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June 8, 2016
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Reporter
IN MEMORY
BARNESVILLE MARBLE & GRANITE COMPANY
Serving Middle Georgia for Over 100 Years
Paul Otis Harris Jr.
October 9, 1973 - June 1, 2016
Paul Otis Harris, Jr. of Greenville passed away
Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Funeral services were
held Sunday, June 5 at Monroe
County Memorial Chapel with burial
in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens.
Rev. Dean Conkel officiated.
Mr. Harris was born October 9,
1973, in Houston, Texas. His mother,
Ursula Friscmuth Harris, preceded
him in death. He was a graduate of
Macon State College and a veteran of
the United States Army. Mr. Harris
was employed as an accountant.
Survivors include his parents, Paul and Carol
Harris, Sr. of Thomaston; sisters, Gabriel Postler of
Germany, Gloria Burson of Forsyth, Paula Griffin
of Forsyth and Julie (Michael) Fenn of Bedias,
Texas; several nieces and nephews.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of
arrangements.
The Price, agony of
Field Day tug of war
Teacher Jessica Price and other students urge home
room classmates in the Tug of War on Field Day at
the Hubbard Middle School Sixth Grade campus last
month. (Photo/Will Davis)
DUI
continued from the front
driver’s side rear end of
his patrol car. Campfield
said the impact sent him
spinning and there was
another collision as well.
Campfield said
Stargardt admitted he
had had a couple of beers
and said he didn’t see
Campfield’s patrol car.
Campfield said he
responded: ‘Your truck
is on top of my car. You
couldn’t see those lights
before you parked there?”
Deputy Jacob Robins
administered a breath
test on Stargardt that
registered a .224, above
the legal limit for alcohol.
A later test registered a
.206 blood alcohol con
tent.
Stargardt admitted he
was coming home from
the Hummingbird Bar
in Macon and said he
had drank three shots of
Patron Tequila and three
beers there.
Campfield was taken
to the hospital with back
and head pain. The other
driver was in his vehicle
and was not injured.
Campfield was treated
and released from the
hospital.
It’s not the first time
that Campfield’s job has
led him into danger on
Scherer
continued from the front
One Juliette Road
homeowner told the
Reporter that two men
in suits approached her
about buying her 100
acres for more buffer. The
woman, who asked not
to be identified, said the
men were real nice but
she politely declined the
offer.
“I’m not of any kind of
mind to sell it,” she said.
The woman said she
can’t figure out why
Georgia Power would
want more land when
they already have 14,000
acres for Plant Scherer
and Lake Juliette. The
men just said they
wanted some more buffer,
“whatever that means”,
she added.
Georgia Power
announced last year that
it is closing all of its coal
ash ponds used to store
wet ash. The wet ash is
what remains after the
coal is burned to generate
electricity at coal-fired
plants. Georgia Power
is reportedly converting
from a wet ash pond stor
age system to a dry ash
method in which the ash
will be dumped in layers
and then covered up with
dirt.
The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reported last
year that the wet slurry
in coal ash ponds is so
contaminated that some
scientists think it should
be treated as hazard
ous waste. After ques
tions from The Atlanta
Journal- Constitution
about safety, Georgia
Power announced last
year intentions to close
down all of its coal ash
ponds.
Area resident Wayne
Smith said he assumes
the company is trying
to buy land from the big
property owners first, and
he’s not sure they’ll even
approach him.
Georgia Power has used
condemnation in the past
to force landowners to
sell property for Plant
Scherer, but it’s not clear
they would do that again.
Georgia Power is just
one of several power com
panies that own Plant
Scherer,. The owners pay
about $15 million per
year in property taxes to
the county government
and school board.
The ash pond at Plant
Scherer covers 553 acres
and is 36 years old,
according to the Southern
Environmental Law
Center.
Janet McWhorter
October 9, 1920 - June 5, 2016
Sara Janet McWhorter of Forsyth passed away
Sunday, June 5, 2016. Graveside services were held
Tuesday, June 7 at Fairview Memorial Gardens,
Stockbridge. Rev. Keith Harris officiated.
Mrs. McWhorter, the daughter of the late Rube
Franklin Smith and Irene Story Smith, was born
Oct. 9, 1920, in Shawmut, Ala. Her husband,
William Allen McWhorter, and her grandson, Gary
Chapman, preceded her in death. She was a home
maker.
Survivors include her daughter, Sara Ann (Patrick
J.) Chapman of Forsyth; sister, Laura (David)
Bidmead of Peachtree City; brother, Lewis Smith
of Lanett, Ala.; grandson, Gregg William (Melissa)
Chapman of Danville, Ind.; great grandchildren,
Amber Judd and Jacob Chapman of Danville, Ind.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations
to Christ United Methodist Church, 417 North
Frontage Road, Forsyth, GA 31029.
Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.
com to express tributes.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of
arrangements.
Martin: Yes, I
will run again
District 2 Republican county commission challenger
John Martin said he plans to run again in 2020 after giv
ing Jim Ham his closest race in years.
Martin lost by 206 votes to incumbent Jim Ham in the
May 24 election, falling by a margin of 752 (57.9 percent)
to 546 (42.1 percent).
Martin said the experience has taught him what the
Monroe County political scene is all about. He said the
results show a substantial portion of District 2 wants
a change in leadership, and he intends to run again in
four years. Martin said poor voter turnout was related
to disenchantment with local politicians. He said he fig
ures many voters who didn’t know him well thought he
wouldn’t be any better than the status quo and just decid
ed to stay home. Despite the defeat, Martin said he was
pleased with his vote percentage against an incumbent
who has served nearly 30 years in office.
“I never imagined I’d do as well as I wound up doing,”
Martin said. “I will get myself out there more in the next
four years and will try again.”
Martin said he intends to challenge Ham again to show
his supporters he plans to stay active in local politics. He
said he intends to regularly attend commission meetings
over the next few years to stay involved.
He said, “I want the citizens to know they’re worth all
that and then some.”
the interstate. In August
2013 he was out of his
patrol car helping Forsyth
police handle a wreck
around midnight when
he was struck by a Macon
Telegraph delivery driver.
The impact sent him
across the interstate and
left him with a cut to the
bone of his arm.
“I keep flirting with it,”
sighed Campfield. Asked
if he remembered the
date of that earlier acci
dent, Campfield replied,
“No, but my wife does.”
Sheriff John Cary
Bittick said it’s a remind
er that law enforcement
can be a hazardous job.
“Working an accident
on any highway with traf
fic is dangerous, but it is
particularly dangerous on
the interstate with high-
volume traffic. Our depu
ties do a great job of being
careful out there. This is
another example of how
dangerous it is for drunk
drivers to be on the road!”
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