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Serving Camden County, Georgia Since 1894 lrB, " ! Sheriff’s office investigating death Art on display The January artist of the month debuts at OldeTowne Gallery in St. Marys. see 11 On the horizon Woodbine mayor Steve Parrott outlines the city’s plans for the upcoming new year. see 8 Index Obituaries 2 Opinion 4 CRSP events 6 Sports 9 People 11 Classifieds 12 Legals 14 Today’s Poll How do you think Camden’s local economy is doing? Vote online at tribune-georgian.com Tribune & Georgian P.O. Box 6960, St. Marys, Ga. 31558 Volume 110, No. 1 16 pages* One section tribune-georgian.com © 2013, Tribune & Georgian, Community Newspapers Inc. I S C .0 N +j 0) .0. \t § & CO 00 -Q 00 5) c\T v Y— t O eg CO i2 Johna Strickland Rush johna@tribune-georgian.com The death of a Camden County woman is under investigation after sheriffs deputies discovered her body Tuesday, Dec. 25, in her Waverly home. Brenda King, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her cause of death is still pending, according to Dr. Edmund Donoghue in the Georgia Bureau of Investiga tion’s medical examiner office in Sa vannah. A few minutes before Christmas day, deputies were dispatched to King’s residence because she had not been seen since Dec. 20 and several people were worried that something may have happened to her, according to the incident report. Deputies knocked on the door, heard a dog barking inside the house and proceeded to knock on the doors and windows. All of the doors were secured, according to the report. After King’s daughter arrived, the glass in a door was broken and deputies entered the home, finding the doors and windows were locked and most of them were barricaded with furniture. Deputies found King, who was un conscious and not breathing, in the master bathroom. Gator tales Johna Strickland Rush | Tribune & Georgian Cate Williams, interpretive ranger at Crooked River State Park, conducts a pres entation Friday, Dec. 28, for a group of children at the park’s nature center. Alliga- torTebow helps out. Police eyeing chaplain claims Man arrived on accident scene Emily Heglund editorl@tds.net Law enforcement officers are investigating reports of a man claiming to be a chap lain on local emergency scenes. The man gave his card to paramedics on scene at a ve hicle accident a few days ago but is not affiliated with any local public service agency, Camden County Fire Rescue Chief Dennis Gailey said Monday. “No department has spon sored them that we can de termine,” he said. The man is reported to be driving a Ford Crown Victo ria with Florida tags, a yellow light bar and chaplain decals on the sides, Gailey said. The business card he gave paramedics lists Florida phone numbers and a local post office box number. Gailey said he noticed the Crown Victoria about a week before the accident at which We hope this is someone who is misguided but with good intentions. — Deputy William Terrell sheriff’s office spokesman the man appeared. He al legedly tried to obtain pa tient information from the paramedics, but the emer gency medical personnel did not give out the information. Gailey alerted the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, Kingsland Police Depart ment and St. Marys Police Department after para medics reported the incident to their supervisors. Sheriff’s office spokesman Deputy William Terrell said several similar incidents have been reported. “We hope this is someone who is misguided but with good intentions,” he said. County facing tests in new year Johna Strickland Rush iohna@tribune-georgian.com Camden County administrator Steve Howard is heading into 2013 with the attitude that challenges are opportunities — and county leaders will certainly face a number of chal lenges. A tax digest that has been declin ing. The effects of a fiscal cliff that could trickle down to the county. Asking voters to decide about Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax VII, and what happens if residents don’t approve continuing the 1-percent sales tax, which ex pires in June. New sheriff in town Superior Court Judge An thony Harrison (above, left) swears in Sheriff Jim Proctor on Thursday, Dec. 27, at the county courthouse in Wood bine. Today is Proctor’s first official day as the head of the Camden County Sher iff’s Office.The ceremony in cluded prayers and a speech by Darryl Griffis (at left), chief of the Kingsland Police Department. See TASKS, page 7 Submitted photos