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Crawford Woman At Boston Marathon
Decision To Enjoy Race May Have Saved Her Life
BY WILL DAVIS
Special to The Post
A Crawford County woman was
running in Monday’s Boston Mara
thon when her husband heard that
a bomb had gone off at the finish
line. He anxiously called to check
on her.
Dana “Kitty” Robinson, 37,
of Hopewell Road in Culloden,
was coasting along in downtown
Boston and answered the call. Her
husband, Casey Robinson, asked
if she heard what had happened.
Kitty Robinson, a mother of seven
children ages 3-15, said she knew
nothing — what was the problem?
Her husband told her the news.
Not knowing what to do, she
kept running. At 3:22 p.m., she hit
the last checkpoint, the 40-kilome
ter mark, with a time of 4 hours,
36 minutes and 22 seconds. It was
a slow time for her by design. She
had decided this year, in her sec
ond Boston Marathon, not to rush,
but to just enjoy the race, as much
as one can enjoy a marathon.
If she hadn’t, she would have
been at the finish line much earlier.
Maybe about the time the bombs
went off.
And then, a half mile from the
finish line, everyone just stopped.
Word spread through the crowd
that runners and spectators needed
to turn around and walk the other
way. No one else could finish the
race. Robinson, who heard the
third blast, later determined to be a
bomb detonated by police, com
plied.
Meanwhile, Kitty Robinson’s
mother and sister were on a Boston
subway on their way to meet her at
the finish line. It too had stopped
and they were told about the
bombs as they de-boarded.
Thankfully, both parties had
cell phones and they were able to
contact one another and reunite in
the mass confusion of downtown
Boston.
Casey Robinson is the director
of maintenance and facilities at
Camp Grace in Crawford County,
a Christian camp for underprivi
leged children. He said he’s so glad
his wife had her cell phone this
year so they could communicate
even while she ran. Last year, in
her first Boston Marathon, she had
no phone. Still, he said it’s hard
not to be with her like he was last
year. He said he hopes her plane is
able to fly to Atlanta on Tuesday
without delay.
Robinson has a lot of Monroe
County ties because he worked at
Camp Kaleo in the county for four
years before going to Camp Grace.
The guess among his friends is that
he’s eager to hold her in his arms
at the airport on Tuesday.
“You’re not kidding,” said Casey
Robinson. “It’s killing me not to be
with her.”
Dana “Kitty” Robinson
The Georgia Post, the Voice of Crawford County since 1921, was awarded first
place by the Georgia Press Association for outstanding achievement in the advertis
ing profession. The Post’s 2012 Hometown Christmas special edition placed first
statewide in the 2012 Advertising Excellence Contest. “To receive first place state
wide is quite an accomplishment,” Publisher Victoria “Vicky” Simmons stated.
“We are so honored. We only entered two categories and to get first place just blows
us away. We are very proud of this award and hope that our community and loyal
readers take pride in it as well. We strive to put out the best publication possible
every week which is sometimes difficult with only two employees. This award is a
testament to our advertisers that we care how their ad looks and take pains in de
signing their advertisements. We say thank you to everyone who helped make this
special edition possible.” Pictured are Simmons and Abigail Adams.
Arrest Made In Theft From Vehicles
Raines Named Principal At CCES;
System Getting New School Bus
On April 5th and 7th,
2013, Crawford County
Sheriff’s Deputies responded
to two separate incidents in
volving theft calls on Hayes
Farm Road and Fair Play
Hill Road. These calls were
entering automobiles by
force with several items be
ing taking at both locations.
This investigation lead to
the arrest of Michael Keith
Beavers, 29, by Bibb County
Sheriff’s Deputies on April
8, 2013.
At the time of this Press
Release, Beavers is being
held at the Bibb County
LEC on other charges.
Crawford County Sheriff’s
Office Investigators have
obtained (2) warrants for
Entering an Automobile.
By Abigail Adams
The Georgia Post
On Tuesday, April 9th the
Crawford County Board of
Education met with a BB&T
bank representative who
says the bank would like to
do business with the school
system more efficiently. Also
they announced an addition
to their bus fleet coming soon
and announced Paris Raines
as the new elementary school
principal.
The meeting of the BOE
started with a representa
tive from BB&T bank, Lisa
Castro-Poveda, from Macon.
She visited the board to talk
about how the school system
and the bank could do busi
ness together more efficiently
by changing two of their
interest bearing accounts to
non-interest bearing accounts.
Board member, Lee Sand
ers, questioned what the
system would get out of
changing these accounts. Pov-
eda answered that the system
and the staff members would
continue to receive the ef
ficient service they have been
receiving for years. She stated
that the bank has been losing
money on the accounts held
by the school system because
they are so large and regula
tions on accounts of that size
have changed over the last few
years.
Sanders was not convinced
that the route presented to
them by Poveda was the best
and suggested that the board
bid out for different banks to
take on the school system’s
accounts.
“While BB&T is trying to
find the most profitable way
to do business with us (the
BOE), it is our job to find a
more profitable way to do
business as well,” Sanders
stated before he made the mo
tion to look at other banking
services. The motion carried
with board member Jake
Howell in opposition.
An out of state field trip
is being planned for 13 high
school students to Bryson
City, North Carolina. The trip
will take the group to Chero
kee, NC, where the Trail of
Tears begins. The goal of the
trip is to help make the history
they have learned in class a
real experience. The board ap
proved the trip unanimously.
A new bus will soon be
added to the Crawford County
fleet. It will be a handicap
accessible bus. The school
system already has two buses
which are handicap acces
sible and this third will help
make the trip to Macon to take
handicapped children to the
different schools there, such as
the Academy for the Blind.
The bus comes from Yancey
through Bluebird and will only
require $23,000 in SPLOST
money to cover the necessary
additions. The board approved
the bus bond bid with Sanders
not voting due to a conflict in
interest in the matter.
As the meeting went into
board member reports, Sand
ers brought up a matter that
has been discussed in other
meetings, the issue of up and
coming technology being
used in classrooms. He stated
that he is seeing more use
of technology in classrooms
through the state and he would
like to be sure that the Craw
ford County school system is
prepared to take the next step
into the new era. He suggested
See, RAINES, Page 10
On Tax Deadline Day, April 15th, the Modern
Woodman of America gave a lasting gift to the
community. Members of Chapter 741 and Chapter
16439 planted a Chinese Pistache and an oak tree
in David Bailey Park. A Sasanque was planted at
the Civic Center in Roberta. Through the Plant A
Tree Program and the help of its members, Modern
Woodmen has planted thousands of trees across the
United States. For more information contact Betty
Harris at 478-836-4475 or Evelyn Harris at 478-836-
4573. Pictured are Russell Harris, Joanne Hamlin,
Charlie Harris, Betty Harris and Evelyn Harris.
