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Wednesday, January 19, 2000 - Peach County's source of I n for over 100 years...
Serving County 1888 Peach Since jc Eeatier-tribune
Vol. No. 111, Issue 3 2 Sections, 16 Pages
Teen missing
since Dec. 30
A local teenager has
spent the new year with
family.
Fifteen-year-old Jennifer
Turner has been missing
December 30,1999. She
last seen on the sofa at
home on Edward Street,
midnight. At 2:15 a.m. her
year-old sister, woke up
mother, Laurie, asking
Jennifer’s whereabouts.
Mrs. Turner went back
the room, the police
states Jennifer was gone.
According to the report,
Laurie Turner stated
had talked with a boy whom
she had asked to take her to
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55 Auve - AARP 55 Alive
Defensive Driving Class will
be Thursday, January 27 and
Friday, January 28 at the Per¬
ry Hospital Cafeteria at 1 p.m.
or 6 p.m. For info leave num¬
ber at 825-1556. Cost is
$ 10 . 00 .
Historical Society - Peach
County Historical Society will
meet on Monday, January, 24
at 7 p.m. at Thomas Public
Library. Change is in lieu of
holiday. Mrs. Gilda Cotney will
help us learn to use the library
reference in historical search
ings. Join and become a mem
! ber.
Mayor’s Breakfast - May¬
or’s Prayer Breakfast, Friday,
January 28, 2000 - 7:15 a.m.
at The Pettigrew Center,
FVSU. Greg Brezina will be
the guest speaker. Free
Admission to Program at 8:00
a.m. in the Auditorium
CASA session
An information session for
prospective CASA volunteers
will be held at the Peach
Regional Hospital in the
Conference Room on Friday,
January 28, 2U00 at 1:00
p.m. and repeated at 5:30
p.m. Please Call Beth
Dessem or Dethra U. Locke
of Central Georgia CASA, at
the Family Counseling Cen¬
ter, at 745-2811 to RSVP or
if you have any further ques¬
tions.
Schedule change
Change in Sexual Assault
Survivor Support Group
Schedule: The Sexual
Assault Survivor Support
Group sponsored by
HODAC’s Victim Resource
Center is now being held
every Thursday night, 7:00
to 8:30. Women age 18 or
older that are interested in
attending may contact
Karen Jolley at 953-5675 for
further information.
Get item• in by IS noon
Monday.
L-7 section award
The Leader-Tribune ’s
section “Preview ’99” won
lades at the 2000 Trib Publica¬
tions Advertising Seminar.
Held in Manchester, January
7th and 8th, the seminar
tured Ken Blum of
Publications Friday as speaker.
An awards banquet was held
that night with the presentation
made by Robert Tribble presi¬
dent of Trib Publications. Blum,
who judged the contest, read his
comments as recipients accepted
their plaques. All newspapers in
the Trib group compete for vari¬
ous advertising awards by sub¬
mitting entries from the previ
ous year
The Leader-Tribune captured
second place in the Special Sec¬
tion category for the sports pre¬
view which features football
Atlanta, however, the boy said
he could not. Though Mrs.
Turner stated they had no rel
atives in Atlanta, the family
had lived there about five
years ago. She does have rela
tives in Warner Robins and
New York,
The younger sister said she
did not notice any bags or
extra clothing missing from
Jennifer’s room.
Jennifer Turner is a black
female, approximately 5’ 3”,
weighing between 90-120
pounds. She was last seen
wearing blue jeans, a white t
shirt and a tan jacket. She has
a light complexion and short,
shoulder length hair.
A report was not filed on
Jennifer until January 5, 2000.
‘Make dream
come true’
challenge
issued Mon.
By Victor Kulkosky
The Leader-Tribune
The day started off overcast,
but the clouds were accommo¬
dating and didn’t rain on the
annual Martin Luther King
Day Parade in Fort Valley
, Monday.
A crowd of about 75 assem
bled in front of the Peach
County Courthouse and
marched through downtown
Fort Valley, then reassembled
at the courthouse to hear a
speech by the Rev. Richard
j Allen Smith, pastor of Ross
Chapel and Gordon Chapel
AME churches.
Rev. Smith challenged his
audience to fulfill Dr. King’s
dream with a collective effort.
“We can push forward and
help each other,” Smith said,
“instead of being like crabs in a
barrel and pulling each other
down.”
Smith spoke of his own
dream: the whole communi
ty of Fort Valley coming
together.
He challenged the many Fort
Valley State University stu
dents to use their education to
from PCHS and FVSU as
as girls softball from the
school
“High School football is
ously a very big deal in The
Leader-Tribune 'b market and
fans are well-served via
Preview *99’ tabloid special sec¬
tion," Blum stated.
He continued, “Sports pre¬
views are a common theme for
special sections, but this one is a
cut above the rest with well
written stories and a miniature
biographical sketch and photo
each player. In addition, two
other fine sections are included:
one for Port Valley State Univer¬
sity football and another for
high school girls' fast-pitch soft
ball"
In attendance from Peach
Publishing Co., Inc were Judy
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Jennifer Turner, missing
since Dec. 30th.
