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A2 Fayette County News
Wednesday, March 29,2023
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2024 budget as we move
forward,” Rapson con
cluded.
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Fayetteville Council Hears
Introduction of The Forest School
Sydney Spencer
News Reporter
sspencer@fayette-news.net
The Forest School: An
Acton Academy, a new school
located in Trilith Studios with
students focusing on using
gardening to enhance well
being within Fayetteville, was
introduced and presented to
the Fayetteville City Council
during its March 16 meeting.
City Manager Ray Gibson
introduced the school and co
founder Dr. Tyler Thigpen
continued the presentation by
telling council members what
the school does, then an
nounced his accompanying
students.
Thigpen, head of schools,
explained how his students
have been working toward
advancements in gardening
within the city.
“For the last three
months, our learners, many
of whom are seated out here
accompanied by their parents
and grandparents, have been
exploring this question of
how might gardening ad
vance our city’s overall well
being,” Thigpen said.
Thigpen highlighted
another project the students
had been working on before
introducing them.
“We’re familiar with the
roots-down exploration,”
Thigpen said. “Some of our
learners have submitted ideas
of how to get that funded. In
fact, tonight some of the
learners here might even be
willing to raise their hand to
help with the startup phase
for a project like this. Not all,
but some.
“But in terms of the for
mat that Ray and we spoke
about, each group is going to
present for no more than five
minutes and [receive] ques
tions and feedback from you
all,” he added.
Students from The Forest
School gave four separate
presentations on variations of
gardening, during which they
explained how their plan will
efficiently utilize Fay
etteville’s natural resources.
“We were here about
three months ago,” Thigpen
continued. “Learners pre
sented their very early ideas
and got feedback from Ray
and his team. [They] took
that feedback, revised them,
and had a competition at
school recently to see who
would be presenting here be
fore you tonight. What you
see are the four winners from
about eight different groups
that presented.”
After listening to the pre
sentations, the board offered
feedback and asked questions
about projects presented,
commenting that they were
impressed with the students’
findings, and gave positive
criticism for improvement.
Sheriff Reports Arrests
Recent arrests and charges
reported by Fayette County
Sheriff s Office include the fol
lowing:
Nneka D. Rice — financial
identity fraud; forgery in the
first degree.
Nicholas D. Usher — flee
ing or attempting to elude;
reckless driving.
Daniel Rodriguez-Trejo —
aggravated assault; three
counts of cruelty to children in
the third degree.
Shane P. Adams — drug
possession/sale/manufacture.
Charles L. Clark — theft by
receiving stolen property; mis
demeanor possession of mari
juana less than one ounce.
Amie I. Kent — robbery.
Jackie D. Loggins — aggra
vated stalking.
Michael A. Newsome —
bench warrant (failure to ap
pear).
Hollis T. Respress — theft
by shoplifting.
Theodore A. Emelle — fel
ony probation/parole vio
lation.
Brandi L. Johnson — fi
nancial identity fraud; misde
meanor criminal trespass,
harassment.
Christopher B. Little — fi
nancial identity fraud.
Melissa K. Bates — felony
probation/parole violation.
Erick T. Brooks — four
counts of financial transaction
card theft; two misdemeanor
counts of theft by taking; two
counts of entering auto; two
counts of financial identity
fraud; burglary.
Alleyah S. Jones — theft by
receiving stolen property, mis
demeanor possession of mari
juana less than one ounce.
Zack W. Lillard — theft by
shoplifting.
Benjamin K. Mills — theft
by shoplifting.
Zachery L. Parrot — aggra
vated assault; battery (Family
Violence Act).
Yotorri Wright —theft by
receiving stolen property.
Claire R. Bush — drug pos
session/sale/manufacture;
misdemeanor charges for pur
chase/possession of alcohol to
a minor, manufacture/sale of
false identification, posses
sion/use of drug related ob
jects, DUI underage.
Tony D. Davenport — fel
ony probation/parole vio
lation.
Justin C. Eubanks — for
gery in the first degree; finan
cial identity fraud.
Michael W. Johnson — fel
ony probation/parole vio
lation.
Marius L. Lehmann — two
counts of child molestation;
two counts of sexual battery;
two counts of enticing a minor
for indecent acts.
Maurice M. Floyd - Martin
— possession/use of drug re
lated objects; misdemeanor
drug possession/sale/man
ufacture, possession of mari
juana less than one ounce.
Leslie A. Powell —drag
possession/sale/manufacture;
misdemeanor charges for pro
viding false name to officer
and driving with suspended li
cense.
Stanley C. Strong — drag
possession/sale/manufacture.
Kevin B. Terrell — forgery
in the first degree; financial
identity fraud; misdemeanor
charges for possession of mar
ijuana less than one ounce, ob
struction of officer.
Corey L. Turner Jr. — flee
ing or attempting to allude of
ficers; misdemeanor charges
for reckless driving, instruc
tional permit/temporary li
cense, three counts of passing
on a solid yellow line, three
counts of running stop sign,
speeding.
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Fayette County Board of Edu
cation meets the third Monday of
the month at 7 p.m.
Fayette County Commission
meets the second and fourth
Thursday of the month at 6:30
p.m.
Fayette County Planning Com
mission meets the first Thursday
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month at 6 p.m.
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sion meets the fourth Tuesday of
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Fayetteville Work Session
meeting on the last Tuesday of
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month at 6:30 p.m.
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