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Spaceport
future
The JDA proceeds with
caution in studying the
proposed spaceport.
see 3A
Hospital tax
The so-called hospital
“bed tax” passes the
Senate.
see6A
Index
Obituaries
2A
Opinion
4A
Upcoming Events
6A
Sports
1B
People
3B
Classifieds
4B
Legals
6B
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Celebrating a legacy
Johna Strickland Rush | Tribune & Georgian
Bishop Reginald Lester of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church helps lead
a parade Monday through downtown Kingsland as part of the annual Mar
tin Luther King Jr. Day celebration organized by the Camden County King
Free Foundation. For more photos, see page 8A.
Thieves loot cars
in St. Marys area
Johna Strickland Rush
iohna@tribune-georgian.com
With the St. Marys Police De
partment investigating a rash of
vehicle break-ins, residents can
attempt to deter thieves with a
simple action.
“Your first line of defense for
the vehicles is to lock the doors,”
SMPD Lt. Shannon Brock said.
“... That’s the biggest and first
deterrent.”
Since Thursday, Jan. 17, resi
dents have reported seven vehi
cle break-ins in the Shadowlawn
subdivision and one in Osprey
Cove, Brock said.
“We are having a string of en
tering autos again,” he said. “...
All these entering autos are con
sistently open vehicles, unlocked
vehicles sitting in the driveway.”
Typically, would-be burglars
join with one or two other peo
ple, then comb areas trying car
doors until they find one that
See CRIMES, page 9A
Teen charged in
Fla. man’s death
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
A 15-year-old female has been
charged for her role in the death
of a Titusville, Fla., murder sus
pect after a car accident last
weekend.
The girl did not pull over
when deputies began to follow
her Jan. 13 on Interstate 95. The
chase led to her losing control of
the car, veering off the road and
into the woods around north-
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marker 24
near Wood
bine. Chris
tian Joseph
Murphy, 21,
died in the
crash. The
girl suffered
minor injuries.
She was driving a Nissan
Maxima that belonged to
Michelle Renee Chappell, 41,
Murphy
See CRASH, page 9A
After half a century, ship’s remains see light
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One day in December, a
National Park Service car
penter spotted an odd
piece of debris on Cumber
land Island’s beach.
Battered by tides and
surf, the sand had shifted to
reveal about 10 ribs of a
vessel — possibly a cargo
ship — believed to be from
the 1800s.
“You find wood on the
beach all the time,”
seashore superintendent
Fred Boyles said. “Fie saw
that it wasn’t just a piece of
lumber and it needed to be
looked at.”
Island residents also
alerted park staff of the
previously undocumented
wreck, leading them to
contact the National Park
Service’s Southeastern
Archeological Center in
Tallahassee, Fla. Unusually
high tides and surfs uncov
ered the wreck, which is
the first to be found since
the island became a na
tional seashore in 1972, ac
cording to a park press
release.
“This is the worst ero
sion I’ve seen in 10 years,”
chief of resource manage
ment John Fry said.
By the time an archaeol
ogist and technician ar
rived from the center last
week, the elements had
nearly hidden all traces of
the ship, leaving only a
small portion of one bro
ken rib visible, Fry said.
The site simply looked
like a beach when they
began digging Jan. 16
along with park staff and
volunteers, archaeologist
Michael Seibert and ar
chaeological technician
Eric Bezemek said.
“We completely hand
dug all that you see right
here,” Seibert said Thurs
day, pointing to the
roughly 50 feet they un
earthed Wednesday. “...
We have a shipwreck. We
believe maybe mid-1800s
based on its construction.
... There’s no modern
trash. There’s no plastic.
There’s no foam, so it’s
been buried, solidly buried
at least since the ’60s where
it hasn’t been open to the
elements.”
In the sand, they found
the approximately 80-foot
side of a vessel with about
See SHIP, pagelOA
National Park Service ar
chaeologist Michael Seibert
and archaeological techni
cian Eric Bezemek (above)
prepare a shipwreck on
Cumberland Island for map
ping. High tides and surf un
earthed the vessel in
December. Seibert and
Bezemek believe the ship
dates to the 1800s because
the planks are attached with
treenails — wooden pegs
driven into a hole in the
plank, then secured with a
wedge.
Johna Strickland Rush |
Tribune & Georgian
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