She is also the daughter of Joe
Turner,
The Fort Valley Police
Department is investigating
and if you see Jennifer, you are
asked to contact them at 825-
3383.
by Jerry Murtagh
The Leader-Tribune
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Participants in Fort Valley’S Martin Luther
King Day parade listen to the Rev. Richard
Allen Smith at the rally in front Of the
county courthouse Monday morning,
benefit others.
“Reach out into this commu¬
nity,” Smith said, “be a mentor
to some of these boys who have
fallen by the wayside."
Smith warned that Dr. King’s
dream of a just, color-blind
society has yet to come true
and challenged his audience to
work to fulfill the dream,
The crowd then joined hands
and sung the traditional civil
rights song, “We Shall Over¬
come."
The many FVSU participants
then sang the Alma Mater, fol
lowed by Rev. Smith’s benedic
tion.
Robinson ( The Leader- Tribu ne ),
Grant Dozier and Ron Scarbor¬
ough (The Cochran Journal \ and
Vicky Whitehead, publisher/gen
eral manager of both publica¬
tions. Robinson and Whitehead
were presenters on Saturday’s
program with a topic on ad lay¬
out and design. In this session,
attendees were given ad design
liasics, do’s and don’ts and then
had to design an ad layout for a
potential client
Concerning the award,
Whitehead stated, “I am cape
daily proud of this award
because we work very hard on
the football edition each year It
is usually our biggest special
section of the year and takes
almost a month of everyone
working to put it together A lag
plus is that Coach Rodemnker
Annexation by the city of
Warner Robins made its way
back on the county’s agenda
last week.
Commissioner Hicks noted
there was an advertisement in
the Daily Sun on January 2nd
that a hearing would take
place on January 18th.
“We received a letter from
Mayor Walker on Friday, Jan¬
uary 7rd, Hicks said.
“Mayor Walker gave us five
days to send him a reply as to
what our thoughts are on
annexing the area.
Actually, he has not complied
with the agreement we have
The Rev.
Richard Allen
Smith preaches
to the crowd in
front of the
county court¬
house Monday.
The rally fol¬
lowed the
annual Martin
Luther King Day
Parade in Fort
Valley.
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which calls for 21 days in order
to give a reply."
Hicks added that the commis
s j on did not think the a nnexa
tion was proceeding according
to state law in part because,
“the Fort Valley Utility Com¬
mission has already started
construction in the area.
We’ve asked Attorney Liipfert
to look at this and check out
what our options might be,
including obtaining an injunc¬
tion.”
Hicks asked Liipfert to share
h is findings but Liipfert said
he would prefer to discuss the
matter in executive session. “I
don’t think it’s a good idea to
make public what our strate
gies are going to be.”
The area in contention is locat¬
ed near the Fort Valley Utility
Commission’s new water tower
and the proposed Russell Park¬
way interchange near 1-75.
Gunman
sought
by FVPD
By Victor Kulkosky
The Leader-Tribune
Police are searching for the
gunman who shot the owner of
Neighbor’s Food Mart during
an attempted robbery Jan. 9.
According to police reports,
Hector Garza, a Warner Robins
resident, was about to get into
his Ford F150 truck just after
midnight when a black male
with a deep voice pointed a
gun at him and told him to
hand over the money.
Garza said “What?" and the
suspect fired two shots from a
.380 semi-automatic handgun.
The first shot tore through
Garza's right leg and shattered
the bone in his right leg, just
above the ankle Garza jumped
into his truck in time to dodge
the second bullet, which stuck
in the truck's door.
The suspect then ran off
without the money. Witnesses
described him as a black male
about 5’ 10” tall, of medium
build and dark complexion,
wearing dark clothes and a
black knit cap.
A man fitting that description
had been questioned by Officer
Terry Ware before he arrived
at the scene, but had not been
detained.
When Det. Carla Gowen asked
Garza if he knew the man in
question. Garza immediately
said. 'That was him, that’s who
it was that shot me "
Garza and his wife said the
man did odd jobs for them at
the store and that they bo^i
knew him by sight They said
he usually drove a brown van.
though he had been spotted on
a bicyle that night.
The man was brought in for
questioning the same day. but
no arrest had been made as of
Tuesday, Jan 18 However,
police expect to solve this cast'
by the end of the week
Garza was taken to the Medi¬
cal Center of Central Georgia
for further treatment
Mark Your
Calendar
The Peach County
High School Sports Ban¬
quet to honor Bth grade
and varsity football play¬
ers and cheerleaders has
been set.
The date is Thursday.
January 27 at 7 p.m in
the school cafeteria.
Everyone is invited.
Tickets are $5 at the
door.
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from the high school and Russell
Boone from the university, help
make the job easier with their
cooperation as does the girls
softball coach And of course, our
advertisers are the real champs
for making this publication (Mis
sible ”
She also said that the aim of
the staff with the preview sec¬
tion. is to produce a quality pub¬
lication for the community and
the football/softball programs
“Receiving this award is an
amplification of that goal and
we hope the whole community
will he as proud as wo an* Fhr
me, this award just makes the
special s«*ction worthwhile for
everyone involved ”
The preview is published
each year just as football is
tioginning in IY*ach County
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