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Cops: DQ shooter caught
Eatonton man, also charged with murder in
Warner Robins, was convicted here two years ago
BY WILL DAVIS
An Eatonton man is behind
bars charged not only with
shooting Zapareo Glover at
the Forsyth Dairy Queen on
Aug. 10, but also with killing
a maintenance worker in
Warner Robins on Aug. 24.
Joshua Dupree Rounsoville,
20, of 824 Godfrey Highway,
Eatonton, is charged with
felony murder and felony
armed robbery for the death
of 25-year-old Mario Maurice
Smith of Warner Robins.
Smith's body was found in a
Warner Robins storage bin
where he had kept his red
1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo,
which was stolen in the inci
dent. Rounsonville is also
charged with aggravated
assault and armed robbery
for shooting Glover and steal
ing his Chevy Caprice Classic
on Aug. 10 in the Dairy
Queen parking lot.
Two other Eatonton men
were also charged as accom
plices in the Dairy Queen
shooting. Stewart Calvert
Brannon, 19, of 955 Church
St., Eatonton and Robert
Elon Burke, 21, of Eatonton,
were charged with aggravat
ed assault and armed robbery
as accomplices in the Forsyth
shooting. It is believed the
two men were in the car at
the Forsyth Burger King that
accompa
nied
Rounsoville ROUNSOVILLE
as he got
away in the
stolen Caprice.
All three were captured in
Putnam County on Aug. 29,
two days after deputies there
See ARREST page 7A
WEEKLY TEXT BOOK: Fifth grader Tyler Bentley checks out the front page of the Reporter last week.
Tyler and the rest of Mrs. Tonn’s class at T.G. Scott are using the Reporter every week to learn how
to apply their lessons to every day life. (Photo/Will Davis)
Newspapers help
5th graders apply
lessons to real life
For the first time, an ele
mentary school classroom
in Monroe County is get
ting a new “textbook” each
week of the school year:
their hometown newspa
per.
Mrs. Misti Tonn’s fifth
graders were selected as
the kickoff class for the
Monroe County Reporter’s
new Newspapers In
Education (NIE) program.
A nation-wide program
used by hundreds of news
papers and schools in the
U.S, NIE allows students
to apply academic lessons
to everyday life using
their hometown paper.
Thanks to corporate
sponsor Georgia Power-
Plant Scherer, the class
Sponsor a classroom
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for just $49 per month. Sponsorships are tax
deductible. Call 994-2358.
receives 30 copies of the
paper each week, one for
each student.
Mrs. Tonn leads
the class in
assignments and
contests employ
ing math,
English, geogra
phy and other
skills. Last week,
Tonn had stu
dents compete in
a scavenger hunt
through the Reporter for
places, people and three-
syllable words that begin
with N, E, W or S.
Students said they are
excited to be able to get
the Reporter each week.
See NEWSPAPERS pg. 5A
Local SAT
scores up,
still below
Ga., U.S.
BY GINA Main Dorennc Uinti
BY GINA
HERRING
Mary Persons High School
Mary
Year
Reading
Math
Writing
Total
Persons
High
School SAT
2007
476
484
460
1420
2008
485
473
469
1427
scores for
the class of
2008 are up
slightly
over 2007,
2008 averages for
surrounding counties
Reading
Math
Writing
Total
Bibb
448
438
441
1327
but remain
Peach
437
445
430
1312
well below
the nation
al and state
averages.
Jones
488
477
466
1431
Houston
505
515
488
1508
Butts
443
453
449
1355
According
Spalding 466
452
459
1377
released by
The College Board last week, MP students scored an
average of 485 in reading, 473 in math and 469 in
writing, for an average combined score of 1,427. The
average scores are up 7 points over last year and 50
points over 2006. Reading and writing scores
increased, but scores are down 11 points in math.
There were 115 graduating seniors at Mary Persons
who took the SAT this year.
The scores are still 84 points below the national aver
age of 1,511 and 39 points below the state’s average of
1,466 in 2008.
Compared to other systems in Middle Georgia,
Monroe County is third behind Houston and Peach.
According to MP senior guidance counselor Janne
Bazemore, the school does not offer SAT prep. But,
Bazemore says there are a lot of new resources avail
able to students
“We do not have SAT prep worked into the schedule,
but there is an SAT prep course now being offered at
Gordon College,” says Bazemore. She said information
about the course has been sent home with juniors and
seniors. The Community Education SAT prep course at
Gordon begins later this month and only costs $30 for
each subject area. Bazemore says students can also go
online to the Georgia Department of Education’s web
site and take a practice SAT test.
“It’s scored immediately and shows students exactly
what areas they need to work on before they take the
actual test,” said Bazemore. “We’ve seen a lot of good
See SAT page 2A
Sandbagged: Ramps on
It may not seem like a big deal, but it is to us folks who
are just trying to be independent.
- Jo Shipman
BY GINA HERRING
For most people the
simple act of walking
across the street is no
problem. But, for Jo
Shipman and many
others who rely on a
wheelchair or scooter to get around, it
can be treacherous.
On a trip to town Friday, Shipman was
hindered by the recent placement of
bags surrounding the corners at the
intersection of Lee Street and Hwy.41
on the square. The bags were installed
two weeks ago to show the effect of
butt-out curbs
as proposed in
the design for
the upcoming
downtown
streetscape
project.
Shipman said she was forced to go
around the bags into traffic in order to
get across the street. Also stopped by
the bags blocking the handicap ramps
was Robin High. Her scooter, which she
needs to get around, cannot make it
over the bags.
See RAMPS page 7A
Streetscape Town Hall Meeting
5:30 p.m. • Monday, Sept. 8
Aldermen Hall, Welcome Center
68 North Lee Street
square blocked
Jo Shipman and Robin High try to negotiate a way around the bags
blocking the handicap ramps on the corner of Lee Street and Hwy.
41 (Photo/Gina Herring)