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N u 4 AR o G A SO ¢ K A LT o R _ s N - , Pet S i L ] P e IR ot R e i SR . il s &@u, i b A ﬁ’ﬁ“’“” R High School file down Laney-Walker Boulevard don set O i C $ rade HONORING KING: Students of '-”;Y ﬁ “’"?n’g O, Mcienirt Lother King Jr. This year the parade, 2 nor . by J. Carter ; val parade ho ity. PhotobyJ. Macirly Jhaing the ann' Bgcmch of the NAACP, returned to the inner city. a sponsored by the Augus Lack of cash jeopardizes golf project By Rhonda Y. Maree AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer AUGUSTA They’re not asking for any addi tional funds, pleaded representa tives of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame at Tuesday night’s Augusta- Richmond County Commission meeting. They just want at least $150,000 per month ahead of sched ule between now and April. After a lengthy discussion, com missioners voted 8-2 to consider the request in a later meeting. by . T ERGR TTR L T R b Ihel C A R /o e % "_:5:::: fﬁ ,”‘ & ] ?//, - ;;45:;, "2 v % ‘-,;' ('. 3 § 27 "13;;,,;;7;"*[ ,";;."5 i sy _,,,-f 2 _{s-5;2‘,3 R Gy :::7' »2? :“ e g ) e :;’w M « ’ éﬁéé"% Y j T Traditional Celtic music at King George. See Artßeat, page 6 B World/National News .........ccccueuennn. 2 BLlocal News i ol i o 3 BPeople .0 0% gl x 4 BARTDeats < i v ivraeiarerinigsnsn O BEditorigl i S a 8 BACloseP Dok :...ii....... i D BIAVIDE . = caicniins Gk 11 WSPORtE .t SR A S 108 BChurch News......ccccocciveiiiinnennneivnnnnnnn. 14 @ Classifieds .........ccccovvevveuneiriennnee... 18-19 Although they initially requested the total $6 million allocated for the projectin 1 percent sales tax money that won’t become availablein time for their targeted completion date in 1998 during the Master’s Golf Tournament, after Commissioner Lee Beard questioned‘him, project architect Steve Virgo said they could take the money in monthly incre ments. In addition to $6 million in local sales tax, the hall has secured $6 million in state money and as much as $5 million in private funds, Mr. decries lingering racism after flag slaying B Racist symbolism of Confederate flag blamed for incident that cost white teen his life. /By Phil West Associated Press Writer GUTHRIE, Ky. The family of Freddie Morrow was gathered in the hours after he was convicted of shooting and killing a white teen who flew a Confederate flag from the rear of his pickup. Less than two blocks away, another Rebel flag hung from a front porch along U.S. Highway 41, the same road Michael and Hannah Westerman were driv ing one year ago today. On that day, a car of black teen-agers pulled alongside while two -other cars blocked Westerman’s truck from escap ing. A shot was fired and the 19- year-old father of twins was killed. - Though testimony in last “January 18 - 24,1996 VOL. XV N 0.734 . - ;“’gi"‘z’ %N Metro Augusta’'s Finest Weekly Newspaper Virgo said. But the state money won’t become available until July 1, and if they lag behind comple tion schedule, they may lose their private funding. “Every month that we slip past the completion date, we jeopardize losing private funding,” Mr. Virgo said. The total estimated cost for the project, which will include 37 sculp tures of Master’s winners, is $20.6 million. According to Mr. Virgo, it’s cru cial to the 24-acre golf and garden Since the slaying, pickup trucks carrying epithet shouting men have driven through the black neigh borhood. week’s trial was conflicting over the symbolism of the flag, Mor row’s grieving relatives have no doubts: the Rebel flag is a pro vocative symbol of hatred and oppression. They blame it for his life sen tence in prison. They see it as a symbol of the racism that permeates life in this border town, 60 miles Mor row, Damien Darden and Marcus Merriweather were tried at the Robertson County Courthouse in Springfield by Circuit Court Judge Robert Wedemeyer. The three defen dants waived their right to a jury trial. Morrow and Darden, also 18, B Unaddressed over crowding leaves school at risk of losing accred itation. Bond issue seen as solution. By Rhonda Jones AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer AUGUSTA At arecent meeting Linda Piper asked the members of the Rich mond County Board of Education if they wanted to be remembered as “the board that lost 5,000 young minds.” Mrs. Piper, whose daugh ter is a senior at Butler Compre hensive High School, complained about the school’s