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— The Summerville News, Thursday, March 2, 2000
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METHAMPHETAMINE, MARIJUANA, CASH CONFISCATED
In Drug Raid Monday In Chickamauga Involving Trion Man
Drug Agents Grab
Trion Suspect Plus
‘Meth,’ Cars, Cash
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Cher-Resse, Black/Hispanic
13, and her sisters and
brother, Ashley, 11, Guy, 9
and Alexis, 6, were born
9/86, 3/88, 1/90, and 1/93.
Cher-Resse is a friendly
child who interacts well
with her peers, She enjoys
reading and writing and
received an award for a
poem that she wrote. Cher-
Resse is in the 7th grade
where she makes good
grades. Ashley is an outgo
ing child who makes friends
easily. She really enjoys
singing and dancing. Ashley
worries about her siblings
and tend to take on the
mothering role. In the 6th
grade, Ashley makes good
grades. Guy, the only boy in
this family tends to get lost
among the girls. He is very
bright and gets mostly A’s
in schoo!l where he is in the
3rd grade. Guy is very
proud of his achievements.
He enjoys playing sports
and drawing. Guy received
an award for a drawing he
made. Alexis, the baby of
the family, enjoys this role.
She is an outgoing and lov
ing child. She enjoys
singing and reading and
loves to talk. She is in the
Ist grade where she is
doing well. These children
are very close to each other
and must be placed togeth
er. A two-parent family
where Guy wouldn’t be the
only male is requested. Guy
especially thrives when he
has a male role model.
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searched Clark’s Trion house in
July, 1999. Although he was not
at home during that search, law
enforcement officials said they
found a misdemeanor amount of
dangerous drugs and illegal fire
arms in his residence.
Eight warrants were then
obtained for Clark’s arrest. How
ever, he had been eluding law
enforcement and drug agents
since the warrants were issued,
Agent Mitchell said.
“Sugposedl{he told a fam
ily member that he would not be
caught until he was ready to turn
himself in,” she said.
CHICKAMAUGA
His plans were foiled with
the help of an anonymous infor
mant, Agent Mitchell said. The
task force learned Friday evening
that Clark was going to supply a
Chickamauga man with an un
disclosed amount of illegal drugs
on Monday, she added.
“I know a lot of these drugs
were going into our county,” she
said.
The Chickamauga recipient
was Warren Peacock, 44, of 98
Lavenia Circle, Chickamauga,
Agent Mitchell said. Later tfiat
dag, dru%(agents said they spot
ted Clark entering Peacock’s
house. Soon thereafter, the
agents said they entered the
house.
HALF-POUND
Agent Mitchell said Clark
had the almost half-pound block
of methamphetamine under his
shirt next to his abdomen. His
arms were folded in an apparent
attempt to conceal the large
quantity of drug, she said. Two
plastic baggies of dried mari
juana (two and one-half ounces)
and two or three marijuana ci%a
rettes were discovered, too, she
reported.
Agents said they were sur
prised to find that Clark was in
gossession of not only the drug,
ut also a recipe and drawings on
how to “cook up” methamphet
amines.
Pennville Announces Honor Lists
Pennville Elementary
School has announced its perfect
attendance for the first semester
and A and A-B Honor Rolls and
Super Students for the second
nine weeks and first semester.
They are:
PERFECT
ATTENDANCE
Kindergarten - Jon Pena
and Austin Blackmon.
First Grade - 'l('f'ler Barr,
Austin Blackmon and Cameron
Padgett.
Second Grade - Jessica
Carter, Harold Cochran, Sabrina
Hawkins, Kasey Brown, Ashley
They said they also found
two clear plastic bags of key in
ggedients from which to make
the illegal substance. Most of the
other items and ingredients to
manufacture methamphet
amines fian be bought at most
major shopping centers, Agent
Mitchell agSed. .
CASH, VEHICLES
The task force also said it
seized a shotgun, two handguns,
two small scales, a hypodermic
needle, $11,433 in ca)srfi. knives,
a GMC Blazer sports utility ve
hicle, a four-door car, pipes and
?ther drug-related parapherna
ia.
