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2A -FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 Terry O’Kelley is given custody of 4 out of 6 abandoned brothers GAINESVILLE, Ga. A judge granted Terry O’Kel ley temporary custody of four of his six younger broth ers, bringing them closer to fulfilling their mothers’ dying wish that the abandoned boys stay together. O’Kelley, 19, will have to provide adequate housing, income, supervision and household help under terms of the arrangement agreed to Friday by Hall County juvenile authorities and attorneys for the brothers and others involved. The court will review the situation in six months. “I feel better about this than I’ve ever felt about the whole situation,” O'Kelley said after the hearing. He was granted custody of Thomas O’Kelley, 17, and Charles, 16, immediately and will get custody of David, 14, and Jeff, 13, when a house the community is building for them is complete and he shows the court he can meet the conditions. Michael, 11, and Jason, 8, will remain in foster care. “There will be some tough sledding,” Judge William House told Terry O’Kelley at the hearing. “You appear willing to accept the challenge.” House said the elder O’Kelley can get the income from working, state and federal assistance or from a trust fund made of donations that total at least $70,000. In addition to the house and trust fund, a donor who wished to remain anonymous bought and donated a working poultry farm adjacent to the 7.4-acre farm on which their house is being built. The elder O’Kelley said he doesn’t know when the house will be finished but that he intends to start work immediately on the newly acquired farm, which once belonged to their grandfather. CIVIL Continued from Page 1A members. Joyce Pendley, another county em ployee at the meeting, expressed concern over future political pres sures. “What happens to my job security if the next person (elected) who comes in doesn’t like me for some reason?” She asked commis WHNE Continued from Page 1A director, hit the air it’s as if they were talking over the fence to a next-door neighbor. “I like to know who I’m talking to also. I like seeing them when I go downtown. When I pass them in their car they’ll wave,” says Jordan. “If there were just words and no faces that I could see, it wouldn’t be the same to me. “WHNE has kept its personality and its sense of responsibility and that’s very important to me. I think the media should have a sense of responsibility.” Dr. G. Ed Wheeler and His Staff ...wish to announce the relocation of his office to 544 ATLANTA RD. CUMMING, GA. (Across from Sawnee EMC) 887-8283 WE TREAT YOU RIGHT WETOEAT YOU MGHT - ■■ . i " ■— HOMESTYLE DOUBLE BURGER WITH CHEESE Wi TREAT YOU RIGHT Heard the latest news at DAIRY QUEEN? It’s our tender Homestyle Double Burger. One-third pound* of 100% beef that looks, cooks and tastes like homemade. To top it off we’ve add ed plenty of golden cheese. The best burger and the best price this side of home! Try one at your participating DAIRY QUEEN BRAZIER store. *pre-cooked wt. 103 ATLANTA HWY. CUMMING, GA. Dairy Queen - is proud to support our locai children s hospitals through the Osmond Founddtion's Children's Miracle Network Telethon SAM DO. Corp/1986 WE TREAT YOU RIGHT WE TREAT YOU RIGHT sioners. Sheriff’s Deputy Joan Westmore land spoke for the many merit mem bers who dislike the favoritism that has been shown to non-merit mem bers. “We’re for upgrading the Civil Service for all the county employees, WHNE has handled the responsibil ity well. The station deserves some credit for making Cumming the home of the nation’s largest steam engine parade. In 1962 Merritt set up a remote broadcast in the bandstand on the square and aired the parade live. That publicity, coupled with hard work from community leaders, helped to make the 4th of July parade an annual event here. After four years of legal work Mer ritt finally got permission from the FCC to put his radio station on the air in 1961. Cumming’s station went un- A source at the hearings who asked not to be named said purchase price for the pountry farm, which includes a house, poultry barns afld thousands of chickens, was about $85,000, which would put their total assets well past $200,000. The boys’ mother, Judy O’Kelley, died at age 33 of a brain tumor in 1983. The boys’ father, Thomas Wayne O’Kelley, soon abandoned them and the brothers moved into a dilapidated trailer house with their grandfather on his farm. He died in 1985 and the brothers tried to make it alone, with the two older ones leaving school to work. But the debts were two much and the four younger brothers were put in foster homes last spring. The trailer burned in August, drawing national attention to the brothers’ plight. The boys’ father, serving a three-year term for aban donment and theft, was brought to the hearing in hand cuffs and sat quietly through it. Terry O’Kelley said he seldom speaks to him. “He says he just wants to get out of Hall County,” Terry O’Kelley said. The brothers will continue to live in foster homes and with friends until the house being built for them is complete. “While not the final solution, it is a move in the right direction,” said Edward Lindsey, a lawyer for the Hall County juvenile services office. Daphne David, who had served as guardian for the four younger boys, said the two who will remain in foster care may be able to live in the house on the newly purchased farm if foster parents can be found to live there with them. not just a selected few,” she said. County commissioners will meet again with members of the Civil Service Board and Employee Advi sory Board Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the commissioners meeting room to further discuss the proposed Civil Service amendments. der the name WSNE, which stood