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Inside Behind bars
Festival fun
Local residents are
preparing for the
upcoming Mardi Gras
celebration.
see 3A
Military news
A military society
toasts to 109 years of
helping.
see 7A
Index
Submitted photo
Actor Paul Bathen looks out from a cell at the old city jail in St. Marys during the filming
of “The Prisoner,” a movie centered on two former prison inmates.The film was shot en
tirely in St. Marys and Woodbine. For more information, see page 3 A.
Toxic dump?
Local use of EZBase
generates concern
Johna Strickland Rush
johna@tribune-georgian.com
JEA calls the byproduct
created by its Northside
Generating Station that
becomes EZBase “a very
positive environmental
story in itself,” according
to a press release from
the nonprofit commu
nity-owned utility in
Jacksonville, Fla.
Georgia Conservancy
calls EZBase — which is
10 percent ash and 90
percent lime based, JEA
says — a “hazardous ma
terial” that contains ar
senic, cadmium and
mercury.
“Research from its use
in Florida suggests that
constructing roads with a
material containing ar
senic, cadmium, mercury
and other hard metals
puts the water quality of
streams, rivers and wet
lands at risk when rain
washes these toxic pollu
tants into waterways,” the
conservancy states on its
website.
And it’s in Camden
County. In places such as
Bridge Pointe at Jekyll
Sound, Cumberland
Harbour, Hammock
Cove, The Reserve at
Sugarmill, the parking lot
of a Kingsland fire sta
tion, according to re-
See ROADS, page 9A
Obituaries 2A
Opinion 4A
Upcoming Events 6A
Sports 1B
People 3B
Classifieds 13B
Legals 15B
Today’s Poll
Governments’ interest income plummets
Johna Strickland Rush
iohna@tribune-georgian.com
As the economy slumped and tax
digests began to fall, government
revenues also declined.
People obtained fewer building
permits. Construction fees dropped.
Interest rates declined, reducing the
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P.O. Box 6960,
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Emily Heglund
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Volume 110, No. 10
26 pages* Two sections
tribune-georgian.com
© 2013, Tribune & Georgian,
Community Newspapers Inc.
Camden’s top school salaries
fall in line with those of simi
larly sized counties, an analysis
shows.
The Tribune & Georgian
compared the top 25 salaries
The City of St. Marys’ invest
ments earned $51,074 in interest for
the general fund in fiscal year 2010.
In the next year, that amount fell to
$12,961. For the current fiscal year,
staff have budgeted $8,500 in rev
enues from investment interest.
For fiscal year 2006, the general
fund was budgeted to receive
$40,000 in interest but earned
$127,405.
In 2008, St. Marys’ water/sewer
fund earned $708,406 in interest.
The amount fell to $295,020 in
2009, $103,530 in 2010, $30,055 in
2011, $20,000 budgeted for fiscal
year 2012 and $10,000 in the fiscal
year 2013 budget.
Low interest rates have also im
pacted Camden County Schools,
which primarily invests through
Georgia Fund 1. In December 2012
at an interest rate of 0.17820 per
cent, with an average balance for the
month at $5.29 million, the system
earned slightly more than $801, ac
cording to finance director Angela
Eason.
Offered by the Office of the State
Treasurer, Georgia Fund 1 is a liq
uid investment alternative for coun
ties, municipalities, public entities,
boards of education and other gov
ernments, according to the state’s
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and travel stipends of Camden
and Effingham counties, which
according to census records
have populations of 50,410 and
52,655 respectively.
Camden County Schools
comprises nine elementary
schools, two middle schools and
one high school that houses a
separate Ninth Grade Center.
The system is governed by a
five-member school board.
Effingham counts eight ele
mentary schools, three middle
schools, two high schools and
one college/career academy
among its school system, which
is run by a six-member board.
The top salaries for Camden
County $chools are current for
See PAY, page 8A
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communciation Specialist 1st Class James Kimber
Lt. j.g. Marquette Leveque signs her name in December after being one of the first females to qualify in sub
marines. The government recently lifted its ban on women in combat, signaling a new era for military women.
Women seeing new era in military
Jocelyn Rrumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
Female military personnel won a
battle last week that will allow
them to suit up and serve their
country in combat without regard
to gender.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta decided to allow women to
serve in military roles that were not
opened to them previously due to
the Direct Ground Combat Defi
nition and Assignment Rule of
1994.
Ray Mabus, secretary of the
Navy, released a statement last
week that expressed support of
Panetta’s decision.
“Women continue to serve
bravely and honorably at sea and
ashore,” he said in the statement.
“Drawing from their talent in ad
ditional assignments increases our
ability to maintain readiness. We
will meet the goals and timeline
laid out by $ecretary Panetta and
See SERVE, page 8A
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