losing a prosecutor
of Katie Lumsden’s stat
ure isn’t easy, when you
can bring someone on with
David’s experience it sure
eases the pain. We really
feel like we are reloading
instead of rebuilding.”
Gov. Sonny Perdue
appointed Lumsden, the
former chief assistant dis
trict attorney, to the new
third Houston Superior
Court judge position. Her
DECLINES
From page iA
The Warner Robins Metro
Service Area includes all of
Houston County.
The unemployment rate
in the metro Macon area
decreased to 5.3 percent
in November, down one
half of one percent from
5.8 percent in October. The
area’s jobless rate was also
5.3 percent in November
of 2005. Metro Macon
includes Bibb, Crawford,
Jones, Monroe and Twiggs
counties.
The state’s unemploy
ment rate declined to 4.4
percent in November, down
three-tenths of one percent
from 4.7 percent in October.
However, the state’s jobless
rate continues to exceed
the national unemploy
ment rate, as it has for six
of the last seven months
according to the Georgia
Department of Labor. The
U.S. rate in November was
CASH
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suspect. The victim then
ran into the bank and police
were called to the scene.
The victim was not
injured during the inci
dent and no weapon was
displayed, according to Lt.
Todd Edwards, who said,
“it was a snatching type
situation.”
Edwards said the woman
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term began earlier this
week.
Cooke was named one of
10 Georgia lawyers “On The
Rise” by the Fulton Daily
Report (Aug. 23, 2005),
nominated for Georgia’s
“Assistant District Attorney
of the Year” also in 2005,
and was the winner of the
“Special Unit Lawyer of the
Year” award in the Fulton
DA’s Office in 2004. While
an Assistant United States
Attorney for the Middle
District of Alabama, Cooke
prosecuted child Internet
sex crimes in the Criminal
an unadjusted 4.3 percent,
up from 4.1 percent in
October.
Georgia’s jobless rate
declined primarily because
of an increase in retail hir
ing for the holiday shop
ping season, according to
the state labor department.
The number of new sea
sonal jobs helped offset the
number of people who lost
jobs in November and filed
initial claims for unemploy
ment insurance.
There were also job
gains in health care and
information technology. In
November, Georgia added
16,800 new jobs for a four
tenths percent growth
rate.
There were 250 initial
unemployment insurance
claims in metro Warner
Robins, down 106 or 29.77
percent from the 356 in
October. It is also down
20.1 percent or 63 claims
from the 313 in November
2005.
Metro Warner Robins
was making a personal
transaction and was robbed
coming out of the bank.
He said the suspect was
last seen running toward
Moody Road.
The suspect is described a
black male in his early 30s,
with short black hair and
last seen wearing a black T
shirt with white letters and
dark pants. He is approxi
mately 5’10” to 6-feet tall
and 180-190 pounds.
Edwards said police will
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Division. He has also served
in the Coweta Judicial
Circuit District Attorney’s
Office and the Athens-
Clarke Solicitor-General’s
Office.
Burke said, “David will
be assigned serious violent
felonies in our office and we
are sure he will have dra
matic impact on the prose
cution of cases in our office.
I am certain he will be an
asset for years to come. We
wish David and his fam
ily a wonderful future as
they make their home in
Houston County.”
was also the only MSA to
have fewer claims than the
same time last year.
Only the Hinesville Metro
Service area had fewer ini
tial claims in November
with 183. The Hinesville
MSA includes Fort Stewart
and Liberty and Long coun
ties.
The Rome MSA was the
only other with a drop in
claims with 24 fewer or
668 in November compared
to 692 in October. The
Rome MSA includes Floyd
County.
Metro Macon has 1,025
initial claims in November,
up 11.05 percent or 102
claims from October.
November’s claims are also
up 20.2 percent or 172 from
the 853 claims in November
2005.
Statewide there were
47,487 initial claims in
November, up 20.43 percent
from 39,456 in October and
up 31.8 percent or 11,445
claims in November 2005.
be reviewing bank video to
get more details of the sus
pect. He also advised people
to be “ever vigilant, to be
aware of their surround
ings and to keep things
secure, so others can’t tell
what your doing.”
Anyone with any infor
mation is asked to con
tact Det. Tom Williams at
the Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal
Investigations Division at
929-1163 or 929-6911.
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