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Newspaper Page TextC M K Serving Camden County, Georgia Since 1894 {Tribune & Qeorgian Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Inside Mardi Gras fun o TRIBUNE-GEORGIAN.COM 75 Cents St. Marys furthers consolidation talks Residents are readying their purple, gold and green garb for the annual festival. see 6A, 7A Military spouse Alisha Youch vies for a Navy award. see 2A Index Obituaries 2A Opinion 4A Upcoming Events 8A Sports 1B People 4B Classifieds 6B Legals 8B Today’s Poll Do you believe Georgia teachers are overpaid? Vote online at tribune-georgian.com Tribune & Georgian P.O. Box 6960, St. Marys, Ga. 31558 Johna Strickland Rush iohna@tribune-georgian.com Could the St. Marys Fire Depart ment consolidate with Camden County’s operations? “Maybe there will be savings and maybe this will not work, but we have to answer the question,” St. Marys City Council member John Morrissey said. “And to answer the question, we need the study so we can look and interpret and make an informed decision.” The council voted unanimously at a regular meeting Monday to pursue a consolidation feasibility study by the International City/County Man agement Association (ICMA). Pro posed to be a joint study between St. Marys and the county, the city’s half of the cost is not to exceed $20,850. “The $20,850 is an estimate of our half of the project,” city man ager Steve Crowell said. “The county will pay another $20,850 if they decide to do so.” The vote comes just weeks after Camden County leaders heard from their own ICMA consultant who an alyzed Camden County Fire Rescue and recommended consolidation on some level. See STUDY, page 9A Middleton Sweatt Turner Probate candidates sound off Jocelyn Brumbaugh iocelyn@tribune-georgian.com All six probate judge candidates were in attendance for the St. Marys Kiwanis luncheon on Mon day and got the opportunity to speak to residents about their ex perience and goals for office. Each candidate was given five minutes to explain issues they’d like to address in the probate court and take questions. Candidates also handed out campaign cards and mingled with attendees after the forum in hopes of gaining more votes on March 19. Each candidate drew a number to en sure that the speeches went in a fair order. Alison Crews spoke first. $he spent her time relaying her back ground in Camden County and said the experience she has would make a move into the probate of fice a “smooth transition.” Crews said her work in the magistrate court office has helped her obtain skills in the day-to-day operations, budgets and corresponding with other offices and agencies. $he emphasized a need for cus tomer service after seeing a citizen being denied a weapons permit be cause office staff were at lunch. Crews said that this is unaccept able and needs to be changed, along with the fact that the pro bate judge is responsible for over- See SPEAK, page 10A Teen arrested, charged Suspect accused of enticement Johna Strickland Rush johna@tribune-georgian.com Following reports of a man try ing to entice children in the Point Peter area, law enforcement offi cers arrested a man Monday after noon they say may have been fixated on a sin gle victim and arranged his schedule to be near a 10-year- old boy as often as possible. Dennis Gary Sheppard, 17, of New Point Peter Road has been charged with felony enticing a child for indecent pur poses and criminal attempt to commit child molestation, accord ing to a press release from Cam den County Sheriff’s Office. “I believe the quick action by our deputies and the extraordinar ily valuable help from the commu nity saved this young boy from a traumatic, life-altering and poten tially life-threatening event,” Sher iff Jim Proctor said. “Thankfully the victim is safe with his family.” Sheppard was taken into cus tody after a St. Marys Police De partment officer conducted a traffic stop on a van matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle. <r> Sheppard Volume 110, No. 11 24 pages* Two sections tribune-georgian.com © 2013, Tribune & Georgian, Community Newspapers Inc. I O c .0 N C\l 01 b cvi CO 00 -Q 00 3 -V. co c\i 3 5* t: o eg CO £ Called to serve 4 H Submitted photo Thirty-three members of the Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team from Kings Bay helped secure the waterways near the Superdome in New Orleans during Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVIl.The Coasties secured and escorted commercial vessels and completed cruise ship and ferry escorts along side other federal, state and local agencies during the game, in which the Baltimore Ravens edged the San Francisco 49ers, 34-3 I. 84264 0 0 0 0 3

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Tribune & Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 2002-current, February 06, 2013, Image 1