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Shoe Briefs
Many opting to go
by aip on Labor Day
(MNS) - For Labor Day
weekend, more Southeastern
travelers are taking to the
air, despite gas prices aver
aging about 25 cents less per
gallon than last year.
A nationwide survey of
1,950 adults conducted by
AAA found the number of
Southern travelers choosing
to fly this year is up 5 per
cent, while overall travel in
the South is down slightly.
Diane Johnston, the mar
keting director for Augusta
Regional Airport, said the
increase already appears
to be benefiting both area
carriers, Atlantic Southeast
Airlines and US Airways,
“We have, from what I
understand, a very strong
weekend holiday travel
schedule,” she said.
Most travelers are order
ing tickets for Friday,
Johnston said, with return
flights split between Monday
and Tuesday. US Airways
has upgraded several 37-seat
turbo-prop airplanes to 50
seats to accommodate the
rush, she said.
Judy Reville, spokeswom
an for AAA of Augusta, said
many Southerners seem to
be staying close to home.
The number who anticipate
driving about 50 miles from
home is down about 1.5 per
cent, AAA statistics show.
“Nationally they are
showing a little bit of an
increase, while in our area
they’re showing a little bit of
decrease,” Reville said.
Another judge
needed for Glynn
ATLANTA (MNS) -
Another superior court judge
is needed in the Brunswick
Judicial Circuit, according to
a recommendation released
Wednesday by the Judicial
Council of Georgia.
After reviewing caseloads
in the state’s 49 circuits and
requests from local judges,
the 24-member council of
judges chaired by Supreme
Court Chief Justice Leah
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Brunswick 88 76 t-storm
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Columbus 89 70 t-storm
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Sears is recommending the
General Assembly add a
judge to each of 10 circuits,
including the Brunswick
Circuit that is composed of
Appling, Camden, Glynn,
Jeff Davis and Wayne coun
ties. The council determined
the need in the Brunswick
Circuit was the fifth great
est.
The council’s report is
given to the governor for
inclusion in next year’s bud
get and to legislators for pas
sage of a bill to create each
new judgeship. Generally,
local legislators will craft a
bill that determines how the
first judge in the new post
is picked, either through
appointment from the gov
ernor or by election.
There are 202 superior
court judges in Georgia han
dling 417,000 cases.
Sheriff Strength
wins slander case
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Sheriff
Ronnie Strength prevailed
Tuesday in his lawsuit
against a former local talk
radio host and his station.
The ruling by Judge
Duncan D. Wheale leaves it
to a jury to decide whether
Brian L. “Ryan B” Doyle and
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Dillard 81 60 t-storm
Dublin 91 68 t-storm
Duluth 87 66 t-storm
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Helen 86 64 t-storm
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Macon 87 69 t-storm
Marietta 87 66 t-storm
Milledgeville 89 68 t-storm
Houston 92 72 t-storm
Los Angeles 90 70 pt sunny
Miami 90 77 t-storm
Minneapolis 81 60 sunny
New York 79 63 t-storm
the owners of radio station
WAAW 94.7 FM should pay
the sheriff, and how much.
He is seeking $5 million in
damages.
Also Tuesday,' Judge
Wheale gave Doyle and the
station owner, Frank Neely,
two weeks to respond in full
to questions and requests
for documents from for
mer Augusta Commissioner
Bobby G. Hankerson. If they
do not, they will face the
same potential loss.
Sheriff Strength, the Rev.
Hankerson and four other
prominent Augusta resi
dents and community lead
ers filed civil lawsuits this
spring against Mr. Doyle
and Rejoice Inc., which owns
WAAW. They alleged in their
Richmond County Superior
Court lawsuits that Mr.
Doyle slandered them dur
ing his radio program, called
the Watercooler Moment.
The defendants responded
with an answer that denied
any misdeeds and accused
the plaintiffs of trying to
wrongfully gag Mr. Doyle.
But fuller answers to spe
cific questions and requests
for documentation were
ignored, the plaintiffs’ attor
neys complained.
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Thomasville 91 71 t-storm
Valdosta 90 70 t-storm
Warner Robins 86 68 t-storm
Waycross 92 70 t-storm
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Obituaries
LAURA “CAROL" CARPENTER BARRETT
BONAIRE - Laura Barrett, 66, passed away Tuesday.
Visitation will be today from 6-8 p.m. at McCullough
Funeral Home. Funeral-services will be held Saturday at 2
p.m. in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with inter
ment following in Magnolia Park Cemetery.
EPD could face budget cuts
ATLANTA (MNS) - The
state is having trouble hir
ing people for its main envi
ronmental watchdog agency
and could lose some posi
tions as a result.
The recommendation
to eliminate the positions
was approved by the Board
of Natural Resources on
Wednesday as part of a
budget recommendation
sent to Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Information provided by
the Department of Natural
Resources didn’t detail
exactly how many positions
would be cut, but the move
is expected to save more
than $570,000.
“We’re creating vacan
cies as fast as we’re able to
fill them,” Environmental
Protection Division Director
Carol Couch told the board
before the approval.
There are several reasons
the division is having trour
ble hiring and keeping its
employees, Couch said.
First of all, the agency
is facing “a tidal wave of
retirement” as some of its
most senior employees move
on. And relatively new work
ers are moving on quickly,
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officials credit for trying to
increase pay.
“We have had a clear
inability for some period of
time in retaining new hires
for more than three to five
years,” Couch said.
Natural Resources
Commissioner Noel Holcomb
told the board the gover
nor’s Office of Planning and
Budget had already consid
ered reducing the number
of positions allowed for the
agency because it couldn’t
fill the slots.
“We’ve convinced them,
if that were the case, we’d
rather take that as one of
our cuts,” Holcomb said.
Following budget orders
from Perdue, DNR is rec
ommending nearly $2.1 mil
lion in budget cuts to the
governor’s office, though it’s
unclear which cuts, if any,
Perdue will forward to the
General Assembly.
Perdue is not expected to
release details of his budget
proposal until closer to the
beginning of the coming leg
islative session, which opens
in January.
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