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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018
Bethlehem tables paving bid
Suspect arrested, charged with
murder in Barrow stabbing death
A Loganville man was arrested Fri
day for murder and aggravated assault
in connection with a stabbing death in
Barrow County last week.
Ethan Andrew Ramey, 29, is charged
with killing Kellie Roop, 42, of Buford,
at 1306 Hwy. 124, Floschton, on Thurs
day. Deputies found Roop with a fatal
stab wound to her neck and deter
mined she had been attacked. Dep
uties received a tip Friday morning
that Ramey was in the 4600 block of
Braselton Highway and arrested him
without incident with the assistance of
the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office.
SHOOTING DEATH
UNDER INVESTIGATION
In a separate, unrelated incident,
the sheriffs office is investigating the
shooting death of 44-year-old Daniel
Fowler last Wednesday in a driveway
at 1119 Victron Dr. Fowler was found
lying in the driveway with a knife in
his hand and a gunshot wound to the
chest.
Fowler had been seen arguing with
another person in the driveway earlier
in the day. Investigators said there is
a primary suspect at this time, but did
not release the name.
By Scott Thompson
News-Journal Editor
The Bethlehem Town Council voted
last week to table until next month
a bid for the repaving of portions of
King Avenue and Star Street so the
town can gather more information on
pricing quotes.
Marietta-based Baldwin Paving
Company, which has a site in Auburn,
was the only company to submit a
bid and returned a $125,290 bid to
do some patching up of rough spots
and repaving of King Avenue and
Carl-Bethlehem Road starting at King
Avenue and going to the city limits.
Mayor Sandy McNab said it was his
general experience that Baldwin was the
cheapest for similar projects.
The town would pay for the repaving
with a combination of SPLOST monies
and road maintenance funds.
The council plans to take the issue back
up at its next meeting, scheduled for 7
p.m. June 4.
Also Monday, the council approved
paying Monroe-based A Yahwey Tree Ser
vice $3,500 for the trimming of 24 trees
along Angel and Star streets, as well as the
removal of a dead oak tree on Angel Street
and another dead tree on Star Street.
TRIP TO LIBRARY
Students at Winder Elementary School took a walking field trip to the
Winder Public Library to encourage reading over the summer. Above:
the Rev. Brock Burnett and staff at First Presbyterian Church of Winder
serve refreshments on the way. Below: Jamie Mauney’s kindergarten
class begins the trip from the school. Tammy Privette, media specialist
at WES, coordinated the trip. Winder police escorted students on the
two-mile round trip trek. Winder librarians gathered them for story time
and a tour of the library. The students ended their trip with a picnic at
the Center for Innovative Teaching field. Winder Elementary Principal
Jerry Stapleton said, “This has been a fantastic experience for our
Bullpups. We love interacting with the community and helping our stu
dents become aware of the tools and resources available to them over
the summer.” Photos by Ron Bridgeman
Statham continued from 1A
The second arrest was at the coun
cil’s work session. Moore said she was
arrested for criminal trespass.
Moore said the first paper that she
received for Sunday had "warning” on
it because she was on city property.
She was not supposed to go on any city
property, she said, “and I had the audac
ity to come to the work session.”
The work session Thursday and coun
cil meeting Tuesday were both in front
of crowded rooms.
More than 40 people attended the
work session and more than 30 attended
the council meeting.
McDaniel and Moore were at Rainwa
ter Park May 6.
She said they were gathering infor
mation for the public works committee
meeting, which was May 8. McDaniel
spoke at that meeting.
He said the sewer lines in the city
were “collapsing” because of their age
and material.
Moore said they had been to the area
before — about two months earlier —
with Bridges and a group of others.
Bridges interrupted McCormic at the
meeting Tuesday, attempting to cut off
the talk.
“I’m going to finish (talking) and then
you can finish,” McCormic said to the
mayor.
Bridges said he had told McDaniel
and Moore they could go to the area
with him. He denied that he gave them
permission to get water samples unless
he was with them.
McCormic said five people heard
Bridges given permission for samples of
water to be taken.