near-unbear able conditions due toserious over crowding. She said students are forced to have science lab in the hall, eat lunch on the floor or out side, and travel outside the main building to portable classrooms, regardless of the weather. Butler has 20 portables, she said, and there are no covered walkways to protect the students. “Can you imagine going out to those buildings on a day like to day?” she asked Friday, when the See OVERCROWDING, page 3 attraction’s success that its open ing be in conjunction with the Master’s. Money is needed immediately for the 60,000-square-foot project, which will sit on 21/2 blocks of downtown property near Reynolds Street, to cover such costs as land acquisition and design and survey fees. Without having a tax anticipa tion note or dipping into reserves, Comptroller Butch McKie was See GOLF HALL, page 3 were found guilty of murder, civil rights intimidation and aggravated kidnapping. Merriweather, 16, was found innocent. Wedemeyer immediately sentenced them to life in pris on on the murder conviction. Sentencing for the other crimes will come later, as will atrial for three others accused of using their car to block Westerman’s truck. Since the slaying, pickup trucks carrying epithet-shout ing men have driven through the black neighborhood, ac cording to Morrow’s mother, Cynthia Batie. Ms. Batie said flyers were distributed showing a noose around her son’sneck and she accused Wedemeyer of being intimidated by Ku Klux Klansmen she said attended the trial. The judge’s ruling was as good as a death sentence for her son, Ms. Batie said. “He’s better off dead if he See FLAG DEATH, page 2 e MR. Bog HENNEBERGER GEORGjS NEWSPAPER UMVERSITY OF Ga ATHENS GA 30602 12131799 ® Of Lice & Men Age-old menace rears its ugly head. Story on page 10 PEOPLE: into Imperial to honor Mrs. Brown Y x 3 “B' ‘ Q:‘.\,:\ . ‘,,e‘;} ¥ i L AN 4 :é 3 . L ADRIENNE BROWN REMEMBERED by family and friends. (L-R) James Brown, Shaun Thomas, Tayna Brown, and the Rev. Al Sharpton. (Foreground)Chelsea Brown, Mr. Brown’s granddaughter. Photo by Jimmy Carter B Wife of singer James Brown laid to rest in Augusta. Memorial service held in Imperial Theater Staff and wire reports AUGUSTA, Ga. ' AUGUSTA The Rev. Al Sharpton was among the hundreds gathered at the Imperial Theater on Tuesday to say goodbye to Adrienne Brown, wife of entertainer James Brown, who died re centlyin Los Angeles. Mrs. Brown will probably turn in her cross for a crown when she gets to heaven, Mr. Sharpton said. Augusta Attorney Reginald Simmons offered amoving testimony toMrs. Brown’s talents as an ex perienced television pro Some workers upset over being forced to take King day off Firm owned by former NBA star faces objections by workers who say they are not paid for holiday. HERRIN, il (AP)Some workers at a paper plant owned by former NBA superstar Oscarßobertson say they are being forced to take Martin Luther King Jr. Day off without pay. The employees at Orpack-Stone Container in Herrin say they have nothing against the slain civil rights leader. . “Either forced or not, I was going to take the day HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS - See Page 13 “RATE ISTAGE AID . 302 STA, GA ducer. Mrs. Brown died Jan. 6 in Los Angeles, two days after undergoing cosmetic surgery. Her body was re turned to Georgia on Fri day. ‘The cause of her death is. still unknown. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said last week that it would be at least two weeks before re sults of Mrs. Brown’s au topsy were available. Thecoroner said foul play was not suspected, and Mrs. Brown had early signs of heart disease. Following the 1 p.m. ser vice, Mrs. Brown was bur ied at Walker Memorial Park Gardens in Augusta. Memorial services were held in Los Angeles on Thursday. That ceremony was at tended by relatives and ce lebrity friends including See ADRIENNE, page 3 off,” said William Moore, a machinist at the plant that produces corrugat ed cardboard boxes. “But, I don’tlike people to force things on me.” Machinist Mike Dempsey said 110 of the company’s 146 workers havessigned a petition ob jecting to today’s forced holiday. A telephone call to Orchem, Robertson’s firm in Fairfield, Ohio, just outside Cincinnati, was notimmediately returned today. Calls to the Herrin officewere answered by a machine that said the plant was closed today. Orchem bought a 51- percent share of Orpack- Stone in 1990.