Clark was arrested on
charges of conspiring to trafficin
methamphetamine, criminal at
tempt to manufacture metham
phetamine, possession of a fire
arm by a convicted felon and
possessing more than an ounce
of marijuana.
Peacock was arrested on
charges of conspiring to trafficin
methamphetamine, fpossessing
less than an ounce of marijuana
and possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon.
OTHER ARRESTS
Billie Jane Peacock, 39, was
arrested on charges of possess
ing of methanfg)hetamine, con
spiracy to traffic methamphet
amines and possessing less than
an ounce of marijuana.
Leonard Ross Jr., 36, 310
Myers Drive, Chickamauga, was
arrested on charges of conspir
ing to traffic in methamphet
amine.
“The seizure of this meth
amphetamine, the largest in the
history of the county (Walker
County), will go along wzg' in re
ducing the supply,” said Steve
Wilson, Walker County’s sheriff.
Agent Mitchell said the
street value of the large chunk of
methamphetamine had a street
value of $16,000. The two-and
one-half ounces of marijuana
ha_((ll a street value of SSOO, she
said.
Deaver, Kody Saylor and Chayna
Turner.
Third Grade - Haley
Burrage, Nicky Mann, Jade Rob
inson, LaTasha Young, Jace
Milam, Shane Buzan, April
Daniel and Corey Carter.
Fourth Grade — Robert
Bros, Jennifer Galloway, Calvin
Lawson, Aaron Rutledge and
Antonio Wooten.
Fifth Grade - Marie Braf',
Jennifer Bros, Ross Bruce, Kyle
Parris, Josh Prince, Nikki
Meachum, Steven Reynolds,
Christi Turner and Christian
Reynolds.
A & A-B HONOR ROLL
SUPER STUDENTS
2ND NINE WEEKS &
FIRST SEMESTER
Kinderiarten -~ Brannon
Martin, Rashana Woody, Paul
Vaughn, Ashley Sills, Jon Allen
White, Brianna Dalrymple, Katie
Johnson, Maisha Ludy, Alex
Wooten, DJ Addison, Derick
Cargle, Erica Hulse, Whitney
Mobley, Jessica Reynolds, Mat
thew Simmons, Jeremy
McGuire and Charlene
Ashworth.
First Grade - Brittany
Bolton, Lamar Mcßae, Timmy
Wilson, Austin Akergi, Tzler
Barr, Austin Lea, Katie Mitchell,
Brittany Shafer, Haley Studdard,
Fantasy Alley, Taylor Blackmon,
Eric Brown, Brianna Craig,
Kayla Dempsey and Christian
Motley.
Second Grade -~ Ana
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VIEW Of CONFISCATED ITEMS
Show, Guns, Large Amount Of Cash
Ellenburg Appointed
F&M Bank President
Native Chattoogan Assumes New Duties
from front page
He was born and reared in
Chattooga County and graduated
from Chattooga High School in
1969. He attended West Georgia
College (now the University of
West Georgia) for two years be
fore joining the bank.
He is a 1978 graduate of the
Georgia School oig Banking and a
graduate of the School ofg Bank
ing of the South at Louisiana
State University in 1985. He also
com(f)leted the Commercial
Lending School at the University
of Georgia.
CIVIC DUTIES
Ellenburg has served as
chairman of the Chattooga
County Chamber of Commerce
twice, in 1989 and again in 1994.
He is the charter president of the
Summerville-Trion Optimist
Club.
The new president is secre
tary of the Chattoogaville Volun
teer Fire Department, where he
also serves as a volunteer fire
man.
He and his wife, the former
Jackie Cook, reside in the
Chattoogaville community. They
have a son, Matt, 20, who resides
at home and a daughter, Blake,
23, who resides in C%)atsworth.
The history of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank dates to
1925 when it was founded. It
opened for business in early
1926.