for West, South, North and East. It was also on 1410 AM and was a directional station, which meant it had a direct signal. Sawnee Broadcasting Company owned the station, then sold it to Howard Rowe and Associates in 1968. The station is still owned by this company, which consists of Evelyn Rowe, David Rowe and Phil Castle berry, station manager. Castleberry started with the station in 1966 as a morning deejay. He has been station manager since 1968. WE TREAT YOU RIGHT brazier RAPE Continued from page 1A ist with the Georgia Crime Lab testi fied that traces of semen had been detected in both the vaginal and rec tal tracts of the victim. Plaginos implicated that the semen came from the girl’s high school friends, saying, “If anyone mis treated this little Lithonia girl, it was one of her Stone Mountain friends.” Kickery denied having sex with the victim, and writing the graffitti on the car. He did admit that he and Moore had slept at the fruit stand on nights before they went to Buford Dam. He also admitted that he and Moore had lied about where they were living in Cumming, and about how they happened to be in the park that night. The suspect said he was in shock when the girl jumped out of the car when he was driving her back to Buford Dam. “She was yelling ... I didn’t know what she was saying ... I just took off in the car,” Kickery said. “I didn’t know what to do.” The suspect said he didn’t know why the girl jumped. “You know exactly why she jumped out of the car,” McClelland told Kickery in cross-examination. “She jumped out because she was raped and sodomized and she’d been forced to ride in the backseat of her own car without any clothes on ... and she knew if she didn’t jump out, she’d be killed.” Kickery also denied raping the 16- year-old in Massachusetts, who testi fied that the two men (who are first cousins) had taken her to a remote portion of a national forest, raped her and beat her on the chest with sticks, then used her clothes and an Ace bandage to tie her to trees. They allegedly packed the bindings with mud, which loosened the knots so the girl was able to free herself after Among the other employees are Cecil “Bones” Castleberry who has been a deejay at WHNE since 1973, Charles Pharr, a weekend deejay; Myra Powell, traffic director; and Wanda Wood, traffic director. Lisa Henderson and Darryl Bagwell are also deejays at the station. The station changed its call letters to WHNE in 1980 and moved over to 1170 on the AM dial. It has also moved into the age of technology. The old AP teletype machine has been replaced by satelite dishes and there are even computers. PRE-COLLEGE COURSES These courses are for students who need more preparation and background to be sucessful in college . If you have tried college and realized that you need help, there is help for you through The Bryant-Glanzman College. We also offer first-year college courses..these are offered through an individualized evening program. Registration will be held January 5,6, and 7th. For more information call: 404-887-7893 HAW CREEK ROAD CUMMING, GA. 30130 Wi: TREAT YOU RIGHT NOT FOR SALE l Because It’s Free! I Every year the Government ' publishes thousands of books. And every year the Government Printing Office sells millions of these books to people in the know. Now there’s a book that tells you about the Government’s “bestsellers”— but it’s not for sale . . . it’s free! WE TREAT YOU RIGHT ■ 1 It’s our new catalog of almost 1,000 of GPO’s most popular books. Books like Infant Care, Merchandising Your Job Talents, The Statistical Abstract, Starting a Business, The Space Shuttle at Work, How to Select a Nursing Home, Voyager at Saturn, and Cutting Energy Costs. This catalog includes books from virtually every Government agency. So the subjects range , at jrfUk t w 'jgJPP Tj ■ ILM % I j| f | PIPI Staff Photo Molly Read Kickery and Moore were both convicted of rape several hours. Plaginos said the Massachusetts victim made up that story so she could get revenge on the men for not taking her with them to Georgia. McClelland said that the two men were fleeing to Georgia after raping the girl. Kickery denied it, saying, “Why While local listeners get world news and views via satelite they can also still hear the morning church serv ices of Coal Mountain Baptist each Sunday. This was the first church to broadcast its services live on WHNE. Listeners can also keep up-to-date with the area’s farm news from the Extension service reports, they can keep a check on civic groups, schools and other organizations in the county. Brock keeps the audience in tune to the latest local news from action taken at a county commission meet ing to a heated trial in the courthouse. THE BRYANT-GLANZMAN ACADEMY & THE BRYANT-GLANZMAN COLLEGE Dr. Joyce Bryant, Ph. D announce 9^ ; 1 v v tj"y j would I give my name and address where I worked if I thought I was wanted for rape, sir?” Kickery asked the prosecutor. “Maybe it’s because you’re so cocky that you didn’t think you’d get caught,” McClelland said. Moore did not testify on his own behalf. Sports fans can not only keep up with school teams but also with Georgia football and NASCAR racing. But if you’re going to tune in to the local radio station you’d better do it before sundown. WHNE comes on with the sun and goes off with it, too. The staff of WHNF will be celebrat ing the station’s 25th anniversary this Wednesday at the station. Castle berry invites all listeners to come by and join the fun. Maybe Joyce Jordan will even let you join in during the sing along. I ■ from agriculture, business, R children, and diet to science, ■ space, transportation, and • vacations. And there are f titles on military history, tf education, hobbies, physical | fitness, gardening, and much, f much more. 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