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September 24, 2008
^Reporter
IN MEMORY
Robert Lee Grier
Robert Lee Grier, of Forsyth, passed away Saturday,
Sept. 13, 2008 at the age of 75.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 20 at 1 p.m.
at Greater Friendship Baptist Church. Mr. Grier was laid
to rest at Mt. Gilead Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia M. Grier of
Forsyth; daughters Jacqueline (Evans) M’Backe (Bobcar)
of Hampton and Terry (Rufus) Muhammad of
Bolingbroke; son Cecil (Jacqueline) Evans of Forsyth; two
brothers, Thomas Grier and Sylvester (Annie Ruth) Grier
and sister Annie Laura Smith, all of Forsyth; five god
children, 13 grandchildren and a host of great grandchil
dren, nieces, nephews, sisters and brothers-in-law.
Freeman Funeral Home in Forsyth had charge of
arrangements.
Ricky Lee High
Ricky Lee High, of Forsyth, passed away Saturday,
Sept. 13, 2008 at the age of 49.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.
at Parker Chapel A.M.E. Church. Mr. High was laid to
rest at Rest Haven Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Candy High of Forsyth;
daughters LaChrissa Davis and Latrisha Collins; step
daughters Hobby, Jessica and Jamie Batchelor; stepson
Joshua Bates; parents Mary L. and John L. High; sisters
Dorothy Steed, Katharine High, Earnestine High,
Valentine Holden and brothers Jimmy High and Dwayne
High.
Freeman Funeral Home in Forsyth had charge of
arrangements
Card of Thanks
The family of the late Robert Jacquan Smith would
like to extend our gratitude to all of you for your kind
ness and the concern you have shown us during our
time of bereavement.
Your gentle words, phone calls, flowers, visits, food,
gifts and especially your prayers have helped ease the
pain, wipe away tears, caused us to smile and continue
on life’s journey.
I thank God for friends like you. May God bless each
of you. Rev. Pat Cofer Smith & Family
Call your local Monroe County representative
Scott Harrell
478-256-3586
or toll free: 800-551-1102
3250 Vineville Ave., Macon, GA 31208 r
Ashmore: Commission retreat
betrays spending freeze
BY LAURA
THACKSTON
Monroe County
Commissioners may be
leaving for their retreat
today, Sept. 24, but not
everyone is happy about
the expenses they may
incur. County government
watchdog Mick Ashmore
questioned commissioners
about the trip during their
regular Sept. 16 meeting.
He said the argument
between Larry Evans and
Jim Peters, which led to
warrants for Evans’ arrest,
was a private matter and
does not concern the coun
ty.
“I don’t understand why
a retreat is planned to dis
cuss a private matter. The
county put a spending
freeze in effect. Why hold
the meeting in Athens with
the cost of fuel and other
expenses?” Ashmore asked.
The cost of speakers who
are going to be at the
meeting is $2,500, and that
doesn’t include the costs of
hotels and fuel. “We set up
something functional in an
effort to work things out
among ourselves. I would
hope you would appreciate
us planning a trip that is
productive,” Commissioner
Mike Bilderback said.
In other news:
• Emergency services
director Chief Ronald
Norris was recommended
to replace Dr. John Rogers
on the Regional Emergency
Medical Services Advisory
Council. Dr. Rogers
resigned in July 2007, and
commissioners are looking
for someone who has inter
est or experience in emer
gency medical services,
health care or public safe
ty.
•Capt. Keith Slaughter,
who runs the jail for the
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office, asked
Commissioners to consider
approving a type of insur
ance for jail inmates that
would help reduce costs of
medical expenses. This
idea comes after one
inmate recently incurred a
medical bill of $46, 721.
The inmate was caught by
Georgia State Patrol and
taken to the jail where he
fell ill and spent two weeks
in the hospital. He was
released from jail on a
Tuesday and died that
Saturday.
•GEMA officials asked
permission to use the
Monroe County Recreation
Department as a spillover
area for nearly 300 tractor
trailers should a disaster
relief area for coastal
Georgia become necessary.
The tractor trailers would
contain tents, cots, ice
machines and other sup
plies. Commissioner
Harold Carlisle said he
doesn’t know if he is too
fond of that idea and asked
that an industrial park be
used instead.
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Trees
trees to see if they’re worth
saving. The answer was no.
Probate Judge Karen
Pitman, a member of the
courthouse committee, said
some trees were diseased,
some were damaged by the
heavy equipment used to
put a new roof on the
courthouse, and some were
damaged by the installa
tion of french drains on the
square. The forester said
the trees would probably
die in the next few years
and the committee decided
it would be best to go
ahead and cut them all
down and start over, said
Pitman.
Commission chairman
Harold Carlisle said he
appreciates the committee
bringing the plan to com
missioners before imple-
continued from the front page
mentation. He said he has
no problem with them cut
ting down the trees but
suggested they wait until
the pecan trees produce
one last crop this fall. It
wasn’t clear whether the
committee had set a date
for the trees to be cut down
yet.
However, that doesn’t
mean the courthouse is
going to be completely bare
from now on. Pitman said
the old trees will be
replaced with trees as big
as they can find to be
planted uniformly around
the courthouse.
The courthouse renova
tions committee includes
commissioner Larry Evans,
Pitman, clerk of court
Lynn Ham and local histo
rian Jane Newton.
An attempt to cut down
trees on the square earlier
this summer without input
from the board of commis
sioners or the public gener
ated a conflict, leading to
criminal charges against
commissioner Larry Evans.
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