PRESIDENTS
D. L. McWhorter was one of
its best-known presidents, serv
ing from 1941 until his retirement
30 years later.
J. Mack Robinson of Atlanta
bought a majorim of the bank’s
stoci in 1971. The late Henry
Watson was named firesident in
1976 and served in that capaciliy
until his death in June, 1994. Gil
bert was then named president
by the board.
PREMIER
The local bank board an
nounced last April that Farmers
and Merchants was being
merged with Premier Bancshares
of Atlanta. Before that arrange
ment was finished, BB&T ac
quired Premier.
Premier had owned banking
offices in Baldwin, Barrow, Cobb,
Dekalb, Forsyth, Glynn, Green,
Gwinnett, Hall, Henry and
Spalding counties before acquir
ing Farmers and Merchants
Bank.
BB&T now has $45-billion
in assets and is the 22nd largest
bank holding comgany in the
United States, Ellenburg said.
FIRST IN SE
BB&T recently was named
Addison, Tony Gravitt, Jennifer
McGuire, Maria Mosqueda, Zack
Reynolds, Samant(iia Smith,
Ruben Castro, Dakota
Westbrooks, Shelby Brown,
Shounta Addison, Amber Ball,
Kevin Barnett, Kasey Brown,
Ashley Deaver, DJ Matthews,
Chayna Turner and Brandon
Reynolds.
Third Grade — Levi Brown,
Haley Burrage, TJ Campbell,
Nicky Mann, Jade Robinson,
Brandon Watson, LaTasha
Young, Jake Morrison, Shae
Blackmon, April Daniel, Taylor
Avant, Core{ Carter, Shane
Buzan and Hali Roberson.
Fourth Grade - Josh
Barksdale, Anna Bradley, Ashley
Cameron, Whitney Dupree, Jen
nifer Galloway and Sabrina
Myers.
Fifth Grade - Nikki
Meathum, Ross Bruce, Ciara
Pena, Josh Prince, Ashley Pierce,
me Parris, LaQuetta Evans,
itney Moose, Lauren Phillips,
Christi Turner, Ashtin Pope,
Kandice Lumpkins and Jennifer
Bros.
SRR EEERAEERDESD
GARDEN WAIT
Before working an area in
the garden for early spring plant
ing, check the soil, sa{ experts
with the University of Georgia
Extension Service. It shoultfi)e
dry enoufh to crumble in your
hands before you work it.
(R R RRERRERRRRERE!
the number two small business
bank in the nation and the num
ber one small business bank in
the Southeast, he added.
Itis the sixth largest bank in
the Southeast with more than
600 branches in the Carolinas,
Virfiinia, West Virginia, Mary
land, Washington, DC and Geor
gia, Ellenburg said.
“Business Week” mafiazine
rated BB&T 41st among the top
Standard and Poors 500 com;;:—
nies and number two in banks,
trailing only MBNA, a Wilminfi
ton, Del. company that special
izes in credit card operations.
Ellenburg said 90 percent of
all loan decisions will be made
locally.
STAYED OPEN
BB&T is the largest bank in
North Carolina and the only
bank that remained open during
the Great Depression, Ellenburg
said. It is one of the few U.S.
banks that has not changed its
name since it was created more
than 100 years ago, he added.
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Rep. Reece Favors Limiting
Private School Recruitment
Chattooga County Rep. Bar
bara Massey Reece, D-Menlo,
voted for a successful bill that
would require private schools
havins more than 10 percent of
its student body from outside the
coun?' or more than one percent
out of Georgia to compete in a
higher classification.
It passed the state House on
a 129-45 vote.
FAIRNESS
“My vote for the bill was not
avote against Darlinfton (School
in Rome), but simp ( a vote for
fairness and to equalize the ath
letic talent of comugfiting teams,”
Rep. Reece said. “This bill stems
from the concerns of many pub
lic systems across the state who
comg]ete against private schools,
which are not governed by the
same limitations. While public
county and city school systems
suffer sanctions and reprisals if
they recruit outside their coun
ties or districts, private schools
are able to cross city, county and
state lines.”