“There were no conditions,” McCor
mic told the mayor. “You’re wrong,
Dwight,” Bridges replied.
Moore said she has a court date in
Statham Municipal Court for 5:30 p.m.
Aug. 6. That is for the Thursday night
arrest, she said.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business, the council:
•approved an agreement for Kenny’s
Food Mart on Atlanta Highway to reopen
and to reinstate its business license. The
agreement, which was the subject of
a closed meeting at the work session,
requires all gaming machines to be in the
front of the store and visible, no loitering
signs to be posted at the store and all
employees must undergo alcohol sales
training by the city police. The vote to
approve it was 4-1, with council member
Betty Lyle dissenting.
•passed on second reading an ordi
nance dealing specifically with gaming
machines in city businesses. It first passed
on a 3-2 vote with Lyle and Hattie Thrash
er against it. McCormic, Eddie Jackson
and Barton voted for it. A re-vote was
taken after city attorney Thomas Mitchell
said it does not include specific language
about hours the machines can be used.
The second vote was unanimous.
•heard city administrator Michelle
Irizarry say the Fiscal Year 2015 audit
was completed and it had no negative
findings. She said later that Hawkins &
McNair, the Winder accountants who
did the audit, are now working on the
FY2016 audit.
•heard Marcia Dufresne praise the ser
vice and work of the city police depart
ment and Tammy Crawley compliment
the city for its quick response to com
plaints that stop signs were different
heights.
•heard Crawley detail the calls she
made about “crossing guards” at local
schools. She said Bridges told her it
was the county’s responsibility. She said
she called the central school office, the
sheriff’s office and the board of commis
sioners. The responsibility, she said, came
back to Statham. Bridges disagreed, say
ing the sheriff’s office provides officers at
each school. However, he said he would
“re-visit" the issue.
Briefs continued from 1A
Thursday, May 24, at
Holly Hill Mall (across
from Hill’s Ace Hard
ware, 186 West Athens
St., Winder).
The event is being spon
sored by the Daughters of
the King. Kindred Spir
its and Disciples of Faith
classes at Winder First
Baptist Church. It is open
to all Barrow County res
idents who meet USDA
income eligibility require
ments.
Proof of Barrow Coun
ty residency is required.
Food will be served on
a first-come, first-served
basis.
The mobile food pantry
event is held the fourth
Thursday of every month
January through October
and the third Thursday of
November and December.
MEMORIAL DAY
EVENTS SET
The local Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1187
will be putting out 240
American flags in Rose
Hill Cemetery on Satur
day, May 26, beginning
between 7:30-8 a.m. Vol
unteers from the commu
nity, including Boy Scouts
and other groups, are wel
come to come to Rose
Hill and assist in putting
out the flags for Memorial
Day weekend. On Mon
day, May 28. the VFW,
which will mark its 71st
anniversary in August,
will host a Memorial Day
program beginning at 9
a.m. at the cemetery. Bar-
row County Sheriff Jud
Smith will be the featured
speaker.
For more information,
contact Post Commander
Rick Etheredge at 404-
427-4573.
FOOTHILLS
ENROLLMENT
OPEN
Students who are inter
ested in attending Foot
hills Education Charter
High School may pre-en-
roll online at www.foot-
hillscharter.org, or in per
son at one of the eight
Foothills sites, from May
30 through June 7.
After June 7, Foot
hills staff will review
the pre-enrollment list to
determine enrollment by
the number of seats avail
able at each site.
If there are enough
seats at the selected site,
the student can com
plete enrollment and start
immediately.
If there are not enough
seats at a particular site,
Foothills will have a lot
tery drawing on June 30
to fill enrollments. Once
seats are filled for that
site, the remaining stu
dents will be placed on
the site waiting list or may
ask for a seat at another
Foothills site.
Foothills is located in
the following school dis
tricts: Baldwin, Barrow,
Clarke, Jackson, Madison,
Morgan, Oglethorpe, and
Walton counties.
For more information,
contact the Foothills Cen
tral Office, 706-795-2191,
extension 1475.
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buying or
selling?
770-867-9026
www.maynardrealty.com
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