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Newspaper Page Text2 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | The Red a Black Blackout caused by wild critter Buildings dark for three hours By MIMI ENSLEY The Red & Buck A curious raccoon met his demise Sunday night, and sev eral University students were left in the dark as a result. Buildings including the East Campus Village dorms, the Miller Learning Center, both Tate I and Tate II and the Coverdell Center all experi enced a power outage between roughly 10:15 p.m. and 1:15 a.m., said Ken Crowe, director of energy services at the University’s Physical Plant. “It was caused by a raccoon that got into our substation and lost its life, unfortunately,” Crowe said. The raccoon scampered across a live conductor, causing an explosion that damaged two insulators, which then had to be replaced, Crowe said. The damage affected five of the 19 circuits on campus. In ECV, housing responded by posting employees at build ing entrances. Students had to present a valid University ID or have a roommate claim them if they wanted to enter the build ing. “Who carries their ID on them that isn’t a freshman?” asked junior Nick Williams. “There are people sleeping out here [on the quad).” Other students were con cerned about food spoiling in dead refrigerators, and some with parking passes for the deck had to park outside the gate couldn’t go up or down. The Physical Plant is consid ering the precautions it could take to prevent such a blackout from happening again. Crowe said the Physical Plant has hired a consultant to look at the maintenance opera tions on campus, and he plans to ask the consultant what kinds of reasonable precautions could be taken against such animal interference. One option could include using a high frequency noise to deter wild animals, but with the College of Veterinary Medicine close by, Crowe said that could be difficult. Crowe said he’s never seen a raccoon cause so much dam age. “It was just a situation that he was in about the worst pos sible spot he could be in,” Crowe said. —Patrick Hooper contributed to this report Pearls Before Swire* v Stephan Past HEY RAT ASWHINO YOU'RE \ WHY Ijl WHY WOUU> Y MfillwTllWHY T HEY.6UYS, SOMEONE WHO MftSTEEWTOWre.COUW \ WOUIO i toy WANT j TO IDO OCUCVCS IN VOTING YOU AEASE SION MY I WANT j TO IAN L VOTE / I ► VI/7 < PETITION TO IAN MPTItfS yTO 00 ! REPTILES?' TFT 5 / PHOTO FOR THE WaNOHC FWMOWNCI6NWFHOOOV THAT? V If ! FRCAKFItf SIR? 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Long before any parking decks were built, Florida Avenue has been the address of Parkview Homes, an Athens Housing Authority low income neighbor hood built in 1941. Though it’s easy to blame the street’s high crime rates on this housing project, Marilyn Appleby, AHA communications director, said that’s not always fair. “The crime statistics bare us out that we don’t have much crime.” she said. “Overall, at the housing authority, we have 3 percent or less of all Clarke County crime. We act very aggressively on making sure people who are trying to do something they shouldn't can be barred from the neighborhood.” Before moving in, all tenants must submit to a background check and sign a lease which states they cannot engage in any criminal activity with a firearm while living in the neighborhood. Appleby said. “Part of acting aggressively is making sure we keep our neighborhood safa.” Appleby said. "When you look at the stats, it may not tell the whole story.” Parkview is home to 154 households and 130 chil dren under the age of 17. Many of these residents also consider it a relatively safe area. “This is a cake walk,” Jeorge Terrell, a six-year resident of Parkview Homes, told The Red & Black. "This is like a suburb project... You have ACC police. The Daily Puzzle i T? 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So they keep a pret ty tight ship around the Parkview area.” Parkview resident Dorothy Bond, who lives in the neighborhood with her young great-grandchildren, shared a similar feeling of safety. “It’s good here,” she said. “We don’t have a lot of trouble around here. Just the normal stuff. Every once in a while police will come out here, but it’s usually just a squabble or something.” Bond went on to say she feels completely safe allowing her grandchildren to play outside in the park. Even when asked about the recent shootings, the residents of Parkview said it is still a good neighbor hood. “That’s in any neighborhood, and especially a ghetto,” Terrell said. “Stuff can boil over, but don’t too much of that happen down here.” CRIME NOTEBOOK Students arrested on drug charges Blue lights on the front of your car might make your ride stand out to the ladies. But unfortunately, it also makes you stand out to police. 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The traffic stop which ultimately led to the arrests was initiated after the arresting officer observed a vehicle with solid blue lights illuminat ed above each headlight at the exit of the Oglethorpe House Dining Commons Lot. DUI? Aller Roan BCI School #lOB3l 4050 Lexington ltd - New CVS 706.343.2297 Atnens6ADUiSchool.com | L....—,..—. —■—J Florida Avenue Crimes Drug possession Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine within 1,000 feet of public housing on Dec. 25 Entering Auto (5 Instances) On Jan. 1, at the Broad Street Art Studios tot, a male student repott ed his vehicle was entered with no property taken: a male student reported damage to his vehicle: a male visitor reported damage to his vehicle: a female visitor report ed a purse, a camera and a GPS unit stolen; a male student report ed damage to his vehicle Assault with a Deadly Weapon Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Feb. t Battery Misdemeanor battery on March 12 Theft by Taking Theft by taking, less than SSOO, on May 8 and 12 Theft by Taking Theft by taking, less than SSOO, on June 1 Theft by Taking Theft by taking, less than SSOO, on June 2 Aggravated Stalking Aggravated stalking on June 3 Battery Misdemeanor battery on June 4 Battery Simple battery on June 6 Burglary Residents reported that $1,900 in U S. currency and $lO in Chinese currency were taken on June 18 Theft by Taking Theft by taking, less than SSOO, on June 25 Theft by Taking Theft by taking less than SSOO was on July 12 Battery Misdemeanor battery on July 23 Burglary Between July 23 and 26 window mounted air conditioner units val ued at S2OO were stolen Battery Simple battery on Aug. 8 Entering Auto Entenng auto on Aug 15 Battery Simple battery on Aug 23 GRAPHIC BY JESSICA CLARK The officer began fol lowing the vehicle, which he noted was only travel ing about 15 to 20 mph. He finally initiated a traffic stop near Boggs Hall. According the University Police report, the officer smelled a strong odor of burnt marijuana and “extremely minty chewing gum” coming from Rohit as he was ques tioned about the blue lights on his vehicle. When asked how much marijuana he had smoked, Rohit “seemed to freeze for a moment, then he sighed and stated that he had smoked some (mari juana],” according to the report. After conducting sever al field sobriety tests, Rohit was placed under arrest for DUI. During a search of Rohit’s vehicle, officers found a book bag which Mohit said belonged to him. A “partially smoked marijuana cigarette” was found in the book bag. Because Mohit said the marijuana belonged to him, he was placed under arrest. Both offenders were transported to Clarke County Jail. Stalking reported at Family Housing John Valentine Blnamira, 30. was arrested and charged with misde meanor stalking at build ing K of Family Housing at 1:50 p.m. Sunday. According to the University Rollce report, the victim told police Blnamira attempted to make contact with her outside of family housing. FVirther Investigation led to Blnamira’s arrest. Compiled by Jacob Demmitt

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The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current, August 31, 2010, Page 2, Image 2