In addition, Relp. Reece
voted or making lethal injection
the state’s official methoé of ex
ecuting criminals. It lpassed the
House, 162-10. Le%s ators were
concerned that the U.S. Supreme
Court might rule that electrocu
tion is unConstitutional.
REMOVAL
She voted for a measure to
remove legislators convicted of
crimes from office. If a member
is indicted, the bill stated, he or
she would be suspended without
pay. U%‘on a g_erson being re
moved from office, the governor
would afpoint senators while a
i?ecial election would be held for
ouse members.
“I voted for this measure but
it failed,” Re;i. Reece said. “We
expect this bill will be reconsid
ered at a later date.”
She also voted for a bill that
would allow juvenile judges and
district attorneys the option of
tlging juveniles 13 and older as
adults for heinous crimes. It
passed the House, 132-39.
In addition, the Menlo resi
dent voted to add six metro At
lanta counties to the vehicle
emission inspection area. It
passed, 102-55. She said she
voted for a $25 cag on inspection
costs but voted against an
amendment that would require
emission inspections every other
year in those counties instead of
every year.
Rep. Reece said she voted
for an amendment that would
have restricted the state Environ
mental Protection Division
(EPD) from going on private
?roperty for inspections but it
ailed, 66-85. :
RESTRICT EPD
She also voted fora pro(rosal
to restrict the EPD from adding
any other counties to the emis
sions test list unless scientific
data proved those counties were
contributing at least a five J)er
cent increase in nitrous oxide to
the air.
The representative voted for
an amendment that would have
E%plied a sunset provision to the
D’s authoriglon July 1, 2004
but it failed. She said she also
voted for another amendment
that would have given the Gen
eral Assembly oversifiht powers
on future EPD regulations. It
passed, 129-22.
Rep. Reece said she still is
considering a bill that would al
low the parent or garents of a
newborn a week old or younger
to drop off the infant at a hospi
tal, health d%partment, birthing
center or infirmary, but not at
No Charges Filed In
Trion School Matter
An officer with the Trion
Police Department investigated
“rough-housing” between a
Trion resident and an elemen
tag school student, according to
Officer Roger Avans.
He said Principal Richard
Lindsay called police to Trion
Elementary School this past Fri
day afternoon. The principal told
him that playful roughhousing
between a Trion citizen and an
elementary age student had re
sulted in a complaint by the
youngster, Avans’ report stated.
The citizen had formerly
been the child’s caretaker and
was “rough-housing” with the
child, Lindsay said.
The juvenile told Officer
Avans that the person had hit
him in the side too hard, officials
said. The juvenile’s parents, who
were called and informed of the
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the offices of doctors or dentists.
She said one gerson called
her to oppose the bill, saying it
would encourage girls to aban
don their babies. Proponents
have said that the bill might re
duce the number of abortions in
the state. She indicated that she
would like to receive the opinions
of other Chattooga County resi
dents.
Reg.eßeece signed a resolu
tion to be sent to the U.S. Con
éress asking it to amend the
lean Air Act to lift highway
sanctions until Congress and the
federal Environmental Protec
tion Agency have established and
implemented stringent air emis
sion controls for commercial air
craft and locomotives through
out the U.S.
incident by Lindsay, didn’t file
charges against the individual,
Avans said.
Faye Nell Band{, First
Street, Trion, told Chief Charles
Latta that sometime last week
end, air vents under church of
Christ in Trion were knocked out
and destroyed.
Ruth Rc%;iolds, 191 First St.,
Trion, told Officer Arlen Thomas
that a 9-year-old had attacked
her on her front porch. E-911 dis
patched a Chattooga County
ambulance to the Trion resi
dence and medical lpersonnel ex
amined Ms. Reynolds, the report
stated.
They told Officer Thomas
they were unable to find any in
juries inflicted on Ms. Reynolds,
the report stated. The Trion of
ficer interviewed the juvenile and
the child’s family, the report
added.