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Vol. 96, No. 185
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class last week.
Road work on hold for Thanksgiving
By Jennifer Sami
Staff Writer
Gas prices and annoying relatives aside,
AAA is predicting a 1 percent increase in
Thanksgiving traffic over last year.
The increase, however, is only account¬
ing for those traveling more than 50 miles
during the holiday.
“When it comes to Thanksgiving, people
are creatures of habit,” said Gregg
Laskoski, AAA Auto Club South Managing
Director of Public and Government
Relations. “People have their family tradi¬
tions and it’s a very strong family tradition. •
I don’t think you’re going to see a great
deal of changes from one year to another.”
Thanksgiving is among the highest vol
ume traffic days per year, yielding 1.25 mil
lion Georgians traveling by car, air, train or
bus this year.
According to Terri Pope, communica
tions officer for the Georgia Department of
Transportation, Hurricane Katrina victims
troubled teens
alternative to time in
By Jennifer Sami
l Staff Writer
Rebecca Carey believes that people can change. For
teenagers in trouble with the law, Carey just might be
their last shot.
I In 2000, Carey created the Crossroads Foundation, a
nonprofit organization designed to teach life skills to at
risk teenagers. Since then, the foundation has started
I several programs, including Forgotten Teens, to collect
I Christmas gifts for teenagers and Discovery Tracks, a
I week-long summer camp for children between 14 and
18 .
It was in June of 2004, when the Forsyth County
Juvenile Court and the Crossroads Foundation were
awarded a grant to fund Real Life, an alternative to
detention program. Funding for the program also
comes from Hall and Dawson counties and the
Department of Juvenile Justice.
The program is a six-part series of weekends offered
as an alternative to a 30 to 60 day detention program for
repeat offenders charged with anything from being
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It's very decisions unlikely people mak¬
ing to travel to
family are going to allow gas
prices to be a significant defies logic. cri¬
teria. It just
- Teri Pope,
Georgia DOT communications officer
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who relocated to Georgia will also be con
tributing to the increase in traffic.
The AAA travel projections estimate that
1,037,408 cars will occupy Georgia roads,
while only 155,739 Georgians plan on trav
eling by plane.
Gas prices are somewhere around 30 to
40 cents higher than last year, but at the
same time, because we’ve seen a tremen
dous decrease over the last 30 days, I don’t
under the influence of alcohol, stealing, breaking and
entering, probation violations and other misdemeanors.
Saturdays are spent working on community service
type projects on a 10-acre farm. In addition to horses,
goats, roosters, pigs and rabbits, the farm also serves as
an animal shelter, housing anywhere from 10 to 20 dogs
at a time. The teens learn how to paint, build fences,
mix and pour concrete and are responsible for tending
after and building homes for the animals.
“It’s a natural therapeutic intervention when you
couple at risk teens with adopted animals,” said Carey.
“Many of the kids aren’t familiar with the tpols —
rakes, hoes, shovels — they're not familiar because
they’ve never had to do the work before.”
Sundays involve school work as well as leadership
and team-building and activities. The teens also go
through Trail Blazers, the foundation’s rope course to
help build trust and communication.
All teens who go through the program are given a
See CROSSROADS, Page 2A
INDEX Local Opinion
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think consumers are as concerned over gas
prices as media would have people believe,”
said Laskoski. “It’s, very unlikely people
making decisions to travel to family are
going to allow gas prices to be a significant
criteria. It just defies logic.”
While mope cars will be on the road this
year, at least there will be less construction.
In efforts to reduce jams, the Georgia
Department of Transportation has suspend¬
ed all construction during the holiday. The
cease in construction began Tuesday at mid¬
night and will run through Monday at 9
a.m.
“f t s safer for us to be working when
there aren’t as many cars out, but also, we
don't want to add to traffic on this high traf
lie holiday,’ said Pope. “Plus, we have
families, too, and we want to see our fami
lies as well.”
For traffic conditions and up-to-date
accident reports, visit the Georgia
Department of Transportation at
www.dot.state.ga.us.
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Murder
defendant
committed
to facility
Shot salesman in
2004, deputies say
By Stephen Gurr
Staff Writer
A mentally disturbed man who authorities say
a
knocked on the door of his Elmo
Road home, likely will spend
the rest of his life in a state men
tal health hospital rather than
stand trial for murder.
Forsyth County Superior
Court Judge David Dickinson on
Monday ordered the civil com
mitment of 68-year-old Morris
Cecil Chadwick to the custody
of the state Department of
evidence that Chadwick was not mentally compe¬
tent to. stand trial. The commitment was not chal¬
lenged by either District Attorney Penny Penn or
defense attorneys Christopher Willis and Les
Aiken.
Chadwick was charged with murder in the Jan.
22, 2004, shooting death of 64-year-old Terry
See MURDER, Page 2A
Armed men
charged with
prowling
By Stephen Gurr
Staff Writer
Authorities can’t say for certain what two men
were doing late at night in a residential subdivi¬
sion with a car loaded with guns, knives, utility
rope and a notebook containing car descriptions
and tag numbers. But they're pretty sure they
were up to no good.
Last Thursday Charles Tatum, 61, and Bryan
James Bearden, 31, were arrested on prowling and
weapons charges after deputies investigating a
See ARMED, Page 2A
Crossroads
Foundation
vice presi¬
dent Clair
Coley pre
pares a
Belgian draft
horse named
Elwood
recently for
someafter
noon exer
cise at the
foundation
located off of
Edwards Mill
Road.
Photo/Sam
Freeman
Chadwick