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Fathef of the Year Nominations Due Friday, June lO
Why not honor dad in a unique way this year for
Father's Day by nominating him as Monroe County’s
Father of the Year?
The Reporter is sponsoring its third annual Father
of the Year contest, and the deadline is at noon on
Friday, June 10.
The winner will receive gifts from an array of local
businesses. Fie will also be honored in the June 15
Reporter just before Father's Day. The best nomina
tions will be printed along with the winner's. Anyone
can submit the nomination, but the nominee must live
in Monroe County.
Nominations should be fewer than 600 words.
E-mail nominations to the Reporter at
publisher@mymcr.net, mail to PO Box 795, Forsyth,
GA31029, fax to 994-2359, or drop by our office at 50
N. Jackson Street.
Serving the Public Safety Capital of Georgia
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‘Bobby’ Dillard
Gayle Lott
Jack Grady Bonner
Marion Mae Brantley
Annie N. Harris
James Moore Jr.
William King
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Seeking a miracle for Dalton
Monroe County friends and family are
praying for Mary Persons graduate
Dalton Rozier, hoping he recovers from
serious neck and brain injuries suffered in
an auto accident on Friday.
Rozier, 18, was apparently a passenger
in a vehicle that wrecked on Hwy. 83 near
Madison at about 6 a.m. Friday morning,
ejecting Rozier from the car, according to
the state patrol. Rozier was flown by
Lifeflight helicopter to Grady Hospital in
Atlanta where he remains unresponsive
in the trauma unit, according to friends
and family. On Monday, a Facebook
update said a shunt had been inserted in
his head to aid drainage and reduce
swelling.
Rozier was a student at the University
of Georgia in the fall. The son of Allen and
Vanessa Rozier, he was a placekicker for
the MP football team and a member of the
Bulldog soccer team.
Friends have set up a Facebook prayer
vigil for Rozier and already more than
3,500 people had signed up to participate.
The state patrol said they haven't posi
tively identified the driver yet because the
17-year-old thought to be driving was also
injured, and the parents have not yet spo
ken to authorities. It’s thought to be for
mer MP student Austin Bustos, and his
injuries are not thought to be as serious.
The state patrol said they're not even
certain who owns the car, but said there
is evidence that the driver had been
drinking alcohol.
ROZIER
Secretary of State Brian Kemp listens as Bibb County attorney Virgil Adams aims to dis
credit the Terry Scarborough survey of the Monroe-Bibb line. (Photo/Will Davis)
Kemp: This will
hurt everybody
BY WILL DAVIS
Secretary of state Brian
Kemp told officials from
Bibb and Monroe counties
last Tuesday that it won’t
be good for either county if
he has to resolve their
long-simmering county
line dispute.
“I encourage you to work
together,” said Kemp, who
after hearing 45-minute
final arguments from both
sides, conceded it’s a tough
issue. If the counties don’t
reach an agreement, Kemp
said his decision would be
imminent, although he
didn’t give a
timetable. He did give
both counties another 30
days to submit any more
arguments.
Kemp presided Tuesday
in what should be a final
hearing before he decides
whether to accept the
boundary submitted by
See BORDER page 7A
Juliette marks
20 years of
‘The Movie’
BY RICHARD DUMAS
The town of Juliette is holding a festival
Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12, to
commemorate the 20th anniversary of the
filming of the 1991 movie "Fried Green
Tomatoes."
The festival is free to the public and will
feature a special screening of the film
See MOVIE page 6A
Whistle
Stop Cafe
waitresses
Kandis
Wheeler
and Kris
ten Allen
are ready
to mark
the 20th
anniverary
of “Fried
Green
Tomatoes”
outside
the restau
rant made
famous by
the film.
Armed thugs
rob Forsyth
Captain D’s
BY WILL DAVIS
Forsyth police are ask
ing for help in locating
three armed black men
who stormed the local
Captain D's on Saturday
night, assaulted three
employees and then made
off with that night's
deposit.
Sgt. David Asbell of the
Forsyth Police
Department said the
three black men were
wearing black shirts,
pants and bandanas and
entered as a female
employee exited as the
store closed around mid
night.
The armed thugs
assaulted three employ
ees, both males and
females, causing minor
bumps and bruises, and
then fled with an undis
closed amount of cash,
said Asbell. They were
last seen leaving in a red
1990s box-style car.
The restaurant
remained closed all day
on Sunday.
Anyone with any infor
mation about the case is
asked to call Forsyth
police at 994-6022.
Captain D's has had
rough sailing lately. Two
weeks ago the restaurant
had to shut down during
the lunch hour when
someone left a suspicious
package in the parking
lot. The package was
later determined to be
harmless.
Judge Davis
charged with
DUIin Bibb
Monroe County chief
magistrate judge Jeff
Davis was arrested for
DUI early
Saturday
morning in
Bibb County,
and has
resigned his
part-time job
as Forsyth city
court judge.
Davis, 41,
was pulled
over at a Hwy.
87 sobriety
check in Bibb
County near
Shoppes at
River
Crossing. He was booked
in the Bibb County Jail
at 1:15 a.m. Saturday,
and was released at 6:16
a.m. on a $1,850 bond.
Davis attorney Dustin
Buttigeig said his
client has done
the right thing in
resigning his city
judgeship, where
he sits on many
DUI cases.
“He enjoyed
doing it (city
judge) but felt
like he didn’t
want his arrest to
be a black eye on
Forsyth,” said
Buttigieg.
He said they’re
eager to have the
case resolved. “He wants
to have it over with so he
DAVIS’ mug shot
after his arrest.
(Bibb County
Sheriff’s Office
website)
See DAVIS page 7A
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